June 2013 – March 2014
About the Open Mic:
- Everyone is welcome! Audience and performers of all levels: beginner to professional: all are warmly received and encouraged.
- Finger picking nylon string styles (leave the Les Paul at home). Soloists and ensembles of any combination.
- 10 minutes maximum per performer, coordinated by a different guest host each month.
- Tropical juice and coffee provided by the SBGS. Fruit, cake and cookies are welcome: please bring enough to display and share.
The Sierra Nevada Guitar Festival At Lake Tahoe is the premier organization presenting Classical Guitar Concerts, Festivals and Educational Events in Northern Nevada, Lake Tahoe and Walnut Creek. New! - Walnut Creek Guitar Series.
The Seventh International SIERRA NEVADA GUITAR FESTIVAL & COMPETITION AT LAKE TAHOE, JULY 10-14, 2013
Guest Artists – Rene Izquierdo Technique and Cuban Music Workshop – Travel and Housing – Competition Rules – Festival Schedule
Festival site: Incline Village, Nevada
St. Patrick’s Episcopal and The Institute of Rock
Spectacular location near the shores of Lake Tahoe
Festival Co-Hosts:
Rene Izquierdo, Samantha Wells, Larry Aynesmith
Competition Director: Antoniy Kakamakov
Featuring:
$1000 Competition Prize!
Gonzalo Bergara Quartet
Exaudi Duo (Rene Izquierdo and Elina Chekan)
Mobius Trio, Yuri Liberzon, Chakrapani Singh
Matthew Fish, Chris Hague, Larry Aynesmith
Samantha Wells, Antoniy Kakamakov
Workshops, Masterclasses, Picnic by Lake Tahoe, Late Night Fun
About the Open Mic:
- Everyone is welcome! Audience and performers of all levels: beginner to professional: all are warmly received and encouraged.
- Finger picking nylon string styles (leave the Les Paul at home). Soloists and ensembles of any combination.
- 10 minutes maximum per performer, coordinated by a different guest host each month.
- Tropical juice and coffee provided by the SBGS. Fruit, cake and cookies are welcome: please bring enough to display and share.
Steve Lin has concertized throughout the United States, Italy, the Philippines, and Taiwan.
He is praised by Classical Guitar Magazine as “a confident player with a powerful
sound, quick hands, and a solid musical memory” and was the first prize winner at the
Boston GuitarFest Competition and the East Carolina Guitar Competition. He has two
albums on VGo Recordings: Eliot Fisk Series Vol. 1 and Imagen.
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Hundreds of Custom Guitars by Luthiers from Around the World
Come meet the luthiers and admire, order or purchase a custom made guitar.
Take a Players Workshop to improve your playing and composing skills.
Enjoy great guitarists playing for the builders who make their music possible.
In 1995, the Healdsburg Guitar Festival provided a venue for guitar enthusiasts to tryout guitars in the presence of the builder, and also hosted workshops taught by professional performers, who, in turn, demonstrated the musical qualities of the show’s custom guitars in a concert setting. The sense of festive community that was established by this interconnected circle continues to this day, and the party we call The Healdsburg Guitar Festival has served a major role in validating the art of modern lutherie ever since.
The festival has helped promote high standards for quality guitars as well as create a stable market for them. “If there is a heaven, it looks just like the Healdsburg Guitar Festival,” wrote guitar buyer Henry Lowenstein in the 2005 edition of Blue Book of Acoustic Guitars. And he continued, “The nation’s best luthiers get together to talk, play, and show the best of what they have to offer to the public. Every year they have the grand masters as well as fresh faces at the show. This is not only a great chance to meet the luthiers themselves and learn some really serious academic guitar-building theory, but also to make use of the numerous “quiet rooms,” which allow you to actually play and compare these extraordinary instruments.”
We are pleased to announce that The Healdsburg Guitar Festival will be returning to the Hyatt Vineyard Creek Hotel in Santa Rosa, California this August.
