{"id":43518,"date":"2021-01-02T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-02T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarcorner.com\/?p=43518"},"modified":"2022-02-23T12:17:27","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T17:17:27","slug":"cgc-member-spotlight-armando-baltra-and-scott-brandenberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarcorner.com\/cgc-member-spotlight-armando-baltra-and-scott-brandenberg\/","title":{"rendered":"CGC Member Spotlight: Armando Baltra and Scott Brandenberg"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>In November we wrapped up our Fall Member Challenge, which focused on duets (specifically duets from our <a href=\"https:\/\/cgcpublishing.com\/collections\/print-books\/products\/graded-duets-for-classical-guitar-spiral-bound-edition\">new duets book<\/a>). 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