Corvallis Guitar Society

Location and the Full Timeline:

First United Methodist Church, 1165 NW Monroe Ave, Corvallis, OR 97330
Friday November 15^th 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Saturday November 16^th 10:00 am – 9:30 pm

Concert Artists are as follows:

Friday Night: Connie Scheu: She is a dynamic guitarist, devoted pedagogue, and ardent advocate of classical guitar
Saturday night: Tal Hurwitz: who has performed and given master classes at festivals around the world.

Tickets are available online and at the Church entrance door.
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/a155bafe-2eac-4c25-b87e-c88ce2552fa6

Festival Schedule:

Friday
7:00 pm – 7:20 pm           Cameron O’Connor will present OSU Ensemble introductory music for 20 minutes.
7:30pm – 9:30pm             Connie Sheu Concert Artist

Saturday
10:00 am – 11:00 am      Connie Sheu Workshop class for multiple people with guitars.
11:00 am – 12:00pm       James Bishop Edwards presents performance and lecture – ‘The Social Guitarist: The Terz Guitar in 19th-century Vienna,’ and featuring Cameron O’Connor.

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm – Lunch Break

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm           Tal Hurwitz – Three Master-Classes 30 mins each
2:45 pm – 3:30 pm           Max Sipe and Peter Tsiorba on board for our luthier expo will play & show the guitars in the Sanctuary.
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm           Then Max Sipe and Peter Tsiorba will be in the Lobby for people to look at and try the guitars.

5:00 pm – 6:30 pm – Dinner Break

7:00 pm – 7:20 pm           Cameron O’Connor will present OSU Ensemble introductory music for 20 minutes.
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm           Tal Hurwitz Concert Artist Performer!

Connie Sheu – Performance Friday November 15^th 7:30 pm

Dr. Connie Sheu is a dynamic guitarist, devoted pedagogue, and ardent advocate of classical guitar. In demand as both a soloist and chamber musician, her playing has been hailed by the New York Sun as “excellent, ruminative… scholarly.” Past performances have brought her to Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, 92nd St, Merkin Hall, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall; venues in Moldova, Italy, Hungary; and across the United States. Dr. Sheu studied at Columbia University, The Juilliard School, and the USC Thornton School of Music. She currently teaches at Pomona College and the Colburn School in Los Angeles.

Tal Hurwitz – Performance Saturday November 16th 7:30 pm

Classical guitarist, Tal Hurwitz has performed and given master classes at festivals around the world, including the Festival Hispano-American de Guitarra (Mexico), Guitar
Foundation of America (USA), Petrer Guitar Festival (Spain), Forum Guitar Wien (Austria), Guitar Art Festival (Serbia), International Guitar Festival J.K Mertz (Slovakia) and Essonne Guitar Festival (France).

He has performed with such orchestras as the New Russian Symphony Orchestra and the Camerata
Salzburg. In addition, he was awarded top prizes as both a performer and composer in numerous international competitions. World class composers have dedicated works for him, such as; Nikita Koshkin, Daniel Akiva, Wulfin Lieske and Ariel Man.

Ensemble Sessions Both Days Prior To The Concerts at 7:00 pm  Run by Cameron O’Connor

Cameron O’Connor provides wonderful musical lessons teaching at the faculty of Oregon State University. Guitar Ensemble lessons is one of the sessions he teaches which he then sets up for concerts. He will be leading the Ensemble for 20 minutes on both Friday and Saturday at the Festival prior to Connie and Tal and he has encouraged people to be part of the ensemble both including students from OSU, and guitarists who live in and near Corvallis.

Proposed Music Concert Program –
Connie Sheu

Airs et Variations                                            Athénais Paulian (1802 – c.1876)
Tema di Roda – No. 2                       
Tema sul Margine d’un rio – No. 3

Impresiones Argentinas                                 Maria Luisa Anido (1907-1996)
Preludio Pampeano                          
Triste No. 1
Variaciones Camperas

Legend of Hagoromo                                     Keigo Fujii (b. 1956)
Andante-Larghetto                                        
Dance
Song of Hagoromo
Vivo

Intermission

Elogio de la Danza                                         Leo Brouwer (b. 1939)
Lento                                                             
Obstinato

Magic Serenade                                             Bryan Johanson (b. 1951)

Springtime on the Muzha Line              Ming-Jui Liu (b. 1987)
Nights of Formosa

