Guitarists Available For Your Events
Appearing on this list is not an endorsement by GSSO. Each artist is a current GSSO member and a guitarist. Ensembles must include a GSSO member and at least one guitarist.
Artist Name
Styles
Location(s) / Contact
Artist Biography
Grant Ruiz
Flamenco / Classical
Grant is a founding member of GSSO, and studied classical guitar from age 10 with Maestro Seiko Sesoko in Anaheim, California. He has performed at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Britt Arts and Music Festival, and several other regional venues. He has taught guitar at Southern Oregon University, John Muir School in Ashland, and St Mary’s School in Medford. He has participated in a number of recording projects, including five albums and a documentary, and is a founding member of the group Flamenco Pacifico.
Jimmy Grant
Gypsy Jazz/Django Jazz
Ashland / Rogue Valley region of Southern Oregon.
I am a touring artist, performing the music of Django Reinhardt across the country and around the world. I am available for paid or volunteer performances depending on the event.
Bob Bath
Bach to Rock.
I will play classical guitar for up to 1.5 hrs. My classical repertoire spans the gamut from Bach, to Sor, to Scott Joplin to Beatles, Mason Williams, and everything in-between: literally Bach to Rock.
I began classical at age 11, and took on my first guitar student at age 14. I’ve never stopped playing, nor teaching.
Matt Dorris
Classical
Medford, Oregon.
Matt has performed throughout Oregon and Colorado, including for the Governor of Oregon, Ted Kulongoski and the semi-finals at the Portland Guitar Festival Competition. He holds a Master’s Degree in Music Performance from the University of Colorado where he studied with Charles Wolzien, and a BA in Music Performance from Southern Oregon University where he studied with David Rogers. He has performed in master classes with the renowned Sharon Isbin, Asad Duo and Dusan Bogdanovic. Post graduate studies include work with Carey Harwood, Michael DeLalla,. In 2010 Matt released his debut CD “19th Century Guitar Music”.
Contact Information
Guitar Society of Southern Oregon
960 Bellview Ave
Ashland, OR. 97520
guitarsocietyofso@gmail.com
(541) 261-3811
501(c)(3), Tax ID 45-0492767
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