Victoria Guitar Society

02/27/2026

VGS and the upcoming Northwest Guitar Festival were highlighted in the most recent edition of Monday Magazine!

02/05/2026

The next performer in our international concert series will be Leonela Alejandro, Puerto Rican guitar virtuoso and winner of the 2024 GFA Grand Prize! This concert will be presented in conjunction with the Northwest Guitar Festival, and festival attendees will receive complimentary admission. Tickets are on sale now via https://www.victoriaguitarsociety.ca/ or the QR code below!

02/05/2026

The registration deadline for The 33rd Annual Northwest Guitar Festival adult and youth competitions is almost 2 weeks away! Register now and don’t miss out on this exciting festival returning to Victoria for the first time in over a decade! https://northwestguitarfestival.org/registration-2/

12/12/2025

Our next concert of the 2025/2026 series features none other than the Ibison Guitar Duo! Tickets now available via our website.

The Ibison Guitar Duo, Chad Ibison (USA) and Janet Grohovac (Canada) have been performing together since 2010 and are based in Austin, Texas. Both hold Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from The University of Texas at Austin where they met. Dr. Ibison, originally from Houston, Texas, has won many top prizes in competitions including the prestigious Guitar Foundation of America 2013 and the JoAnn Falletta Concerto Competition in 2014, as well as 1st prizes at the CU International Guitar Festival 2015, Tennessee Guitar Festival and Competition 2013, Boston GuitarFest 2012, Texas Guitar Competition in Dallas 2012, A&M Guitar Symposium 2010, and CSU Guitar Symposium 2009. Dr. Grohovac, from Victoria, Canada, was awarded 1st prizes at the Southern Guitar Competition 2015, and the Northwest Guitar Competition 2009, and was a top prize winner in the Tennessee International Guitar Competition 2015, the Lone Star Guitar Festival and Competition 2015, the Dallas International Guitar Competition 2015, Montreal International Guitar Festival 2014 and the Texas Music Festival “Classical Minds” Competition 2010.

VGS is a BC registered non-profit society and a Canadian registered charity whose mission is to provide high quality public performances and increase the musical development and accessibility of the classical guitar.