Award Winning Guitarist Maneli Jamal Performance - Bring Your Guitar

The Association of Fingerstyle Guitarists (AFG.org) Presents:

FINGERSTYLE GUITAR INSTRUCTION & CONCERT

Featuring award winning guitarist Maneli Jamal
http://www.manelijamal.com

Concert: Friday, February 12th, 2016 - 7:30pm (Pay what you can)
AFG Workshop: Saturday, February 13th, 2016 - 11:00am to 1:30pm

Location: Canvas Church - 17332 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 115, Irvine, CA

• OPEN TO THE PUBLIC • • $15 Workshop Fee •

Award winning guitarist Maneli Jamal has wowed audiences around the world with his visual style of playing acoustic guitar. He incorporates many musical textures in his performances while keeping rhythm with his two hands but you'll swear he has a trio with him. You've got to visually see him live to experience what you thought is possible with the acoustic guitar. He has over 4 million video views and 50,000+ followers on social media sites making him an artist to watch for.

Maneli Jamal Biography

Acoustic guitarist Maneli Jamal has lived in five different countries (Iran, Belarus, Germany, USA, Canada) and moved twenty times by the time he was 18. The young artist gained a sense of musical maturity rarely seen among his peers especially when he transforms his nomadic life experiences into musical movements using extended guitar techniques. There aren't many players in his style that have Jamal's balance of power and sensitivity, nor his breadth of ideas. His rhythmic concepts can be alternately short and dense, or explored carefully through several movements and real life stories. This becomes evident with having won countless music competitions around the world including most recently placing 1st at Canada's Soundclash Music Awards. Having been brought up in a purely artistic and musical family has contributed to shape his unique and comical story telling approach in live settings. He has already performed in over 10 countries as a solo performer, has a signature model acoustic guitar named after him and was on the front cover of 2015 Toronto magazine (500,000 copies distributed worldwide). The world is his home and he plays from one end to the other.

Awards

1st place - 2014 Harbourfront Centre's Soundclash Music Awards (Canada)
2nd place - 2014 Lee Ritenour’s Six String Theory Competition - Acoustic Guitar Category
1st place - 2013 Best Guitarist Award for Indie Week Festival (Canada)
1st place - 2013 Beaches International Jazz Festival Hennessy Contest (Canada)
1st place - 2012 “Awakening” Best Recording AES Convention by Pouya Hamidi (worldwide)
1st place - 2012 Winterfolk Festival Auditions (Canada)
1st place - 2011 Winterfolk Festival Auditions (Canada)
3rd place - 2011 Guitar Idol III held in London, UK (worldwide)
1st place - 2010 Taylor Acoustic Guitars Showdown (worldwide)
1st place - 2009 Faith Acoustic Guitars Competition (worldwide)

AFG Workshop Event Schedule

11:00am – Meet, Greet & Share (bring your guitar for the open mic at 1:30pm!)
11:30am – Maneli Jamal will present an informal concert and seminar.
1:30pm - Open mic
3:00pm - End

SPONSORED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF FINGERSTYLE GUITARISTS
• $15 Workshop Fee •

Concert: Friday, February 12th, 2016 - 7:30pm (Pay what you can)
Workshop: Saturday, February 13th, 2016 - 11:00am to 1:30pm
Open Mic starts at 1:30pm

Canvas Church - 17332 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 115, Irvine, CA

• OPEN TO THE PUBLIC • • $15 Workshop Fee •

WEB SITE: meetup.com/Association-of-Fingerstyle-Guitarists

CONTACT Greg M Atkin 714-663-0071 http://www.afg.org

• Footnote: AFG only plans about four events per year (+/-), so if you haven't been to one of our events yet, please consider taking advantage of the talented entertainment, the learning, and the interactions with other guitar local players.