Posts Tagged ‘2008’

Robert Stephen Norman ( April 25, 1947 – May 04, 2008 )

March 19th, 2018

Robert Stephen Norman, 61, of Lawrenceville died on Sunday at his home of metastatic prostate cancer.

Born in New London, CT, he was a Lawrenceville resident since 1994 after living in New York City for 30 years. Bob graduated form Columbia University in 1969 with a degree in English Literature. Bob had been a copy editor for Business Week Magazine for twenty years, but his passion and true vocation was music. He was a well-known singer/songwriter folksinger locally and across the country for over 30 years. From 1970 to 1977, he was editor-in-chief of Sing Out!, and was on its board until 1990. His CD titles include: Romantic Nights on the Upper Westside; To the Core; Love, Lust, and Lilacs; and Time Takin’ Man. His music fused varied influences of blues, country, contemporary folk, and classical guitar writing about topics ranging from the streets of New York to local life in Lawrenceville.

Son of the late Victor and Francis (Sharaf) Norman and brother of the late Jon Norman, he is survived by his wife Clara Haignere, his son Samuel Norman-Haignere, his nephew Daniel Norman, and his nieces: Forest Cattich and Martina Norman Botinelli.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 11 AM at Poulson & Van Hise Funeral Directors, 650 Lawrence Road, Lawrenceville. Burial will be in the Lawrenceville Cemetery. The family extends an invitation to friends to come to their home at K18 Shirley Lane, Lawrenceville after the burial.

In lieu of flowers, please tax-deductible donations can be made to Sing Out! Magazine (P.O. Box 5460 Bethlehem PA 18015) or to the Westminster Conservatory Young Artist’s Program. Check should include a note that it is for the Young Artist’s Program in Memory of Bob Norman to Westminster Conservatory, Attn Sandra Franc, 101 Walnut Lane, Princeton NJ 08540.

NJ Guitar Society Meeting

December 28th, 2008

These pieces were played at the December 2008 meeting in Madison:

Fred Dilzell:

  • Capricho Arabe — Francisco Tarrega
  • Wild Mountain Thyme — traditional, arranged by Scott Tennant
  • Andecy — Andrew York
  • Torija — Federico Moreno-Torroba
  • Prelude and Minuet — Robert de Visee

Ming:

  • Andante and Minuet from Sonata Clasica — Manuel Ponce

Tom Silver:

  • Air on the G String — J.S. Bach
  • Ilha de Coral — Luis Bonfa
  • O Bem e o Mal — Danilo Caymmi
  • ‘Till there was you — Meredith Willson
  • Here, There, and Everywhere — Lennon/McCartney
  • This Boy — Lennon/McCartney
  • Preludio y Allegro — Santiago de Murcia

NJ Guitar Society Meeting

November 28th, 2008

These pieces were played at the November 2008 meeting in Hopewell:

Darlene Marcolini

  • Tango — Tarrega
  • “December” and “August” — E Martin
  • Prelude # 5 — Villa Lobos

Gianni Donati

  • Frio e Cheva — Israel de Almeida
  • Adelita — Tarrega

Ming Chao

  • Sonata Clasica, 2nd movement (Andante) & 3rd Movemement (Menuet) — Manuel Ponce
  • Cavatina — Myers

Robert Ey

  • Loch Leven Castle — Trad. arr. by David Russell
  • Whiskey You’re the Devil/Whiskey in the Jar — Trad. arr. by David Russell

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

  • The Colorado Trail — Trad.
  • You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away — Beatles

Jeff Griesemer

  • Gymnopedie #1 — Eric Satie
  • Mr. Bojangles — Jerry Jeff Walker
  • Hey Good Lookin — arr. by Chet Atkins

Rick Florio

  • Prelude in E minor — Villa Lobos
  • “Taranto” & “Faruka” — (flamenco pieces)

NJ Guitar Society Meeting

October 28th, 2008

The pieces below were played at the October 2008 meeting in Madison. Tom Silver played some of his pieces on a steel string Martin, using nails heavily reinforced with ping pong balls.

Tom Silver

  • Moon River — H. Manicini
  • Shadow of Your Smile
  • Planxty Irwin
  • Rock of Brae
  • Strawberry Fields Forever
  • Sor Studies 1 & 6
  • Prelude — Santiago de Murcia

Robert Ey

  • Scherzo — Wenzel Matiegka
  • Alla Turca — Wenzel Matiegka
  • Loch Leven Castle — Trad., arr. by David Russell
  • Whiskey You”re the Devil (or Whiskey in the Jar)” — Trad., arr. by David Russell

Gary Lee

  • The Way You Look Tonight — Jerome Kern
  • Preludio de Adios — Alfonso Montes
  • Passacaglia — S. L. Weiss

Ming Chao

  • Sonata No. 3, 2nd & 3rd movements –M. Ponce

David Starbuck

  • Prelude & Vals — Carmen Guzman
  • Runa & Pacha — Daniel Keriwayo
  • Guardarme las Vacas — Narvaez
  • Caneo Triste –Paco Talarin

NJ Guitar Society Meeting

September 28th, 2008

These pieces were played at the September 2008 meeting in Hopewell:

Darlene Marcolini

  • Variations on a Theme by Mozart, Opus 9 — Fernando Sor

Ming Chao

  • Virgilio — Antonio Lauro
  • Chanson (Sonata III, second movement — Manuel Ponce

