GSU Guitar Society: A Concert Analysis

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The GSU Guitar society had numerous successful collaborations during FY17. These include GSUTV, the Georgia Music Educations Association (GMEA), The Atlanta Guitar Guild, and the Troy University Guitar Festival. On 11/3/16 TGS members gave the world premiere performance of 'Shrapnel ' for Three guitars by Georgia composer Cody Brookshire. This premiere performance was part of a concert that featured all contemporary guitar music at Kopleff Recital Hall that was filmed by GSUTV. on 11/13, TGS collaborated with the Atlanta Guitar Guild and hosted Matt Palmer in a masterclass/clinic at GSU (http://atlantaguitarguild.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/palmer_poster.jpg ) Members also preformed 15 minutes of music during the key note session of the

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