Bringing Local Guitarists Out of the Woodwork
Summary
- Our next Guitar Society Meeting is on Monday January 8th, 2024 (second Monday of the month) at Odd Fellows Hall and will begin at 7:15 pm
- Travis Johnson is our Featured Artists for January 8th – He has a Master’s Degree in Music, and teaches in Portland, Oregon; between his teaching practice and his new business, Travis enjoys songwriting, composing, and playing music with his friends 😊
- Isaac Engel will be running the Ensemble Session; the music scores are available (see below) and any one of you are delighted to join in and play.
- The Open Stage is an opportunity for anyone to play classical guitar music – beginners, intermediate, and advanced!
- The After School Guitar Program is continuing group lessons and private lessons at Odd Fellows on Monday January 8th at 6:00pm run by Isaac Engel.
- The second After School Guitar Program is on Monday January 15th at 6:00pm run by Jacob Ripley, and he also provides The Community Beginning Lesson for people of all ages from 7:00pm to 7:30pm at Odd Fellows.
Corvallis Guitar Society Monthly Meeting
Our next monthly meeting is on Monday, January 8th, 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 – 8:05 pm Travis Johnson Featured Artists
8: 05 – 8:15 pm BREAK and Refreshments
8:15 – 8:45 pm Open Guitar Ensemble: See below for the Guitar Ensemble music – everyone is welcome to play in the group!
8:45 – 9:15 pm Open Stage: beginners, intermediates, and advanced guitarists are all welcome to come and share their music with us.
Featured Artist Travis Johnson
Travis Johnson
Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Travis studied acoustic and fingerstyle guitar from a young age. He performed with local and regional orchestras, competed regionally and nationally, and recorded his first album by the time he was 13.
With a generous scholarship from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, he holds Bachelor of Music Performance degree with Honors in Musicianship from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and a Master of Music Performance degree from The University of Texas at Austin.
Since 2017, Travis has been teaching music lessons back home in Portland, Oregon. In 2021, he started to design and build an instrument support device that is now the AUX Instrument Support. Between his teaching practice and his new business, Travis enjoys songwriting, composing, and playing music with his friends.
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:
All of the three pieces for guitar ensemble are free, and open to the public and are all included in The Forrest Guitar Ensembles arranged for guitar by Andrew Forrest on his website: https://www.forrestguitarensembles.co.uk/quartets/
All three are quartets, and all have online recordings; here is access to each piece:
Ensemble Scores & Parts
1. The Greenwood Tree, arranged for guitar quartet by Andrew Forrest
http://forrestguitarensembles.co.uk/resources/Scores/Quartets/Q0008GreenwoodTree.pdf
2. The Coolin, arranged for guitar quartet by Andrew Forrest
http://forrestguitarensembles.co.uk/resources/Scores/Quartets/Q0194Coolin.pdf
3. The Sage Leaf, arranged for guitar quartet by Andrew Forrest
http://forrestguitarensembles.co.uk/resources/Scores/Quartets/Q0047SageLeaf.pdf
Online Recordings of Three Ensemble Pieces
All three pieces have an online recording on Forrest Guitar Ensembles that you can use to practice along with:
1. The Greenwood Tree
The recording is available here:
http://forrestguitarensembles.co.uk/resources/Sounds/Quartets/GreenwoodTree.mp3
2. The Coolin
The recording is available here:
http://forrestguitarensembles.co.uk/resources/Sounds/Quartets/Coolin.mp3
3. The Sage Leaf
The recording is available here:
http://forrestguitarensembles.co.uk/resources/Sounds/Quartets/Sageleaf.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 😊
After School Guitar Program & Community Beginning Lesson
Jacob Ripley and Isaac Engel are continuing 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, and if you don’t have a guitar, we can lend you one!
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:
Second Monday of the month at Odd Fellows Hall
6:00pm to 7:00pm is the After School Guitar Program (group lesson and ensemble)
Third Monday of the Month at Odd Fellows Hall
6:00pm to 6:50pm is the After School Guitar Program group lesson
7:00pm to 7:30pm is the Community Beginning group lesson
Entrance to all the above events is 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.
Happy New Year and Enjoy!
Best Regards
Jon Sharp, President Corvallis Guitar Society