Corvallis Guitar Society

Author: Jon Sharp

  • Corvallis Guitar Society Monthly Meeting April 4th, 2022

    Our next monthly meeting is on Monday, April 4th, 7:30 – 9:30pm
    Venue: Odd Fellows Hall, 223 SW 2nd St, Corvallis
    Free & Open to the Public
    At this point, masks are no longer required at the monthly meetings.

    New Information!
    Isaac Engel has joined the Board of the Corvallis Guitar Society!
    We have Featured Artists planned for each of the next three Monthly Meetings.
    Ryan Walsh is our Featured Artist on the monthly meeting Monday, April 4th, (see details below).
    We have Brandon Azbill coming as featured artist on the monthly meeting on May 2nd.
    And we have Cameron O’Connor’s OSU Ensemble as featured artists on the monthly meeting June 6th .

    The April 4th Monthly Meeting Agenda
    Features Open Ensemble, Open Stage, and Featured Artist:
    7:30 – 7:35 pm Welcome
    7:35 – 8:10 pm Open Guitar Ensemble: See below for the Guitar Ensemble music – everyone is welcome!
    8:10 – 8:35 pm Open Stage: beginners, intermediates, and advanced guitarists are all welcome to come and share their music with us.
    8:35 – 8:45 pm BREAK and Refreshments
    8:45 – 9:30 pm Ryan Walsh Featured Artist

    Featured Artist Ryan Walsh
    After his graduation at the University of Oregon, Ryan decided to follow the call of his passion and went to Spain, the birthplace of the guitar. He met up with Ricardo Gallen, one of the world’s greatest, living classical guitarist, and this set him upon a path that led to Seville’s renowned Conservatorio Superior, and the unsurpassed tutelage of Paco Cantón.

    His repertoire is exceptionally wide and varied, and includes Spanish and South American composers, such as Albéniz, Tárrega, Granados, Sor, Villa-Lobos, Barrios, and Lauro, also more contemporary composers such as Roland Dyens and Leo Brouwer. Other notable composers include, J.S. Bach, Scarlatti, Eric Satie, Johann Mertz, Joaquin Malats, Stanley Meyers, Mozart, Aguado, and several of his own pieces! You can check out his website: https://ryanwalshguitar.com/

    We are also going to have 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.

    Here are the four pieces of music for the ensemble session:
    Martin said to his Man, by Thomas Ravenscroft, Arr. by Andrew Forrest
    Spagnoletta, by M. Praetorius (1571-1621), Arr. by Andrew Forrest
    The Water is Wide, English/Scottish Folk Song, Arr. by Andrew Forrest
    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 you can click on them above and download. In order to get the arrangement by Derek Hasted, email Isaac Engel, our new Board Member: [email protected]
    When you look at the pieces, decide which part you wish to play, let Isaac know as soon as you can, 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

  • 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.

  • Corvallis Guitar Society Monthly Meeting Monday February 7th, 2022

    1. Our next monthly meeting will be on Monday, February 7th, 7:30pm to 9:30pm, Odd Fellows Hall.
    2. We are excited to have a Featured Artist – Yuri Liberzon!
    3. The agenda also features Open Guitar Ensemble.

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

    Time: 7:30 – 9:30pm
    Venue: Odd Fellows Hall, Corvallis
    Free & Open to the Public
    7:30 – 7:35 pm Welcome
    7:35 – 8:05 pm Open Guitar Ensemble: See below for the Guitar Ensemble music – everyone is welcome to join in!
    8:05 – 8:15 pm BREAK and Refreshments
    8:15 – 9:30 pm Featured Artist Yuri Liberzon

    We are delighted to welcome Yuri Liberzon as our Featured Artist. Yuri is coming to Oregon from California and will be performing in Portland and Corvallis. His performance is free and open to the public here in Corvallis, donations are welcome, and he will be bringing his CD’s for people that want to continue listening to his wonderful guitar music.

    Yuri Liberzon Performance Program:

    Violin Partita No. 2 BWV 1004 – J. S. Bach (1685 – 1750)
    Allemande
    Courante
    Sarabande
    Gigue

    Konstantin Vassiliev (b. 1970)
    Hommage a Tom Jobim
    Wanderer in Time
    The Jazz Story
    El Faro Magico
    Synestha
    Cinderella

    Ernesto Nazareth (1863 – 1934)
    Odeon

    Astor Piazzolla (1921 – 1992)
    Oblivion
    La Muerte del Angel

    We will also have the Open Guitar Ensemble in which anyone is welcome to participate, before Yuri takes the stage.

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

    La Shye Myze, from the Mulliner Book Arr. by Andrew Forrest

    The Coulin, an Irish traditional Arr. by Andrew Forrest

    Fiddlers Playing, A Ukrainian Dance Song Arr. by Andrew Forest

    The three pieces for guitar ensemble arranged by Andrew Forrest are free, and open to the public, so click on them above and you can view and download them. 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

  • Corvallis Guitar Society Monthly Meeting January 10th 2022

    Our next monthly meeting will be on Monday, January 10th 2022
    Time: 7:30 – 9:30pm
    Venue: Odd Fellows Hall, Corvallis
    Free & Open to the Public

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

    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.

    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:

    Click on the title to be able to view and download the scores.

    1. Tyrolean Cradle Song, a traditional Austrian carol Arr. by Andrew Forrest
    2. The Water is Wide, a traditional English or Scottish Folk Song Arr. by Andrew Forrest
    3. A Winter’s Tale, by Tim Rice and Mike Batt Arr. by Derek Hasted (see below)
    4. Noches de Luna (Moonlit Nights), a vidala from Argentina, Arr. by Andrew Forest
    5. Barcarowl, by Andrew Forrest

    The pieces for guitar ensemble by Andrew Forrest are free, and open to the public, and the scores/parts are available above. In order to get the Winter’s Tale score arranged 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