Corvallis Guitar Society

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  • February Newsletter – Meetings and Events

    Dear Guitar Friends,
    Thanks to everyone who turned out for the January meeting. It was a great combination of education (Cameron’s workshop), playing (plenty of open stage performances), and listening (John Jarvie and Peter Thomas Duo from Eugene) which are the three core elements of the Guitar Society mission!

    The Next Guitar Society meeting is Monday March 5th 7-9pm Odd Fellows Hall, Corvallis
    We are delighted to welcome back as our featured artist one of our favourite classical guitar maestros and educator James Bishop-Edwards who will be performing together with Kimberly Fitch, an outstanding violist, both from Ashland, Oregon. Furthermore, James and Kimberly will be conducting the workshop focused on ensemble music, something they are very good at! Everyone is encouraged to bring their guitar and join in. We will perform Santa Lucia, one of the pieces our group ensemble performed at the first Winter Guitar Concert at Corvallis Library in December. This will be the starting platform for the workshop and James and Kimberly will take it from there. The music score for Santa Lucia is posted to the website. https://corvallisguitarsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Santa-Lucia-as-part-of-Forrest-Guitar-Ensemble-Group-3.pdf

    This is a great opportunity to build on our ensemble activities to which we will be returning in the second half of the year.

    AGENDA
    7:00 – 7:05pm Welcome
    7:05 – 7:40pm Guitar Ensemble Workshop with James Bishop-Edwards and Kimberly Fitch.
    7:40 – 8:10pm Open Stage; share your music with us – all solo guitar styles (or ensembles) and all abilities welcome.
    8:10 – 8:20pm BREAK and Refreshments
    8:20 – 9:00pm Featured Artists from Ashland  Guitar and viola Duo James Bishop-Edwards and Kimberly Fitch.

    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.

    We have a run of First Monday Guitar Society Meetings coming up with some great featured artists, so mark these down in your calendar:

    March 5th James Bishop-Edwards and Kimbery Fitch Classical Guitar and Viola Duo
    April 2nd Travis Johnson Classical Guitar
    May 7th Duo Tenebroso Classical Guitar Duo; David Franzen and Kristen Waligora https://duotenebroso.com/
    June 4th OSU Guitar Ensemble Directed by Cameron )’Connor

    Spring Concert Presented by the Corvallis Guitar Society and Corvallis Arts Center Sunday April 8th 2018
    DUO DEMITASSE CONCERT COMPRISING CLASSICAL GUITARIST CAMERON O’CONNNOR AND PIANIST HUI WU
    We are very pleased to be working with the Corvallis Arts Center to present the spring concert on the afternoon of Sunday April 8th at the Corvallis Arts Center, downtown Corvallis. This promises to be a fantastic musical experience featuring two top flight musicians who will be performing a combination of solo and duet works.
    Tickets are now available online at BrownPaper Tickets:
    https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3355559

    You can check out more about these two great talents on their respective websites:
    The local Guitar maestro Cameron O’Connor
    http://www.cameronoconnor.com/video.html

    Pianist Hui Wu
    http://www.huiwupianist.com/media/

    Guitar Festival  Weekend of June 8th and 9th
    FEATURING GRISHA GORYACHEV AND CAMERON O’CONNOR
    Following the success of our first festival in 2017, we will be presenting Corvallis’ Second Annual Guitar Festival in June 2018. We are delighted local maestro Cameron O’Connor is going to open the event for us with the Friday night concert and equally delighted that our Saturday night Concert Artist will be Grisha Goryechev. A native of St Petersburg, Russia, now residing in the US, Grisha is an extraordinarily talented and internationally famous classical and flamenco guitarist. He has plenty of postings on YouTube so you can check him out:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMCak0-0WNw&list=RDgMCak0-0WNw#t=45
    He will also be presenting the festival Master-Class on Saturday morning.
    You can find out more about Grisha here http://www.grishaguitar.com/

    We wish you all the very and I hope to see you at the Society Meeting on March 5th.

    Best Regards
    Jon Sharp
    President, Corvallis Guitar Society

  • Lute Recital – Hideki Yamaya Performing Renaissance Music February 14th

    Hideki Yamaya, an acclaimed lutenist from New Haven, CT will present a solo recital on 10-course Renaissance lute from 7:30pm to 8:30pm on Wednesday 14th February at OSU.

    The program will include selections from early 17th-century England, France, and Italy. Composers represented will include John Dowland, Robert Ballard, Johann Kapsberger, and Alessandro Piccinini.

    Oregon State University
    Benton Hall 303
    Corvallis, Oregon

    Free admission; suggested donation $10 general/$5 student

    Mr. Yamaya will also present a lute song concert with OSU vocal faculty Amy Hansen, soprano and Nicholas Larson, tenor, on the evening of Thu. Feb. 15 at the same venue from 7:30pm to 9:00pm.

  • Newsletter January 2018

    Dear Guitar Friends,
    Happy New Year to everyone. We are looking forward to a great year of guitar activities and here’s an overview of what is coming up:

    Winter Concert Series Continues at the Corvallis-Benton County Library Continues …
    Saturday Jan 20th  2018, 3:00 PM
    CONCERT FEATURING FLAMENCO GUITAR DUO BERTO BOYD & GRANT RUIZ
    Berto Boyd and Grant Ruiz will perform original Flamenco music from their CD “Convivencia”. Their group Flamenco Pacifico has been a favorite among Oregon festivals such as Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Oregon Country Fair, Britt Fest and DaVinci days. Web: www.flamencopacifico.com

    Saturday Feb 17th  2018, 3:00 PM
    CONCERT FEATURING CLASSICAL GUITARIST JON SHARP & SOPRANO REBECCA FROMHERZ
    This concert will feature music from South America including Heitor Villa-Lobos, one of Brazil’s greatest composers, along with Argentineans Jose Luis Merlin and others. We will also explore some of the modern compositions by American guitar maestro Andrew York and look back at early music from Europe that inspired the New World.

