Upcoming Events

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Java’s
www.javascafe.com/
16 Gibbs St.
Rochester, NY 14604 (Show Map)
232-4820

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Monday, August 20
RGC Round Robin Meeting - ~ Ken Luk will share with us the highlights of his Recent tour of Blues Country
Red Room at Asbury Methodist Church, 1010 East Avenue
7:00 - 9:00pm

RGC Brief Round Robin Meeting, suggested theme, the Blues.

As an additional special treat, Ken Luk will share with us the highlights of his recent tour of Blues Country including a virtual tour of the homes and grave sites of some of the renowned early blues men as well as some blues museums in Georgia and Mississippi. Suggested $3 donation, RGC members free.

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Friday, August 24
Reunion gig with Walt Atkison and Bernie Heveron & special guests Al Keltz an ~Reunion gig with Walt Atkison & Bernie Heveron & special guests, Al Keltz & Charlie Curran
The Record Archive Performance Stage
6:00 - 8:00pm

The Record Archive Performance Stage
33.3 Rockwood St., Rochester, NY

(There’s wine & beer, and there might be some pizza, and we’ll probably rock out. We usually do!)

For those of you who don’t know Walt, he was a mainstay around Rochester from the 1970’s to the 1990’s. We did a lot of shows together and had a lot of fun!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1509925212446728/

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Wednesday, August 29
Kenneth Meyer
Library at 49 East Genesee Street, Skaneateles
7:30pm

Kenneth Meyer is an instructor of music at the Syracuse University Setnor School of Music. He was the national first-prize winner at the Music Teacher’s National Association Collegiate Artist Competition and is regarded by the Washington Post as “A thinking man’s guitarist – he focuses on the inner structure of a piece…and plays with impressive gravity and power.” The Buffalo News has called him “Impeccably articulate with superb technique.”

Frequently in demand as a guest artist at colleges and universities across the country, Mr. Meyer has given concerts and lectures at the Eastman School of Music, Cornell University, the University of Southern Mississippi, North Carolina School of the Arts, the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Hochstein School of Music, Canisius College and the University of Caracas in Venezuela. He is an active performer and teacher at music festivals and has been featured at the Rome, Alexandria, Eastman Guitar Summerfest and the Alirio Diaz Guitar Festivals.

Mr. Meyer holds degrees in music composition and performance from SUNY at Fredonia and master of music and doctor of musical arts degrees from the Eastman School of Music. He has served on the faculties of East Carolina University, SUNY at Fredonia and the Eastman School of Music and currently directs a thriving guitar studies program at the Syracuse University Setnor School of Music and Onondaga Community College.

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Saturday, September 1
Down Home Bluegrass Jam ~ First Saturdays
Bernunzio Uptown Music
10:00am - 12:00pm

Interested in learning Bluegrass without the break-neck tempo? The “Down Home” Bluegrass jam is Bernunzio Uptown Music’s newest addition to our growing series of monthly jams, and will provide a relaxed/supportive environment for the aspiring Flatt and Scruggs to perfect their skills.

ALL PARTICIPANTS IN BERNUNZIO’S JAMS/WORKSHOPS WILL RECEIVE 10% OFF STRINGS & ACCESSORIES ON THAT DAY.

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Bernunzio Uptown Music
bernunzio.com
122 East Ave.
Rochester, NY
585-473-6140

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Little Theatre Café
www.thelittle.org/cafe.php
240 East Avenue
585-258-0400

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Monday, September 17
RGC Presentation Meeting - ~ Another Stringed Instrument: Renaissance Harp as built by Bernie Lehmann and played by Paul Knoke.
Red Room at Asbury Methodist Church, 1010 East Avenue
7:00 - 9:00pm

Suggested $5 donation, RGC members free.

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Saturday, September 22
Muriel Anderson
Library at 49 East Genesee Street, Skaneateles
7:30pm

One of the world’s foremost fingerstyle guitarists and harp-guitarists, Muriel Anderson is the first woman to have won the National Fingerstyle Guitar Championship. Her CD Nightlight Daylight was chosen as one of the top 10 CDs of the decade by Guitar Player Magazine and her Heartstrings recording accompanied the astronauts on the space shuttle Discovery. She has performed/recorded with Chet Atkins, Les Paul, Victor Wooten, Tommy Emmanuel and the Nashville Chamber Orchestra.

Her obvious joy of music, humor and her facility across the genres of folk, classical, jazz, bluegrass and international music is revered by guitarists worldwide. An engaging performer, Muriel’s unique approach to the instrument virtually transforms the guitar into a lyrical choir, then a marching band, then a Japanese koto, then a Bluegrass band – one minute launching into a Beatles’ tune and the next, a Rodrigo concerto. Muriel is host of the renowned Muriel Anderson’s ALL STAR GUITAR NIGHT® and founder of the MUSIC FOR LIFE ALLIANCE charity. Learn more at www.murielanderson.com

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Café Veritas
www.cafeveritas.org/index.html
Unitarian Church, 220 Winton Road South
Rochester, NY 14610 (Show Map)

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Saturday, October 13
Musings with Sungmin Shin (guitar faculty) ~ RIT Faculty Spotlight
Allen Chapel at Rochester Institute of Technology
2:00pm

Performance of original music on classical and jazz guitars featuring Sabu Adeyola (bass), John Bacon (drums), and George Caldwell (piano)
https://www.rit.edu/cla/finearts/music/events

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Saturday, October 20
Alex Lassa
Library at 49 East Genesee Street, Skaneateles
7:30pm

Alex Lassa is a student of Grammy nominated Nicholas Goluses. Alex has participated in various competitions, as well as master classes with Jason Vieaux, Matt Palmer and Elliot Fist.

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Wednesday, November 7
Jason Vieaux
Library at 49 East Genesee Street, Skaneateles
7:30pm

Grammy-winner Jason Vieaux, “among the elite of today’s classical guitarists” (Gramophone), is the guitarist that goes beyond the classical. NPR describes Vieaux as, “perhaps the most precise and soulful classical guitarist of his generation.” His most recent solo album, Play, won the 2015 Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo and earned a place on NPR’s “50 Favorite Songs of 2014 (So Far)” for Vieaux’s recording of “Zapateado.”

Vieaux has earned a reputation for putting his expressiveness and virtuosity at the service of a remarkably wide range of music, and his schedule of performing, teaching, and recording commitments is distinguished throughout the U.S. and abroad. His solo recitals have been a feature at every major guitar series in North America and at many of the important guitar festivals in Asia, Australia, Europe, and Mexico.

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Saturday, December 15
The Music School of CNY Classic Guitar Ensemble
Library at 49 East Genesee Street, Skaneateles
7:30pm

The Music School of CNY Classic Guitar Ensemble is a talented group of music students dedicated to promoting the classic guitar literature and its rich history throughout the community. The group performs a wide variety of music representing many cultures from around the world dating from the Renaissance to the present day. The ensemble at times features additional instruments and performers to achieve a rich, dynamic and full range of sound.

This ensemble is made up of a group of students enrolled in private classical guitar studies and younger students participating in the Syracuse Childbloom Guitar Program. The majority of these students have been playing guitar for a few years and have demonstrated a high aptitude of music reading, tone production and playing ability. These students are studying with John Ferrara, who also performs with and directs the group.