Corvallis Guitar Society

Author: Jon Sharp

  • Corvallis Guitar Society Events in December 2023

    Bringing Local Guitarists Out of the Woodwork

    Summary

    • Our next Guitar Society Meeting is on Monday December 4th, 2023 (first Monday of the month) at Odd Fellows Hall and will begin at 7:15 pm
    • James Edwards, Classical Guitarist, and Andrew Ehrlich are our Featured Artists for December 4th – James will be performing the guitar, and Andrew, the violinist, will join James for some pieces combining the Guitar and Violin 😊
    • Jon Sharp 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 December 4th at 6:00pm run by Jacob Ripley.
    • The second After School Guitar Program is on Monday December 18th 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.
    • Cameron O’Conner is running the OSU Guitar Ensemble Concert at 7pm at the Community Hall Room 303 on December 6th. This is available to any of you for free 😊

    Corvallis Guitar Society Monthly Meeting

    Our next monthly meeting is on Monday, December 4th 2023, 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 James Bishop Edwards and Andrew Ehrlich 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 Artists James Bishop Edwards and Andrew Ehrlich

    James Bishop Edwards

    James Bishop-Edwards has been a performer, teacher, composer and recording artist for over 35 years.  He plays not only the rich and varied traditional repertoire, but also his own compositions and contemporary genres as well.  James plays historical instruments of the Renaissance and Baroque periods such as the five-course guitar and eight-course lute.  He was head of the Guitar Department at Southern Oregon University in Ashland for several years, and previously on the faculty as Guitar Instructor at California Polytechnic University in San Luis Obispo. James has over twenty recordings to his credit, which feature his arrangements of American and European classics.  He has also worked in duo with vocalists, flutists, violinists, etc. and in collaboration with theatre and dance companies as composer/performer. James’ current activities include composing new works for guitar, collaborative concerts with various ensembles, and working on a historical compendium of American guitar music.

    Andrew Ehrlich

    You can hear Andrew playing with James on YouTube performing music by Jason Heald https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&app=desktop&v=-ChkUo5zKjQ

    Open Guitar Ensemble
    Jon Sharp 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 Jon know ahead of time – his email address 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 Trios in the group “Ten Carols” arranged for guitar Trio by Andrew Forrest. https://www.forrestguitarensembles.co.uk/trios/

    Ensemble Scores & Parts
    The Forrest Guitar Ensembles are part of “Ten Carrols”
    1) O, Little Town of Bethlehem
    2) Ding Dong Merrily On High
    3) Wassail Song
    Click on this ensemble score – Forrest Guitar online, in order to have access to the three parts which are numbers 1, 7, and 10 of the “Ten Carrols”.
    https://www.forrestguitarensembles.co.uk/resources/Scores/Trios/T0060TenCarols.pdf

    Online Recordings of Three Ensemble Pieces

    All three pieces have an online recording on YouTube that you can use to practice:

    1. O, Little Town of Bethlehem
      The recording is available here on YouTube (click on it) and play along with:

    2) Ding Dong Merrily on High
    This is also a performance on YouTube that you can play along with:

    3) Wassail Song
    This is also a performance on YouTube that you can play along with:

    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:
    First 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.

    Enjoy!

    Best Regards
    Jon Sharp, President Corvallis Guitar Society

  • Corvallis Guitar Society Donations

    The Festival on November 10th and 11th was excellent!

    Feel free to make Donations online to Corvallis Guitar Society to enable us to continue to maintain public activities, events and Festival in 2024:
    https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/333dc7c2-fbaa-45b4-bd0f-5b1481c00ce1

    Thanks and Best Regards

    Jon Sharp
    President Corvallis Guitar Society

  • Corvallis Guitar Festival November 10th and 11th 2023

    Festival Location:

    First Congregational United Church of Christ, 4515 SW West Hills Road, Corvallis, OR 97333

    Festival Activities:

    Friday November 10th
    7:00pm- 9:00pm     Full Concert by Steve Lin
    Tickets Available online, and at the entrance door.
    ONLINE TICKETS: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/2ae91bd0-1b8f-4af0-b4c7-465f2aa759f1

    Opening Ensemble Concert by Cameron O’Connor at the beginning of the concert

    Saturday November 11th
    10:00am – 11:00am          Steve Lin Technique Workshop – bring your guitar, and music stand to participate in this session.
    Free and open to the public

    11:15am – 12:15pm          Composer Jason Heald explaining about writing for guitar music, and specifically talking about his music. He’ll be able to address basic points about composing for the guitar.
    Free and open to the public

