Outside the Spotlight: The Female Guitarists' Influence on Popular Music WORKSHOP w/ Diana Chittester

Join us for this rockin' workshop on The Female Guitarists' Influence on Popular Music. 

From quotes of Elvis Presley praising the work of Sister Rosetta Tharpe to Bob Dylan crediting Odetta as the reason he picked up the acoustic guitar, most celebrity household names acknowledge a strong female guitarist as their muse to the styles and genres of which were made popular by men.

Diana takes listeners on a musical journey through the past century to discover the styles of influential, and often overlooked, female guitarists that helped form the popular musical styles of today.

This interactive multi-media workshop examines the impact of social issues, the evolution of music and media, and demonstrates how the bold efforts of female guitarists' influenced popular music. Diana performs and demonstrates many of the popular songs and playing styles that helped shape folk, blues, rock and pop music including Maybelle Carter, Joni Mitchell, Bonnie Rait, Ani DiFranco, KT Tunstall and many more.

This is a two-hour interactive workshop.

About Diana Chittester has been building a reputation as one of the area’s most gifted guitar players, intimate songwriters, and forceful vocalists over the past decade, releasing a series of albums that display her growing confidence and ability to communicate feelings that are deeply personal yet universal. 

Diana has shared the stage with Lyle Lovett, Gin Blossoms, The Accidentals, Joan Osborne, Peter Mulvey, Chris Trapper, Lisa Loeb, and Colin Hay; performed at venues across the eastern U.S. and Canada including Kent State Performing Arts Center, City Winery DC, Showplace Performance Centre, Evening Muse, Cain Park, Music Box Supper Club, and The Ark; performed on Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour and Songs at the Center which airs on PBS.

https://www.dianachittester.com/