Mark Cosgrove, Rolly Brown, and Italian guitar sensation Roberto Dalla Vecchia, in concert in Lahaska PA on Nov. 24, '07

Virtuoso acoustic guitarists Mark Cosgrove and Rolly Brown will be featured in their fourteenth annual "Bucks County Acoustic Guitar Summit" autumn music event, including an 8 p.m. concert on Saturday, Nov. 24, at Buckingham Friends School in Lahaska PA. Both Bucks County performers have won the prestigious National Guitar Championships held annually in Winfield KS; Cosgrove in Flatpicking and Brown in the Fingerstyle division. Cosgrove and Brown will be joined by Italian guitar maestro Roberto Dalla Vecchia. In addition, Cosgrove will be backed by his band, Good Medicine, featuring vocalist/guitarist Peter Lorch, mandolinist Mike Madan, fiddler Jay Ansill, and bassist Larry Hunsberger.
All three guitarists will also be featured in a Saturday afternoon workshop from 1 till 4 p.m., and private lessons may be available by appointment (call 215-340-0586).

The Philadelphia Inquirer says, "Cosgrove and Brown's fingers turn still guitar strings into a whirlwind of melody...these musicians have mastered the art of playing acoustic guitar."

Recently Cosgrove is a busy performer, teacher, and session player. 2007 has brought solo appearances as well as dates with his band Good Medicine, and performances with the Philadelphia Orchestra Bluegrass Band, Mr. Dalla Vecchia, and teaching positions at various music camps around the country. The new year will bring tours in the Pacific northwest and California with Vermont's celtic bluegrass band Wood's Tea Company.

Brown, formerly a sideman to various folk luminaries and host of WXPN's "Guitar Wizards", began his musical life as a folk guitarist, and, in his 43 years of playing, has moved through phases of swing, bluegrass, ragtime, and rock on his way to the jazz/blues that is now, along with original compositions, a hallmark of his solo performance. He is a prominent teacher and performer at guitar camps around the country and in Canada.

This year's guest, Roberto Dalla Vecchia, from Vicenza, Italy, studied classical piano from an early age, but abandoned it in favor of guitar after meeting his mentor, Beppe Gambetta. Now, Roberto maintains a busy solo performance schedule at various venues throughout Europe, and also teaches at workshops and camps. Bluegrass Ireland Magazine describes Dalla Vecchia's style as "combining traditional feel, emotional depth, and classical standards of conception and execution."

Buckingham Friends School is located on Rt. 202 where it separates from Rt. 263, just west of Peddler's Village in Lahaska PA, about halfway between Doylestown and New Hope. Concert tickets are $25. Fee for the 3 hour Saturday workshop is $60. A ticket for both concert and workshop is $75. For further information, call 215-340-0586 or 215-257-8737.

Tickets are available at the door.