    1:30pm – 2:30pm              Masterclass with William Kanengiser.
    2 students, 30 mins each. And the students are Jacob Ripley and Brandon Azbill
    Free and open to the public

    2:30pm – 3:45pm              Vendor Exhibit in the Foyer supported by Travis Johnson, Peter Tsiorba, Greg Miller, & Max Sipe
    Free and open to the public

    3:45pm – 4:45pm              Featured Luthier Exhibition Guitars played for the audience in the main Sanctuary Space. Travis Johnson will be the performer for this session.
    Free and open to the public

    7:00pm – 9:00pm   Full Concert by William Kanengiser.
    Tickets Available online, and at the entrance door
    ONLINE TICKETS: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/2ae91bd0-1b8f-4af0-b4c7-465f2aa759f1

    Opening Ensemble Concert by Cameron O’Connor at the beginning of the concert

    FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERT PROGRAM
    Steve Lin

    California virtuoso Steve Lin opens the festival on Nov. 10 at 7:00pm. Described as “virtuosic…elegant…and romantic” (Soundboard) amd “a confident player with a powerful sound, quick hands, and a solid musical memory,” (Classical Guitar) Steve Lin is among the most engaging players of his generation.

    Proposed Music Concert Program
    Taiwanese Folk Songs, arranged by Nathan Kolosko
    Lover’s Broken Heart                                                                          Tien-Wang Chou
    Longing for the Spring Wind                                                               Tsan-Fu Yao
    Black, Black Sky                                                                                 Traditional Taiwanese

    Music from Studio Ghibli, arranged by Steve Lin
    One Summer’s Day (from Spirited Away)                                          Joe Hisaishi
    Ashitaka and San (from Princess Mononoke)

    Sonata in C major, BWV 1005                                                            J.S. Bach
    Adagio – Fuga – Largo – Allegro Assai

    Porro (from Suite Colombiana No.2)                                                  Gentil Montaña
    Tanti Anni Prima (arranged by Steve Lin)                                          Astor Piazzolla
    Lamentos do Morro (transcribed by Paulo Bellinati)                          Garoto

    SATURDAY NIGHT CONCERT PROGRAM
    William Kanengiser


    William Kanengiser is the star on Saturday, Nov. 11 at 7:00pm.
    He has forged a career that expands the possibilities of the classical guitar. William is a prize-winner in major competitions (1987 Concert Artists Guild International Competition, Toronto Guitar ’81) he has toured throughout North America, Asia, and Europe with his innovative programs and expressive musicianship. He recorded four CD’s for the GSP label, playing music as diverse as Caribbean, Eastern European, and jazz. A member of the guitar faculty at the USC Thornton School of Music since 1983, he has given master classes around the world and produced two instructional videos. An active proponent of new music, he recently received a grant from the Augustine Foundation for his “Diaspora Project,” commissioning seven new works focusing on issues of migration and assimilation.
    As a founding member of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, William Kanengiser has given hundreds of recitals and concerto appearances around the world, and has recorded over a dozen releases. Their Telarc release “LAGQ Latin” was nominated for a GRAMMY®, and it was their Telarc title “LAGQ’S Guitar Heroes” which won a GRAMMY® in 2005 as the best classical crossover recording.

    Proposed Music Concert Program
    Sevillana (Fantasia), Op. 29 (1923)                                  Joaquín Turina (1882-1949)
    English Suite (1967)                                                               John Duarte (1919-2004)
    Prelude
    Folk Song
    Round Dance
    Reflections on the Life of the Dranyen (2021) *       Andrea Clearfield (b.1960)
    The Bootlegger’s Tale (2019) *                                        Bryan Johanson (b. 1951)
    Lament for a Broken Still
    Ode to Whisky, with a Couple of Doubles
    Cat and Mouse Interlude
    Head for the Hills!
    —INTERMISSION—
    Beyond the Horizon *                                                          Matthew Dunne (b. 1959)
    The Village
    The Sea
    The Horizon
    Two Cuban Folksong Arrangements (1956-7)        Léo Brouwer (b. 1939)
    Afro-Cuban Lullaby
    Danza Carecterística 
    Three African Sketches (1996)                                        Dušan Bogdanović (b. 1955)
    Allegro ritmico
    Misterioso
    Allegro ritmico
    From “Sketches for Friends” (1994)                            Brian Head (b. 1964)
    Brookland Boogie

    ENSEMBLE SESSIONS BOTH DAYS PRIOR TO THE CONCERTS
    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 Steve and Michael 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
    Valses Poeticos           Enrique Granados
    1. Melodioso
    2. Tempo de valse noble
    3. Tempo de Valse lente
    4. Allegro humoristico
    5. Allegretto
    6. Quasi ad libitum (sentimental)
    Mother Sea                  Joe Hisaishi arr. Cameron O’Conner
    Fool on the Hill         Lennon/McCartney arr. Brouwer Transc. Cameron O’Connor

    Cost of Activities at the Festival

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

    Steve Lin Concert – Friday Nov 10, 7PM                                  $25.00
    This ticket enables entry into the Friday evening concert featuring guitarist Steve Lin.

