Candlelight Concerts return with mid-winter solo show with Joe Euro

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Trinity United Methodist’s Candlelight Concerts will return later this month after a COVID-caused nine-month intermission in an online format.

Joe Euro will light up the return of the candlelight concert with a performance planned for 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28.

Euro plays guitar in a “Classical/Neo-Classical” finger style, and will play his set with no intermission.

Euro is a Port Townsend entrepreneur who founded one of Washington’s oldest and finest wine/bottle shops, the Wine Seller, in 1982.

He also is an accomplished classical guitarist who has played numerous live shows and events, including festivals in Port Townsend and Seattle. His recordings have been played and appreciated around the world, and his music is available through outlets that include Spotify, Amazon Music, Rhapsody, Napster, and Pandora. 

The Candlelight Concert performance will include acoustic, instrumental “Neo-Classical”/“Finger Style” guitar that will feature many of Euro’s original “Neo-Classical” compositions, as well as some actual classical guitar selections, some light jazz and even a bit of his “Ambient Space Guitar” pieces.

On playing without an in-person audience, Euro said, “Oh well.”

“I often play my heart strings out, even if it’s only me,” he added.

Euro’s performance is always intriguing and his selections are generally played on at least three or more different guitars; most are classical/ Spanish nylon-string guitars but Euro usually brings “Big Red,” his jumbo-bodied steel string with cutaway.   

Euro will perform some favorites such as one he’s titled “The High Road” (the title track to his first CD, a lively Scottish dance-like piece), as well as other originals from his studio recordings that include “Eyes On The Horizon,” “Souvenir,” “Holiday Cheer,” and “Through the Years.” He is also expected to perform some of his “Big Spacey Sound” (as he calls them) ambient pieces such as his “Alone Among Angels” from his “Souvenir” CD.

To listen to his performance, go to https://trinityumcpt.org/ for a link to the Candlelight Concerts Online and ways to donate.