Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society
2024-25 Concert Season

PCGS 2025 Festival
Opening Concert

René Izquierdo

Guitar Virtuoso
Saturday April 5, 2025 – 7:30 pm

First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia
21st & Walnut Street (entrance on Walnut st.) Philadelphia, PA 19103

Tickets and information HERE

PCGS 2025 Festival Day!

Sunday April 6, 2025 – 9 am to 5 pm

A great day full of recitals, workshops, masterclass by René Izquierdo, guitar competition finals (and awards), vendors fair, and closing concert with David Manzanares-Salguero!

Settlement Music School
416 Queen St. Philadelphia, PA 19146
FREE PARKING ON PREMISE

Day-Pass and Info HERE

PCGS 2025 Festival
Closing Concert

David Manzanares-Salguero

Sunday April 6, 2025 – 3:30 pm

Settlement Music School
416 Queen St. Philadelphia, PA 19146
FREE PARKING ON PREMISE

Tickets and information HERE

Alejo de los Reyes, John Penn, Emiliano Pardo-Tristán, Ana Vidovič !

Esperanza and PCGS Present

Classical Guitar from Latin America

Exclusive concert at Teatro Esperanza !
Saturday May 10, 2025 – 3PM
4261 North 5th StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19140

Performing music from Cuba, Argentina, Paraguay, Venezuela, Mexico, …

Featuring guitarists:

Emiliano Pardo-Tristán (Panama)
John Penn (USA) and special guest on castanets Dolores Gmitter (USA)
Ana Vidovic (Croatia)

Info and Tickets here

PCGS Members and Ensemble Concert

First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia
Sunday May 18, 2025 – 4PM
201 S 21st St. Philadelphia, PA 19103

Come and enjoy many of the best classical guitar artists in our region.

This year Members concert features also the PCGS Guitar Ensemble performance and concert opener. This is the premier guitar large ensemble in Philadelphia under the direction of renowned musician Alejo de los Reyes.

The concert, organized by the Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society, is open to the public and it is FREE (donations appreciated)

Info and Tickets here

The Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society is a community of guitar enthusiasts of all ages and accomplishments dedicated to encouraging the appreciation, study, and performance of classical guitar music in the Greater Philadelphia Region.

We are proud to announce that PCGS is a recipient of this year’s Creative Sector Flex
Fund! Thanks to @philaculture and @pennsylvaniacouncilonthearts for supporting 80
incredible arts and culture organizations across. Southeastern Pennsylvania.

The Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society is proud to share that we’ve been awarded the Advancement of Music grant from The Presser Foundation! 🎼 These funds will allow us to continue PCGS’s mission to bring guitar music to the local communities in the Greater Philadelphia region. Thank you to everyone who made this possible! #advancementofmusic #thepresserfoundation #pressgrant