Inaugural Montreal Guitar Show to be Held July 6-8, 2007

by Staff.

Montreal, Canada, serves as the host city for the first Montreal Guitar Show, July 6-8, 2007, at the Hyatt Regency Montréal (11 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily), featuring the work of 70 top luthiers from North America and Europe, such as Mario Beauregard (steel string and archtop), Bill Comins (jazz archtop), Rick Davis (steel string), Michael Greenfield (steel string, classical, and archtop), Peter Hopkins (archtop), Michael Lewis (archtop and mandolin), Linda Manzer (steel string, archtop, nylong string, and harp guitar), John Monteleone (archtop, flattop, and mandolin), Tom Ribbecke (archtop), and Jean Rompré (classical).

The Montreal Guitar Show runs in conjunction with both the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal (Montreal Jazz Festival - June 28 - July 8) and MMIS (Montreal Musician and Musical Instrument Show - July 5-8). In addition to the luthier showcases, the Guitar Show will offer workshops hosted by master luthiers such as Sergei de Jonge, Charles Fox, Oskar Graf and Ervin Somogyi; free mini-concerts from Jerôme Ducharme, Olivier Pépin, Ian Murphy, Brooke Miller, Bob Evans, André Lavergne, Greg Clayton, Jason Fowler, David Galarneau and Sébastien Belley; free concerts by Ritary Ensemble, California Guitar Trio, Lionel Loueke Trio, Brooke Miller, David Gogo, Jorge Martinez, John Campbelljohn, Thomas Carbou, Erik Mongrain, Ray Bonneville, Denis Chang, Del Vezeau, Mimi Fox, Don Ross, Jim Weider and his special guest Mitch Stein; free workshops and Meet the Artist sessions with John Abercrombie, Victor Wooten and Béla Fleck, Bill Frisell, Alain Caron, Wayne Krantz, Mimi Fox, Russell Malone and Randy Bachman; master classes on jazz manouche (Denis Chang), classical (Jean-François Hamel), flamenco (Francis Leclerc), acoustic blues (John McGale), electric blues (Michael Jerome Browne), fingerstyle (Antoine Dufour), fingerpicking (Jean-Luc Thievent) and jazz archtop (Mike Gauthier); and, a series of guitar concerts presented within the Montreal Jazz Festival including Wayne Krantz, Béla Fleck, Meshell Ndegeocello, Richard Bona, Richard Pinhas, Bill Frisell, Michael Scofield, Marc Villemure, Steve Adelson, Russell Malone, Toumani Diabaté, Juan Carmona, Jean‑Sébastien Chouinard, Garry Burnside, Esperanza Spalding, Alain Caron, Randy Bachman, George Thorogood, Buddy Guy, Kevin Mark, Roberto Occhipinti, Bryan Lee, MG3 Montreal Guitar Trio, Louis Mhlanga, Roland Tchakounté, Jack Simple, Anthony Gomes and Sylvain Provost.

For more information about the Montreal Guitar Show, visit www.montrealguitarshow.com.

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