The Corvallis Guitar Society meets every first Monday of the month at 7:15pm at Odd Fellows Hall (take the stairs between New Morning Bakery and Sedlak’s Boots and Shoes)

Meeting Agenda

7:15 – 7:20pm

Welcome

7:20 – 7:50pm

Open Guitar Ensemble

Everyone is welcome to play in the group!
Click here for Guitar Ensemble music

7:50 – 8:20pm

Open Stage

Beginner, intermediate, and advanced guitarists are all welcome to come and share their music with us.

8:20 – 8:30pm

Break and Refreshments

8:30 – 9:15pm

Featured Artist Performance

Upcoming Featured Artists

April 4, 2025

Bret Williams

Bret Williams Biography

Bret Williams infuses traditional western forms with popular elements that showcase the natural beauty of the guitar. 

The Music of Bret Williams has it all: fantastic playing, great recording quality, and compositions that will please classical, jazz, and general listeners alike.” –ThisIsClassicalGuitar.com

Classical Guitar Magazine profiled his work as “alluring” and “accomplished.” Tony Morris of NPR’s Classical Guitar Alive! praised his music for it’s “energetic, warm and polished sound.” Soundboard Magazine credits him with “wonderful precision.”Notable concert appearances include the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Kimmel Center for Performing Arts, St. Peter’s Church, The Riverside Church, the Shandelee Music Festival, and the Mannes Guitar Symposium. 

He has taught at Concordia College, Lucy Moses School, The School at Columbia University, Hostos Community College, Turtle Bay Music School, and has been instructing at Rodeph Sholom School for fourteen years. He served on faculty as a general music teacher at the South Bronx Early College Academy.

See more on Bret’s website: https://bretwilliamsmusic.com/

Past Featured Artists this season

james bishop edwards with guitar

March 3, 2025

James Bishop-Edwards

February 3, 2025

Yuri Liberzon

January 6, 2025

Aaron Haas

December 2, 2024

Dirk Weiss and OSU Guitar Ensemble

October 7, 2024

Peter Zisa and Gabriela Gimenes

September 9, 2024

John Paul Shields