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October 18 Meeting

October 5th, 2020

These pieces were performed at our October 18 Zoom Meeting:

Robert Ey

  • Tarleton’s Resurrection — John Dowland

Paul Kennedy

  • The Nervous Watchman — Tuomas Kourula
  • Ojos Brujos (Witches Eyes) — Leo Brouwer

Helen Shi-Yuen

  • Gran Vals — Tarrega

Robert Hansen

  • Fantasia — Francesco da Milano
  • Lagrima — Francisco Tárrega

Ming Chao

  • Polonaise from Op. 2 — Dionisio Aguado

Jeff Griesemer

  • What a Friend We Have in Jesus — Lyrics byJoseph Scriven, Music by Charles Converse, arr. Jeff Griesemer

Jeffrey Wilt

  • Nocturne (In the Darkness of a Dream) — Per-Olov Kindgren

Stella Kosim

  • Etude No 6: Apres midi d’un Cafard — Gerald Garcia
  • Surilang (Indonesian folk song) — arr. Iwan Tanzil

The cost of Zoom meetings this month is covered by a generous contribution from Jeffery Wilt.

October 4 Meeting

September 8th, 2020

These pieces were performed at our October 4 Zoom meeting:

Valerie Nelson

  • “Estudios Sencillos” VIII and VI — Leo Brouwer

Robert Ey

  • Thaxted (a.k.a Jupiter, I Vow to Thee, My Country, Oh God Beyond All Praising, etc.) — Gustav Holst, arr. Robert Ey

Ben London

  • Traditional Silesian Hymn — arr. Rick Foster
  • El Noi De La Mare — Trad., arr. Andres Segovia
  • Nana and Intermezzo — Maria Esteban de Valera

Ray Butler

  • Danza — Antoinio Ruiz-Pipo

Gad Berger

Venezuelan Waltz No. 2 — Antonio Lauro

David Starbuck

  • Prelude in D minor — S.L. Weiss
  • Prelude in C major — J.G. Conradi
  • Fantasia in A minor — D. Kellner

Ming Chao

  • Adagio from Op. 2 No. 1 — Dionisio Aguado

Gary Lee

  • Sonata for Violin Solo No. 3, BWV 1005 – III. Largo — J.S. Bach (arr. M. Barrueco)
  • Etude No. 8 — Giulio Regondi

Stella Kosim

  • Andante Largo Opus 5 No 5 — Fernando Sor
  • Cadiz — Isaac Albeniz

Jeff Griesemer

  • What a Friend We Have in Jesus — Lyrics byJoseph Scriven, Music by Charles Converse, arr. Jeff Griesemer

The cost of using Zoom this month is covered by a generous contribution from Jeffrey Wilt.

September 6 Meeting

August 17th, 2020

Our September meeting featured The Music of Julian Bream, and was sponsored by a gift to NJCGS in memory of Michael Frederick Ey. These pieces were performed:

Steve Walters

  • “Tribute to Julian Bream” (pre-recorded video)

Arjo Guhamazumder

  • Larghetto — Mozart
  • Primavera Portena — Piazzolla

Robert Ey

  • Can She Excuse — John Dowland (Folger Manuscript, transcribed and fingered by Alice Artzt)

Jinsoo Kim

  • Variations on a Theme of Mozart, Op.9 — Fernando Sor

Helen Shi-Yuen

  • Prelude No.3 — Villa-Lobos.

Ming Chao

  • Dedicatoria — Enrique Granados, arr. Miguel Llobet
  • Bagatelle No. 2 — William Walton
  • Lachrimae Pavan — John Dowland arr. Joseph Suryanata

Jeffrey Wilt

  • Homenaje a Tarrega — Joachin Turina
  1. Garrotin
  2. Soleares

Ray Butler

  • Four variations on Bach Bouree BWV 996 — Ray Butler

Gary Lee

  • Canción del Emperador — Luys de Narvaez (1526–1549)
  • Ricerare 16 — Francesco da Milano (1497-1543)

Jeff Griesemer

  • Ookpik Waltz — Frankie Rodgers, arr. Jeff Grisemer

August 16 Meeting

July 28th, 2020

These pieces were played at our August 16 meeting:

Gad Berger

  • “Etude for Cello and Harp” — Jeremiah Dias, arr. Gad Berger
  • Yankee Doodle — Trad., arr. Aaron Willmon
  • Imperial March – John Williams, arr. Aaron Willmon

