PGS is a monthly meeting free to the public providing two hours of guitar music. It’s also a nonprofit membership organization providing a place to meet other players, makers, and teachers, and it's a friendly place to discover and share new tunes, techniques, and styles. We welcome all kinds of music and all skill levels. Meetings start with open mic time and end with a half-hour Featured Performer set.
PGS meets at the Community Music Center, 3350 SE Francis Street, Portland from 7:00 to 9:30 PM on the first Monday of every month (second Monday if the first is a holiday). Meetings are always free and open to the public.
PGS meets at the Community Music Center, 3350 SE Francis Street, Portland from 7:00 to 9:30 PM on the first Monday of every month (second Monday if the first is a holiday). Meetings are always free and open to the public.
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Robin Trower with special guest Terry Robb
Thursday, May 16, 2019, 8pm
Roseland Theater
8 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR 97209
http://roselandpdx.com/
Duo Apaixonado:
Alfredo Muro, Guitar
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Valdine Ritchie Mishkin, Cello
Friday May 17, 7:30pm
Classic Pianos
A delightful evening of solo guitar and cello music as well as duets for cello and guitar music from Spain to Latin America and from Bach to Piazzolla
The Canadian cellist Valdine Ritchie Mishkin and the Peruvian guitarist Alfredo Muro, two talented musicians formed this unique Duo Apaixonado in 2017 in Portland, Oregon, Since then they have performed regularly un the USA . Duo Apaixonado displays a wonderful blend of talent presenting their own arrangements and a outstanding cello guitar repertoire in the world and is continually broadening the repertoire of the cello and guitar duets.
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Alfredo Muro, Guitar
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Valdine Ritchie Mishkin, Cello
Friday May 17, 7:30pm
Classic Pianos
A delightful evening of solo guitar and cello music as well as duets for cello and guitar music from Spain to Latin America and from Bach to Piazzolla
The Canadian cellist Valdine Ritchie Mishkin and the Peruvian guitarist Alfredo Muro, two talented musicians formed this unique Duo Apaixonado in 2017 in Portland, Oregon, Since then they have performed regularly un the USA . Duo Apaixonado displays a wonderful blend of talent presenting their own arrangements and a outstanding cello guitar repertoire in the world and is continually broadening the repertoire of the cello and guitar duets.
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Portland FolkMusic Society
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Dave Stamey
Friday May 17th, 7:30pm
Reedwood Friends Church
Dave Stamey has been a working cowboy, rancher, mule packer and dude wrangler. Presently he is one of the most popular Western entertainers working today. The Western Music Association has seven times voted him Entertainer of the Year and Male Performer of the Year along with five times Songwriter of the Year. Performing songs of the American west, this cowboy has delighted audiences in 23 states.
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presents
Dave Stamey
Friday May 17th, 7:30pm
Reedwood Friends Church
Dave Stamey has been a working cowboy, rancher, mule packer and dude wrangler. Presently he is one of the most popular Western entertainers working today. The Western Music Association has seven times voted him Entertainer of the Year and Male Performer of the Year along with five times Songwriter of the Year. Performing songs of the American west, this cowboy has delighted audiences in 23 states.
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Portland International Guitar Series
presented by U.S. Classic Guitar
Carles Pons Altes, Michael Libraro, and William Jenks
Saturday May 18, 8pm
Eliot Chapel, 1011 SW 12th Ave
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presented by U.S. Classic Guitar
Carles Pons Altes, Michael Libraro, and William Jenks
Saturday May 18, 8pm
Eliot Chapel, 1011 SW 12th Ave
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Hiroya Tsukamoto Sunday May 19, 2019, 2pm Oregon Buddhist Temple, 3720 SE 34th Ave Tickets & Information |
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Hiroya Tsukamoto is an innovative guitarist and composer who fuses folk,jazz, and world music. Born and raised in Japan, in 2000 he received a scholarship to Berklee College of music and came to the U.S. “In terms of musicianship, Tsukamoto’s guitar work was just ridiculous. Right from the beginning of his first song, it was obvious that the folks in Bernunzio’s were in for a treat. His brand of finger style guitar is so intricate, and so blazingly fast at the same time, I kept imagining how many clones I would need to make of myself to accurately replicate his sound. One song that drove that point home was his set opener, “From Coast to Coast,” a song that had some of the fastest harmonic runs I’ve heard,” wrote Trevor Lewis of the Rochester City News.
