The City of St. George
presents…
Concert in the
Park 2012 Series – Second Monday of Each Month
through September – Admission is Free
Chris Proctor
Contemporary
Americana-Solo Fingerstyle Guitar For the New World
Monday July 9th, 7:30
PM
Vernon Worthen
Park - 300 S 400 E, St. George
Chris Proctor, winner of the U.S. National Fingerstyle
Guitar Championship, and popular Sugarhouse, Rounder, Flying Fish and Windham
Hill recording artist will be performing in concert. An internationally recognized
6 and 12-string guitarist, composer, recording artist, performer, and clinician
for Taylor Guitars, Proctor has produced several books and videos that teach
his techniques and compositions for solo guitar, and writes extensively for the
guitar press. He is touring to promote his new release and ninth solo
recording, Ladybug Stomp, on Sugarhouse
Records, and his new concert/interview DVD for Stefan Grossman’s Vestapol Video
Guitar Artistry series, Morning Thunder.
Chris Proctor is known around the western world as one of
the modern masters of fingerstyle guitar, and is at the forefront of
contemporary steel-string guitar. Since winning the National Fingerstyle Guitar
competition, he has toured constantly in North America and Europe, releasing a
steady stream of recordings of his compositions and arrangements. His music is
rooted in classic Americana- spiced with folk, Celtic, jazz, pop, and classical
flavors, all of which are in evidence in the 12 finely-crafted original pieces
which comprise Ladybug Stomp. His two
recent popular and critical hits, the Chris Proctor Collection, which reprises his first 25 years of writing, and
Under the Influence, a stunning set of
arrangements of the music that shaped his artistic development, are bestsellers
among acoustic guitar enthusiasts. He has appeared on two popular Windham Hill
Guitar Samplers and was senior clinician for Taylor Guitars for more than
twenty years. To honor him Taylor recently manufactured 100 "Chris Proctor Signature
Model" guitars to his unique design specifications.
Chris’s warm stage presence and sense of humor, his
12-string and slide work, his adventurous 6-string techniques and tunings, his
stunning original guitar pieces and arrangements, and his pioneering use of the
electronic bow have all made him a favorite with guitar fans everywhere.
Sponsored by the Utah Division of Arts & Museums, the
National Endowment for the Arts, and the City of St. George, Concert in the
Park 2012 Series is free to the public.
Don’t miss the second Monday of each month through September. Park
seating is available, bring blankets, lawn chairs, food and the family. For
more information call 627-4525.
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