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• Wednesday, February 21, 2024, 7 to 7:45 PM, Beginning Guitar with Matthew Montfort, Cloverdale Arts Alliance, 204 N. Cloverdale Boulevard, Cloverdale, CA 95425. Introductory workshop: FREE. Ongoing classes: $150 for six more weeks. Sign up: info@cloverdaleartsalliance.org. Online versions sign up: info@ancient-future.com. Press Release.
• Wednesday, February 28, 2024, 7:00 to 7:45 PM, Music Theory on the Fretboard with Matthew Montfort, Cloverdale Arts Alliance, 204 N. Cloverdale Boulevard, Cloverdale, CA 95425. Introductory workshop: FREE. Ongoing classes: $150 for six more weeks. Sign up: info@cloverdaleartsalliance.org. Online versions sign up: info@ancient-future.com. Press Release.
• Wednesday, February 28, 2024, 7:45 to 8:30 PM, Rise Above Reliance on TAB: Learn to Read Music by Studying Classical Guitar Techniquewith Matthew Montfort, Cloverdale Arts Alliance, 204 N. Cloverdale Boulevard, Cloverdale, CA 95425. Introductory workshop: FREE. Ongoing classes: $150 for six more weeks. Sign up: info@cloverdaleartsalliance.org. Online versions sign up: info@ancient-future.com. Press Release.
• Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 7 to 7:45 PM, Got Rhythm? Get the Beats of Africa, Bali, and India with Matthew Montfort, Cloverdale Arts Alliance, 204 N. Cloverdale Boulevard, Cloverdale, CA 95425. Introductory workshop: FREE. Ongoing classes: $150 for six more weeks. Sign up: info@cloverdaleartsalliance.org. Online versions sign up: info@ancient-future.com. Press Release.
• Sunday, April 14, 2024, 4 PM, Ancient Future with Matthew Montfort (scalloped fretboard guitar), and Shenshen Zhang (Chinese pipa), Old St. Hilary's Landmark, 201 Esperanza St., Tiburon CA 94920. Tix: $25, $20 seniors and under 18, $5 more at door. Buy Tix.
• Saturday, April 27, 2024, Time TBA, Mariah Parker’s Indo Latin Jazz Ensemble with Mariah Parker (piano), Paul McCandless (horns), Matthew Montfort (scalloped fretboard guitar), Sascha Jacobsen (bass), Kendrick Freeman (drums), and Michaelle Goerlitz (percussion), Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley, CA 94941.
• Friday, May 10, 2024, 8 PM, Global Guitar Round Robin with Matthew Montfort and Teja Gerken, San Francisco International Arts Festival, Community Music Center, 544 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA 94110. Tix: Advance: $25 (20% discount through May 3: use GUITAR20 code), Door: $28. Buy Tix. Facebook Event.
• Saturday, May 18, 2024, +/-4 PM (TBA), Ancient Future with Matthew Montfort (scalloped fretboard guitar), Ferhan Qureshi (tabla), and Mariah Parker (santur), Himalayan Fair, Live Oak Park, 1300 Shattuck Ave., North Berkeley, CA 94709. Free. Donations accepted.
• Saturday, June 8, 2024, Time TBA, Mariah Parker’s Indo Latin Jazz Ensemble with Mariah Parker (piano), Paul McCandless (horns), Matthew Montfort (scalloped fretboard guitar), Kash Killion (bass), and Kendrick Freeman (drums), Occidental Center for the Arts, 3850 Murphy Ct., Occidental, CA 95465.
• Wednesday, June 12, 2024, 7 to 7:45 PM, Beginning Guitar Workshop with Matthew Montfort, Cloverdale Arts Alliance, 204 N. Cloverdale Boulevard, Cloverdale, CA 95425. Introductory workshop: FREE. Sign up: lessons@matthewmontfort.com. Press Release. Facebook Event.
• Wednesday, June 12, 2024, 7:45 PM to 8:30 PM, Intermediate Guitar Workshop with Matthew Montfort, Cloverdale Arts Alliance, 204 N. Cloverdale Boulevard, Cloverdale, CA 95425. Introductory workshop: FREE. Sign up: lessons@matthewmontfort.com. Press Release. Facebook Event.
• Wednesday, June 19, 2024, 7 to 8 PM, Got Rhythm? Get the Beats of Africa, Bali, and India with Matthew Montfort, Cloverdale Arts Alliance, 204 N. Cloverdale Boulevard, Cloverdale, CA 95425. Introductory workshop: FREE. Sign up: lessons@matthewmontfort.com. Press Release. Facebook Event. Not just for musicians and percussionists, this training can help anyone with a desire to improve their rhythm skills. Open to all levels. No musical background required. Very simple to play percussion instruments provided. Participants are free to bring a percussive instrument.
• Saturday, August 17, 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM (lunch) and 5 to 8 PM (dinner), Habib Khan Band with Pandit Habib Khan (sitar), and Matthew Montfort (scalloped fretboard guitar), Cheeseboard Collective Parklet, 1512 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA 94709.
• Saturday, September 21, 1:05 to 1:30 PM, Ancient Future with Matthew Montfort (scalloped fretboard guitar), Mariah Parker (santur), and Antoine Lammam (Arabic percussion), Peace Day (part of the global UN International Day of Peace celebration), Civic Center Plaza, San Francisco, CA 94102. Free.
• Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 7 to 7:45 PM, Beginning Guitar, 7:45 to 8:30 PM, Intermediate Guitar, Cloverdale Arts Alliance, 204 N. Cloverdale Boulevard, Cloverdale, CA 95425. Matthew Montfort is holding two 45-minute free in-person guitar workshops. At 7 PM, an introductory beginning workshop helps aspiring guitarists get started on the right track with good practice habits. At 7:45 PM, an intermediate guitar workshop explores exercises, music notation, theory, and popular repertoire. Sign up: lessons@matthewmontfort.com. Press Release. Facebook Event.
• Wednesday, November 6, 2024, 7 to 9 PM, Cloverdale Arts Alliance, 204 N. Cloverdale Boulevard, Cloverdale, CA 95425.A series of six guitar weekly classes tailored to the individual goals of workshop participants starts on November 6, 2024, at the Cloverdale Arts Alliance in Sonoma County. The intermediate workshop explores exercises, music notation, theory, and popular repertoire, and includes three ongoing students. The beginning workshop helps aspiring guitarists get started on the right track with good practice habits. The cost is $150 for six weeks. To sign up for the workshops, email lessons@matthewmontfort.com. Press Release.
• TBA, Ancient Future Alternate Reality Concerts, Get Streaming Link. To sign up for concerts from the comfort of your couch, simply send your email address to info@ancient-future.com. Put "Alternate Reality Concert" in the subject. You will receive a link to participate shortly before each event. Donations accepted.
• Custom Private Online Concerts by Matthew Montfort. Ancient Future leader and scalloped fretboard guitar pioneer Matthew Montfort will perform a half hour online private concert online in which he improvises music specifically for the viewer as well as performing music from his various recordings. If you are interested in scheduling a concert, please email info@ancient-future.com.