Great Lakes Guitar Society

04/13/2026

04/10/2026

Two great opportunities to hear Eliot Fisk. Two different programs, two beautiful venues, tonight and tomorrow. 

I wanted to share some wonderful news and updates happening this week! Hope to see you at one of my upcoming concerts.

I just got inducted into Arts Hall of Fame at my old high school Jamesville-Dewitt High School. (pic below)

Today I teach at Syracuse University where my father taught in 1968- 1982 and
Friday playing mixed recital in Syracuse
(from da Milano to Henze and Berio)

Saturday all Bach recital in nearby Skaneateles
https://www.localsyr.com/bridge-street/world-class-guitarist-eliot-fisk-returns-to-cny-for-festival-of-music/

This Bach concert will be a prelude to my concert this summer at Boston GuitarFest in Boston, MA, 7:30pm on June 19, 2026 Tickets are now available!
https://concertsinamerica.com/guitarfest/?el=bgf

https://efgamusic.org/events/bgfest-2026

04/06/2026

This is going to be a fantastic concert! I hope you can check it out.

Don’t miss American guitarist, Eliot Fisk, on Saturday, April 11 at 7:30 PM.

🎼 Location: First Presbyterian Church of Skaneateles

🕖 Doors open at 7:00 PM

➡️ $20 suggested donation at the door

🎸 Co-sponsored by the Skaneateles Library & Great Lakes Guitar Society

03/20/2026

🚨Headliner Announcement! Silkroad Ensemble and Rhiannon Giddens Are Coming Back to the Skaneateles Festival!

Rhiannon Giddens is a two-time GRAMMY Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning singer and instrumentalist, MacArthur “Genius” grant recipient, and composer of opera, ballet, and film leads the cross-cultural Silkroad Ensemble, founded by cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Their new program, Sanctuary: The Power of Resonance and Ritual, explores how we can experience music to better understand our world, find comfort, process loss and a changing environment, and rebuild community based on our own humanity.

NOTE: Due to the concert venue, this show is for attendees age 21 and older.

Individual tickets go on sale May 6. Learn more below!

Special Event:
Sanctuary: The Power of Resonance and Ritual🎶
Friday, August 21 @ 8 PM, 2026
The Vine at del Lago Resort, Waterloo, NY

02/24/2026

Big thanks to An-Chi Lin and Anton Machleder for a great concert!

01/25/2026

Fantastic concert last night by Matthew Ardizzone! A big thanks to Matthew and everyone who braved the cold to make it happen.

01/12/2026

Sharing news about a great concert this weekend by the Syracuse Friends of Chamber Music!

Join us as our season continues with an exciting concert featuring local musicians of the Syracuse Orchestra. Tickets and information at SyrFCM.org.

09/23/2025

Fantastic concert this weekend by David Steinhardt at the Skaneateles Library!

09/01/2025

Amazing concert at the Skaneateles Library by Muriel Anderson. Packed house and great vibes!

07/20/2025

We had a wonderful night enjoying a fantastic performance by Ricardo Saeb

07/20/2025

We had such a great time hosting Ricardo Saeb at the Skaneateles Library. A wonderful, warm and genuine Artist. We so look forward to having him come back again soon.

05/11/2025

Truly a night to remember. Marko Topchii Topchii Mark at the Skaneateles Library for the last show of the Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) tour. An emotional and stunning performance. Bravo Marko Topchii Bravo!