Rick Florio

  • Venezuelan Waltz #3 “Natalia” — Antonio Lauro
  • Prelude #1 — Heitor Villa-Lobos

Ming Chao

  • Phantasia in D Major — David Kellner, arr. Hubert Kappel
  • Gigue — “”

Helen Shi-Yuen

  • Yesterday Once More — John Bettis and Richard Carpenter, arr. Yenne Lee

Paul Kennedy

  • Retrato Brasileiro — Baden Powell

Daniel Zaurov

  • Etude — F. Tarrega
  • Love Story — F. Lei

Jeffrey Wilt

  • Sons de Carilhoes — Joao Pernambuco
  • Danza Brasilera — Jorge Morel

Jeff Griesemer

  • Here, There, and Everywhere — Lennon/McCartney, arr. Jeff Griesemer

Stella Kosim

  • Opus 31 No 23 — Fernando Sor

Robert Vierschilling

  • 2 Short Studies — Robert Vierschilling

Gary Lee

Hymn Medley (pre-recorded)

  • Amazing Grace — arr. B. Verdery
  • Shall We Gather at the River? — arr. F. Hand
  • Take My Life and Let It Be — arr. D. Nevue and G. Lee
  • Give Me Jesus — arr. G. Lee
  • A Mighty Fortress Is Our God — arr. D. Nevue and G. Lee

July 26 Meeting

July 6th, 2020

 

These pieces were played at our July 26 Meeting:

Valerie Nelson

  • Olhos Pretos (Black Eyes) — Francisco José Dias (“transcribed for classic guitar by John Chiodini”)

Paul Kennedy

  • Two Venezuelan Waltzes — Antonio Lauro
  1. El Negrito (The Black Haired One)
  2. La Gatica (The Cat)

Robert Ey

  • Scarborough Fair —, arr. Debbie Cracknell/Paul Simon

Ming Chao

  • Two pieces from West Side Story — Leonard Bernstein (Arr. Jorge Morel)
  1. I Feel Pretty
  2. Maria

Rick Florio

  • Natalia — Antonio Lauro

Daniel Zaurov

  • Valse Memories — B. Figotin
  • Valse Departure — H. Kvatromano

Jeff Griesemer

  • Sing Of One Who Walks Beside Us — Music by William Moore, lyrics by Ralph Wright, arr. Jeff Griesemer

Robert Vierschilling

  • 3 Short Studies — Robert Vierschilling

 

July 5 Meeting

June 15th, 2020

 

The theme for our July 5 meeting was Patriotic Songs. These pieces were played:

Rick Florio
• Two Venezuelan Waltzes — Antonio Lauro, arr. Alirio Diaz
1. Tatiana
2. Andreina
• Marching Thru Georgia — Henry Clay Work

Robert Ey
• I Vow to Thee, My Country (Thaxted) — Gustav Holst, arr. Robert Ey

Gad Berger
• Yankee Doodle — J.K. Mertz
• Polacca — “”

Ben London
• The Star Spangled Banner — Arr. Ben London
• Glory, Glory, Hallelujah — Arr. Ben London

Daniel Zaurov
• Your smile and your eyes — Anon. (soldier’s song)
• Moldovanska — Anon. (Moldovian dance)

Helen Shi-Yuen
• All of Me — Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons, arr. Yenne Lee
• Take Five — Paul Desmond, arr. Abigail James

Jeff Griesemer
• Sing Of One Who Walks Beside Us (American hymn) — Music by William Moore, Lyrics by
Ralph Wright, arr. Jeff Griesemer

Ming Chao
• Mirandote — Eduardo Martin
• America (from West Side Story) — Leonard Bernstein, arr. Jorge Morel

Stella Kosim
• Capricho Catalan — Isaac Albeniz
• Danza Espanola No 5 — E. Granados

Ming-Jui Liu
• Study No. 1 — Frederic Hand (b. 1947)
• Gran Vals — Francisco Tárrega (1852 – 1909)
• Minuet in G major, op. 11, No. 1 — Fernando Sor (1778 – 1839)

 

June 14 Meeting

June 1st, 2020
These pieces were played at the June 14 meeting. Our theme was “Nationalities.”

Robert Ey

  • Ajde Jano (Macedonia/Serbia) – Trad., arr. Allan Alexander

Daniel Zaurov

  • You Are My Falling Maple (Russia) – Anon.
  • When I Met You (Russia) – Anon.