    Steve Lin Concert – Group Discount                                          $18.00
    Minimum purchase of 4 tickets required.

    William Kanengiser Concert – Saturday Nov 11, 7PM       $30.00
    This ticket enables entry into the Saturday evening concert featuring guitarist William Kanengiser.

    William Kanengiser 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.

    Best Regards
    Jon Sharp
    President, Corvallis Guitar Society

  • Corvallis Guitar Society Events in October 2023

    Bringing Local Guitarists Out of the Woodwork

    Summary

    • Our next Guitar Society Meeting is on Monday October 2nd, 2023 (first Monday of the month) at Odd Fellows Hall and will begin at 7:15 pm
    • David Tutmark is our Featured Artists for the October 2nd – David began a successful performance career, has done hundreds of them including international guitar duo, performing in Chile, Mexico, Italy, and across the United States, and he is the professor of classical guitar at Clackamas Community College in Oregon City.
    • Isaac Engel 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.
    • 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 October 2nd at 6:00pm run by Isaac Engel.
    • The second After School Guitar Program is on Monday October 16th 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.
    • In addition, Cameron O’Conner is running the Guitar Ensemble Class sessions on Wednesdays starting on September 27th at 6pm at OSU Community Hall 204. This is freely available for any of you interested in participating in the Ensemble event at our upcoming Festival on the 10th and 11th of November! You can email Cameron for more info: [email protected]
    • Our Festival is set up for Friday and Saturday November 10th and 11th at First Congregational United Church of Christ, SW West Hills, Corvallis and will feature two individual Concerts, and two Ensembles, Master-Classes, Workshops, Lectures, and Facilities. Details will be provided in October 😊

    Corvallis Guitar Society Monthly Meeting

    Our next monthly meeting is on Monday, October 2nd 2023, 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 David Tutmark Featured Artist

    Featured Artist David Tutmark

    Guitarist David Tutmark maintains a busy schedule in the Pacific Northwest as well as performing abroad. After earning a Bachelor’s degree in classical guitar performance from PSU, David began a successful performance career, giving over 400 concerts between 2012–2020. David has toured extensively as a soloist as well as a member of the international guitar duo, performing in Chile, Mexico, Italy, and across the United States. In 2018 he did an extensive solo tour of Chile as part of the Entrecuerdas guitar festival. In 2019 David was a featured artist at the international concert series in Lima, Peru “Cuerdas al Aire” He has also performed for the US consulate in Pakistan as well at Pakistan’s premier music festival Lahooti Melo, for an audience of 20,000. David is also on faculty at Clackamas Community College in Oregon City Oregon where he is the professor of classical guitar. Whether for audiences large or small, David is known for his visceral yet polished style of playing, and consistently delivers captivating performances of traditional and contemporary classical guitar.

    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, and maybe let Isaac Engel know ahead of time – his email is [email protected], and bring the music with you to the Guitar Society meeting.

    Here are the four pieces of music for the ensemble session:
    Three of the four pieces for guitar ensemble are free, and open to the public and are all included in The Forest Guitar Ensembles No. 2 arranged for guitar Quartet by Andrew Forrest. For the fourth piece (an excellent one), email Isaac in order to get your copy – see below:

    Four Ensemble Scores & Parts
    The Forest Guitar Ensembles No. 2
    1) No. 4 – The Leaving of Liverpool (English Trad.); recording available
    2) No. 5 – Berceuse (No.1 from Dolly Suite – Gabriel Fauré); recording available
    3) No. 6 – The River Wisla (Polish trad.)
    Click on the following ensemble score – Forrest Guitar Ensemble, in order to have access to all three parts listed above, and decide which guitar version 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th, you wish to play.
    https://corvallisguitarsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Forest-Guitar-Ensembles-No.-2.pdf

    The Eternal Flame
    4) Eternal Flame – By Billy Steinberg, Susanna Hoffs, Tom Kelly. Arranged for intermediate Guitar Quartet by Derek Hasted
    Email Isaac Engel in order to have access to this piece:  [email protected]

    Online Recordings of Three Ensemble Pieces
    Two of the four pieces have an online recording that you can use to practice:

    1) – The Leaving of Liverpool
    The recording is available here (click on it)
    http://www.forrestguitarensembles.co.uk/resources/Sounds/Quartets/Liverpool.mp3
    2) – Berceuse
    The recording is available here (click on it also) http://www.forrestguitarensembles.co.uk/resources/Sounds/Quartets/berceuse.mp3
    Note: You can reduce the tempo of both of the online recording pieces by clicking on the three dots in the center of the screen, then click Play Back Speed, then reduce to 0.75 or 0.5 etc.

