SGS Newsletter for August 2024

Concert Event Alert!

TEJA GERKEN & DOUG YOUNG DUO

LIVE IN AUBURN, CA - AUG. 18, 2024!

Venue Link:

https://www.auburnstatetheatre.org/acoustic-guitar-series

Here is a personal youtube video from Teja & Doug on the Event (1 Minute long)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsYDOjoXAzk

Acoustic Guitar Magazine says, "DUETS represents fingerstyle guitar at the highest level," and Windham Hill guitar legend Alex de Grassi agrees: "Employing an impressive battery of artisan guitars, Teja and Doug produce a wonderful range of sonorities."

Experience Teja and Doug live at Auburn's Odd Fellow's Lodge on Sunday, August 18th, at 3PM. Produced by the Auburn State Theater, tickets are available at:

https://www.auburnstatetheatre.org/ac...

TEJA GERKEN & DOUG YOUNG DUO

Inspired by the examples set by instrumental guitar duos ranging from folk-baroque legends John Renbourn and Bert Jansch to the sophistication of the Duo Assad, Teja Gerken and Doug Young seek to create arrangements that are larger than the sum of their parts. The duo also takes advantage of the timbres available through a dazzling array of tunings and by pairing a wide variety of guitars. Having performed together for more than a decade, they released their album DUETS in 2020. Drawing from their individual catalogs of original compositions, Celtic tunes, arrangements of jazz standards, and the occasional classical piece, Teja and Doug present a varied repertoire.

Event Alert: ToneBase Guitar Festival - Santa Monica California

Session 1 9/23/24 - 9/28/24

Session 2 9/29/24 - 10/4/24

At the iconic Guitar Salon International (GSI)

All levels welcome

Learn from the Best - in real life!

Join us in Los Angeles for the very first tonebase Guitar Festival

Experience world-class instruction, connect with top artists, and immerse yourself in an inspiring community of musicians.

Event Overview

• Personalized Assessment
• Private Lessons
• Technique Workshops
• Community Concerts
• Expert-Led Lectures
• Breakfast & Catering
• Group Dinners with Artists
• California Wine Tasting
• ...and much more!

See ToneBase website for more information at

https://www.tonebase.co/guitar

Link to ToneBase for information and sign up!

Other Events on the Calendar for 2024!

• 10/6/24 Performance and Lecture Series with George England

• 12/15/24 SGS Sacramento Community Guitar Orchestra Winter Concert

SGS has partnered with the Guitars 4 Vets program! Our instructors are offering 10 free lessons to veterans with PTSD who have passed a course with the program. Loaner guitars can be provided as needed.

Whether you are thinking about joining the program yourself, know someone who might, or just want to support the program financially, be sure to click the link below!

Have you been enjoying watching or participating in the Guitar Orchestras and their concerts? The Sacramento Guitar Society's Community Guitar Orchestras, and programs are funded by the generosity of our members. Please donate whatever you are able to keep the music going! Your donations are tax-deductible.

Sacramento Guitar Society | (916) 545-5491 www.SacGuitarSociety.org

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