La Guitara is a mini guitar festival of influential female guitarists. Brainchild of singer-songwriter and axe-woman Patty Larkin, La Guitara, explores the contribution of women to the evolution of modern guitar by exploring the contribution of 14 guitarists from various genres. Join us in hearing fresh sounds of the guitar like you have never heard before.
Two guest artists from the La Guitara album joining Patty onstage are Muriel Anderson and Vicki Genfan. Guitarist/harp-guitarist Muriel Anderson is the first woman to win the National Finger-style Guitar Championship. Her Heartstrings recording accompanied the astronauts on the space shuttle Discovery and her CD New World Flamenco with guitar duo Tierra Negra has received widespread acclaim.
Virtuoso guitarist, singer and composer Vicki Genfan draws from folk, jazz, pop, soul and world music. Using 29 alternate tunings and the percussive technique she calls ‘slap-tap’, she is recognized among the world’s greatest guitarists.
“The goal of La Guitara is to better define the contribution of women to the history of modern guitar,” explains Ms. Larkin.”I have been asked repeatedly, ‘Why are there no great female guitar players?’ The answer is, ‘There are.’ Demographics are changing as young girls and women take up the instrument with increasing dedication and commitment to technique and repertoire. It is my belief that women guitarists of the past played a part in the evolution of the instrument and that their story is largely untold. I also believe that there are women guitarists today who are actively changing our preconceptions about gender and guitar heroes. This project is dedicated to these artists, past and present, waiting to be discovered, needing to be heard.”
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Note: This show is the last of six shows in the House Mix Series that also includes Ruth Moody Band (Nov. 16); An Irish Christmas in America (Dec. 6), Peter Yarrow (Jan. 25); Guy Davis (Feb. 7); and Karla Bonoff (Mar. 31).
In a new collaboration with our friends at the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines, these six outstanding artists will be spending two nights in Iowa: one night at CSPS, and one at the Civic Center’s Temple for the Performing Arts.
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- $30 advance | $35 door
