Message from the Director

Grand Canyon Guitar Society is pleased to announce the 2011-2012 Concert Season at the Coconino Center for the Arts!

As GCGS looks forward towards the 2011-12 Concert Series, we cannot help but feel gratitude towards you, our audience, for making this past season our most successful year yet. Last year saw 4 out of 6 concerts with capacity or sell-out crowds (and set a new record attendance number!), we extended our outreach programs to provide opportunities for regional high school guitar ensembles to perform prior to our featured artists (to great audience delight!), and we presented the inaugural Statewide High School Guitar Ensemble Festival, including schools from Flagstaff and the neighboring reservations.

This season, we are proud to offer our greatest lineup yet! Starting on September 24 with Paraguayan virtuoso Berta Rojas and concluding April 15 with the rhythmically charged  Brasil Guitar Duo, this season has something for every taste. World class ensemble music with Santa Fe Guitar Quartet, virtuoso international performers such as Irina Kulikova or Dale Kavanagh, the always dynamic GFA winner (This year’s tour brings us Swedish guitarist Johannes Moller), and a special treat of Argentinian guitarist/composer Maximo Diego Pujol guarantee a rich and varied musical experience at the Coconino Center for the Arts’ theater (see map).

We are excited to offer a season pass of seven concerts for just $99! This is a discount of nearly 30% off the individual ticket price. This price will be available until the start of the first concert. In addition, we will offer a 3 Concert Pass throughout the entire season- you pick and chose three concerts that you want to attend for only $49 including service fees. Please visit our website for these offers and individual tickets, which are $18 in advance and $20 Day of Show. We urge you to visit our ticket outlet sponsors (Arizona Music Pro, Cedar Music, and Custom Sound Instruments) for your ticket and local music needs!

We invite you to join the Grand Canyon Guitar Society (join by sending us a message at info@canyonguitar.org), and come to our monthly performance meetings held on the first Monday of each month.

All concerts are presented in partnership with Flagstaff Cultural Partners. Thank you for supporting the arts in Flagstaff!

Executive Director, Grand Canyon Guitar Society