Month: December 2019

  • Guitar Society Meeting Monday January 6th 2020 7:30-9:30 pm

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

    We start off a New Year of exciting guitar events and activities with the upcoming guitar society meeting on January 6th. This Guitar Society meeting will feature an Open Guitar Ensemble session, an open stage for anyone who would like to come along and play some music, and the Featured Artist will be our one and only local Flamenco & classical guitar hero – BERTO BOYD!

    In the unlikely event that you have not heard Berto play before, check out his website and the wide range of high quality guitar music for which he is renowned: https://bertoboyd.com/media

    AGENDA MONDAY January 6th 2020
    7:30 – 7:35 pm Welcome
    7:35 – 8:10 pm Open Guitar Ensemble: Music will be made available ahead of the meeting
    8:10 – 8:35 pm Open Stage: anyone is welcome to come and share guitar music with us
    8:35 – 8:45 pm BREAK and Refreshments
    8:45 – 9:30 pm Featured Concert Artist – Berto Boyd

    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.

  • Winter Guitar Series Opening Concert: Saturday December 14th 2019 3 – 4pm

    Venue: Corvallis-Benton County Library
    Free & Open to the Public

    This concert will feature the Guitar Society Ensemble performing a range of music from around the world, as well as duets and solo’s by guitar society members.

    Ensemble Program (Arr. Andrew Forrest)

    My Loves an Arbutus
    An old Irish air, arr. by Charles Villiers Stanford

    Hong du Ci
    The Red Bean Song – a Chinese folk song

    Stare Ljubavi
    A traditional Bosnian melody

    An Tailliuir
    Irish Air

    Greek Dance
    Traditional Greek Dance Music

    Les Barricades Mystérieuses
    Arranged from Harpsichord by François Couperin

    Fiddlers Playing
    A song and dance from the Ukraine

    Solo & Duets

    The First Noel (English Carol) Matt Campbell & Martin Erwig

    Cavatina (The Deer Hunter) Anne Loewen & Jon Sharp

    Rondo from Duo in G, Op. 34, Berto Boyd & Jon Sharp

    Guárdame la Vacas, Berto Boyd

    August Moon, Raven Dow-Hygelund

    Songe Capricorne, Raven Dow-Hygelund

    Sueño del Minero, Raven Dow-Hygelund & Berto Boyd

    Choco, Raven Dow-Hygelund & Berto Boyd