Homenaje a Andrés Segovia                     Annette Kruisbrink (b. 1958)
Encuentro                                                
Scherzo
Llanto
Recuerdo

Proposed Music Concert Program –
Tal Hurwitz

Capricho árabe                                                                     Rosita Tárrega (1852-1909)
Preludio n.1

Prelude Fuge und Allegro BWV998                             J.S Bach (1685-1750)

Air varie n.1 op.21                                                                G.Regondi (1822-1872)

Intermission

Douze Études   Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
(Manuscript version, Paris 1928)
Etude No. 1 in E minor: Animé (Prelude)
Etude No. 2 in A major: Trés animé
Etude No. 3 in D major: Un peu animé 
Etude No. 4 in G major: Un peu modéré -Grandioso
Etude No. 5 in C major: Andantino – in peu moins 
Etude No. 6 in E minor: Un peu animé
Etude No. 7 in E major: Tres animé- Moderé
Etude No. 8 in C-sharp minor: Modéré
Etude No. 9 in F-sharp minor: Un peu animé
Etude No. 10 in B minor: Animé – moderé – trés animé – vif 
Etude No. 11 in E minor: Lent- animé
Etude No. 12 in A minor: Un peu animé – plus vite – un peu plus animé

Price Of Activities At The Festival

Full Access Festival Pass                                                                      $45.00
Full Access Pass enables entry into both evening concerts.

Connie Sheu Concert – Friday Nov 15, 7PM                                   $25.00
This ticket enables entry into the Friday evening concert featuring guitarist Connie Sheu.

Connie Sheu Concert – Group Discount                                          $18.00
Minimum purchase of 4 tickets required.

Tal Hurwitz Concert – Saturday Nov 16, 7PM         $30.00
This ticket enables entry into the Saturday evening concert featuring guitarist Tal Hurwitz

Tal Hurwitz Concert – Group Discount                      $22.00
Minimum purchase of 4 tickets required.

Student ticket                                                                                $10.00
Student ticket enables entry into all events with student ID.

Children under 12 are free.

Donations for Corvallis Guitar Society are well received.

Tickets Available online, and at the entrance door
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/a155bafe-2eac-4c25-b87e-c88ce2552fa6

Best Regards
Jon Sharp
President, Corvallis Guitar Society

Bringing Local Guitarists Out of the Woodwork

Summary

• Our next Guitar Society Meeting is on Monday October 7^th , 2024 (first Monday of the month) at Odd Fellows Hall and will begin at 7:15 pm ; free and open to the public.
• Peter Zisa is our Featured Artist guitarist, and will also have some music together with flutist Gabriela Gimenes😊
• Isaac Engle will be running the Ensemble Session; the music scores are available (see below) and any one of you will be delighted to join in and play. And all three pieces are provided by Andrew Forrest. 😊
• The Open Stage is an opportunity for anyone to play classical guitar music – beginners, intermediate, and advanced!
• The After School Guitar Program is going to take place on Monday October 7^th at 6:00pm run by Isaac Engel, and on Monday 21^st at 7:00pm run by Jacob Ripley.

Corvallis Guitar Society Monthly Meeting

Our next monthly meeting is on Monday, October 7^th, 7:15pm – 9:15pm
Venue: Odd Fellows Hall, 223 SW 2nd St, Corvallis
Free & Open to the Public

The Agenda
7:15 – 7:20 pm Welcome
7:20 – 7:50 pm Open Guitar Ensemble: See below for the Guitar Ensemble music – everyone is welcome to play in the group!
7:50 – 8:20 pm Open Stage: beginners, intermediates, and advanced guitarists are all welcome to come and share their music with us.
8:20 – 8:30 pm BREAK and Refreshments
8:30 – 9:15 pm Peter Zisa and Gabriela Gimenes 😊

Featured Artist Peter Zisa and Gabriela Gimenes

Dr. Peter Joseph Zisa is an acclaimed classical guitar performer who has performed across the country and abroad for over 50 years. The distinctive quality of his performances has been described by critics and fans as “poetic, moving, exciting, engaging, authentic, powerfully expressive, and musical.” His high-performance standard and remarkable stylistic versatility add to his exceptionalness as a performer.
Peter Joseph Zisa is an award-winning performer on the six and eight string guitar. Reviewers and audiences across the U.S. and abroad describe Zisa’s musicianship as “dynamic, sensitive, authentic, inspiring and emotionally expressive”.
Peter is very supportive of the Corvallis Guitar Society and it’s great to have him come relatively often. 😊

