Odd Fellows Ballroom is not available tonight because the heating system is not working, and the Ballroom is cold.
Therefore, the Featured Artist Concert by João Kouyoumdjianis now taking place at Troubadour Music Center, 521 SW 2nd St, Corvallis, OR 97333, just down the road from Odd Fellows. https://troubadourmusiccenter.com/
Plan on coming to see João Kouyoumdjian performing at Troubadour Music Center where the door will be open at 7:30 pm and it will be free and open to the public as usual. The concert will start at 8:00 pm.
The Guitar Society Ensemble, Open Stage, and the After Schools Guitar Program planned for today with Isaac Engel are all cancelled and they will return on the first Monday of next month, 5th December.
However, the program planned for the third Monday of this month run by Zoe Moulton, November 21st, is still planned:
6:00pm to 6:50pm is the After School Guitar Program group lesson
7:00pm to 7:30pm is the Community Beginning group lesson
Best Regards Jon Sharp President, Corvallis Guitar Society
Our next Guitar Society Meeting is on Monday November 7th at Odd Fellows Hall and will begin at 7:15 pm
João Kouyoumdjian, is our Featured Artist on November 7th and you can see and hear his great albums, music, and interview online: http://linktr.ee/joao.kouyoumdjian
Isaac Engel will be running the Ensemble Session, and the music scores are available online for any of you who wish to join in and play (see below)
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, private lessons, and ensemble at Odd Fellows on Monday November 7th at 6:00pm run by Isaac Engel, and Monday November 21st at 6:00pm run by Zoe Moulton
Zoe is also introducing a Community Beginning Lesson for people of all ages on the third Monday Nov 21st from 7:00pm to 7:30pm
Times are as follows: First Monday of the month at Odd Fellows Hall 6:00pm to 7:00pm is the After School Guitar Program (group lesson and ensemble) 7:15pm to 9:15pm is the Corvallis Guitar Society Ensemble, Open Stage, Featured Artist
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
After School Guitar Program & Community Beginning Lesson
Zoe Moulton and Isaac Engel are continuing the After School Guitar Program in the Corvallis school district. Focusing on middle 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.
Zoe has introduced Community Beginning Lesson for people of all ages, so anyone can come for this lesson.
Both the After School Guitar Program and the Community Beginning Lesson are FREE and open to the public.
Feel free to come along and meet up with Zoe and Isaac at their sessions if you are interested, and if you don’t have a guitar, we can lend you one!
Our next monthly meeting is on Monday, November 7th, 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 pmOpen Guitar Ensemble: See below for the Guitar Ensemble music – everyone is welcome! 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 pmJoão Kouyoumdjian Featured Artist
Featured Artist João Kouyoumdjian
João Kouyoumdjian is a Brazilian born classical guitarist of mixed Brazilian and Armenian ethnic heritage. He is a graduate of The Juilliard School and the University of São Paulo, where he studied under Sharon Isbin and Edelton Gloeden.
An award-winning artist in his homeland, João has appeared on stages in the United States, Brazil, Europe and Africa.
João Kouyoumdjian has been featured on numerous nationally televised concert series in Brazil, and he premiered new works by Brazilian composers Ricardo Calderoni and Raimundo Penaforte at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall at the behest of the Consulate General of Brazil in New York. This inspired his debut album Surfboard: Solo Guitar Works from Brazil (Pomegranate Music, 2013). His subsequent album – Kouyoumdjian Plays Bach: New Transcriptions for Guitar (Pomegranate Music, 2015) – was described as a “masterful presentation of premium-grade Bach” by Classical Guitar Magazine (US) and was recommended by Brazil’s most popular weekly magazine VEJA
You can learn a lot about João Kouyoumdjian online including his latest Album, Gakavik Fantasy, which is all on Armenian music, and you can also see a number of his performances and his interview on You Tube. To be able to see all of these, click on here: http://linktr.ee/joao.kouyoumdjian
Open Guitar Ensemble
Isaac Engle 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, let Isaac Engel know as soon as you can – 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 three of the pieces for guitar ensemble are free, and open to the public, and click on them here to download the scores:
You can practice your parts ahead of time with online recordings:
In the Hall of the Mountain King On the TheGuitarClassroom website, scroll down and click on The Hall of the Mountain King (Grieg), and that provides an online recording, and a group video on YouTube. http://www.theguitarclassroom.com/guitar-ensemble.html
Suite Francaise No. 7 Carillon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwZ7MToKZ_E Note: On YouTube, you can reduce the speed of this piece by clicking on the settings button, then click Play Back Speed, then reduce to 0.75 or 0.5 etc. This helps you learn to play with them!
