Corvallis Guitar Society

Month: February 2022

  • Corvallis Guitar Society Monthly Meeting March 7th 2022

    Bringing Local Guitarists Out of the Woodwork

    Our next monthly meeting will be on Monday, March 7th, 7:30 – 9:30pm
    Venue: Odd Fellows Hall, 223 SW 2nd St, Corvallis
    Free & Open to the Public

    Our monthly meeting is providing everyone the opportunity to bring their guitars and play! We are going to focus on the Open Guitar Ensemble in which anyone is welcome to participate, and the Open Stage for anyone to play their own music featuring beginner, intermediate, and advanced.

    At this point, given Covid 19, we do need to wear masks at the monthly meetings.

    The agenda features Open Ensemble and Open Stage:
    7:30 – 7:35 pm Welcome
    7:35 – 8:30 pm Open Guitar Ensemble: See below for the Guitar Ensemble music – everyone is welcome!
    8:30 – 8:40 pm BREAK and Refreshments
    8:45 – 9:30 pm Open Stage: beginners, intermediates, and advanced guitarists are all welcome to come and share their music with us.

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

    Spagnoletta, by M. Praetorius (1571-1621), Arr. by Andrew Forrest

    Stare Ljubavi, by Delo Jusic (1939-2019) a Croatian Song, Arr. by Andrew Forrest

    Joropo, by Andrew Forrest

    The Sage Leaf, from the English Dancing Master (1670), Arr. by Andrew Forest

    Danza from Cancion Y Danza No.1, by Antonio Pipo, Arr. by Derek Hasted

    The pieces for guitar ensemble by Andrew Forrest are free, and open to the public, and the scores/parts are available by clicking on them above. To get the arrangement by Derek Hasted, email me [email protected]. When you look at the pieces, decide which part you wish to play, let me know, and bring the music with you to the Guitar Society meeting.

    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.

    Enjoy! Best Regards
    Jon Sharp, President Corvallis Guitar Society

  • Fandango!

    Music for Flutes, Violin, Guitar, and Cello
    Friday February 18th, 2022     7:30pm

    Chamber Music Corvallis presents Fandango!

    This concert takes place at the FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (in the sanctuary), Monroe Avenue & 9th/8th Street, right next to Central Park.

    Tickets information available : http://www.chambermusiccorvallis.org/tickets.html

    One of the most exciting groups on Chicago’s musical
    scene, FANDANGO! is a toe-tappingly spicy mix of
    Latin, Spanish, and classical sounds founded by four
    multi-award-winning, globe-trotting virtuosi who hail
    from Spain, the USA, former Yugoslavia, and the UK,
    and who have played, separately and together, on the
    world’s most prestigious stages. FANDANGO! made
    its Washington DC début on the illustrious Dumbarton
    Oaks series, has appeared at Roosevelt University’s
    Ganz Hall in Chicago, the Bermuda International
    Festival, and has toured nearly every region of the
    USA. Their diverse program features works and
    arrangements for this unique ensemble of flute, violin,
    guitar, and cello, from the traditional “classical”
    sounds of Antonio Vivaldi and Joseph Haydn to
    Spanish and South American inspired tunes by
    Maurice Ravel, Manuel de Falla, and Ástor Piazzolla,
    among others.