Category: Meeting

Open Ensemble Session Music Scores & Parts for February 4th Meeting

Dear Guitar Enthusiasts,
Here is the music we will be playing in the open ensemble session at the February 4th Guitar Society meeting at Odd Fellows Hall. Everyone is welcome to come and join in! Take a look at the scores and decide which parts you would like to play, print them out, work on them a bit, and bring them along to the meeting with your guitar. Don’t worry about whether you can play everything, just come along and have fun. This is the order in which we will play. Scroll down for more information about the meeting.

Planxty Irwin (Turlough O’Carolan) arr. A. Forrest

Planxty-irwin Arr Derek HastedDownload

Drink to Me Only (Anon.) arr. A. Forrest

Drink To Me Only Arr Andrew ForrestDownload

Nimrod (Edward Elgar Enigma Variations) arr. Hirsch
The full score and parts cannot be posted online for copyright reasons. If you wish to choose a part, email me at [email protected]

Nimrod Score Page 1Download

Stare Ljubavi (Delo Jusic) arr. A Forrest

Stare Ljubavi Croation Song Arr. A ForrestDownload

Mysterious Barricades (Francois Couperin) arr. A Forrest
Note: the Requinto part can be played as written on a standard guitar with a capo on the 5th fret. Although the Bass part is written in the bass clef, note-wise it’s equivalent to the bass line of guitar part 3 (treble clef), but one octave lower.

Mysterious BarricadesDownload

I look forward to seeing you on February 4th at the upcoming Meeting (more details about the meeting below)
Best Regards
Jon Sharp
President Corvallis Guitar Society

Ensemble Music for 2018 Society Meetings & Winter Concert

Here is the ensemble music we will be playing during the Open Group Ensemble session at the upcoming Guitar Society meetings in 2018. Participation in the ensemble is open to everyone, all ages and ability.

Download the music scores and decide which pieces you wish to play. Look at each of the guitar parts for those pieces and print out the  ones you wish to try out, and bring them along with your guitar to the meeting. The parts in each piece offer different levels of performance for players from beginners to advanced.

We will work on these pieces at each Guitar Society Meeting between now and December with the goal of performing them at the first Winter Concert at the Corvallis Benton-County Library on December 15th. You can choose to play in the concert or not – it’s up to you. Either way you are welcome to come along and enjoy playing in the group ensemble at the meetings. It’s all about fun and enjoyment, no pressure, and our goal as a Guitar Society to bring local guitarists out of the woodwork!

Here are the scores:

Never Weatherbeaten Sail

Tango-chacabuco

El Testament d Amelia Score and Parts

Bai Mudan arr Andrew Forrest

La Paloma

Carrickfergus-Complete-Score-and-Parts

Here’s an MP3 for Carrickfergus

Or follow along with Dan Jones, the composer, on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn-wuGNeIsE

The following two pieces have been composed especially for the Guitar Society by Oregonian Jason Heald! Below the scores is an audio file of the full scores, to give you an idea of how the complete score sounds. There are two audio files for Fum Fum Fum, the first one being at the normal tempo, while the second is at a slower 76 bpm.

El Cant des Aucels edits – Full Score

El Cant des Aucels edits – Guitar 1

El Cant des Aucels edits – Guitar 2

El Cant des Aucels edits – Guitar 3

El Cant des Aucels edits – Guitar 4

II. Fum, Fum, Fum – Full Score

II. Fum, Fum, Fum – Classical Guitar 1

II. Fum, Fum, Fum – Classical Guitar 2

II. Fum, Fum, Fum – Classical Guitar 3

II. Fum, Fum, Fum – Classical Guitar 4

The Meeting takes place at Odd Fellows Hall, downtown Corvallis, from 7pm – 9pm. Check out the latest Newsletter for more information on the meeting and upcoming events by scrolling down to the next post.

I look forward to seeing you on Monday 10th.

Best Regards

Jon Sharp

August 2018 Newsletter & Events

THE NEXT GUITAR SOCIETY MEETING IS MONDAY SEPT 10TH 7-9PM

Venue: Odd Fellows Hall, Corvallis
Free & Open to the Public

Dear Guitar Friends,

I hope you had a great time over the summer with all your activities and reveling in the pleasure generated by the extraordinary guitar talent we had at the 2nd Annual Corvallis Guitar Festival in June. We have a great new season lined up so let’s get together, open our ears, pick up our guitars, and have fun!

The next Guitar Society meeting is approaching and I am delighted to announce that John Mery, will be our featured artist at that meeting on September 10th. John has an extensive background in solo, ensemble, and symphonic guitar performances at the national and international level and his recordings are highly popular on online streaming services. He is a founder member of the famous Oregon Guitar Quartet and he continues to receive critical acclaim. We are very lucky to have him coming here to Corvallis, so don’t miss the opportunity to hear him play. Click here to find out more about him on his website: https://johnmery.com/

At the September 10th meeting we will re-start the open Guitar Ensemble where EVERYONE is welcome to bring their guitar and join in. The ensemble music will be posted to the website one week ahead of the meeting – download the scores and decide which parts you might like to play, print them out and bring to the meeting.

We have confirmed a Winter Guitar Concert series which will take place at the Corvallis-Benton County Library (like last year) that will feature the open Guitar Ensemble and we will practice the pieces we will perform at each meeting starting September 10th . It’s okay if you choose not to be in the concert – still bring your guitar and join in!

AGENDA MONDAY SEPT 10th

7:00 – 7:05pm Welcome
7:05 – 7:35pm Open Guitar Ensemble: check out the music and download from the website one week before the meeting.
7:40 – 8:10pm Open Stage: share your music with us – all solo guitar styles (or ensembles) and all abilities welcome.
8:10 – 8:20pm BREAK and Refreshments
8:20 – 9:00pm Featured Artist: JOHN MERY

Entrance is FREE and open to the public (donations gratefully received).

Location: Odd Fellows Hall, 223 SW 2nd St, Corvallis, OR 97333. The entrance is between New Morning Bakery and Sedlaks Boots and Shoes.

Upcoming Guitar Society Meetings

Our Artistic Director Berto Boyd has done a great job lining up top quality featured artists for our upcoming Guitar Society Meetings:

Monday September 10th: John Mery
Monday October 1st: Will Brahm
Monday November 5th: Wenjun Qi
Monday December 3rd: David Tutmark

Winter Concert Series

The Guitar Society has set up a Winter Concert Series in cooperation with the Corvallis-Benton County Library. The first concert will be on Saturday December 15th from 3pm – 4pm and will feature music by local guitar aficionados and the Guitar Society Group Ensemble.  All guitarists are welcome to participate in the Guitar Society Group Ensemble section of the program; rehearsals take place at all the upcoming First Monday Guitar Society Meetings, and the music will be posted to the website by September 3rd; download the scores and decide which parts you might like to play, print them out and bring to the meeting.

The Winter Concert Series is as follows:

Saturday December 15th, 3-4pm Guitar Society Group Ensemble and local guitarists
Saturday January 19th, 3-4pm Program TBD
Saturday February 16th, 3-4pm Program TBD

New Board Members

I am delighted to announce that Sonya Springstead and Cody Jaffe have joined the Board of the Guitar Society. Sonya is taking over as Secretary and Cody is taking on the role of Webmaster. It is wonderful to get so much help from the community to continue growing the guitar scene here in the greater Willamette Valley and to keep bringing local guitarists out the woodwork!

I look forward to seeing you on September 10th at our next monthly meeting,

Best Regards,

Jon Sharp

President, Corvallis Guitar Society