Gad Berger

  • Bourree — J.S. Bach
  • Indonesia Pusaka — Jubing Kristianto

Robert Ey

  • Scherzo — Wenzel Matiegka
  • Alla Turca — Wenzel Matiegka
  • Loch Leven Castle — Trad., arr. by David Russell

George Schindler

  • Meditation — Jobim
  • All the Things You Are — Jerome Kern

NJ Guitar Society Meeting

June 28th, 2008

These pieces were played at the June 2008 meeting in Madison:

Eric Kahler

  • Waltz — Ferdinando Carruli
  • Andantinol — Ferdinando Carruli
  • Lagrima — Francisco Tarrega

Emily Chao (violin) and Ming Chao (guitar)

  • Cafe 1930 (from “History of the Guitar”) — Astor Piazzolla

Emily Chao (violin)

  • Partita No. 2 in D Minor, Sarabande & Gigue — Bach

Sergey Kaluzhny & Yelena Nazartseva

  • Yesterday — Beatles
  • And I Love Her — Beatles
  • Love Me Tender — Elvis Presley

Robert Ey

  • Alla Turca — Wenzel Matiegka

Ming Chao

  • Virgilio — Antonio Laura, arr. by Alirio Diaz
  • Romanza — Antonio Laura, arr. by Alirio Diaz
  • Maria Carolina — Antonio Laura, arr. by Alirio Diaz

Fred Dilzell

  • Si Io M’Accorgo — Anon.
  • Study in B Minor — Sor
  • Courante — Bach
  • Gavotte — Bach
  • La Ultima Cancion — Barrios

Sergey Kaluzhny & Emily Chao

  • Kiss Me Much — Consuelo Velaquez
  • Summertime — George Gershwin
  • Black Orpheus — Luiz Bonfa

NJ Guitar Society Meeting

May 28th, 2008

These pieces were played at the May 2008 meeting in Madison:

Tom Silver

  • In My Life — Lennon & McCartney
  • Ilha de Coral — Luiz Bonfa
  • Manha de Carnivale — Luiz Bonfa
  • Pavanes I, II, IV –Luis Milan

David Starbuck

  • Canco Triste — Paco Talarn
  • Pagcha — Daniel Quirhuayo
  • Runa — Daniel Quirhuayo
  • Preludes — Carmen Guzman
  • 2 Vals — Carmen Guzman

Sergey Kaluzhny & Yelena Nazartseva

  • Light Night — N. Shiskin
  • Morrison’s Jig — Trad. Irish, Arr. by G. Weiser
  • Lord Lovat’s Lament — Trad. Scottish, Arr. by G. Weiser
  • The Friend — Raymond Pauls

Robert Ey

  • April Come She Will — Paul Simon, arr. by Jim Bosse

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

  • Old Irish Blessing — Denes Agay, guitar arrangement by Dan Fox
  • The Minstrel Boy — Trad.
  • A Cowboy’s Hard Times — Bill Staines

NJ Guitar Society Meeting

April 28th, 2008

These pieces were played at the April 2008 meeting in Hopewell:

Darlene Marcolini

  • Sarabande & Gigue from Cello Suite No. 1 — J.S. Bach

Gianni Donati

  • Alma Apaxonaida — Dilermando Reis
  • Duas Contas — Garoto

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

  • Old Irish Blessing — Denes Agay, guitar arrangement by Dan Fox
  • The Minstrel Boy — Trad.
  • A Cowboy’s Hard Times — Bill Staines

Jeff Griesemer

  • Slickensides — Jeff Griesemer
  • Port Skiey — Irish Jig

Jeff Griesemer (mandolin) & Robert Ey (guitar)

  • Melody, Op. 68, No. 1 — Robert Schumann

NJ Guitar Society Meeting

March 28th, 2008

These pieces were played at the March 2008 meeting in Hopewell:

George Schindler

  • Dedicatoria — Granados
  • Choro — Anon.

Tom Guarnieri

  • Sonata in C, Allegro Spirito –Giulani

Ming Chao

  • Cantico — Vicente Emilio Sojo, Arr. by Alirio Diaz
  • Aire Venezuelano — Vicente Emilio Sojo, Arr. by Alirio Diaz
  • Cavatina — Stanley Myers

NJ Guitar Society Meeting

February 28th, 2008

These pieces were played at the February 2008 meeting in Madison:

Ming Chao

  • Triston — Astor Piazolla
  • Cavatina — Stanley Myers

David Starbuck

  • Guadarme Las Vacas– Luis de Narvaez
  • Prelude — Carmen Guzman

Fred Dilzell

  • Paisaje Cubano con Tristeza — Leo Brower

Robert Ey

  • Valse #5, (for Beverly) — Jamey Bellizzi

Tom Silver

  • O Ben e o Mal (The Good and the Bad) — Danilo Caymmi
  • Air on the G String — J.S. Bach

George Schindler

  • Try to Remember (from The Fantastiks) — Harvey Schmidt
  • Indian Summer — Victor Herbert
  • Moon River — Henry Manicini, Arr. Gerhard

Sergei Kaluzhny & Yelena Mazartseva

  • Oriental Spanish Dance #2 — Enrique Granados
  • Besame Mucho — Consuelo Velazquez
  • Tico Tico — Zequinha Abreu, Aloysio Olveira, & Ervin Drake
  • Fly Me to the Moon — Bart Howard
  • Guadarme Las Vacas– Luis de Narvaez
  • Paisaje Cubano con Tristeza — Leo Brower
  • Prelude — Carmen Guzman