The concert will be held in Potter Hall, Kenneth Rowe Management Building.

Tickets are $20/$15 students/seniors and Dal people.

Last year, Stephen presented a great concert with a surprise guest. We'll see what happens this year. Don't miss it.

The concert will be held in Potter Hall, Kenneth Rowe Management Building.

 Tickets are $20/$15 students/seniors and Dal people.

Jose Vega Biography

José Vega’s passion for flamenco began 20 years ago in his hometown of Cadiz, Spain.  At 16 years old, José began performing in the flamenco bars and tablaos of Cadiz, and throughout Andalusia.  He is an accomplished guitarist and powerful expressionist and has performed in the most prestigious peñas and tablaos in Spain, including Peña la Perla de Cadiz, Tablao Cordobes (Barcelona) and Casa Patas (Madrid).  He has accompanied some of flamenco’s top artists including Andres Peña, Marco Flores and Carmen Jara.  José has also accompanied numerous workshops with artists such as Isabel Bayón, and Ramón Martínez.

José has also had international success performing in the International Music Festival of Qatar, and the Montreal Flamenco Festival, and the Luminato Festival in Toronto.  José recently moved to Canada where he performs with various flamenco companies including the Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company. José has performed in shows across Canada such as “Mezquita”, in Vancouver, “Imagines” in Calgary, and “Spain Meets Canada”, in Saskatoon.

And keep your eye on this blog, as Don will be doing a class for the guitar students (it's also open to non Dal students). It will probably be happening sometime in February, 2010. We'll post an announcement.

PRS are beautiful guitars, although like anything, not everyone cares for them. However, Mark Tremonti, Carlos Santana and Derek Trucks can all be wrong.

Check out the PRS page at Amazon by clicking here.

Guitarist TV was founded by professional South African guitarist Mike de Jager and originally launched as an online video channel in 2006 by guitar legend Joe Satriani.

GDBTV co-founder and COO David Wray took a personal interest in Guitarist TV and launched the channel in it's present format .

How to get Guitarist TV on your Television Set.

How to get Guitarist TV on your mobile or cell phone:  http://www.yamgo.mobi/guitarist/channel

Here's a sample video (Albert Lee - recorded on June 26, 2009):

Of course, this is a follow-up to the original United Breaks Guitars music video. You should probably watch the first video first in order to get the context. While not as hilarious as the original video, in my opinion, it still works. They went all out on this one. A huge production, relatively speaking.

As reported on the NME blog , the criticism comes today (September 8 ) – the eve of the release of 'The Beatles: Rock Band' computer game, which allows players to play along with the Liverpool legends' back catalogue through their consoles.

"It encourages kids not to learn, that's the trouble," Wyman told BBC News. "It makes less and less people dedicated to really get down and learn an instrument. I think it's a pity so I'm not really keen on that kind of stuff."

You can read the full article here.

“He was one of the most stellar human beings I’ve ever known,” Slash posted on Twitter , referring to Paul as his “friend and mentor.” Progressive guitarist Joe Satriani released a statement that reads, “Les Paul set a standard for musicianship and innovation that remains unsurpassed. He was the original guitar hero, and the kindest of souls.”

You can read more at Rolling Stone.

Here's a book that you might want to check out if you are interested in finding out more about Les Paul.

The Early Years of the Les Paul Legacy 1915-1963

If you are interested in furthering your guitar skills, then you might want to consider taking a guitar elective. This class consists of one-on-one lessons with one of the guitar instructors.

This class is offered at four levels (1st year, 2nd year, 3rd year and 4th year). These classes are not for beginners and you will have to do a short audition before you are allowed into the class.

For the audition you can play two contrasting works that demonstrate your musical and technical abilities. You need to have some basic guitar skills to be considered.

If you are interested, please contact one of the guitar faculty to discuss it further.