Gabriela Gimenes
 Gabriela was an adjutant professor at University of Mobile, Harding University and Brookhaven College, as well as chair of the Online Music department at Universidade Metropolitana de Santos. She has played with Sao Paulo Youth Wind Symphony, Conway Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra Academica do Estado de São Paulo, Fiddler on the Roof Production in São Paulo Brazil, as well as flute substitute for Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, USP Symphony Orquestra, and Theatro São Pedro Symphony Orchestra.
She is an artist for Sopro Novo Project at Yamaha Musical do Brasil. Gabriela has published a Flute notebook through Ricordi for Yamaha Musical do Brasil in 2013. Currently she is performing with Choro da Alegria and Peter Ziza flute guitar duo in Portland, OR.
–  Bravo 😊

Open Guitar Ensemble
Isaac Engel is running the Open Guitar Ensemble in which anyone is welcome to participate.
When you look at the pieces, decide which part you wish to play, and maybe let Isaac know ahead of time – his email is [email protected] and bring the music with you to the Guitar Society meeting.

Here are the Three pieces of music for the ensemble session:

Two of the three pieces for guitar ensemble are available from Andrew Forrest.

Ensemble Scores & Parts:

1. A little Sadness – Aramaki, Michio Score https://ks15.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/7/70/IMSLP525329-PMLP848755-Abens09-S.pdf
   Parts https://ks15.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/8/8f/IMSLP525436-PMLP848755-Abens09-P.pdf
   notes: this piece is larger and more challenging than usual, so please read through ahead of the meeting. It’s a lovely piece, and I’m excited for us to play it!
   
2. Champagnoise – Andrew Forrest
   Score & Parts
   https://www.forrestguitarensembles.co.uk/resources/Scores/Quartets/Q0046Champagnoise.pdf
   notes: this is a quick lively dance and a great deal of fun.
   
3. Fond Youth is a Bubble – Tallis arr. Andrew Forrest
   Score & Parts
   https://www.forrestguitarensembles.co.uk/resources/Scores/Quartets/Q0084FondYouth.pdf
   notes: a reflective easy piece friendly to all levels of players.

Here are Online Recordings of The Ensemble Pieces:
You can listen to these on the website, and also practice playing along together with them before coming to the Guitar Society at Odd Fellows 😊

1. A Little Sadness – Aramaki, Michio
   https://ks15.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/e/e6/IMSLP525442-PMLP848755-A_Abens09-1.mp3
   
2. Champagnoise – Andrew Forrest
   https://www.forrestguitarensembles.co.uk/resources/Sounds/Quartets/Champagnoise.mp3
   
3. Fond Youth is a Bubble – Tallis arr. Forrest 
   https://www.forrestguitarensembles.co.uk/resources/Sounds/Quartets/Fond-Youth.mp3

Open Stage

The Open Stage at the Corvallis Guitar Society monthly meeting is available for anyone to play their own music featuring beginner, intermediate, and advanced. So, bring your guitar and plan on performing a piece 😊

Guitar Teaching Lessons

The Guitar Program Lessons will return and start performing in October this month by Isaac Engel, and Jacob Ripley.

The After School Guitar Program free and open to the public. Focusing on mid and high school students, the goal is to raise their awareness and understanding of the guitar instrument by featuring group lessons, private lessons and ensemble music. Jacob also provides Community Beginning Lesson for people of all ages, so anyone can come for this lesson.
Feel free to come along and meet up with Jacob and Isaac at their sessions if you are interested.
For more information contact Jacob on [email protected]  or phone 541 357 2513, or contact Isaac Engel [email protected] or phone 971 718 4535 and you can view his website: https://isaacengelmusic.com/

Times are as follows:
The First Monday on October 7th at Odd Fellows Hall – Isaac Engel
6:00pm to 7:00pm is the After School Guitar Program (group lesson and ensemble)
The Third Monday on October 21^st at Odd Fellows Hall – Jacob Ripley
7:00 – 8:30pm is the After School Guitar Program group lesson & the Community Beginning group lesson.

Entrance to the above events is free and open to the public (donations gratefully received). Location:Odd Fellows Hall, 223 SW 2nd St, Corvallis, OR 97333. The entrance door is between New Morning Bakery and Sedlaks Boots and Shoes.

Thanks much and all best wishes,
Best Regards
Jon Sharp, President Corvallis Guitar Society