Ming Chao

  • (Longing For) Spring Breeze (望春風) (Taiwan) – Yu-Hsien Teng, arr. Gerald Garcia

Jeff Griesemer

  • If I Fell (British) – Lennon/McCartney, arr: Richard Drueding.

Jeffrey Wilt

  • Danza Brasilera – Jorge Morel

Stella Kosim

  • Blott en Dag (Day by Day) (Sweden) – Oscar Ahnfelt, arr. Jan-Olof Eriksson
  • Indonesia Pusaka (Indonesia) – Ismail Marzuki, arr. Jubing Kristianto

Gary Lee

  • The Banks O’ Doon (Scotland) – Robert Burns (1759-1796), arr. Guy Bergeron
  • 2 Sonatas (Italy/Portugal/Spain) – Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
  1. Sonata, K. 69, arr. Gérard Abiton
  2. Sonata, K. 274, arr. Andrew Zohn

Ming-Jui Liu

  • Summer Nights of Formosa (Taiwan) – Ming-Jui Liu

Fabricio Dobner

  • Carta de Pedra – Guinga, arr. Marco Pereira
  • Estudos Litorâneos Number, 1 Brisa do Oceano ( ocean breeze) – Paulo Bellinati

May 17 Meeting

May 18th, 2020

 

 These pieces were played at the May 17 meeting.

Daniel Zaurov

  • Yesterday — Paul McCartney
  • Love is Blue — Andre Pop

Robert Ey

  • Wild Mountain Thyme — Trad., arr. Scott Tennant

Indur B. Mandhyan

  • Melody in C Major — Indur B Mandhyan.

Rick Florio

  • Allemande & Saraband from Cello Suite #5 BWV 1011 — J.S. Bach

Stella Kosim

  • Variations on a Theme by Handel “The Harmonious Blacksmith” Opus 107 — Mauro Giuliani

Jeff Griesemer

  • When I’m Sixty Four — Lennon/McCartney, arr. Jeff Griesemer.

Ming Chao

  • Muneira from Suite Compostelana — Federico Mompou

Jeffrey Wilt

  • If You Were Here — Per-Olov Kindgren
  • Preludio de Adios — Alphonso Montes

May 3 Meeting

May 4th, 2020

Our next Zoom Meeting will be on Sunday, May 17, at 4:00 p.m.

These pieces were played at the May 3 meeting:

Helen Shi-Yuen

  • Kleine Romanze — Luise Walker

Stella Kosim

  • Les Adieux Opus 21 No.6 — Fernando Sor

Ming Chao

  • Aria from Inventions for Guitar (Hommage to Bach) — Alexandre Tansman
  • Um Amor de Valsa — Paulo Bellinati

Gad Berger

  • Unruhe — Johan Kaspar Mertz

Jeff Griesemer

  • The Ookpik Waltz — Frankie Rodgers, arr. Jeff Griesemer.

Rick Florio

  • Prélude from Cello Suite #5 BWV 1011 — J.S. Bach

April 19 Meeting

April 20th, 2020

Our next Zoom Meeting will be on Sunday, May 3, at 4:00 p.m.

These pieces were played in the April 19 Zoom Meeting:

Valerie Nelson

  • Divertimento, Movement 3 — Hans Gal
  • Sarabande — Francis Poulenc

Daniel Zaurov

  • O sole mio (my little sun) — traditional
  • El Condor Pasa (flight of a condor) — Daniel Robles

Ken Kraus

  • Lascia Ch’io Pianga (Aria from Rinaldo) — Handel
  • Ricercare XVI — Francesco da Milano

Helen Shi-Yuen

  • Tango — Francisco Tárrega

Ray Butler

  • Fantasia X. — Alonso Mudarra
  • Tango en Skai. — Roland Dyens

Parvathi Kumar

  • Aquarelle, Mv II Valseanna — Sergio Assad
  • Preludio (Serie Americana) — Hector Alaya

Ming Chao

  • Madrugada — John Williams

Jeff Griesemer 

  • Canción de Cuna — Leo Brouwer

Gad Berger

  • Unruhu — Johan Kaspar Mertz

Jeffrey Wilt

  • Adelita — Francisco Tarrega (arr. J. Wilt)
  • Lagrima — Francisco Tarrega
  • Evocacion — Jose Luis Merlin

Gary Lee

  • 10,000 Reasons — Matt Redman and Jonas Myrin, arr. G. Lee
  • Nuevos Estudios Sencillos No. 9, Omaggio a Szymanowski — Leo Brouwer