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Charlotte’s Web for the Performing Arts welcomes back the California Guitar Trio (pictured) this Saturday, April 3, at Mendelssohn PAC, 415 N. Church St., Rockford.

From press release

Charlotte’s Web for the Performing Arts welcomes back the California Guitar Trio this Saturday, April 3, at Mendelssohn PAC, 415 N. Church St., Rockford. In addition to their evening performance, they will offer a special guitar clinic at 4 p.m.

With many instrumental styles fusing classical, rock, blues, jazz, world music, progressive, and the quintessential California musical genre surf music, The California Guitar Trio’s stunning virtuosity and sly sense of humor have earned them an enthusiastic following and wide notoriety, with significant crossover in the progressive, acoustic and classical music scenes.

Paul Richards of Salt Lake City, Utah; Bert Lams of Brussels, Belgium; and Hideyo Moriya of Tokyo first met in England at one of Robert Fripp’s Guitar Craft Courses in 1987. After completing several of these intensive courses, the three toured worldwide with Fripp’s League of Crafty Guitarists. After the League had finished, they decided to continue working together and convened in Los Angeles to found The California Guitar Trio in 1991.

“A California Guitar Trio performance is like a night at the theater: Drama, passion, humor, joy, pathos, it’s all there.”—Acoustic Musician Magazine.

The show begins at 8 p.m. with an opening by Rockford’s own brilliant guitarist, Dan Voll; considered one of the Midwest’s most versatile guitarists, his genres include blues, jazz, Latin jazz, world music and acoustic. He has performed with musicians such as Chuchito Valdes, Herb Ellis, Guy Fricano, Lonnie Brooks, A.C. Reed, Eddie Shaw, and saxophonist Richie Cole. Cole, a jazz veteran, states, “Dan Voll is one of the best guitar players I have had the pleasure to work with.” Other career highlights include opening in concert for blues artist Roy Buchanan, Alan Holdsworth, and Danny Gatton.

At 4 p.m., the Trio will give a special workshop for all levels of guitar players. The three will share their 19-plus years of experience as professional touring musicians, going over left- and right-hand techniques as well as exercises in listening, rhythm and playing together as a group. Bring your acoustic guitar, a strap and a guitar pick. The Web and CGT are offering a special price to music professionals, students and educators–$10 clinic only or $25 clinic & concert. For all others, the price is $25 clinic only; $40 clinic & concert. E-mail lani@snapshotmusic.com for reservations.

Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 door concert only: $40 clinic & concert. Advance tickets are available at Rockford Area Arts Council, 713 E. State, (815) 963-6765; both of The Postal Shoppe locations, in the Edgebrook Center, (815) 397-7301 and 2205 S. Perryville, (815) 484-0940; The Kilt & Clover, 1414 N. Main, (815) 962-5458; and JustGoods, 201 Seventh St., (815) 965-8903. Tickets can also be ordered with credit card via PayPal ($1 /ticket service charge), at www.charlotteswebofrockford.org ^[2]. Print your receipt and present it at the door to redeem your tickets.

For more information, call (815) 964-2238 or visit www.charlotteswebofrockford.org ^[2].

From the March 31-April 6, 2010 issue