    4) – Eternal Flame
    This is a performance on YouTube that you can play along with: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqVvQfdNzeE

    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 Zoe 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:
    First 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.

    Enjoy!

    Best Regards
    Jon Sharp, President Corvallis Guitar Society

  • Corvallis Guitar Society Events in September 2023

    Bringing Local Guitarists Out of the Woodwork

    Summary

    • Our next Guitar Society Meeting is on Monday September 11th 2023 (second Monday of the month) at Odd Fellows Hall and will begin at 7:15 pm
    • Abe Landa is our Featured Artists for the Sept 11th who has been teaching guitar for private instruction for students at University of Puget Sound in NW Washington.
    • 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 September 11th at 6:00pm run by Isaac Engel.
    • The second After School Guitar Program is on Monday September 18th at 6:00pm run by Zoe Moulton, and she is now also providing The Community Beginning Lesson for people of all ages from 7:00pm to 7:30pm at Odd Fellows.
    • In addition, Cameron O’Conner is running the Guitar Ensemble Class sessions on Wednesdays starting on September 27th at 6pm at OSU Community Hall 204. This is freely available for any of you interested in participating in the Ensemble event at our upcoming Festival on the 10th and 11th of November! You can email Cameron for more info: [email protected]

    Corvallis Guitar Society Monthly Meeting

    Our next monthly meeting is on Monday, September 11th , 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 Abe Landa Featured Artist

    Featured Artist Abe Landa

    Abe Landa is an award-winning classical guitarist and a performer of diverse genres. He received his Master of Music in Guitar degree from the University of British Columbia, studying under Dr. Daniel Bolshoy. Landa has also studied with world-leading guitarists and composers such as Marc Teicholz, Jason Vieaux, Denis Azabagic, Anton Baranov, and Celso Machado. Awards include first place at the Vancouver Kiwanis Festival in the Romantic Guitar division, second place at the British Columbia Provincial Festival, and finalist prizes at three consecutive Northwest Guitar Festivals (2014, 2015, and 2016). Landa has performed extensively throughout western United States and Canada and also maintains a private studio in Seattle. Aside from classical solo and chamber music, Landa enjoys being active in the popular music scene. And he is currently on the faculty at Chemeketa Community College, and is working on his PhD.

    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 four of the pieces for guitar ensemble are free, and open to the public and are all included in The Forest Guitar Ensembles No. 7 arranged for guitar Quartet by Andrew Forrest.

    Ensemble Scores & Parts
    1) No. 4 – Aire from Water Music by G.F. Handel
    2) No. 6 – Impromptu No. 3 (Opus 142) Thema by Franz Schubert
    3) No. 7 – The South Wind, an Irish Air
    4) No. 8 – Brian Boru, an Irish Air
    Click on the following ensemble score – Forrest Guitar online, in order to have access to all four parts listed above, and decide which guitar version 1, 2, 3 or 4 you wish to do.
    https://www.forrestguitarensembles.co.uk/resources/Scores/Quartets/Q0021FESno7.pdf

    Online Recordings of Each Ensemble Piece
    Three of the four pieces have an online recording that you can use to practice:
    No. 6 – Impromptu No. 3 (Opus 142)
    Thema by Franz Schubert. The recording is available here (click on it):
    https://www.forrestguitarensembles.co.uk/resources/Sounds/Quartets/SchubertImpromptu3.mp3

    No. 7 – The South Wind, an Irish Air
    The recording is available here (click on it also):
    https://www.forrestguitarensembles.co.uk/resources/Sounds/Quartets/Southwind.mp3

    Note: You can reduce the tempo of all three of the online recording pieces by clicking on the three dots in the center of the screen, then click Play Back Speed, then reduce to 0.75 or 0.5 etc.

    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
    Zoe Moulton 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.

    Zoe has also introduced Community Beginning Lesson for people of all ages, so anyone can come for this lesson.
    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!

    For more information contact Zoe on [email protected] or phone 541 602 3928, 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.

    Enjoy!

    Best Regards
    Jon Sharp, President Corvallis Guitar Society