Bringing local guitarists out of the woodwork
Jon will be performing at Joan Truckenbrod’s gallery in the setting of Julia Bradshaw’s SURVEY artwork exhibition featuring a mixture of classical guitar music from around the world that reaches out to the moon and beyond. Come along and enjoy both forms of artwork!
Venue: Odd Fellows Hall, Corvallis
Free & Open to the Public
Our inspiring featured artist for this meeting is Portland Oregon’s Jessie McCann. Jesse is an award-winning classical guitarist who made his debut at age 17 on the gulf coast of Mississippi, winning first place in a number of local and regional guitar competitions. In addition to being a top prize solo winner, he has led two award-winning guitar trios and is currently a member of the Oregon Guitar Quartet. Jesse is currently on staff for PSU and PCC’s music faculty.
The October 7th meeting will also include our OPEN GUITAR ENSEMBLE REHEARSAL for the music we will be performing at the Winter Concert on December 14th at the Corvallis-Benton County Library. The music is posted to the website below: ensemble music scores and parts for guitar society meeting … so 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 and the scores include parts suitable for all levels of playing.
AGENDA MONDAY October 7th 2019
7:30 – 7:35 pm Welcome
7:35 – 8:15 pm Open Guitar Ensemble: check out the music and download from the website.
8:15 – 8:40 pm Open Stage: share your music with us – all solo guitar styles (or ensembles) and all abilities welcome.
8:40 – 8:50 pm BREAK and Refreshments
8:50 – 9:30 pm Featured Concert Artist: Jesse McCann
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 look forward to seeing you at our upcoming events,
Best Regards
Jon Sharp
President, Corvallis Guitar Society
Dear Guitar Friends,
Thanks to everyone who came out for the fabulous festival on May 11th! What a wonderful range of guitar styles, top flight concert artists, events, and ukulele music we had, all of which got great feedback! If you weren’t able to make it, you can see photos and videos of some of things you missed on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CorvallisGuitarSociety/
The next Guitar Society Meeting is Monday June 3rd 7-9PM
Venue: Odd Fellows Hall, Corvallis
Free & Open to the Public
The featured concert for this meeting will be the OSU Guitar Ensemble directed by our wonderful local maestro Cameron O’Connor combined with solos and duets by the ensemble members.
The June 3rd meeting will also include our OPEN GUITAR ENSEMBLE SESSION. We will be reviewing some of the music we have played so far this year in anticipation of the winter concert series later on in the year. The music is already posted to the website so check out the scores online (scroll down to see the ensemble scores), download the parts you would like to play and bring them along to the meeting with your guitar and join in! EVERYONE is welcome and the scores include parts suitable for all levels of playing.
AGENDA MONDAY June 3rd 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 Concert: OSU Guitar Ensemble directed by Cameron O’Connor
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.
Looking Forward..
Now we have reached the summit for the first half of the year with the wonderful Guitar Festival and the last Society meeting on June 3rd, the Guitar Society will take a break over the summer. We will get back together again on Monday September 9th with our Guitar Society meeting kicking off the Fall series of activities and events. More details will follow regarding the schedule.
In the meantime, we look forward to seeing you on June 3rd at our Guitar Society Meeting, and have a great summer!
Best Regards
Jon Sharp
President, Corvallis Guitar Society