Michael Witt
Santa Barbara Wedding and Event Guitarist by ...
Santa Barbara Wedding and Event Guitarist by Kelsey Crews Photo
Michael Witt
Viva La Guitarra! Downtown Santa Barbara ...
Viva La Guitarra! Downtown Santa Barbara Fiesta 1st Thursday
Michael Witt
Janet and Jordan Wedding Ceremony to Classical ...
Janet and Jordan Wedding Ceremony to Classical Guitar

Leadbetter Beach Wedding in Beautiful Santa Barbara

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Another Day at the Office!

GuitarWitt Performs Beach Wedding Hits

Another day at the office for guitarwitt! Played some fun guitar arrangements, put together for the bride...Gipsy Kings, Bob Marley, Jack Johnson, Rhumba and Brazilian Classical guitar. Even an impromptu Itsy Bitsy Spider for the kiddos! Congrats to Jenn & Ken on their marriage. What a great day.  For full repertoire list, please visit http://guitarwitt.com/repertoire-wedding-and-events/

#guitarperformance #classicalguitar#rumba #beachwedding #santabarbarastyle#santabarbarawedding

Santa Barbara Courthouse Mural Room Wedding Performance

guitarwitt Performed the great Venezuelan composer, Antonio Lauro’s - El Negrito at the #santabarbarawedding yesterday. This chamber has brilliant acoustics for classics like this. This song is about the composer’s son, who had black hair. #classicalguitar#antoniolauro #venezualanmusic 
Antonio Lauro is probably Venezuela's best-known composer of classical music, although his name is probably not familiar to anyone but aficionados of guitar music. At the Caracas conservatory he started out on the academically approved piano, but hearing Paraguayan guitarist Agustín Barrios inspired him to switch to the guitar. That was in one respect his salvation and in another his downfall. Few Latin American composers have seen their works enter the international repertory, but Lauro's guitar pieces, especially his Venezuelan Waltzes, have been readily taken up by guitarists. On the other hand, his significant catalog of non-guitar music is almost completely ignored. Lauro wrote symphonic suites, choruses, songs, and a choral symphonic poem called Cantacharo, but only his solo guitar pieces are played and recorded with any regularity; in 1956 he also wrote a concerto for his instrument. International attention came to Lauro only during his last decades, so it is often forgotten that he spent many of his earlier years in a folk trio called Los Cantores del Trópico.

Besame Mucho by Santa Barbara Folk Orchestra Members

Santa Barbara Folk Orchestra performs a wide variety of carefully arranged music. Most of the program is performed by the full 30+ orchestra, but some pieces are small ensemble sections of the orchestra. This is an intimate setting at the beautiful, historic El Presidio Chapel with a packed, sold out audience for the American/Mexicana Summer Concert. This small ensemble performance includes (L-R) Kristi Holstein (violin), Erin McKibben (vocals), Josh Jenkins (vocals, guitar), and Michael "Guitar" Witt. Big thanks to Director, Adam Phillips, for his tireless efforts to keep Santa Barbara rich in music.

GuitarWitt Plays Hotel Californian: Luxury Santa Barbara Beach Hotel

It was an honor to perform a special set of Jewish Music, setting the tone for the Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara's - Women's Philanthropy Luncheon at the spectacular new venue, Hotel Californian. Over time, after producing a Yiddish Folk Music Legacy album, and building up Jewish repertoire playing the the Red Sea Rhythm Rockers Band, as well as various Jewish Weddings, GuitarWitt devised a very special selection of arranged instrumental solo guitar pieces. This included songs that would celebrate Israel at 70 years, such as Yihye Tov by David Broza, Zog Nit Keynmol and other classics like Tum Balalaika, Shalom Rav and Tanz Tanz Yidelekh.
Pastry Chef Ben Kunert, Executive Chef Alexander La Motte, previously of The French Laundry | Thomas Keller Restaurant Group), and Chef de Cuisine James King are prepared exceptional service for the luncheon. Above photos by Santa Barbara local photographer extraordinaire - Kelsey Crews Photo

Auction sponsors included but not limited to:
Cos Bar https://www.cosbar.com/ 
RéVive Skincare https://reviveskincare.com/ 
SR Hogue and Co. Forist http://www.hoguefloral.com/ 
Majorelle http://www.thehotelcalifornian.com/santa_barbara_spa/ 
Evolutions Spa http://www.evolutionsmedicalspa.com/
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This is a great article about The History of Santa Barbara and Hotel Californian being an integral point of our history.  https://www.independent.com/news/2017/sep/21/santa-barbaras-hotel-californian-opens/

#womensphilanthropy #santabarbarawomen #seesb #Israelat70 #remarkablewomen #JewishMusic #HotelCalifornia #HotelCalifornian