Mercedes Ruíz & Santiago Lara
Sun, May 19, 2019
The Old Church
Internationally acclaimed flamenco artists Mercedes Ruíz and Santiago Lara will make their Portland debut this spring. Mercedes Ruíz, one of the most esteemed dancers in Spain today and winner of such respected flamenco dance awards as the Critics Award at the Jerez Festival and the Exhibition Award at the Seville Biennial, has been performing professionally since the age of seven, touring across Europe, Asia, and to the Eastern United States. In 2003 she started her own company, Compañia Mercedes Ruíz, and has created eight productions together with her husband, Santiago Lara. Flamenco guitar virtuoso, composer, and producer Santiago Lara is without a doubt one of the most important names in the new generation of flamenco guitarists. He has received some of the most prestigious flamenco guitar awards including that of the Seville Biennial and the National Flamenco Art of Córdoba Award.
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Sun, May 19, 2019
The Old Church
Internationally acclaimed flamenco artists Mercedes Ruíz and Santiago Lara will make their Portland debut this spring. Mercedes Ruíz, one of the most esteemed dancers in Spain today and winner of such respected flamenco dance awards as the Critics Award at the Jerez Festival and the Exhibition Award at the Seville Biennial, has been performing professionally since the age of seven, touring across Europe, Asia, and to the Eastern United States. In 2003 she started her own company, Compañia Mercedes Ruíz, and has created eight productions together with her husband, Santiago Lara. Flamenco guitar virtuoso, composer, and producer Santiago Lara is without a doubt one of the most important names in the new generation of flamenco guitarists. He has received some of the most prestigious flamenco guitar awards including that of the Seville Biennial and the National Flamenco Art of Córdoba Award.
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Alfredo Muro
Friday May 24, 7pm
Clackamas Community College, Oregon City
Saturday May 25, 8pm
Burnt Bridge Cellars, Vancouver
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Friday May 24, 7pm
Clackamas Community College, Oregon City
Saturday May 25, 8pm
Burnt Bridge Cellars, Vancouver
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Please join us for an evening of Latin American music with guitar virtuoso Alfredo Muro. A true master of all the Latin American rhythms, Alfredo is sure to have you dancing in your chairs!
Guitarist Alfredo Muro was born in Lima, Peru. At the age of ten, he began teaching himself to play the guitar and was soon awarded a scholarship to study with Maestro Jose Pepe Torres at his Guitar Academy. Many years and awards later, Muro continued his studies with two of the greatest Peruvian guitar masters, Octavio Ticona and Carlos Hayre, gaining mastery of harmonic theory and the rich variety of Peruvian folklore. After four years of intense studies, he moved to the United States to broaden his musical skills studying with great masters Manuel Lopez Ramos, Frank Costa and John Doan. Since then, Muro has established a prodigious repertoire ranging from classical music to Latin American and Spanish music, and from, Baden Powell, Jobim, Bach and Albeniz.
Muro has released six CDs: Journey through the Strings, The Musical Sea, Alfredo Muro and Friends Live at St. Getrude Monastery, Alma Brasilia-Volume 1, Alma Brasileira-Volume 2, Latin Impressions, and his latest CD –Passionate Guitar. Latin Impressions, released in June of 2009, was pre-nominated for the Latin Grammy.
At the moment he is focused on his new recording project, Tango vs. Samba, which will feature works of Antonio Carlos Jobim, Astor Piazzola, Egberto Gismonti, and Muro’s original compositions. Another important project in progress is the publication of his book, Pensamientos Guitarristicos, a collection of his arrangements of selected Brazilian solo and ensemble guitar works.
