Bringing Local Guitarists Out of the Woodwork
Summary
- Our next Guitar Society Meeting is on Monday June 5th, 2 2023 (first Monday of the month) at Odd Fellows Hall and will begin at 7:15 pm
- The OSU Guitar Ensemble led by Cameron O’Connor are our great Featured Artists for June 5th who will be performing both as a full ensemble, and as smaller breakout groups starting at 8:15pm and playing for one hour!
- 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 June 5th at 6:00pm run by Isaac Engel.
- The second After School Guitar Program is on Monday June 19th 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.
- After our listed activities in June, we will be taking a break as usual in July and August. After two months off, we will restart our monthly activities in September. And we will also be having a two-day Festival in November!
Corvallis Guitar Society Monthly Meeting
Our next monthly meeting is on Monday, June 5th, 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 – 7:40 pm Open Guitar Ensemble: See below for the Guitar Ensemble music – everyone is welcome to play in the group!
7:40 – 8:00 pm Open Stage: beginners, intermediates, and advanced guitarists are all welcome to come and share their music with us.
8:00 – 8:10 pm BREAK and Refreshments
8:15 – 9:15 pm OSU Guitar Ensemble led by Cameron O’Conner
Featured Artist OSU Guitar Ensemble
Cameron O’Connor leads the OSU Guitar Ensemble in a wide variety of music for their June concert, with repertoire ranging from the Romantic era to Japanese film soundtrack to The Beatles! OSU will be featuring performances by the 24-person group and smaller breakout ensembles which will provide a full hour of music. Come prepared to be amazed by the versatility of this illustrious group of musicians.
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 two pieces of music for the ensemble session: Both two pieces for guitar ensemble are free, and open to the public. Click on them to download.
Ensemble Scores & Parts
1) Bai Mudan White Peony: A traditional Chinese Folk Song. Arranged for guitar quartet by Andrew Forrest This ensemble score is available to download:
https://corvallisguitarsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Bai-Mudan-arr-Andrew-Forrest.pdf
2) Barcarowl: Also a guitar quartet piece by Andrew Forrest This ensemble score is available to download:
https://corvallisguitarsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Barcarowl-A-Forrest.pdf
Online Recordings of Each Ensemble Piece
Both two pieces have an online recording that you can use to practice along with:
- Bai Mudan White Peony Chinese Folk Song
The recording is available on Andrew Forrest’s website:
http://www.forrestguitarensembles.co.uk/resources/Sounds/Quartets/BaiMudan.mp3
Note: You can reduce the tempo of this online recording piece 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. - Barcarowl, by Andrew Forrest
The recording is available on Andrew Forrest’s website:
http://www.forrestguitarensembles.co.uk/resources/Sounds/Quartets/barcarowl.mp3
Note: You can reduce the tempo of this online recording piece 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 😊 We have twenty minutes for this activity, so feel free to come and play one or two pieces!
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 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:
First Monday of the month, June 5th at Odd Fellows Hall
6:00pm to 7:00pm is the After School Guitar Program (group lesson and ensemble)
Third Monday of the Month, June 19th 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