Category: Events

Welcome to the first Corvallis Guitar Festival presented by the Corvallis Guitar Society and made possible by a grant from the Benton County Cultural Coalition, and sponsorship by Shelton-Farretta Guitars, Jon Sharp Guitar, Tom Strini, and Cordoba Guitars, for which we are extremely grateful.

All festival events will take place at the 1^st Presbyterian Church downtown Corvallis. 114 SW 8th St, Corvallis, OR 97333

The Festival features an opening concert at 7pm on Friday June 9th by rising local star Jaxon Williams, and a concert at 7pm on Saturday June 10th by internationally acclaimed classical and flamenco maestro Adam del Monte from Los Angeles.

Tickets are now available for the Friday and Saturday night concerts. They can be purchased online at:

Or tickets can be purchased at Grassroots Books and Music, 227 2nd St. downtown Corvallis.

In addition to the concerts there will be a Master Class hosted by Adam del Monte, and three guitar  Workshops, one of which will be hosted by Jaxon, all of which are free and open to the public and take place during the day on Saturday.  So bring your guitar and join in!
Here is the schedule:

Friday  June 9th
7:00pm                      Opening Concert: Jaxon Williams

Saturday June 10th
10:00am – 12:00   Masterclass with Adam; 4 students, 30 mins each
12:00 – 1:00pm                 LUNCH
1:00 – 2:45pm      Workshop: Intro to Classical Guitar – Mickey Jones
2:45 – 3:00pm                  BREAK
3:00 – 4pm           Workshop: Flamenco Technique – Berto Boyd
4:00pm – 5pm      Workshop: Fundamentals of right and left hand                                              for all fingerstyle guitar styles – Jaxon Williams
5pm – 7pm                       DINNER
7pm- —               Concert: Maestro Adam del Monte
I look forward to seeing you there!

I am very pleased to announce that local acoustic blues guitarist Adam Scramstad will be our featured artist for our upcoming meeting on February 6^th. Adam has played for us before and is a great musician and a great performer. Come along and enjoy a great evening of guitar music.

The agenda for the February 6th Meeting is as follows:
7:00 – 7:05pm      Welcome
7:05 – 7:40pm Open Ensemble: bring your guitar, footstool and join in. Music can be downloaded from the website one week ahead of time.
7:40 – 8:10pm Open Stage: please share your music with us – all ages and abilities welcome.
8:10 – 8:20pm BREAK and Refreshments
8:20 – 9:00pm Featured Artist Adam Scramstad

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Classical guitar duo Neil and Tamara Caulkins are performing at the Willamette Heritage Center Pleasant Grove Church in Salem on the morning of Saturday 28^th January at 10:30am. Neil and Tamara share a rich history of guitar and will be playing works from the early 19^th century on period instruments. Neil and Tamara are planning to come to Corvallis to perform in May – more details will follow, and Neil is giving a paper on guitar improvisation in the early 19th century: Improvising Preludes in the Early Nineteenth- Century: Guitar Methods as an Uncommon Source for a Common Performance Practice. He’ll be speaking on Friday May 26^th at 3pm at the Collier House on the University of Oregon campus.