USGO after a concert in Seville, Spain with soloist Xavier Jara (2022)
VALUES & VISION
The US Guitar Orchestra (USGO) is committed to promoting artistic excellence in classical guitar orchestra, ensemble, and chamber music. The USGO seeks to empower guitarists in discovering deeper meaning and purpose through connecting with other players and audiences.
We believe in creating and building community through collaborative musical experiences.
We are passionate that through travel and touring we increase awareness of the guitar as a collaborative instrument, while both gaining and sharing global perspectives within and outside the guitar culture.
We are committed to promoting the guitar beyond tradition through new works and commissions that blur boundaries of genre with the aim of the guitar being more integrated into the world musical community and more celebrated.
USGO outside Carnegie Hall, with soloist William Kanengiser, composers Kevin Callahan, Brian Head, and Bryan Johanson, and Tom Kikta of the Aaron Shearer Foundation (2019)