The Open Stage is available for anyone to play their own music featuring beginner, intermediate, and advanced.
Entrance to all the events is 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
Our next Guitar Society Meeting is on Monday October 3rd at Odd Fellows Hall and will begin at 7:15 pm
Dr. Peter Zisa, Famous Classical Guitarist is the featured artist on October 3rd and will include some duet pieces with flutest Gabriela Gimenes
Isaac Engel will be running the Ensemble Session, and the music is available online for any of you who wish to join in and play (see below)
The Open Stage is an opportunity for anyone to play classical guitar music – beginners, intermediate, and advanced!
Zoe Moulton and Isaac Engel are continuing the After School Guitar Program featuring group lessons, private lessons and ensemble at Odd Fellows on October 3rd at 6:00pm, and Monday October 17th at 6:00pm
Times are as follows: First Monday of the month at Odd Fellows Hall 6:00pm to 7:00pm is the After School Guitar Program (group lesson and ensemble) 7:15pm to 9:15pm is the Corvallis Guitar Society Ensemble, Open Stage, Featured Artists 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 After School Guitar Program private lesson
After School Guitar Program
Zoe Moulton and Isaac Engel are continuing the After School Guitar Program in the Corvallis school district. 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.
The first monthly session that will be ahead of the Guitar Society Monthly meeting as listed above and will feature a group lesson and ensemble session run by Isaac. The second monthly session run by Zoe on the Third Monday of the month as listed above and will feature group, and private lessons. Feel free to come along and meet up with Zoe and Isaac at their sessions if you are interested, and if you don’t have a guitar, we can lend you one!
Our next monthly meeting is on Monday, October 3rd, 7:15 – 9:15pm Venue: Odd Fellows Hall, 223 SW 2nd St, Corvallis Free & Open to the Public
The agenda features Open Ensemble, Open Stage, and Featured Artists:
7:15 – 7:20 pm Welcome 7:20 – 7:50 pmOpen Guitar Ensemble: See below for the Guitar Ensemble music – everyone is welcome! 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 pmDr. Peter Zisa & Gabriela GimenesFeatured Artists
Featured Artists Peter Zisa and Gabriela Gimenes:
Peter Zisa, based in West Linn, has performed internationally as a soloist on classical guitar. Over the years, he has enjoyed performing with other musicians, from a variety of backgrounds and styles including the founding member of Thousand Waves (West Meets East performance group: Koto, guitar, flute, and percussion), Russian violinists, the Oregon Guitar Quartet (early years), and with various prominent Portland-based Jazz vocalists as well as instrumentalist.
He’s been actively involved in the Portland music scene for 30 years, is a board member of PGS, the founder and director CDZ Collegium Musica which hosts a concert series for guitar, jazz, and world music. Check him out on the YouTube channel: Peter Joseph Zisa.
Gabriela Gimenes holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from University of North Texas, Master of Music from University of Central Arkansas, and Bachelor of Music from Sao Paulo State University. 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 a winner of Arkansas 2004-05 MTNA Competition state division and honorable mention at region division. More details are available on her website: https://www.gabrielagimenes.com/
Currently she is performing with Choro da Alegria, Peter Zisa flute guitar duo, and Sexteto Brasil in Portland, OR and taking a course in Arts Management at Berklee College of Music Online.
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, let Isaac Engel know as soon as you can – 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 three of the pieces for guitar ensemble are free, and open to the public, and click on them here to download the scores:
The Open Stage is available for anyone to play their own music featuring beginner, intermediate, and advanced.
Entrance to all the events is 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
