The Tulsa Guitar Society promotes solo guitar playing in the greater Tulsa area by providing a forum for guitarists to meet, share ideas and techniques, jam together, and announce their performances.  We cover a range of guitar styles including classical, jazz, flamenco, folk, new age, and blues.  Meetings are held once a month and are open to the public so if you'd like to bring your guitar and join in, or if you'd prefer to just listen you're more than welcome. Most members play nylon string guitars but we do have a few who play a steel string so if that's your preference it's not a problem. Although our focus is on fingerstyle guitar we do allow guitarists to use a pick on occasion provided they are playing an acoustic guitar or a hollowbody electric.

NEWS

2008

September - The Fall 2008 Fingerstyle Showcase took place Sept 23 at ORU with first time participants Richard Hudson, Dana Swift, Mike Perry, Sean Al-Jibouri, Tom Richard, and ORU student Jesus Rodriguez.  Mike and Sean gave us our first rendering of a Django Reinhardt tune (Nuages) at a showcase concert.  

Also in September the TGS hosted the first fingerstyle competition at the Tulsa State Fair.  Flamenco guitarist Lon de Ada placed first, second was Mark Bruner, and third was Monty Gaylord.  

July - TGS presented "Guitars Gone Wild" at the Tulsa PAC Sunday July 27 featuring four local solo guitarists (Lon de Ada, Joesf Glaude, Pete Astor, and Rod Saunders) playing in a round robin format.  This was the first of hopefully many presentations in the PAC's summer stage concert series.  

March - The Spring 2008 Fingerstyle Showcase took place March 11 at ORU with a lineup that included first time participants Jonathan Firey, Rick Priest, Brandon Laflin, and Eddie Watts. The night's music ranged from flamenco to blues to classical to new age to celtic. Click here to view a video montage of the concert.

February - The TGS was featured in an article in the Tulsa World.

2007

November - The TGS YouTube page was launched. Visit www.youtube.com/fsr42 to watch some of our videos.

October - The TGS was represented at Magoo's at 51st & Memorial in the first "round robin" guitar performance featuring Darren Armentrout, J.T. Gentry, Rod Saunders, and Lon de Ada. Stay tuned for more of these round robin events. Also in October, Joesf Glaude and Pete Astor did a benefit concert for the Day Center for the Homeless. As usual the music was great and the results for the charity drive were substantial. See a video from the concert on YouTube.

June - The TGS was represented at the Tulsa Guitar Show.  Performing on the show's stage were Joesf Glaude, Lon Bartlett, Jeffrey Hiatt-Frink, and Marcus Curtis.  Also in June the TGS participated in its first OK Mozart festival.  Performers included Lon Bartlett, Johnny Beard, Darren Armentrout, and the Joesf Glaude Trio.  

May - Lon Bartlett conducted a workshop on flamenco guitar techniques and concepts at the monthly performance meeting.  Also in May Rod Saunders and the Joesf Glaude Trio performed a benefit concert for the Day Center for the Homeless at Southern Hills Methodist Church.  The concert brought in $1000 and two truckloads of items donated to the center. 

April - TGS members Rod Saunders and Joesf Glaude performed at the Enviro Expo downtown and the De-Stress Fest at OU Tulsa.

March - TGS conducted its third Fingerstyle Showcase concert at ORU on Tuesday, March 6.  It was an all star lineup that provided for a very entertaining evening.  See the Multimedia page for photos and a video montage.  CLICK HERE to read a glowing review of the concert in the April publication of The Gusher.

Also in March TGS was pleased to help out in promotion for two concerts and a workshop conducted in Tulsa by guitar phenomenon Trace Bundy, as well as a concert and workshop by flamenco guitarist Ronald Radford.  

February - TGS was contacted by the Crowne Plaza in downtown Tulsa to begin providing regular entertainment in their Tiffany Rose Lounge.  See the calendar page for details on who's playing when.

January - Our monthly meeting was pushed back a week because of the ice storm, but we still had a great meeting with Randy Wimer, Louis Drapp, and Jeffrey Hiatt-Frink demonstrating their guitar looping techniques.    

2006