Steve Haskin Ensemble (6-7 and 8-9 pm)

Steve Haskin is a Minnesota Guitar Society founding member and former president, who created the MGS newsletter Guitarist and organized/named our first guitarathon in 1984. He taught guitar at Minneapolis Community and Technical College for 27 years and has produced four CDs of original material: Boundary Waters, Mississippi Goin’ By, Autumn Road, and Avenue B. He now lives in Austin, TX where he plays in the vocal jazz band, Austin Songbirds. His ensemble will include Jim Price (violin), Dick Daneher (percussion), and Liz Pauly (Brazilian vocals).  Liz has a DMA in Vocal Performance, serves on the music faculty at Minneapolis College, and sings with the Minnesota Chorale. 

Tony Hauser (7-8 pm)

Tony Hauser is the MGS founder and first president. Tony's career spans 50 years as a professional concert guitarist, ranging from performances at Inuit villages in Alaska to world-class halls like the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. He plays the entire range of classical guitar repertoire, including flamenco interpretations and covers, Brazilian music, and original compositions. His "Concerto for Flamenco Guitar and Chamber Orchestra" premiered in 2015 and he has created and published about 90 scores of arrangements and original compositions via MusicaNeo.