Extreme Acoustic Guitar

Concert Details

Bill Dutcher is a Phoenix-based guitarist who specializes in solo acoustic guitar performance on the six-string guitar, 12-string guitar, harp guitar, and Weissenborn slide guitar. Dutcher has called Arizona home for the past 20 years. In that time, he has established himself as a nationally recognized solo acoustic performer. He has released albums of original instrumental fingerstyle music and has been featured on various harp guitar compilations. He is also an in-demand studio musician.

A graduate of Arizona State University, Kristofer Hill apprenticed with world-renowned composers and performing artists Daniel Lentz and Richard Lehrman. While studying jazz guitar, piano, percussion, recording, and electronic music, Hill developed his skills by composing and recording more than 180 compositions for art installations, films, and modern dance performances around the world. He is an artist-in-residence at the Arizona Biltmore and JW Marriott Scottsdale Camelback Inn.

Jake Williams is a Phoenix-based instrumental guitarist and songwriter performing acoustic music that ranges from rootsy and lively to spacey and melancholic, often utilizing live looping. Williams has spent decades performing and making music with diverse acoustic, pop-rock, and alternative rock bands around the country. His original music has been featured in a Lifetime film and various commercials.