    The Next Guitar Society meeting is Monday February 5th 7-9pm Odd Fellows Hall, Corvallis
    We are very pleased to present local guitar duo John Jarvie and Peter Thomas from Eugene as our featured artists for the meeting. Check out their duets on YouTube, and come hear them play!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwW01Sb5SZk
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LClEa38tKnw
    You might also like to hear this great rendition of Barrios’ La Catedral by John Jarvie played standing up J
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msgosfwou50
    AGENDA
    7:00 – 7:05pm Welcome
    7:05 – 7:35pm Guitar Workshop with Cameron O’Connor. Bring your guitar and plan on learning something from OSU’s classical Maestro!
    7:40 – 8:10pm Open Stage; share your music with us – all solo guitar styles (or ensembles) and all abilities welcome.
    8:10 – 8:20pm BREAK and Refreshments
    8:20 – 9:00pm Featured Artists Eugene Guitar Duo John Jarvie and Peter Thomas
    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.

    Spring Concert Presented by the Corvallis Guitar Society and Corvallis Arts Center Sunday April 8th 2018
    CONCERT FEATURING CLASSICAL GUITARIST CAMERON O’CONNNOR AND PIANIST HUI WU
    We are very pleased to be working with the Corvallis Arts Center to present the spring concert on the afternoon of Sunday April 8th. This promises to be a fantastic musical experience featuring two top flight musicians who will be performing a combination of solo and duet works. You can check out more about these two great talents on their respective websites:
    New local Guitar maestro Cameron O’Connor
    http://www.cameronoconnor.com/video.html
    Pianist Hui Wu
    http://www.huiwupianist.com/media/

    Local Guitar/Ukulele Ensemble
    For those of you interested in maintaining your guitar ensemble activities while we take a break at the Guitar Society, you may wish to join Anne Loewen’s guitar/ukulele ensemble which meets on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month from 10-11am in the Allison room at the Presbyterian Church. There is no charge for this meeting. For more info contact Anne at [email protected]

    Oregon State University’s SAC Academy
    OFFERING GUITAR ENSEMBLE, GROUP GUITAR, AND PRIVATE LESSONS TO THE CORVALLIS GUITAR COMMUNITY BY GUITAR INSTRUCTOR CAMERON O’CONNOR
    Guitar Ensemble (Tue/Thurs 4-5pm) includes bi-weekly rehearsals of classical and contemporary music and a March concert.  Rehearsal and ensemble techniques— being present and aware of your conductor and neighbors, non-verbal communication, researching repertoire— will be stressed in an effort to produce the best possible performance at the end of the term. 
    http://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/school-arts-and-communication/sac-academy/music/group-music-classes/guitar-ensemble
    Group Guitar Class (Wed/Fri 4-5pm) is offered for those interested in developing basic guitar skills, including familiarity with reading notation and performing in small group settings.
    http://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/school-arts-and-communication/sac-academy/music/group-music-classes/group-guitar-i

    Guitar Festival  Weekend of June 8th and 9th
    Following the success of our first festival in 2017, we will be presenting Corvallis’ Second Annual Guitar Festival in June 2018. We are in the process of establishing the agenda for the festival, but we are delighted local maestro Cameron O’Connor is going to open the event for us with the Friday night concert. We are in the process of securing the Saturday Headline artist who, assuming all goes ahead, will be fabulous J

    We wish you all the very best over the festive season and I hope to see you at the Society Meeting on February 5th.

    Best Regards
    Jon Sharp
    President, Corvallis Guitar Society

  • Ensemble Music for the Dec 4th Guitar Society Meeting & Corvallis Library Concert!

    Dear All
    Here is the music we will be playing during the open ensemble session at the upcoming Guitar Society meeting on December 4th. It is the music we will be performing as part of the CGS Winter Concert on December 16th at the Corvallis Library. Everyone is very welcome to participate as we are planning it to be a community concert. The more the merrier!

    Please download the scores, take a look at which parts you wish to play, and bring a copy with you and your guitar to the meeting on December 4th, 7pm at Odd Fellows Hall, 2nd St., Corvallis. The goal here is musical fun & participation – feel free to simplify your parts and just join in. This is the oder in which we will be playing the pieces:

    Carol of the Bells Ukrainian Carol
    Santa Lucia as part of Forrest Guitar Ensemble Group 3
    DulciJubilo
    Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
    Estrellita Score
    Campana Sobre Campana Score and Parts

    Thank you and see you on Monday December 4th!
    Jon Sharp

  • Ensemble Music for October 2nd Meeting

    Below are the guitar ensemble music scores for the open ensemble session at the next Guitar Society meeting on October 2nd, 7-9pm at Odd Fellows Hall downtown Corvallis. We will be playing pieces that are candidates for the Guitar Society’s Concert on December 16th between 2pm and 5pm at Corvallis Library. The goal is to perform some festive ensemble pieces as part of the concert, so I encourage you all to please put the date in your calendar and plan on being part of the concert! More details will follow.

    So download the scores, decide which parts you wish to play, and bring them along with your guitar and music stand (if you have one) even if you do not wish to be part of the concert. It’s all about having fun and joining in so simplify your parts if you wish – no pressure!

    Carol of the Bells Ukrainian Carol
    Santa Lucia as part of Forrest Guitar Ensemble Group 3
    DulciJubilo
    Estrellita Score
    Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy