An Early Evening Guitar Concert
Unity Hall
Tuesday, July 14
6:30 to 8 p.m.
Three Guitar Masters: Shohei Toyoda, Koyo Morita, and Hikaru Komatsu. One Unforgettable Night.
Doors open at 6 p.m. Concert begins at 6:30.
This concert is a FUNdraiser for Unity Spiritual Center. Tickets are $20 per person.
There will be a 50/50 raffle, $5 per ticket. Please print legibly. Need not be present to win.
Featuring the musical guitar talents of International Fingerstyle Champion Shohei Toyoda, Japan’s Fender hosted “Player Plus Studio Sessions Contest” winner Koyo Morita, and special guest Fingerstyle Champion Hikaru Komatsu, in a high-energy early evening concert.
For further information, please contact unityinfo@unityspiritualcenter.com.
Registration and prepayment are suggested.
On-site event ticket and raffle sales to occur three prior Sundays.
Or buy tickets online by clicking on the Buy Now button below.
Guitar Masters
Shohei Toyoda
Residing in Kyoto, Japan, Shohei grew up in Dublin, OH, and studied guitar at Berklee College of Music. He has won multiple awards (champion at the 2011 Kentucky Home of the Legends International Thumbpicking contest, Winner of the 2012 Japan's National Fingerstyle Guitar Contest, and third place at the 2013 International Fingerstyle Contest), and this music is heavily influenced by the fingerpicking greats like Tommy Emmanuel, Jerry Reed, and Chet Atkins. For more information, visit https://linktr.ee/shoheitoyoda6.
Koyo Morita
Having more than 60K followers throughout his social media platforms, Koyo is the Japanese winner of the "Player Plus Studio Sessions Contest" hosted by Fender. His country guitar instructional book, published in 2025, was ranked number 1 on Amazon's guitar book category. His new album, "One Story," released in November 2025, has received many positive reviews from guitar players worldwide. For more information, visit https://linktr.ee/koyomorita.
Hikaru Komatsu
Japanese fingerstyle guitarist born in 1992. He began playing guitar in junior high and later studied composition at university, earning a music teaching license. In 2015, a year of busking in Sydney, Australia, helped shape his solo acoustic style. Inspired by country blues, he draws influence from artists like Tokio Uchida and Chet Atkins. He placed third at the 2017 Indiana State Fingerstyle Guitar Festival and won the 2018 Morris Fingerpicking Contest East Japan Regional Competition. For more information, visit
https://lit.link/en/HikaruKomatsu.
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