Fingerstyle Guitar Henry Ferland in Concert!

Acoustic guitar virtuoso Henry Ferland will do a solo performance using fingerstyle skills which combine melodies, bass lines, unique chordal arrangements, and percussion — all at the same time — to create rich and layered guitar music. The show will include songs stylistically ranging from traditional fingerpicking (Chet Atkins, Doc Watson) to contemporary (Tommy Emmanuel, The Beatles, Paul Simon), and elements of jazz in addition to his original compositions. Ferland is a recent graduate of the Berklee School of Music in Boston, MA with a performance degree.

Ferland grew up in the Hudson Valley. At 16, he won the International Home of the Legends Thumb Picking competition at the Merle Travis Center in Muhlenberg, KY. He was one of the “Young Thumbs” at the Chet Atkins Appreciation Society in Nashville, TN presented by Tommy Emmanuel and John Knowles.

“He’s an extraordinary guitarist,” Rob Leitner, Managing Director of the Rosendale Theater said when speaking about Ferland’s performance at the Rosendale Theatre just this past March. “He blew the crowds away. We had to get him on the stage. Again. Three standing ovations and an audience that “begged” to have him back again!”