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Matthew regularly gives performances in solo classical guitar, and with his Indian fusion group: The Nada Brahma Music Ensemble. A list of his upcoming concerts can be seen below.

Please see the performances section for more information on concert booking and availability for weddings and other private engagements. For information on Matthew's services as a music teacher and lecturer, refer to the instruction section.

Read a review of a Nada Brahma Music Ensemble concert!

UPCOMING CONCERTS:

September 20, 2008

Late Saturday Evening

The Nada Brahma Music Ensemble

Location:
Sangati Center
3049 22nd Street @ Shotwell
SF, CA 94110

Time: 9pm

Cost: $10 - $20 (sliding scale)

Matthew Grasso - 25-stringed raga guitar
Alex Jenkins - tabla
Eric Rasmussen - drone guitar

Website:
http://www.sangaticenter.org/events/nbme92008.html


Tuesday October 7, 2008

Matthew Grasso-Extended 7-string guitar
Solo Classical Guitar Concert

Location:
Sacramento City College
3835 Freeport BLVD.
Sacramento, Ca
In the Music Building, Room A6 (Little Theater)

Time: 12:00-1:00 pm

For more info:
530-759-9071

Website:
http://www.cambium.com/matthewgrasso

Program:
1.) Chaconne – Bach
2.) Contemplation on the Corpse-Matt Grasso
3.) Recuerdos de la Alhambra-Tarrega
4.) Air on a "G" String – Bach
5.) Caprices 1 & 6 - Paganini
6.) Mother Goose Suite – Ravel
7.) The Girl with the Flaxen Hair-Debussy
8.) Selections from“Westside Story”–Bernstein
9.) Prelude in C#m – Rachmaninoff
10.) Adagio for Strings-Samuel Barber
11.) Raguette-Dusan Bogdanovic


Thursday October 16, 2008

Matthew Grasso-Extended 7-string guitar
Solo Classical Guitar Concert

Location:
American River College
4700 College Oak Dr.
Sacto, Ca
In the Music Building Room 512

Time: 12:00-1:15 pm

For more info:
530-759-9071

Website:
http://www.cambium.com/matthewgrasso

Program:
1.) Chaconne – Bach
2.) Contemplation on the Corpse-Matt Grasso
3.) Recuerdos de la Alhambra-Tarrega
4.) Air on a "G" String – Bach
5.) Caprices 1 & 6 - Paganini
6.) Mother Goose Suite – Ravel
7.) The Girl with the Flaxen Hair-Debussy
8.) Selections from“Westside Story”–Bernstein
9.) Prelude in C#m – Rachmaninoff
10.) Four Brief Sketches-Matthew Grasso
11.) Raguette-Dusan Bogdanovic
12.) Adagio for Strings-Samuel Barber


Saturday October 18, 2008

Matthew Grasso-Extended 7-string guitar
Solo Classical Guitar Concert

Location:
Davis Art Center
1919 F St.
Davis, Ca
At the corner of Covell / F st

Time: 8:00 pm

Donation: $8-20

For more info:
530-759-9071

Website:
http://www.cambium.com/matthewgrasso

Program:
1.) Chaconne – Bach
2.) Contemplation on the Corpse-Matt Grasso
3.) Recuerdos de la Alhambra-Tarrega
4.) Air on a "G" String – Bach
5.) Caprices 1 & 6 - Paganini
6.) Mother Goose Suite – Ravel
7.) The Girl with the Flaxen Hair-Debussy
8.) Selections from“Westside Story”–Bernstein
9.) Prelude in C#m – Rachmaninoff
10.) Four Brief Sketches-Matthew Grasso
11.) Raguette-Dusan Bogdanovic
12.) Adagio for Strings-Samuel Barber


Sunday October 19, 2008

Napa Valley Music Associates Presents
Matthew Grasso-Extended 7-string guitar
Solo Classical Guitar Concert

Location:
Churchill Manor
485 Brown St. Napa, Ca

Time: 2:30 pm

Tickets: $20

For reservations call:
707-252-8671
http://www.napavalleymusicassociates.org/

Program:
1.)Chaconne – Bach
2.) Contemplation on the Corpse - Matt Grasso
3.) Recuerdos de la Alhambra - Tarrega
4.) Air on a "G" String – Bach
5.) Caprices 1 & 6 - Paganini
6.) Mother Goose Suite – Ravel
7.) The Girl with the Flaxen Hair - Debussy
8.) Selections from“Westside Story”– Bernstein
9.) Prelude in C#m – Rachmaninoff
10.) Adagio for Strings - Samuel Barber
11.) Raguette - Dusan Bogdanovic


Saturday March 28, 2009

Lecture by Matthew Grasso on
“The Advantages of Playing the Extended 7-String Guitar”

South Bay Guitar Society, 5th annual Guitar Solo & Ensemble Festival


Three Concerts with Vox Musica and
The Nada Brahma Music Ensemble

Vox Musica has had a tradition of presenting a concert of a more inventive nature to celebrate the yearly anniversary of its inception.  Keeping with that tradition, Vox Musica will perform a concert of music from Persia and Georgia, and will be accompanied by the classical Indian ensemble, Nada Brahama.

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Time: 4pm

Location:
Old First Church,
1751 Sacramento Street
San Francisco, CA 94109

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Time: 6:15 pre-concert talk; 7pm Concert

Location:
St. John’s Lutheran Church
17th and L Streets
Sacramento, Ca 95818

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Time: 5 pm Concert

Location:
Mont la Salle
4401 Redwood Road
Napa, CA 94558

 


Wednesday May 13, 2009

Pre-Concert Lecture about Indian Classical Music by Matthew Grasso (25-stringed raga guitar) and Alex Jenkins (tabla).

A Performance by Ravi and Anoushka Shankar will follow the lecture.

Location:
Mondavi Center
Davis CA

Time: 7:00PM (lecture), 8:00PM (concert)


Tuesday July 7, 2009 (7-7-09)

Third Annual “A Celebration of the 7-String Guitar" with Matthew Grasso
(7-strings and beyond)

Location:
Watermelon Music
207 E St, Davis, 95616
530-758-4010

Time: 7:07PM

Donation: ($7.00)

Program:
TBA


Wednesday July 22 , 2009

WEDNESDAY MUSIC AT NOON - BROWN BAG CONCERTS SERIES

Matthew Grasso Solo Guitar Concert

Location:
Westminster Presbyterian Church 1300 N Street,
Sacramento

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm

Music: TBA

Donations welcome.


 

For more information, please email or call (530) 759-9071

 



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