Fingerstyle Guitar Class with Hiroya Tsukamoto
Internationally acclaimed fingerstyle guitarist Hiroya Tsukamoto will lead an intimate, informal masterclass for players of all levels of ability and accomplishment at 11:00 AM on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at Stage 33 Live, 33 Bridge Street in Bellows Falls, Vermont, in advance of his 2:00 concert. This workshop is limited to ten participants; register through the stage33live.com website.
Hiroya will demonstrate fingerstyle techniques, including chords and basic theory, breaking down elements such as tone and rhythm, explaining how to apply them to a practice routine. Wisdom on scales, tunings, improvisation, and more to help players improve and expand their talents will be presented with kindness and patience and easy laughter by one of the best fingerstyle players in the world. Questions will be warmly received.
The workshop starts at 11:00 AM on Sunday, March 15, and the cost is $30. A discounted class-plus-concert bundle is $40. This workshop is limited to ten participants, register through the stage33live.com website. Bring your instrument.
Feel free to bring a lunch to eat after the class, or to pop out to a local restaurant before the concert.
Born and raised in Kyoto, Japan, Hiroya Tsukamoto received a scholarship to Berklee College of Music and came to the US. Since then he has been performing internationally including at the United Nations, the Blue Note in New York, and on Japanese National Television. He is a dizzyingly agile fingerpicker who chooses beauty over bombast. His concert performances are an eclectic, immersive, and mesmerizing impressionistic journey filled with earthy, organic soundscapes rich in subtle detail.
For more information about the concert, see stage33live.com
Stage 33 Live is a casual and intimate industrial-rustic listening room in a former factory hosting local, regional, and national performances and presentations of original material. No bar or kitchen, the stage is the mission; coffee / soda / juice / water and weird snacks available by donation. More info about the nonprofit, all-volunteer project, and this and other upcoming events, online at stage33live.com
Stage 33 Live gratefully acknowledges the help of so many individuals without whom none of this would be happening, and institutional support this season from The Island Corporation, WOOL-FM, Guilford Sound, and the Rockingham Arts & Museum Project to help fund improvements and maintenance, and generally smooth out a lot of the rough edges. Stage 33 Live is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, and all donations are deductible to the fullest extent. Volunteers run the thing from stem to stern.
