Saturday, January 26, 2013

Friday, January 25, 2013

Saturday, January 19, 2013

Join us this Monday January 21. at the Pheasant Plucker 20 Augusta St. Hamilton.

Sign in opens at 7:30, show starts at 8:00

for music beautiful in it's mastery and execution from premier classical guitar player

   Emma Rush

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Here's a cut from her bio,

Emma Rush maintains a busy teaching studio in additional to faculty appointments at Redeemer University and Mohawk College. She performs throughout North America and Europe and appears regularly at international guitar festival. Emma is the founder and artistic director of the successful Guitar Hamilton concert series and the Hamilton International Guitar Festival.

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Toccata in Blue

You can get the rest of this years amazing line up on our blog
Calender Page

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Andy Pelegrino

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Feature Vid from the Nylon Crew

Thanks to the Nylon Crew for a most spectacular feature performance. Here is excerpt one from Jesse 1. More excellent performance vids to follow.

Saturday, January 5, 2013

Return of the Nylon Crew

This week, Jan. 7 at the Pheasant Plucker, 20 Augusta St. Hamilton,

Sign in opens at 7:30 show starts at 8:00

The HGA welcomes an ensemble of classical players. In the past, the "Nylon Crew" has brought us music crafted by masters, skillfully played. I've always admired the , talent, passion, discipline and love of the art displayed by our friends like Emma, Luis, Mike and this guy, Andy.

S.O.F.G.A.

Southern Ontario Fingerstyle Guitar Association

Some five years ago, I typed finger style guitar into a search engine because that was the type of playing I wanted to explore. Mostly because I was tired of replacing all my lost guitar picks. What I found was the SOFGA, a club dedicated to this guitar style and encourageing new people to learn by providing a non competative performance environment. They met right here in Hamilton, I knew that this was something I had to check out.

What I found was a community of people enjoying each other's music, company and friendship. And the amazing music! Cutting edge acoustic, celtic, old blues , entire bands seems to leap from guitars held by one person. No fake effects or back tape. Each meeting, one great player after the next would play. Then, one of them would take some time to show you thier style.

This is where I found my guitar teacher and mentors and some realley good friends. Though I was just a beginner, these people seemed to have a genuine desire to hear my music. This encouragement was pivital, at a time when the rest of the world just wanted me to forget the whole guitar thing .

Some five years later, when it comes to music, I still don't have it all together most of the time, but I've come a long way, mostly thanks to SOFGA.

Now , it's called the Hamilton Guitar Association but the goal and spirit are the same. That's why I'm happy to slug all the gear up the stairs at the Pheasent Plucker every other week, set up the mics and board, then, watch it all unfold.

Mark V

Hamilton Guitar Association