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George Winston Benefit Concert with Guitar
Enjoy an intimate evening with world renown composer and performer, George Winston.
A master solo pianist, George has turned his interests to the guitar for this Traverse City performance. For many years, George has been studying and recording the masters of the Hawaiian Slack Key guitar, the solo finger-style guitar tradition unique to Hawai'i, which dates back to the early 1800s (and predates the steel guitar by about 60 years). "I experience such beauty and inspiration in the music of these masters," says George. "When I first heard some of the great Hawaiian slack key guitarists in the early 1970s, such as Keola Beamer, Led Kaapana, Ray Kane, Leonard Kwan, the late Gabby Pahinui, the late Sonny Chillingworth, the late Atta Isaacs and others, I realized right away that my priority was to help make this tradition better known, and ultimately more available to people."
George's performance will feature Hawaiian Slack Key as well as traditional American music, including Appalachian fiddle tunes, ragtime, popular standards and more.
The proceeds from the ticket sales will go to the local Guitars in the Classroom program, a non-profit organization dedicated to training teachers to play guitar and helping them to integrate the guitar and music into their classrooms. The local Traverse City Guitars in the Classroom program has already trained many teachers in the 5-county area.
All proceeds from merchandise sales will go to the Father Fred Food Bank. Please also join us in support of the Father Fred Foundation by bringing a donation of non-perishable food to the concert.
Please join us for this fabulous benefit concert. It is sure to be a wonderful evening for all.
Seating will be at 7:00 pm and the concert will begin at 7:30 pm.
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LocationTraverse City State Theatre
233 E. Front Street
Traverse City 49684
United States
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| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: No |
| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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