Music in the Park Sunday, July 27 7:00 p.m.
Greg Herriges
Multi-instrumentalist and composer from Minneapolis
Greg Herriges plays an eclectic mix of original and traditional world music on guitar, voice and bouzouki (Greek lute), with an innovative approach honed by his studies of Asian and other international styles. A virtuoso performer and award-winning composer, his music and writing have found international recognition and acclaim. Herriges "whirls" the traditions of East and West, spinning new webs out of everything from Indian ragas and Turkish folk to Japanese koto tunes and surf-jazz. Wild Fruit Folk Music describes Greg as "a 'musician's musician's musician'…outrageously talented."
With a background in progressive rock and finger style guitar, Greg studied ethnomusicology (traditional world music), focusing on Indian, Indonesian and East Asian classical traditions. Having worked with some of the Midwest's greatest exponents of Chinese, Javanese and Hindustani music, he is equally at home playing with cross-cultural ensembles or "letting one guitar play him." He also composes and directs music for theater and film and writes instructional music books for Hal Leonard Publishing.
According to a review in Folkworld, Herriges is "…a gifted musician who is able to bring the best sounds from several cultures into one type of intriguing music;" and the Minneapolis Star Tribune says, "Guitar renegade…Herriges always comes off as native maestro, never slumming dilettante. His technique on both guitar and bouzouki is formidable, his feel for diverse cultures exemplary."
Greg Herriges is a recipient of an Archibald Bush Artist Fellowship for Music Composition, as well as grants from the McKnight Foundation and Metropolitan Regional ARts Council. He has created film music for independent documentary films and his music is featured regularly on Twin Cities Public Television' MN Original and Capture Minnesota programs.
For more information, sound samples and photos, visit: www.gregherriges.com or www.myspace.com/gregherriges.
With a background in progressive rock and finger style guitar, Greg studied ethnomusicology (traditional world music), focusing on Indian, Indonesian and East Asian classical traditions. Having worked with some of the Midwest's greatest exponents of Chinese, Javanese and Hindustani music, he is equally at home playing with cross-cultural ensembles or "letting one guitar play him." He also composes and directs music for theater and film and writes instructional music books for Hal Leonard Publishing.
According to a review in Folkworld, Herriges is "…a gifted musician who is able to bring the best sounds from several cultures into one type of intriguing music;" and the Minneapolis Star Tribune says, "Guitar renegade…Herriges always comes off as native maestro, never slumming dilettante. His technique on both guitar and bouzouki is formidable, his feel for diverse cultures exemplary."
Greg Herriges is a recipient of an Archibald Bush Artist Fellowship for Music Composition, as well as grants from the McKnight Foundation and Metropolitan Regional ARts Council. He has created film music for independent documentary films and his music is featured regularly on Twin Cities Public Television' MN Original and Capture Minnesota programs.
For more information, sound samples and photos, visit: www.gregherriges.com or www.myspace.com/gregherriges.
Concerts are held at NP Park, 625 6th St. NE. Turn north on 6th Street at the junction of Highways 10 and 210 and go six blocks.
Bring a chair or a blanket.
In case of inclement weather, the concerts will be held in Centennial Auditorium.
Bring a chair or a blanket.
In case of inclement weather, the concerts will be held in Centennial Auditorium.
The Music in the Park Series is funded by the Staples Host Lions Club. The Series is organized by the Staples Motley Area Arts Council, with the assistance of the Staples Motley Public Schools and the City of Staples.
Staples Motley Area Arts Council activities are sponsored in part by the Minnesota State Arts Board through the arts and cultural heritage fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the Legacy Amendment vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.