First located in a small wedding facility in Healdsburg, the Festival moved in 2003 to a larger concert hall located 5 miles south. In 2011, we upgraded again to our current location, the Hyatt Vineyard Creek Hotel & Spa in downtown Santa Rosa’s historic Railroad Square surrounded by many restaurants, shops and clubs. The Hyatts superb facilities and location are the perfect fit for the Festival.
About the Open Mic:
- Everyone is welcome! Audience and performers of all levels: beginner to professional: all are warmly received and encouraged.
- Finger picking nylon string styles (leave the Les Paul at home). Soloists and ensembles of any combination.
- 10 minutes maximum per performer, coordinated by a different guest host each month.
- Tropical juice and coffee provided by the SBGS. Fruit, cake and cookies are welcome: please bring enough to display and share.
o be held Sept 6-8 at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA.
Amazing concert line-up:
- Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
- Andrew York
- Jason Vieux
- Tiebault Cauvin
- Brazil Guitar Duo
- Jerome Mouffe
- Berta Rojas
- Carlos Perez
- Grisha Goryachev
- Martha Masters
- Dr. Craig Russell
Masterclasses by:
- Scott Tennant
- Andrew York
- Berta Rojas
- Carlos Pérez
- Bill Kanengiser
About the Open Mic:
- Everyone is welcome! Audience and performers of all levels: beginner to professional: all are warmly received and encouraged.
- Finger picking nylon string styles (leave the Les Paul at home). Soloists and ensembles of any combination.
- 10 minutes maximum per performer, coordinated by a different guest host each month.
- Tropical juice and coffee provided by the SBGS. Fruit, cake and cookies are welcome: please bring enough to display and share.
About the Open Mic:
- Everyone is welcome! Audience and performers of all levels: beginner to professional: all are warmly received and encouraged.
- Finger picking nylon string styles (leave the Les Paul at home). Soloists and ensembles of any combination.
- 10 minutes maximum per performer, coordinated by a different guest host each month.
- Tropical juice and coffee provided by the SBGS. Fruit, cake and cookies are welcome: please bring enough to display and share.
About the Open Mic:
- Everyone is welcome! Audience and performers of all levels: beginner to professional: all are warmly received and encouraged.
- Finger picking nylon string styles (leave the Les Paul at home). Soloists and ensembles of any combination.
- 10 minutes maximum per performer, coordinated by a different guest host each month.
- Tropical juice and coffee provided by the SBGS. Fruit, cake and cookies are welcome: please bring enough to display and share.
About the Open Mic:
- Everyone is welcome! Audience and performers of all levels: beginner to professional: all are warmly received and encouraged.
- Finger picking nylon string styles (leave the Les Paul at home). Soloists and ensembles of any combination.
- 10 minutes maximum per performer, coordinated by a different guest host each month.
- Tropical juice and coffee provided by the SBGS. Fruit, cake and cookies are welcome: please bring enough to display and share.
About the Open Mic:
- Everyone is welcome! Audience and performers of all levels: beginner to professional: all are warmly received and encouraged.
- Finger picking nylon string styles (leave the Les Paul at home). Soloists and ensembles of any combination.
- 10 minutes maximum per performer, coordinated by a different guest host each month.
- Tropical juice and coffee provided by the SBGS. Fruit, cake and cookies are welcome: please bring enough to display and share.
About the Open Mic:
- Everyone is welcome! Audience and performers of all levels: beginner to professional: all are warmly received and encouraged.
- Finger picking nylon string styles (leave the Les Paul at home). Soloists and ensembles of any combination.
- 10 minutes maximum per performer, coordinated by a different guest host each month.
- Tropical juice and coffee provided by the SBGS. Fruit, cake and cookies are welcome: please bring enough to display and share.
About the Open Mic:
- Everyone is welcome! Audience and performers of all levels: beginner to professional: all are warmly received and encouraged.
- Finger picking nylon string styles (leave the Les Paul at home). Soloists and ensembles of any combination.
- 10 minutes maximum per performer, coordinated by a different guest host each month.
- Tropical juice and coffee provided by the SBGS. Fruit, cake and cookies are welcome: please bring enough to display and share.