Alternative Guitar Summit
The Alternative Guitar Summit, founded in 2010 by guitarist-composer Joel Harrison, is a yearly festival of daring, inventive players who emphasize new and unusual approaches to the guitar. The Summit consists of a Guitar Camp featuring Master Classes by notable guitarists, and a Music Festival with concerts by the best-known stars in alternative guitar as well as noteworthy young players.
Concert: Honoring Mick Goodrick
3/12/22 at 8 PM EST
Every year we honor a living guitarist/ composer. This year we spotlight the legacy of educator/ performer Mick Goodrick who inspired countless guitarists in over 5 decades of teaching.
March 12 at 8 pm we’ll present a live concert at soapbox gallery in Brooklyn feat. students of Mick, with Julian Lage, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Tim Miller, Joel Harrison, and others.
Alt Guitar Virtual Summit
Feb 26-27, 2022
AGS 2022 Summit Camp In-Person
August 22-26, 2022
Our one-of-a-kind camp in August offers a rare opportunity to learn from true masters of the guitar. This summer's teachers include Julian Lage, Gilad Hekselman, Tim Miller, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Joel Harrison, and more.
New Book: Guitar Talk
In Mid-April 2021, a new book focusing on creative guitar music and guitar innovators - Guitar Talk: Conversations with Visionary Players - will come out on Terra Nova Press. Written by guitarist and composer Joel Harrison, the founder and organizer of the Alternative Guitar Summit, it represents years of intimate, musician to musician dialogues between Harrison and many of the greatest guitar exponents on the planet including Julian Lage, Ralph Towner, Vernon Reid, Wayne Krantz, Mike and Leni Stern, Brandon Ross, Miles Okazaki, Mary Halvorson, Rafiq Bhatia and more.
Latest From the Podcast
Episode 10: Anthony Pirog
Talking about D.C. roots, the crossroads of jazz, country, noise, and rockabilly, The Messthetics, The Spellcasters, string bending, and avant banjo rolls. Duos with Joel Harrison.
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