Guitarist Alfredo Muro was born in Lima, Peru. At the age of ten, he began teaching himself to play the guitar and was soon awarded a scholarship to study with Maestro Jose Pepe Torres at his Guitar Academy. Many years and awards later, Muro continued his studies with two of the greatest Peruvian guitar masters, Octavio Ticona and Carlos Hayre, gaining mastery of harmonic theory and the rich variety of Peruvian folklore. After four years of intense studies, he moved to the United States to broaden his musical skills studying with great masters Manuel Lopez Ramos, Frank Costa and John Doan. Since then, Muro has established a prodigious repertoire ranging from classical music to Latin American and Spanish music, and from, Baden Powell, Jobim, Bach and Albeniz.
Muro has released six CDs: Journey through the Strings, The Musical Sea, Alfredo Muro and Friends Live at St. Getrude Monastery, Alma Brasilia-Volume 1, Alma Brasileira-Volume 2, Latin Impressions, and his latest CD –Passionate Guitar. Latin Impressions, released in June of 2009, was pre-nominated for the Latin Grammy.
At the moment he is focused on his new recording project, Tango vs. Samba, which will feature works of Antonio Carlos Jobim, Astor Piazzola, Egberto Gismonti, and Muro’s original compositions. Another important project in progress is the publication of his book, Pensamientos Guitarristicos, a collection of his arrangements of selected Brazilian solo and ensemble guitar works.
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Andrea Gonzalez Caballero
Friday, June 7th, 8pm Eliot Chapel, 1011 SW 12th Ave Considered one of today's most acclaimed young guitarists, Andrea stands out for her character and sensitivity. She has recently been awarded with the First Prize at the “XIII Alhambra International Guitar Competition”, being the youngest guitarist to achieve it. She has obtained more than twenty national and international prizes such as the First Prize and the Special Prize "Carla Minen" at the “XL International Competition F. Sor” (Rome) or the Honorary Prize David Russell for young talents. |
Eric Skye and Mark Goldenberg
Saturday, June 8, 7pm
The Commune
19 Northwest 5th Avenue
The acoustic guitar duo of Eric Skye and Mark Goldenberg to give an intimate acoustic show in a unique and wonderful light filled loft and private event space in a historic brick building in the Old Town district of downtown Portland, Saturday June 8th at 7pm. Doors open at 6:30. There will be some beer and wine available for purchase. There are several pay lots within one block of the venue. There are two uncovered lots very close; one is located between 6th and 5th from Davis to Couch (entrance on the north side of the lot off Davis) and the second uncovered lot is between 5th and 4th from Davis to Couch (entrances on either side of the lot on Couch and Davis). There is covered parking in the garage located underneath the US Bankcorp Tower.
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Saturday, June 8, 7pm
The Commune
19 Northwest 5th Avenue
The acoustic guitar duo of Eric Skye and Mark Goldenberg to give an intimate acoustic show in a unique and wonderful light filled loft and private event space in a historic brick building in the Old Town district of downtown Portland, Saturday June 8th at 7pm. Doors open at 6:30. There will be some beer and wine available for purchase. There are several pay lots within one block of the venue. There are two uncovered lots very close; one is located between 6th and 5th from Davis to Couch (entrance on the north side of the lot off Davis) and the second uncovered lot is between 5th and 4th from Davis to Couch (entrances on either side of the lot on Couch and Davis). There is covered parking in the garage located underneath the US Bankcorp Tower.
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Choro da Alegria & Peter Zisa Saturday June 8, 7:30pm Casa Della Zisa Choro da Alegria (choro of happiness) is a Portland-based ensemble dedicated to playing the wonderful melodies of Brazil. The group is thrilled to be returning to the CDZ concert series. |
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Choro da Alegria draws much inspiration from the genre choro, which means cry or lament and has been loosely called “Brazilian ragtime.” Choro features samba rhythms, jazzy chords and fast tempos. Beyond choro the group enjoys performing classics tunes from Bossa Nova and MPB. Choro da Alegria is Pam Beaty on 7 string guitar, Tom Pinit on bandolim, and Esteban Diaz on percussion. The group released its first CD, “quiosque,” in 2015.
The concert will also feature special guest flutist Gabriela Gimenes from São Paulo, Brazil. Pam Beaty and Peter Zisa will also perform set of Brazilian guitar duets. RSVP via casadellazisa@gmail.com (discounts for PGS members, senior citizens, and students) |
