Greg Latta
Award Winning
Singer/Songwriter/Multi-Instrumentalist

Welcome!

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My latest release "Tour De Force" is now available.
It is available as a CD, on a Flash Drive, or digitally on Amazon, Apple Music, iTunes,
Spotify, and other digital madia sites.

Click Here To Order/Listen On Amazon.com

Click here for more information and to order a CD or Flash Drive.


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Select Music Videos On YouTube
Greg's YouTube Channel
Greg's Concert Schedule
Performance
Pictures from the MSAC 2018 Individual Artist Award Ceremony
Pictures from the MSAC 2015 Individual Artist Award Ceremony
Live On The Air At WFWM


Recordings
Brochure
Contact Information
Lessons
Other
Back to Greg Latta on the World Wide Web

I have a plethora of new videos which can now be viewed on YouTube. Over 30 of these are music videos, and have been put together into a music video play list. I have also listed my favourite music videos in the table below:

Select Music Videos On YouTube
 

  The Bonny Light Horseman

    Ruby Rag

 

 

 St. Patrick's Day Concert Video 2021

  The Butcher Boy

 Five In Twenty-Four

 

  Maid That Sold Her Barley

        Indian Summer

  Do You Love An Apple


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Other Music Videos On Greg's YouTube Channel


At the links below you can view pictures from the
Maryland State Arts Council Award Ceremonies in 2015 and 2018:

Pictures from the awards ceremony for the Maryland State
Arts Council's Individual Artists Awards Ceremony,
Sunday, May 20th, 2018


Pictures from the awards ceremony for the Maryland State
Arts Council's Individual Artists Awards Ceremony,
Monday, June 8th, 2015


Performance

Greg Latta is a mesmerizing singer, songwriter, and award winning performer on the hammered dulcimer, banjo, guitar, Irish bouzouki, cittern, harmonica, recorder, Appalachian dulcimer, and concertina. A hammered dulcimer virtuoso and champion, he is a three time winner of the Mid-Eastern hammered dulcimer championships and has twice been a runner up in the National Hammered Dulcimer Championships held at Winfield, Kansas.

Greg and Dulcimer



Greg and Instruments

Greg performs an eclectic mix of carefully chosen Irish, traditional and contemporary folk, Broadway, bluegrass, and original music. His repertoire includes original works, old coal mining songs, whaling songs, contemporary and traditional topical songs, and children's songs, to name just a few. His diverse performances have included a private performance for the Hungarian Presidential Cabinet, and performances at the US Olympic Canoeing and Kayaking Trials, the Rocky Gap Country Bluegrass Festival, the Garrett Lakes Arts Festival, numerous school performances, and a performance with the prestigious modern dance company Dance Alloy of Pittsburgh celebrating the centennial of Frostburg State University.



A finger style guitar player who has played guitar nearly his entire life, Greg plays both 6 and 12 string guitars, and open tunings on the 12 string guitar are a particular specialty of his.

Greg and Guitar



Greg With Banjo Greg is also an award winning banjo player. He placed first in the 20th Annual Mid-Atlantic Banjo Championship and second in the 21st and 22nd Annual Championships. He also placed second or third place five years in a row at the banjo competitions held in Friendsville, MD. His banjo style is a unique combination of traditional bluegrass, old-timey, melodic, and contemporary styles. He has even been known to let a Joni Mitchell or Beatles tune or two slip out on the banjo!




Recordings

Greg Latta's has released two recordings, "Headed for Home" and "My Favourite Things".

Headed For Home: With a total running time of over 60 minutes, "Headed for Home" is an acoustic tour de force featuring vocals and instruments such as the 6 and 12 string guitar, hammered dulcimer, recorder, harmonica, Appalachian dulcimer, and electric bass guitar. The album also includes unusual sound effects and percussion instruments such as the Mexican rain stick. The fine mandolin playing of Frostburg musician Randy Bandura is also featured on several selections. The album features 6 original works by Greg and 9 other works, some traditional, others by composers such as Lerner and Loewe, Jean Ritchie, Ewan McColl, David Olney, and Tim DeFrange..

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My Favourite Things Front

My Favourite Things:
"My Favourite Things", is a collection of hammered dulcimer solos featuring both standard and soprano hammered dulcimers. His eclectic tastes are reflected in the variety of styles that appear on the recording. Broadway tunes, traditional and contemporary Irish tunes, a traditional American tune, an ancient Galician, or Spanish piece, plus his arrangements of a Rossini theme, a Finnish polka, and a Beatles tune, "Here Comes the Sun" are on the album. He has also included his own composition "Mid-Spring".



Other

Greg is accredited as a Visiting Performer in the Maryland State Arts Council Artists in Education Program. In addition to his stage performances and recordings Greg has hosted and produced the popular radio show "Just Plain Folks" for over 30 years. The show can be heard Saturday afternoons from 2 P.M. to 5 P.M. on WFWM - 91.9 FM, the Frostburg State University public radio station. He is also a member of the Frostburg State University faculty.

Greg Waiting

Photos By Dave Romero, VibrantImage.com


If you would like an informative brochure in Adobe© .PDF
format click on each of the links below:

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Greg's Public Performance Schedule

Current Concerts:

Free Album Release Concert for Tour De Force
Sunday, November 13th at 3 P.M.
Mountain City Traditional Arts


Hammered and Appalachian Dulcimer Lessons

If you are interested in learning the hammered dulcimer or Appalachian dulcimer, expanding your repertoire, or refining your technique, then you might like to take private lessons. Private lessons are available on an hourly basis. Greg is located in Western Maryland in the town of Frostburg, Maryland. Frostburg is about 2 hours from Frederick, MD and 1 hour from Morgantown, WV. It is easily accessible from Interstate 68. For more information (rates, setting up lessons, directions, etc.) you can leave E-mail for Greg at glatta@frostburg.edu

Hammered Dulcimer

Contact Information

LetterIf you would like booking information or if you have
any questions or comments, you can send E-Mail to Greg at glatta@frostburg.edu


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