The St. Louis Classical Guitar Society has existed since 1963, was incorporated on April 9, 1980, and has been presenting the finest guitarists and ensembles with guitar to St. Louis audiences since the mid-1970's. We are the third-oldest guitar society in the United States, one of only three with professional administration. We are the presenters of the Great Artist Guitar Series, featuring four touring artists or guitar ensembles presented at the Ethical Society, selected in December 1999 as the "Best Instrumental Series" in St. Louis by Sarah Bryan Miller, Music Editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. We have brought to St. Louis many of the world's finest performers of the classical guitar, including Julian Bream, Christopher Parkening, Eliot Fisk, and Kazuhito Yamashita. We also present two additional Special Performances each season designed to appeal to new audiences, ensembles such as the Brazilian Guitar Quartet and the Modern Mandolin Quartet (2000-01); the Baltimore Consort Early Music Ensemble and the Romero Family (2001-02); and the Santa Fe Guitar Quartet and the Paco Pena Flamenco Company (2002-03).