Category: Meeting

Summary

1. We are re-starting our regular monthly meetings on Monday September 12^th at Odd Fellows Hall and will begin at 7:15 pm
2. Berto Boyd and Grant Ruiz are the featured artists on Monday September 12^th at the Guitar Society monthly meeting.
3. 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)
4. Zoe Moulton and Isaac Engel are starting up an After School Guitar Program featuring group lessons, private lessons and ensemble at Odd Fellows beginning September 12th 2022.

After School Guitar Program
Zoe Moulin and Isaac Engel are starting up 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 After School Guitar Program will be run twice a month and start on Monday September 12^th 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm. The first monthly session that will be ahead of the Guitar Society Monthly meeting, will feature a group lesson and ensemble session, and will be run by Isaac. The second monthly session run by Zoe will be the Third Monday of the month, starting on September 19^th 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm and will feature group, and private lessons. Feel free to come along and meet up with Zoe and Isaac at their opening sessions if you are interested in their sessions, and if you don’t have a guitar, we can lend you one!
For more information contact Zoe on [email protected] or 541 602 3928.

After School Guitar Program and Guitar Society Agenda Event Timing, September 2022 to June 2023
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 Monthly session – 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

Corvallis Guitar Society Monthly Meeting
Our next monthly meeting is on Monday, September 12th, 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 pm Open 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 pm Berto Boyd & Grant Ruiz Flamenco Featured Artists

Featured Artists Berto Boyd and Grant Ruiz

Berto Boyd, our Artistic Director, studied in Spain and performed throughout the United States with some of the world’s finest Flamenco, Classical and Jazz artists. He is one of the rare and few Americans who has dedicated his musical dreams to mastering the art of the Spanish guitar and composing original Flamenco music, and I think he is a great solo, ensemble, and concert guitarist! He currently resides in Portland, Oregon where he is also Musical Director for Flamenco Pacifico, and Musical Director of Arte y Pasion (San Antonio, Texas).

Grant Ruiz has played classical guitar since he was 10 years old and, after studying flamenco in Spain and with several renowned artists in the U.S., he became an active performer and teacher in Southern Oregon. He performs with Berto in the wonderful Flamenco Pacifico. He has also performed in several productions at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and has been a member of  Amor Flamenco, Alba Flamenca and currently Duo Flamenco with percussionist Terry Longshore, and is on the Board of Directors for the Jefferson Classical Guitar Society.

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 them:

1. Sheep May Safely Graze by JS Bach, Arr. by A. Forrest
2. Suite Francaise by Francis Poulenc, Arr. by A. Forrest. Note: of the seven parts of this score, we are only doing No. 3 Petite Marche Militaire
3. Finlandia by Jean Sibelius, Arr. by Lou Warde

Then you can practice your parts ahead of time with the following online recordings :

Sheep May Safely Graze: https://corvallisguitarsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/SheepMaySafelyGraze.mp3

No. 3 Petite Marche Militaire: (This one is on YouTube)

Finlandia: (This one is on the Guitar Ensemble Library)
http://www.theguitarclassroom.com/guitar-ensemble.html And click on Finlandia under “Beginning Quartets”

Open Stage
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 monthly meeting is on Monday, April 4^th, 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 4^th, (see details below).
We have Brandon Azbill coming as featured artist on the monthly meeting on May 2^nd.
And we have Cameron O’Connor’s OSU Ensemble as featured artists on the monthly meeting June 6^th .

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