BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3416@first-unitarian-pgh.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250322T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250322T213000 DTSTAMP:20250224T170442Z URL:https://www.first-unitarian-pgh.org/events/songspace-presents-a-nylon- summit-with-damon-buxton-danny-rectenwald-and-alex-meleshenko/ SUMMARY:SongSpace Presents A Nylon Summit with Damon Buxton\, Danny Rectenw ald and Alex Meleshenko DESCRIPTION:SongSpace Presents A Nylon Summit with Damon Buxton\, Danny Rec tenwald and Alex Meleshenko\nSaturday March 22\, 2025\n7:30pm\nAdvance Tic kets at uusongspace.eventbee.com!\nFor March we present a Nylon String Sum mit – three outstanding guitarists who have made their reputations on ny lon strings!\n\nDamon Buxton (https://damonbuxton.com/) is an American fin gerstyle acoustic guitarist and composer. His primary instrument is the si x-string classical guitar. Damon’s compositions draw on musical traditio ns of classical\, new age\, and jazz\, and his arrangements of existing pi eces are infused with an inspiring dynamic and beauty. With a catalog of 1 2 albums\, he delivers an uplifting and powerful instrumental guitar perfo rmance with positive humor and grace. Damon was educated at Cornish Colleg e of The Arts in Seattle Washington USA. After an early collaboration with Windham Hill Records founder Will Ackerman\, he built his own studio and set out to create some of the world’s most beautiful and intimate guitar music. Damon has performed at Seattle’s Kirkland Performance Center\, B astyr University Chapel\, Seattle Exhibition Center\, and Thumbnail Theate r\, The Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh\, and other performing arts centers throughout the United States.\n\n“Nice\, haunting guitar melodies\, as if from the soundtrack of a foreign movie about death and first love.” – Neil Gaiman\, Author\n\n“Damon Buxton is a rare\, unique visionary o n the acoustic guitar.” – Bill Binkelman\, Wind and Wire\n\nDanny Rect enwald (https://sites.google.com/site/dannyrectenwald/) is a locally and n ationally acclaimed guitarist\, multi-instrumentalist\, composer\, song-wr iter\, and arranger\, earning numerous awards for as a guitarist\, mandoli n player\, and collaborator. Danny is integrally rooted in the Pittsburgh music scene playing guitar and mandolin in various groups in the area. He maintains a busy performance calendar\, playing solo and in-collaboration at the local and national level. He has performed with Robert Randolph and the Family Band\, Jim Avett\, (father of Scott and Seth Avett of The Avet t Brothers)\, Michael Glabicki\, Jim Donovan\, and Liz Berlin of Rusted Ro ot\, The Clarks\, Donnie Iris\, and The Commonheart\, to name a few. Danny ’s own music has been heard across the entire dial of local radio\, incl uding WRCT\, WQED\, WYEP\, WDVE\, and WXDX. Danny holds a Master of Music degree in Classical guitar performance from the Cleveland Institute of Mus ic\, and he has studied with with some of the great Classical Guitar pedag ogues of our generation\, including Daniél Marchan\, Aaron Shearer\, Deni s Azabagic\, and Jason Vieaux. Misra Records released his solo debut\, Sam adhi\, in 2018. His newest album\, Canyon\, came out in 2022!\n\n..lovely guitar textures\, both cinematic and soothing. — Scott Tady\, Beaver Cou nty Times\n\nAlex Meleshenko (Alex.meleshenko@gmail.com) is one of Pittsbu rgh’s most wonderful and best-kept secrets. Alex plays amazing instrumen tal pieces on guitar\, ranging from Augustin Barrios and Miguel Llobet to Jerry Reed\, Leo Kottke and more. If that weren’t enough\, Alex is an ou tstanding luthier\, creating custom-built 6-\, 12- and nylon-string guitar s that are treasured by players and listeners alike. As a performer\, Alex ’s goal is to send you to a peaceful place for a time of quiet reflectio n.\n\nEach artist will present their own compositions and interpretations in a wonderful evening of music. And there could be some surprises – the y don’t always just play nylon strings!!\n\nPhotos of Damon\, Danny and Alex courtesy of the artists.\n\nDoors 7:00pm\nShow 7:30pm\nGeneral $15+fe e advanced\; $20 at the door\nStudent/reduced income: $10+fee advanced\; $ 15 at the door\nOr\, pay what you can to support live music in Pittsburgh! \nFind Advance Tickets at uusongspace.eventbee.com!\n\nSongSpace at First Unitarian\nhttps://uusongspace.com\nFirst Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh\n 605 Morewood Avenue\, Shadyside\nPittsburgh PA 15213 CATEGORIES:Concerts LOCATION:First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh\, 605 Morewood Avenue\, Pitts burgh\, PA\, 15213\, United States GEO:40.450619;-79.94266 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=605 Morewood Avenue\, Pitts burgh\, PA\, 15213\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=First Unitar ian Church of Pittsburgh:geo:40.450619,-79.94266 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR