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Venues

  • Tonic-NYC
  • L'Olympic Café LMP-Paris
  • Walker Art Center-Minneapolis
  • Freight and Salvage-San Francisco
  • Old Town School of Music-Chicago
  • Cedar Cultural Center - Minneapolis
  • Sunside/Sunset Jazz Club-Paris
  • Winnipeg Folk Festival-Winnipeg, Canada
  • New York Guitar Festival-Merkin Hall
  • Concertus Musicus-Florence, Italy
  • Center for Jewish History-NYC
  • La Palma Jazz Club-Roma, Italy
  • Museum of Jewish Heritage-NYC
  • Acoustic Fan Fair-Nagoya, Japan
  • GRIM-Montevideo Arts Center-Marseille, France
  • SLO Folks-San Louis Obispo-California
  • International Guitar Festival of Great Britain-Wirral/Liverpool
  • Star Pine Café-Tokyo
  • Open Strings Festival-Osnabruck-Germany
  • West End Theater-Winnipeg, Canada
  • Acoustic Music Festival of Hungary-Budapest, Pecs, Ersekvadkert, Bekescaba
  • The Hot Club-Lisbon, Portugal
  • Le Triptyque-Paris
  • Teatro Impavidi Guitar Festival-Sarzana, Italy
  • NAM'IN' Jazz Festival-Namur, Belgium
  • Guthrie Theater-Minneapolis
  • Live Spot Otis-Hiroshima
  • Chet Atkins Festival-Nashville
  • La Dame de Canton-Paris
  • Dumbo Arts Festival-Brooklyn, NY
  • Noe Valley Ministry-San Francisco
  • La Fontana-Verona Italy
  • Centre Fleg Concert Series-Marseilles, Nimes, Montpellier, France
  • Scimmie Jazz Club-Milan, Italy
  • Jo House-Kanagawa, Japan
  • LIGA Guitar Association-Linz, Austria
  • International Guitar Night-Aachen, Dortmund, Dresden, Spyer, Bremen, Freiburg, Germany
  • Dolphin Guitars-Osaka, Japan

Workshops and Residences

Tim Sparks conducts workshops in guitar for groups and also give private lessons. He also offers lecture demos for assemblies from elementary through college level. A Tim Sparks workshop generally lasts 3-6 hours. Students can download workshop materials in advance from www.timsparks.com.

  • University of Minnesota at Morris
  • Winnipeg Folk Festival
  • Yiddish Cultural Center of Paris
  • Washington University-St. Louis, MO
  • International Guitar Seminars-NYC and University of Seattle, WA
  • University of Minnesota at Mankato
  • LAMS Academy-Verona, Italy
  • GRIM-Montevideo Arts Center-Marseille, France
  • Old Town School of Music-Chicago
  • The Podium-Minneapolis
  • The Sedona Guitar Festival-Sedona, CA
  • The Bismarck Guitar Festival-Bismarck, ND
  • University of North Carolina-Charlotte, NC
  • University of St. Thomas-St. Paul, MN
  • Gitarrenladen Ohrwurm-Linz, Austria
  • Seldovia Summer Solstice Festival-Seldovia, Alaska
  • Open Strings Festival-Osnabruck, Germany
  • International Guitar Festival of Great Britain-Wirral, UK

Discography

  • 2004-Tribute to Jacob Do Bandolim-Tzadik Records
  • 2003-Masada Guitars, with Bill Frisell and Marc Ribot-Tzadik Records
  • 2002-At the Rebbe’s Table-Tzadik Records
  • 2000-Tanz-Tzadik Records (5 Stars in Downbeat Magazine)
  • 1999-One String Leads to Another-Acoustic Music Records
  • 1996-Guitar Bazaar-Acoustic Music Records
  • 1993-The Nutcracker Suite/Balkan Dreams-Acoustic Music Records

Publications

Tim has written for Guitar Player, Acoustic Guitar, and Fingerstyle Guitar Magazines.

He has also produced books and videos including:

  • The Nutcracker Suite for Solo Guitar - Acoustic Music/Guitar Solo Publications
  • Neshamah, Music from the Jewish Diaspora - Mel Bay Publications
  • Balkan Dreams-Mel Bay Publications
  • Guitar Bazaar Video - Acoustic Music Publications
  • Live at the Open Strings Festival Video - Acoustic Music Publications


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David Alderson
Zephyr Acoustic Productions
2314 Johnson St NE
Minneapolis, MN 55418
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