CCG Online Festival Portal

Find all the materials, links and open mic schedule for CCG’s festival here! Recordings will also be posted here.

Poster for Winter Guitar Festival with dates December 9-11, featuring a graphic guitar, musical notes, and red splatter background, with online free entry details.

Schedule

Friday: December 9

Theme: A Beginner’s Guide to Improvisation

• Meet the Composer & Concert: 9am-10am EST

• Open Mic: 5pm-6pm EST

• Workshop on Improvisation: 8pm-9pm EST

Al events are held on Z

Saturday: December 10

Theme: A Beginner’s Guide to Arranging

• Workshop on Arranging: 9am-10am EST

• Open Mic: 3pm-4pm EST

• Meet the Composer & Concert: 8pm-9pm EST

Sunday: December 11

Theme: Group Composing and Finale

• Workshop - Composing a Piece as a Group: 9am-10am EST

• Open Mic: 5pm-6pm EST

• Meet the Composer & Concert: 8pm-9pm EST

Workshop Materials

Close-up of a person playing an acoustic guitar, focusing on their left hand pressing down on the guitar strings and their right hand strumming.
Open sheet music book with musical notes and annotations.
A pair of black-rimmed glasses and a black pen resting on sheet music.

Open Mic Schedule

Close-up of a vintage-style microphone with metallic grille and stand, illuminated by soft purple lighting.

If you’d like to play in an open mic event, please write your name and chosen piece in the form by clicking the button below.

Meet the Composers Schedule

Friday Dec 9th

Young boy with brown hair wearing a black shirt, playing an acoustic guitar.
An older woman with blonde hair, glasses, and a necklace is sitting and playing an acoustic guitar.
A woman with short, curly brown hair, smiling slightly, wearing a purple scarf, indoors with wooden furniture in the background.

Ilay Kenes

Trisha Budd

Colleen Billington

Saturday Dec 10th

A man in a suit and tie taking a selfie indoors, with a white ceiling and wall in the background.
An older man with gray hair and glasses plays an acoustic guitar while sitting in a room, with a bookshelf and another guitar in the background.
A man wearing a bright yellow-green shirt, a green cap, and sunglasses hanging from his collar sitting at a table in a busy indoor space, with a vase of white flowers on the table and people in the background.

Malcolm Perris

Rick Alexander

Nicholas Poulios

Sunday Dec 11

A man with glasses sitting at a piano with a music sheet, holding a large fluffy dog on his lap, in a room with musical equipment.
Man playing an acoustic guitar with eyes closed, wearing a light checkered shirt, against a warm brown background.
An older man with gray hair, beard, and glasses playing an acoustic guitar with a wooden background.

George Jenner

Jamal Shamas

Tom Chalko

A person wearing glasses and headphones playing a keyboard in a music studio.

Paavo Jumppanen 

A man with glasses and a full beard playing a guitar with a scenic background of green trees.

Paul Horn