Next Event: Members' Showcase - January 18, 2025 at 8pm - Crean Hall

Marko Topchii, Featured Artist Concert

On September 21st at 8pm, The Orange County Guitar Circle will host its first Featured Artist Concert of the new 2024-2025 season.

Born to a family of musicians in Kiev, Ukraine, Marko started studying guitar at the age of four.
He has studied at the Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music in Kiev under the guidance of Prof. Yuri Alexik, Honored Artist of Ukraine. He completed his master degree in the National University of Arts in Kharkov in 2011, where he studied under Prof. Volodymir Dotsenko, Honored Artist of Ukraine.

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Members’ Showcase Concerts

All members are invited to perform at one or more of our Showcase concerts. If you are interested in peforming please press the “Request to Perform” button below. You will then be asked to fill out a form with your details. Please submit your request by the deadline, seven days prior to the concert date. Remaining concert dates are listed below.

January 18, 2025
March 15, 2025
May 17, 2025

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Michael Partington, Featured Artist Concert

On November 16th at 8pm, The Orange County Guitar Circle will host its second Featured Artist Concert of the season.

“Nimble, mercurial, subtle, and emotionally engaging, Partington’s playing consistently beguiles the ear, whether he is probing classics of the repertoire or brand-new pieces composed for him. He draws a spectacular array of effects and shades from his instrument.”
                   Melinda Bargreen, Seattle Times

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Marko
Topchii

September 21, 2024

Featured Artist Series

Marko Topchii was born to a family of musicians in Kiev, Ukraine and started studying guitar at the age of four.
He has studied at the Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music in Kiev under the guidance of Prof. Yuri Alexik, Honored Artist of Ukraine. He completed his master degree in the National University of Arts in Kharkov in 2011, where he studied under Prof. Volodymir Dotsenko, Honored Artist of Ukraine.
Marko has won more than 50 awards in international guitar worldwide. Among them, 26 first places in the competitions in United States, Mexico, Japan, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Liechtenstein, Serbia and Ukraine.
Marko plays guitars made by Karl-Heinz Roemmich, Yuichi Imai, Sakurai Kohno and Hong Sik Uhm.
He is a D’Addario artist since 2012.
He actively performs around the world, regularly gives concerts with the orchestra.

Michael
Partington

November 16, 2024

Featured Artist Series

Michael Partington is one of the most engaging concert players of his generation. Praised by Classical Guitar Magazine for his “lyricism, intensity and clear technical command,” this award-winning British guitarist has performed to unanimous critical praise. Audiences are put at ease by his charming stage manner and captivated by his interpretations. An innate rhythmic understanding and sense for tonal colour combine to form some of the most memorable phrasing to be heard on the guitar. He has appeared throughout North America, Europe, Russia and Scandinavia as a soloist and with ensembles, and live radio performances include BBC Radio 3’s In Tune, BBC Wales, and St. Paul Sunday on National Public Radio. He has released ten solo CD’s for Rosewood Recordings, and can be heard on the Cadenza and Present Sounds labels. An advocate of new music he has commissioned and premiered works by Stephen Goss, Bryan Johanson, Toshio Hosokawa, Angelo Gilardino, Tom Baker, Kevin Callahan and others. Partington is currently Artist in Residence and director of the guitar program at the University of Washington in Seattle. He has given classes and workshops at festivals and institutions around the world, including the Royal College of Music in London, the Royal Conservatory in Gothenburg, Sweden, the San Francisco Conservatory, the Guitar Foundation of America, the Canadian National Confederation of Music Societies, and the International Guitar Research Centre. His students have won prizes in regional, national and international competitions, and scholarships and awards to study all over the world. Michael Partington is a Savarez Strings artist.