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VCGS Guitar Ensemble

The VCGS Guitar Ensemble launches its spring session on February 9th, 2025 under the direction of Michael Kolk, one of Canada’s finest classical guitarists.

Now in its 4th year, the ensemble is open to a maximum of 16 adults of all skill levels interested in playing guitar with others. If you’re interested in joining the ensemble, complete the form below.

Participants must be VCGS members and have the ability to read music. A fee of $145 is charged to help cover VCGS expenses in organizing the ensemble.

Each session involves seven rehearsals that take place every other Sunday morning culminating in a ensemble concert featuring the entire ensemble plus solo, duo and trio performances. Our locations are:


Rehearsals at Kokoro Dance/ KW Studios
236 - 111 Hastings St W, Vancouver, BC, V6B 1H4
with the concert taking place at the Vancouver Academy of Music

You can watch our spring 2024 concert here: VCGS Guitar Ensemble - May 5, 2024 (youtube.com)

Rehearsal Schedule & Location Feb-May 2025

Rehearsals will happen bi-weekly on Sundays from 10:45 - 12:15.

Please arrive at 10:30 to tune-up and get settled.

You’ll need to bring your own music stand as the venue no longer provides them.

  • KW Atrium Studio 10:45 - 12:15

  • KW Atrium Studio 10:45 - 12:15

  • KW Atrium Studio 10:45 - 12:15

  • 1270 Chestnut St, Vancouver, BC V6J 4R9

    Participants also have the option to perform solo pieces or smaller ensembles.

2024 Spring VCGS Guitar Ensemble, directed by Itamar Erez

Interested? Contact Us

Please direct inquires about the ensemble using the form below.

Past Performances

Expand the item below (click + sign) for more info and to watch the performance.

  • Click here to watch this performance ➡︎

    Conducted by Itamar Erez.

    Special Thanks to Francis Lumibao for helping to record/edit these videos.

    — Program —

    Nine Pieces from “For Children” (Selections) - Bela Bartok
    - Choral
    - Drinking Song - Allegro & Allegro Robusto
    - Old Hungarian Tune
    - Jeering Song

    Caterete & Xote - Celso Machado

    Forrest Gump, Feather Theme (arr. Stijn Denys) - Alan Silvestri

    Three Pieces from the Mulliner Book (arr. A. Forest) - Thomas Mulliner

    Habanera (arr. Lou Warde) - Georges Bizet

    — Members —

    The VCGS Guitar Ensemble - 2024 Spring
    Valerie Boser, Villio Celli, Johnson Chuang, Noah Ferrera Palchinski, John-Henry Guy, Philip Johnson, Stella Jung, George Lewis, Francis Lumibao, Wakako Morris, Jason Park, Tim Ralphs, Wasan Thamsuaidee, Susana Valente, Tamara Wolfe

    — The VCGS Guitar Ensemble Committee —
    Valerie Boser, Francis Lumibao, Wakako Morris, Jason Park

  • Click this link to watch this performance ➡︎

    Conducted by Anna Pietrzak.

    Special Thanks to Francis Lumibao and Anna Pietrzak for helping to record/edit these videos.

    — Program —

    Dances from Terpsichore - Michael Praetorius
    - Bransle de la Royne
    - Ballet

    Milonga del Angel - Astor Piazzolla

    Suite Americana - Klaus Schindler
    - The Beat of Santa Rosa
    - Dreams of Jamaica

    El Gato Montes - Manuel Penella

    — Members —

    The VCGS Guitar Ensemble - 2023 Fall
    Francis Lumibao, George Lewis, Jason Park, John-Henry Guy, Johnson Chuang, Noah Ferrera-Palchinski, Stella Jung, Valerie Boser, Victoria Lukashova, Vilio Celli, Wakako Morris

    — The VCGS Guitar Ensemble Committee —
    Francis Lumibao, Jason Park, Valerie Boser, Wakako Morris

  • Click this link to watch this performance ➡︎

    Conducted by John Oliver.

    Special Thanks to Francis Lumibao for helping to record/edit these videos.

    — Program —

    Waves 1 and Waves 2 - John Oliver

    La Cumparsita - Gerardo Hernan Matos Rodrigues (arr. David Gaudreau)

    El Condor Pasa - Daniel Aloma Robles (arr. John Oliver)

    Rondo from Quartet in C, Op. 22 - Fernando Sor (arr. G. Biberian, revised: John Oliver)

    Malagueña - Traditional (arr. John Oliver)

    — Members —

    The VCGS Guitar Ensemble - 2023 Spring
    Alexandra Papouchina, George Lewis, Golnar Riahi, Jason Park, Joan Barnet, Noah Ferrera-Palchinski, Stella Jung, Valerie Boser, Verity Livingstone, Vilio Celli, Wakako Morris, Wasan Thamsuaidee

  • Click this link to watch this performance ➡︎

    Conducted by Chris Haas.

    Special Thanks to Francis Lumibao for helping to record/edit these videos.

    — Program —

    Finlandia - Jean Sibelius

    Cholita (Aire Norteño "Dear Little Girl of the North") - Hector Ayala

    Música Latine Fácil - Annette Kruisbrink
    - I: Danza Maya
    - II: Bossa Do Brasil
    - III: Cuna Cuban
    - IV: Tango Argentino

    — Members —

    The VCGS Guitar Ensemble - 2022 Fall
    Christian Richardson, George Lewis, Jason Park, Joan Barnet, Karen Noel-Bentley, Michele Schmidt, Stella Jung, Valerie Boser, Vilio Celli, Wakako Morris, Wasan Thamsuaidee

  • Click this link to watch this performance ➡︎

    Conducted by Luis Medina.

    Special Thanks to Francis Lumibao for helping to record/edit these videos.

    — Program —

    San Juanito - arr. François Castet

    Tea Harvest Lantern Song - arr. Sebastian Reuten

    2 Melodies Yiddish - arr. Laurent Méneret
    -     Oseh Shalom
    - Chosen Kala Mazel Tov

    — Members —

    The VCGS Guitar Ensemble - 2022 Spring
    Christian Richardson, George Lewis, Jason Park, Michele Schmidt, Stella Jung, Valerie Boser, Vilio Celli, Wakako Morris, Wasan Thamsuaidee

  • Click this link to watch this performance ➡︎

    The first performance of the VCGS Amateur ensemble. This group started rehearsing in late August 2021 and this is their first public performance.

    Thank you to the ensemble director Luis Medina with the help of Daniel Cheung and Christian Richardson.

    Big thank you to Francis Lumibao for capturing the video for our event.

    — Members —

    The VCGS Guitar Ensemble - 2021 Fall

    Christian Richardson, George Lewis, Stella Jung, Valerie Boser, Vilio Celli, Wakako Morris, Wasan Thamsuaidee