A benefit concert for the Southern Poverty Law Center featuring The Spokane Guitar Collective
Schedule
Fri Oct 07 2022 at 07:00 pm
Location
One World Cafe | Moscow, ID
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One World Cafe is ecstatic to host a benefit concert of world class guitar music with all proceeds going to The Southern Poverty Law Center. Spokane Guitar Collective includes guitarists James Reid, Michael Millham, and J.P. Shields. The show will consist of performances of solo music as well as guitar trios. We are asking for a $10.00 suggested donation at the door for the fundraiser. The Southern Poverty Law Center is a catalyst for racial justice in the South and beyond, working in partnership with communities to dismantle white supremacy, strengthen intersectional movements, and advance the human rights of all people. TO learn More about the SPLC https://www.splcenter.org/aboutAbout the Players:
Michael MIllham
An in-demand teacher, Michael maintains studios at Gonzaga and Eastern Washington Universities, as well as nurturing a private studio. A regular soloist and ensemble player, he has been a featured performer for numerous regional festivals including the Northwest Guitar Festival, the Northwest Bach Festival, the Festival at Sandpoint (in concerto work with the Spokane Symphony Orchestra), and Northwest Folklife’s guitar showcase in McCaw hall, among others.
Michael has been profiled in the magazine Acoustic Guitar and is a regular contributor to the same. He has also written for Guitar Teacher and Play Guitar! magazines. Michael has worked as either an alpha/beta testing endorser or performing artist for Elixir strings, Lowden Guitars, Schoenberg Guitars, Hill Guitars, L.R. Baggs electronics and AER amps, among other companies. His duo (with his wife, vocalist Keleren Millham) regularly performs at venues ranging from wine bars and house concerts to radio shows, theaters, universities and festivals: over 2,000 performances to date. They have released 3 CDs featuring their own compositions and completed their first documentary film soundtrack. Michael was featured in performance and on record with the Montana choir Dolce Canto (2011 recording). He is a graduate of the Lionel Hampton School of Music-University of Idaho.
James Reid
Since beginning his career in the mid-1970s, James Reid has performed
hundreds of times throughout the United States and Canada appearing in
concerts for guitar societies, colleges and universities, and for arts councils.
He has also been a featured artist at numerous festivals including the Sun
Waves Guitar Festival in Miami, the Portland Guitar Festival, Guitar New
Orleans, The Guitar and Lute Institute, The Elkhorn Festival, and the
Fairbanks Summer Music Festival. In addition, his music has been aired on
many public radio and television broadcasts. Mr. Reid is also the founder of
the Northwest Guitar Festival and for 42 years he was the director of the
guitar program at the University of Idaho. Currently, in addition to
performing, Mr. Reid serves as the president of the Idaho Guitar Society,
based in Idaho Falls.
John Paul Shields
John Paul Shields has been performing and teaching guitar for over 20 years. He has played in a variety of settings, from libraries to international festivals, from local television to National Peruvian radio. In 2008, he moved to Peru and began studying Peruvian Andean guitar music, eventually leading him to study with Raúl García Zárate. Mr. Zárate was listed as one of the 100 most influential people in Latin America.
Upon returning, John Paul continued performing and recording while faculty at Spokane Falls Community College. He recorded CD Lonesome Coyote with James Reid in their duo, "South Hill Guitars," as well as the 152 musical tracks to the Peruvian Guitar method, Método Guitarra Andina Peruana, written by Luis Salazar Mejía.
He is currently working on his solo guitar CD, which will feature a combination of Peruvian, Venezuelan and Spanish guitar music, and is the guitar professor at Yakima Valley College.
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Where is it happening?
One World Cafe, 533 South Main Street,Moscow,ID,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
