PORT TOWNSEND — Neoclassical guitar, jazz from Monk and Jobim, even a taste of the blues: They’re all on tap when Port Townsend’s Joe Euro plays.
The longtime Port Townsend musician is this month’s Candlelight Concert performer at Trinity United Methodist Church, 609 Taylor St. uptown, this Thursday.
Doors will open at 6:30 p.m.; the concert, titled “Music in the Key of Sea,” will start at 7 p.m. Admission is a suggested $10 donation for adults, while children are invited to come free, and as always, refreshments will be served following the performance.
Euro, who uses three or more guitars in his concerts, plans to play some of his original works along with classical, jazz and what he calls “ambient space guitar.”
He’s released five CDs and studied with luminaries such as Rosewood Guitar founders Gary Bissirri and Steve Novechek and Brazilian jazz legend Laurindo Almeida.
And several years ago, saxophonist and flutist Bud Shank (1926-2009), after hearing Euro at local venues, invited him to play with the Bud Shank Quartet at the Jazz Port Townsend festival at Fort Worden State Park.
Proceeds from the monthly Candlelight Concerts benefit Trinity United Methodist’s music and historic Victorian restoration program and its fund for local charities.
For more information about Thursday’s concert and future offerings at Trinity United, phone coordinator Dan Purnell at 360-774-1644.