Welcome to the Rochester Guitar Club!

♫ Welcome to The Rochester Guitar Club, an informal group for the appreciation and enjoyment of guitar music, lore and playing. Come on out to a meeting! We meet on the third Monday of each month; check the news items below as well as the event calendar for locations. Meetings begin at 7:00 p.m., but please come early to patronize the host business and meet fellow members.

♫ Our event calendar also lists more information about our meetings, guitar music events in and around Rochester, New York, and other guitar-related events. You can also find RGC forms including the new brochure to download and print.

Be sure to visit us on MySpace as well.

Discuss what’s going on at the Rochester Guitar Club Forum.

Featured Video: Richard Smith and Julie Adams - Beatles Medley

Smith and Adams will be in the Rochester area on February 17th. Check our calendar for details!

Latest Guitar Club News ...

“My ex-wife was trying to be nice once, so she took me to a concert in Los Angeles. I went with her to Symphony Hall, and the orchestra was playing. When the show started, the spotlight was sharp on this one man (Andres Segovia) and he had a sombrero on and his guitar propped up like this and, oh man ... he was a master ! - I really heard it. That one guitar sounded like a whole orchestra to me.”

~B.B. King - The King of the Blues

♪ Upcoming RGC Events!

♫ February 20, 7-9 p.m., RGC Round Robin Meeting at Towpath Café. Valentline theme suggested! $3 donation for nonmembers

♫ March 19, 7-9 p.m., RGC Presentation by Eastman School of Music Professor John Covach on “Rock Guitarists and Their Use of Classical and Fingerstyle Techniques,” venue tba $5 donation for nonmembers

♫ March 17, 2-4 p.m. at Bernunzio Uptown Music ~ Workshop by Stephane Wrembel cosponsored by RGC, $20 donation

♪ Other Coming Guitar Events!

♫ February 17, Fingerstyle Guitarist Richard Smith and Cellist Julie Adams ~A Magical Evening of Music more

♫ March 16, Jazz At The M.A.G ~featuring musician Stephane Wrembel and his quartet calendar listing

♪ Recent RGC Guitar Events

♫ January 16, Sungmin Shin’s RGC Presentation on “Chords and Voicings Made Simple” at Abilene...and here is a link to the handout from the presentation. R. Taglieri

♫ December 19, RGC celebrated it’s fifth anniversary during the holidays at Towpath Café... more by R. Taglieri

♫ November 21, Bob Valyou at Abilene, Fishman Rep talked about “Acoustic Guitar Electronics” followed with performances by RGC members using the equipment... more by Jeremy Carter

♫ A description of most past RGC events can be found on the Articles page.

♪ Performance Anxiety?

♪ Can old Dogs Learn new Tricks?

♪ Attention — RGC Guitarists!

♫ HAVE AN IDEA FOR A NEW VENUE?: Let us know if you have an idea for the ideal meeting venue. Watch the calendar for meeting locations each month.

♫ STREET TEAM: Join the Street Team and help RGC distribute posters and perform other Concert production tasks!

♫ WHAT’S YOUR IDEA?: If you have any suggestions on these or other Club related issues, please send them to the RGC Core Group by clicking on the Contact Us button on this website.

Suggestion for a new venue
Join the Street Team
Sit in on a Core Group Meeting

♫ Thank you for your continued interest and support. Don’t forget to renew your membership…and tell your friends who play guitar all about us, too!

More About RGC...

♫ That’s it for now. Keep your eyes on this website for announcements of RGC events and concerts as well as other guitar news! Send any news you may have to us that you think should be included on the calendar.

♫ See you at the next RGC Meeting, Monday, February 20, at Towpath Café!