Category: Events

Dear Guitar Friends,

The next GUITAR SOCIETY MEETING is MONDAY March 4^th 7-9PM
Venue: Odd Fellows Hall, Corvallis
Free & Open to the Public

The featured artist for this meeting will be Portland’s great classical guitar entertainer Ryan Walsh. If you have ever heard someone playing the guitar in the music program at Portland Airport, then you have heard Ryan! He plays a variety of some of the all time classical greats which you can check out here:

Ryan studied classical guitar in the Conservatorio de Sevilla in Spain. He currently lives in Portland, OR, and performs extensively around the Pacific Northwest. His passion is to share the classical guitar repertoire as well as his original compositions to the widest audience possible.

 To bring local guitarists out of the woodwork the February 4^th meeting will also include an OPEN GUITAR ENSEMBLE SESSION featuring music that will be posted to the website at least one week ahead of the meeting  https://corvallisguitarsociety.org . Check out the scores online, download the parts you would like to play and bring them along to the meeting with your guitar and join in! EVERYONE is welcome.

AGENDA MONDAY March 4^th 2019
7:00 – 7:05 pm Welcome
7:05 – 7:45 pm Open Guitar Ensemble: check out the music and download from the website.

7:45 – 8:10 pm Open Stage: share your music with us – all solo guitar styles (or ensembles) and all abilities welcome.
8:10 – 8:20 pm BREAK and Refreshments
8:20 – 9:00 pm Featured Artist: Ryan Walsh

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.

Upcoming Guitar Society Featured Artists

Here’s the Featured Artist line up for the Guitar Society meetings at Odd Fellows Hall for the first half of 2019:

March 4^th             Ryan Walsh (as per above)

April 1^st                 Brandon Azbill

May 6^th                 Scott Kritzer

June 3^rd                 OSU Guitar Ensemble

3rd Annual Corvallis Guitar Festival Saturday May 11th

We are finalizing the program for the 3^rd Annual Corvallis Guitar Festival including concerts, workshops, a lecture and a Master Class all taking place at the 1^stPresbyterian Church on 8^th St downtown Corvallis on Saturday May 11^th.

I am delighted to announce we will be featuring Grammy Award winner Bill Kanengiser as the Saturday night concert artist and the host of the festival Master Class. Bill is recognized as one of America’s finest classical guitarists with a long history of excellence in performing, teaching, composing, and giving Master Classes around the world. As a founding member of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Mr. Kanengiser has toured extensively throughout Asia, Europe and North America and the  LAGQ was awarded a GRAMMY® for Best Classical Crossover Recording in 2004. We will be very fortunate to have Bill here in Corvallis so mark your calendars now!

We are also very pleased to welcome Ian O’Sullivan, a great Hawaiian classical guitarist and ukulele musician. He will be performing with both instruments and providing insight into the Hawaiian music in his concert, as well as presenting a workshop. So bring your guitar and ukulele to the festival to learn from the Hawaiian maestro!

And, in line with our goal to bring local guitarists out of the woodwork, there will be a short concert performed by the Corvallis Guitar Ensemble led by Cameron O’Connor! More details on this later, but if you are interested in being part of this ensemble, get in touch with me or Cameron.

It’s going to be an inspiring and hugely enjoyable event with a wide variety of guitar (and ukulele) music styles so mark your calendars!

Local House Concert – Soprano Amy Hansen and Guitarist Cameron O’Connor

Lea and David Paul Bayles are presenting a Local House Concert in their lovely Barn Studio featuring Soprano Amy Hansen and guitarist Cameron O-Connor as part of their artistic event series on Saturday March 15^th 6:30pm to 9:00pm.

Amy and Cameron will perform a thrilling and intimate collection of songs of love, traveling around the world and throughout history with a special emphasis on Spanish folk music. 

Cost: $20/per person. Cash or check payable to “Cameron O’Connor”(All proceeds go to Cameron and Amy.) Pre-registration is required. Space is limited and it will fill quickly.

To register:  email [email protected] with CONCERT as subject line and specify the number of people who will be attending. Details and directions will be sent after you have registered.

I look forward to seeing you on March 4^th at our Guitar Society Meeting,

Best Regards
Jon Sharp
President Corvallis Guitar Society