Our next meeting will be on September 26 at 4:00 p.m. in Hopewell. For further details, please see our About page, or e-mail njguitarsociety@yahoo.com.

We had a wonderful time at the June Picnic, despite the heat and humidity. These pieces were played:

Emily Chao (violin) and Ming Chao (guitar)

• Air on a G String — J.S. Bach
• Suite of Popular Spanish Folk Songs: El Pano Moren0; Asturiana; and Polo.  — M/ de Falla

Gianni Donati

• Se Ela Preguntar — Dilermando Reis
• Ciacona –S. L. Weiss, transcribed by Alice Artzt

Jeff Griesemger

• Under the Boardwalk — Young/Resnick
• Violin Sonata in B minor — J.S. Bach

Irene Ey (soprano) and Robert Ey (guitar/Irish bouzouki)

• I know Where I’m Going — Trad.
• Somewhere Along the Road — Rick Kemp
• The Colorado Trail — Trad.
• The Way I Feel — Gordon Lightfoot
• So Early in the Spring — Trad. (via. John Renbourn & Judy Collins)

Malcolm Davis

• Amazing Grace/House of the Rising Sun — John Newton/Blind Boys of Alabama

Wendy Davis

• Humoresque — A.  Dvorak

Our next meeting will be the annual picnic. This year, it’s in Hopewell on June 27 starting at 5:00 p.m. Please contact us by e-mail for details.

These pieces were played at the May meeting in Bridgewater:

Ed Hummel:
1.  Coste – Prelude No 3, op 38
2.  Bach – Air – Suite no. 3 for orchestra
3.   Over the Rainbow – Arr. Almeida

Parvathi Kumar:
1.  Sor – an Etude
2.  Brouwer – Etude VI
3.  Sakura
4.  Tarrega – Adelita

The May meeting will be on Sunday, May 16 at 4:00 p.m. in Bridgewater. For further details, please see our About page, or e-mail njguitarsociety@yahoo.com.

Ming Chao

• Lob der Tranen — Schubert/Mertz
• Tu Imagen (Valse) — Augustin Barrios Mangore

Ed Hummel

• Prelude in C, BWV 846 — Bach
• Planxty Fanny Power –O’Carolan, Arr. by D. Rogers

Giani Donati

• Improviso — Garoto
• Valse Favorite — Coste

Jeff Griesemer

• Jamaica Farewell
• Double to Bouree, Bm Sonata for Unaccompanied Violin — J.S. Bach

Robert Ey

• Boys of Bluehill/Reedsdale Hornpipe — Trad., arr. by Gordon Bok
• April Come She Will — Paul Simon, arr. by Jim Bosse
• Ajde Jano — Trad. Macedonian, arr. by Allan Alexander

The April meeting will be on Sunday, April 11 at 4:00 p.m., once again in Hopewell. For further details, please see our About page, or e-mail njguitarsociety@yahoo.com.

We had a small but spirited turnout, and held the meeting outside in order to enjoy the weather. This is what we played:

Robert Ey

• Ajde Jano — Trad. Macedonian, arr. by Allan Alexander

Irene Ey (soprano) & Robert Ey (guitar/Irish bouzouki)

• I Know Where I’m Going — Trad. Irish
• So Early in the Spring — Trad., via  Judy Collins

Jeff Griesemer

• Sheebeg Sheemore — Turlough O’Carolan
• Double from the Bm Partita — J.S. Bach

Ming Chao

• Chaconne from the Second Partita — J.S. Bach
• Bouree from the Bm Partita — J.S. Bach

The March meeting will be on Sunday, March 21 at 4:00 p.m in Hopewell. For further details, please see our About page, or e-mail njguitarsociety@yahoo.com.

Steve Walters (lute)

• Mrs Winter’s Jump
• Mrs White’s Nothing
• Poor Tom
• Lord Hasting’s Good Morrow
• Curranta for Mrs Elizabeth Murcott
• Round Battle Galliard

Ed Hummel

• Prelude in Dm, BWV 999 — J.S. Bach
• Preludes # 10 & 11 in D — F. Tarrega

Gad Berger

• The Parting Glass — Anon., arr. by John Mock
• Jerusalem of Gold — Naomi Shemer, arr. by John H.  Clarke
• Prelude #1 — Heitor Villa Lobos

Ming Chao (guitar and voice)

• I Will Give My Love an Apple –  Benjamin Britten
• Polly Von — Peter, Paul & Mary
• Come Heavy Sleep — John Dowland
• Come Heavy Sleep — (from Nocturnal by Britten)
• Chaconne — Bach

Gianni Donati

• Valse Favorite — Napoleon Coste

Robert Ey

• Miniature Suite — John Duarte

Robert Ey (Irish bouzouki) & Irene Ey (soprano)

• The Way I Feel — Gordon Lightfoot