Mark & Greta Album Release Concert in Southern California
Emmanuel Presbyterian Church 588 Camino Manzanas, Thousand Oaks, CA, United StatesMark Hanson & Greta Pedersen present an album release concert in Thousand Oaks, California.
Mark Hanson & Greta Pedersen present an album release concert in Thousand Oaks, California.
Mix Grammy-winning guitarist Mark Hanson with Young Audiences' National Artist of the Year Greta Pedersen, add Diana Ross keyboardist/jazz great George Mitchell, and you have the recipe for a fabulous evening of music. The husband-and-wife team celebrates the recent release of their duo album "Then & Now" with a concert on Saturday, March 4, at Tabor Space at 5441 SE Belmont in Portland. Tickets for the 7:00 p.m. concert are $15 in advance, and $20 at the door. Advance tickets are available through their company website www.AccentOnMusic.com, or by calling their office at 503-699-1814. Seating is limited to 125.
The Shingle Springs Opera House again hosts Greta and Mark for their vocal/guitars/uke extravaganza. Always great fun, with perhaps some audience participation! Email David at dcthomas5256 @ gmail.com for the SSOH schedule, and for directions.
Mark Hanson & Greta Pedersen House Concert in Seattle,April 28, 2017.
Mark visits one of his favorite places - the Dusty Strings store in the Fremont District of Seattle - on Saturday, April 29, for fingerstyle guitar workshops from 10:30-12:30 and 1:30-3:30. Each workshop is $40.00. You'll have plenty of material to take home with you afterward! To register, please call the store at (206) 634-1662. Topics: #1) Beg/Int Fingerpicking - Mark’s new approach to Travis Picking - play it in one minute! Play it even better after two hours with Mark! #2) Int/Adv Fingerpicking - Improve your mechanics (smoothness, tone), and learn to play with heart (interpretation and understanding). Plus Mark will […]
WORKSHOP #1 (To register, call Gryphon at 650-493-2131) 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Introduction to Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar! Gryphon's old friend Mark Hanson - longtime Gryphon instructor, Grammy winner, Frets editor, and author of “Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar" - will introduce you to the beautiful world of Hawaiian slack key guitar. The essence of slack key is fingerpicking in alternate tunings. In this workshop Mark will concentrate on two tunings: “Taro Patch” (Open-G) and “C-Wahine” (C G D G B E, low to high). You’ll learn the necessary fingerpicking patterns (alternating bass), the common chord shapes, parallel-sixth […]
Mark joins his old Waterwheel partner Fred Cummins for Sunday morning music at Foothills Congregational Church in Los Altos, California.
Mark plays this thrilling and beautiful fingerstyle guitar solos for three hours in the tasting room during Holloran Vineyards Memorial Day open house. Come join us!
Acoustic Guitar Summit returns to the Lake Theater Monday Night Music Series in Lake Oswego, Oregon, on June 12. This is a fantastic, but small venue. Seating is limited to 100. Food and beverage are available. Tickets.
This summer Mark performs and teaches in Santa Barbara at the second annual Santa Barbara Acoustic Instrument Celebration (SBAIC.com). The event occurs August 25-27, 2017. 2016’s luthier showcase was great fun, full of beautiful instrument displays, workshops, and hotshot concerts. Mark concertizes on Saturday night with Peghead Nation's Teja Gerken and Acoustic Guitar Magazine's Doug Young. Mark's "Travis Picking from the Ground Up" workshop takes place Sunday at 1:15 p.m. Info & Tickets. Other concerts during the weekend include hotshots Michael Chapdelaine, Richard Smith, Kinloch Nelson, Tony McManus, Sean McGowan, and Tim Sparks. Also, this year Tommy Emmanuel gives a benefit concert on 7-22-2017. For […]