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On Saturday, November 8, Stephen Bennett performs at 8 p.m. with doors op
ening at 7 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church which is located at 22331 Woodward Avenue in Ferndale 3 blocks south of 9 mile on West side of Woodward. Tickets are available at the door for $15, Seniors/Students $10.
Whether playing his great-grandfather’s harp guitar, his 1930 National Steel or a standard 6 string, Stephen Bennett is a guitarist to hear. In live performance and on record, his diverse musical influences and interest are joined with a three decade long love affair with the sound of guitar strings.
Among many famous tunes Bennett has created, three of his harp guitar compositions have been included in compilations on the Narada label. In addition to those are his arrangement and performance of the Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite that has been played on radio stations around the United States and is most regarded as the alternative version.
On November 9, 2003 starting promptly at 1pm, Bennett will be conducting a two hour workshop on his technique at the First United Methodist Church. There will be limited seating and the cost of this workshop is $40. People interested in the workshop must pre-register. Click here for registration.
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Concert: The Michigan Fingerstyle Guitar Society is very excited to announce that acoustic guitarist, Preston Reed, will be performing live at the First United Methodist Church in Ferndale. Showtime is 8:00pm with doors opening at 7:00pm. Tickets are $15 and will be available at the door.
Preston Reed is a guitarist of many parts - so many parts that when he brings them all into play, first-time listeners often find it impossible to believe that they're hearing just the one musician, in real time.
Preston's latest release is Handwritten Notes.
Workshop: Preston will be teaching a guitar workshop on Sunday Oct 26th at the First United Methodist Church. All students must pre-register with the form on our website. Class is limited to 15 seats. Click here for more information and to register.
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The Michigan Fingerstyle Guitar Society is very excited to announce that fingerstyle guitarist extraordinaire, Ed Gerhard, will be performing live in concert on Saturday October 11th. The performance will be at the Acoustic Avenue Coffee House in Ferndale.
Doors open at 7:00 pm. Showtime is 8:00 pm
Tickets are $15. Seniors & Student tickets are $10. Tickets will be available at the door.
Ed will also be teaching a four hour fingerstyle workshop for the first 15 students to register. The cost is $75. Click here for more details. The workshop will focus on arranging music for fingerstyle guitar.
"From the top of his silvery hair down to his electric blue socks, Gerhard throws himself completely into every song he plays,” says Gail Johnson of the Portsmouth Press. In each performance, whether it be 6-string, 12-string, slide guitar or Hawaiian Lap Steel, Ed blends his musical intensity and sly sense of humor with seasoned aplomb. After mesmerizing an audience with a song, he’ll crack them up with an improvised joke then have them lost in the depths of the next piece before they know it."
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The Michigan Fingerstyle Guitar Society is very excited to announce that French guitarist Pierre Bensusan will be performing live in concert on Saturday March 15th. The performance will be at the Acoustic Avenue Coffee House in Ferndale.
Tickets are $15. Seniors & Student tickets are $10. Tickets will be available at the door.
Pierre will also be teaching a two hour workshop for the first 15 students to register. The cost is $40. Click here for more details.
"Pierre's music gives me the shakes. Even at its most complex, Pierre’s music only needs ears to be enjoyed." - Leo Kottke
"Bensusan demonstrated why he has become one of the most distinctive and influential finger-style guitarists. The pieces he performed frequently radiated a timeless modal quality that evoked everything from a slow Celtic air to a percussive Arabic chant. And there was no mistaking his finely honed technique as he went about exploiting the full range of his instrument." - Mike Joyce/The Washington Post (USA)
With a rare elegance, Mr. Bensusan measures every detail of tone, articulation and counterpoint in pieces that covered a lot of geography. The sounds he makes are ravishing. - The New York Times (USA)
