Guitar Now! Invitation to a three-day guitar festival
Guitar Now! Invitation to a three-day guitar festival
Roddy Ellias
If you play the guitar or if you’re simply a guitar aficionado, you will not want to miss Guitar Now. Okay, I’ll tell you exactly what Guitar Now is right after I tell you that it doesn’t matter what style of music you play or like, nor does it matter how good you are on the instrument, all that matters is that you love the guitar, the greatest of all instruments, and that you want to enjoy, learn, absorb, and be inspired by some the finest guitarists playing music today. And no, you don’t have to go to New York, LA, Brazil or Europe. It’s all tight here in Ottawa this spring!
Okay, the details…Guitar Now is a three-day guitar festival that kicks off its first year right here in Ottawa, at Carleton University, from May 3 to 5, 2013. World class guitarists from a wide variety of styles, including country and finger-style, classical, jazz, and everything in between (and I might add, world-class friendly people) will be offering helpful and insightful workshops and performances.
Who, you ask? Well, Don Ross, one of the world’s finest finger-pickers, Steve Piticco, and amazing country picker, Ben Monder, one of the world’s leading contemporary improvising and jazz guitarists, and the brilliant Basillian classical guitarists Guilherme Vincens to name a few! PEI’s own Amy Brandon will also be hosting an afternoon performance by rising local and regional guitarists that you won’t want to miss.
The festival has been organized by Carleton University music faculty members James Wright Wayne Eagles, and me, Roddy Ellias. If you are interested in going, and I strongly urge anyone who has been kind enough to read this far, please check out the website and register now!
See you in May
-Roddy Ellias