The Orchard Guitar Festival at BGSU, Friday, Sept. 29 and Saturday, Sept. 30, will featured two highly praised jazz guitarists, both performing and teaching.
Sheryl Bailey was dubbed “a sizzling guitar goddess” by Elliot Simon of the website All About Jazz.
Nir Felder was called “the next big jazz guitarist” by NPR.
Both have been recognized as Rising Stars on their instruments by Downbeat Magazine, and both teach at Berklee College of Music as well as leading active performing careers as both leaders and collaborative artists.
Festival headliner Bailey will perform with the jazz faculty in concert Saturday at 8 p.m. in Kobacker Hall in the Moore Musical Arts Center on campus.
Guest artist Felder will also perform with the jazz faculty Friday at 7 p.m. in Bryan Recital Hall.
Both concerts are free, public events.
In addition, Bailey will present a guitar clinic Saturday at 3 p.m. in Bryan, and Felder will provide a guitar clinic at 4:30 p.m. Friday in Bryan.
Other festival events are:
A Festival jam session at Arlyn’s Good Beer, Friday at 9 p.m., at 520 Hankey Ave., Bowling Green
A guitar ensembles performance, Saturday at 1 p.m. in Bryan Recital Hall.
All events are free.
The festival was started and is supported by Thomas and Martha Orchard, both BGSU graduates.
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Tom Orchard came to BGSU to play baseball, but when he was sidelined by injury decided to study music. But the university didn’t have a guitar program in the early 1970s, so he studied business. After graduating in 1975 he found success in investments – he’s a senior vice president at UBS Wealth Management. His passion for guitar and music has remained.
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