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More about hago and Derek Hasted our Musical Director

hago on Facebook Soundclips, photos, events, updates to Fans.

hago on YouTube Our "Favourite Videos" show you "mini-hago" groups around the world!

hago on Myspace Soundclips and events.

Guitar Workshop Free music to download. If you live within driving distance of Portsmouth, this informal adult ensemble might be just the things for you to join!

Derek Hasted's Guitar Ensemble Website Free music, hints and tips and articles. Everything you need to know about how to make playing in an ensemble work for you.

Organisations we've worked with, websites we refer to on hago.org.uk

Adobe - "Reader" for our free music scores Amanda Cook - Amanda played in our Chichester Concerts Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Bristol Spanish Guitar Centre - stocks Capper guitars Bruce Paine - Bruce played with us in Portsmouth Classical Guitar Centre - Niibori guitars - Birmingham Classical Guitar Magazine - 2 articles about hago & our guitars Cambridge Guitar Orchestra - we've shared many Concerts with them Chichester Music Festival D'Addario Strings Eden-Stell Guitar Duo - the world's smallest guitar orchestra! Guitar CDs Ltd Guitar Workshop - music-making for novices & intermediates Hantsweb - organisers of the Hantsweb Awards Highbury Area Band - we shared a Concert in 2004

Hannabach Strings Havant Clarinet & Saxophone Choir - we shared a Concert in 2006 International Guitar Foundation/Festivals, competitions MB Music Ltd - Niibori guitars - Bognor Milton Glee Club - we shared a Concert in 2007 and 2009 Music Medals - ensembles for kids Niibori Guitar World Portsmouth Music Festival Regis School of Music - home of WSGC Rod Capper Guitars- Rod gave us a talk on luthiery in 2000 Rowans Hospice Spanish Guitar Centre (Guitarnotes) St Agatha's Church StringsByMail (Mail order strings) West Sussex Guitar Club - we shared concerts in 2004 and 2006

Information on Ensemble Playing and free music for Guitar Ensembles

• hago's Musical Director has an Ensemble Guitar website with 150 pages on arranging skills, ensemble technique, free ensemble music in 2,3 and 4 parts, and some singularly bad musical definitions.

Ensemble music on the web

• Corda Music Publications - home to over 50 arrangements by our MD Derek Hasted.
• Lathkill Music Publishers - home to another 13 arrangements by MD Derek Hasted. Lathkill music is distributed by GuitarNotes.
• Les Productions d'Oz - a wide range of ensemble music including technically straightforward yet musically satisfying pieces. Derek has reviewed many in Classical Guitar Magazine.

Local friends on the web

• The Guitar Workshop - our MD runs an informal ensemble for novice & intermediate adults - there's always a warm welcome for new players.
• On one side of us is West Sussex Guitar Club and on the other is Southampton Classical Guitar Society.
• A pleasant drive through the New Forest takes you to Dorset Guitar Society.

Like-minded groups

• Consonance - A Russian based orchestra which is led by Lyubov Milovanova.
• Forrest Guitar Ensembles - a comprehensive list of Guitar Orchestras and Ensembles. Visit their survey!
• Gitarren Ensemble Graz - this Austrian based orchestra is led by Manfred Steflitsch.
• Jan-Olof Eriksson works at the School of Music, Pitea, Sweden.
• Jugendgitarrenorchester baden-württemberg is conducted by Helmut Oesterreich. Read their reviews!
• Guitarstrophe!, the Australian youth guitar orchestra is nothing less than stunning - check out their soundclips!
• Maynooth Guitar Orchestra - an Irish ensemble with as varied a taste in music as ours :-)
• Dr Hiroki Niibori has rationalised the guitar orchestra so we can enjoy the same camaraderie and rich sound as other music ensembles. The website has fascinating information as well as photographs of the largest guitar orchestras you'll ever see!
• NYGE, the National Youth Guitar Ensemble, featuring the finest of the UK's young guitarists. Read more on the EGTA website.
• Centocorde is an Italian guitar orchestra, whose website has a number of MP3s to listen to and some quite unexpected videos!
• The British Banjo Mandolin and Guitar Federation is a UK society that promotes ensemble work across a whole raft of fretted instruments.

Hamphire Websites

• Hantsweb
• The Hampshire Business Directory (iHampshire)

hago is happy to exchange links with other like-minded groups - just click here for information.

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