Toronto Fingerstyle Guitar Association

About Me

What is the TFGA?
The Toronto Fingerstyle Guitar Association is a non profit association dedicated to the promotion and education of Fingerstyle Guitar in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
We believe that Fingerstyle Guitar is inherently therapeutic and relaxing, and that introducing it to new listeners makes the GTA a better place in which to live.
Our main activities are:
to promote Fingerstyle Guitar to a wider audience;
to be a resource center for fans of Fingerstyle Guitar;
to organize and promote Concerts and Master Classes in Toronto featuring virtuoso guitarists from around the world;
to organize and promote performance opportunities for local artists;
to further promote local artists by advertising their performance schedules and by encouraging the use of solo guitar at weddings, corporate functions, or other special occasions within the community;
to organize educational opportunities for local hobby players and to help them connect with quality local teachers.
Pickin' Parties
We also host an open stage on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month at the Chalker's Pub. Come on down and pick a tune or just listen...the music is good and the admission is free. Click here for the schedule and directions
You do NOT need to be a member to attend.
TFGA Compilation CD 2006
Photography by Edward Pond
"A fantastic CD featuring Pro Members of the Toronto Fingerstyle Guitar Association "
Click here to read review in Minor 7th
Click here to buy the cd

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 24/01/2007
Band Website: www.torontofingerstyleguitar.com
Band Members: Randy Finney: Founder, President and Concert Promoter Extaordinaire
David Barrett: Director of Special Projects and Hot Licks
Ira Quinsey: Truancy Officer...and Your Myspace Host

Influences: TFGA Interviews!
Full-length informative discussions with great players. All TFGA Artist Interviews are conducted by David Barrett exclusively for the Toronto Fingerstyle Guitar Association.

Interviews include:
Tommy Emmanuel
Alex Lifeson
Steve Howe
Stephen Bennett
Tony McManus
Muriel Anderson
John Knowles
Bob Evans

RSS

Podcast

Record Label: Unknown Indie
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

On the Tommy Emmanuel Experience...

The TFGA presents Tommy Emmanuel at Ryerson Theatre, Toronto Ontario, Saturday June 2nd, 2007. Tickets on sale now! (see below) I thought long and hard about what I could write to help enlighten tho...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:25:00 GMT

Richard Smith and Julie Adams concert review

TFGA Presents Richard Smith and Julie Adams Eastminster United Church, Toronto, Ontario Saturday February 10th, 2007 All I knew of Richard Smith before last night's concert was what I ha...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 13:39:00 GMT

The TFGA Photo Blog

From TFGA Concerts... I wonder who Randy is about to introduce up there? It's Stephen Bennett! Steve Howe plays for an enthusiastic TFGA audience in Toronto... Here are some pi...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 13:12:00 GMT

Pics from Tommy Emmanuel's last visit

Here's a few from the workshop in Toronto... Here Tommy and Ajit are warbling away...we like to try and keep it to fingerstyle guitar at the TFGA but we'll make exceptions sometimes. ...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 01:19:00 GMT

Who's played for the TFGA?

Here's a list of the players the TFGA has had the pleasure of presenting over the last couple of years: (from most recent) Duck Baker Masa Sumide Richard Smith Steve Howe Tommy Emmanuel Noah Zacharin ...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:39:00 GMT

What is Fingerstyle Guitar?

Physically, "Fingerstyle" refers to using each of the righthand fingers independently in order to play the multiple parts of a musical arrangement that would normally be played by several band members...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:06:00 GMT