October 5 Zoom Meeting
October 12th, 2025 by bob No comments »
Program
- Air – Alan Hirsh
- Se Ela Perguntar – Dilermando Reis
This meeting was hosted by Shane McKevitt. The cost of using Zoom in 2025 is covered by generous contributions from Ming Chao, Dana Hamilton, Rick Florio, Jeffrey Wilt, Gary Lee and Candace Wang, Jeff Griesemer. Valerie Nelson, Robert Ey, Gad Berger, Dave Starbuck, Steve Walters, and Shane McKevitt.
October 11 Meeting at the Mercer County Library in Whippany
October 12th, 2025 by bob No comments »
Photos by Jim Tosone
Duo Migliorare (Valerie Nelson and Rick Florio)
- Giovanni Marella – Two Minuettos
- In Her Family – Pat Metheny
- La Maja De Goya – Enrique Granados, arr. Frederick Noad.
Rick Florio
- Letter From Home – Pat Metheny
Robert Ey
- Mountains and Valleys – Angela Mair
- Nowhere – “”
Jim Tosone
- Go From My Window – Trad., arr. John Dowland
- Shenandoah – Trad., arr. Jim Tosone
- Both Sides Now – Joni Mitchell, arr. Soren Madsen)
Kevin Lutke
- Peccadilles Importunes (From Nine Children’s Pieces) – E. Satie, arr. K.
- Etre Jaloux de son camarade qui a une grosse tete
- Lui manager sa tartine
- Profiter de equip a des cors aux pieds pour lui prendre son cerceau
- Stillness in The Sorrow – K. Lutke
September 28 Fall Picnic in Hopewell
October 3rd, 2025 by bob No comments »Program
Duo Migliorare (Rick Florio and Valerie Nelson)
- Willow – Andrew York
- Why – Andrew York
- Spider Dance – Andrew York
Robert Ey
- Mountains and Valleys – Angela Mair
- Nowhere – “”
Jeff Griesemer
- Holy Manna – William Moore, arr. Jeff Griesemer
- Let Us Break Bread Together – African-American Spiritual, arr. Jeff Griesemer
Rick Florio
- Siciliana, Op. 33, No. 3 – Fernando Sor
Andantino Alla Siciliana Op. 78, No. 2 – Mauro Giuliani
September 21 Zoom Meeting
September 23rd, 2025 by bob No comments »
Program
Duo Migliorare (Rick Florio and Valerie Nelson)
- Minuets – J.B. Marella
- In Her Family – Pat Metheny
September Meetings
September 1st, 2025 by bob No comments »Zoom Meeting, September 21, 4:00 p.m. (eastern time).
Fall Picnic, September 28, 5:00 p.m. in Hopewell.
August 10 Zoom Meeting
August 1st, 2025 by bob No comments »
Program
- Pavan #4 – Luis Milan
- Etude op.31 #21 (Segovia #7) – Fernando Sor
Gad Berger
La Rose, Op. 46, No. 9 – Mauro Giuliani:
Shane McKevitt
- Recuerdos de la Alhambra – Francisco Tárrega
- Julia Florida – Agustín Barrios Mangoré
This meeting was hosted by Gad Berger. The cost of using Zoom in 2025 is covered by generous contributions from Ming Chao, Dana Hamilton, Rick Florio, Jeffrey Wilt, Gary Lee and Candace Wang, Jeff Griesemer. Valerie Nelson, Robert Ey, Gad Berger, Dave Starbuck, Steve Walters, and Shane McKevitt.
July 20 Zoom Meeting
July 8th, 2025 by bob No comments »
Program
- Pavan #1 – Luis Milan, arr. F. Noad
- Mazurka in Sol – Francisco Tárrega
This meeting was hosted by Shane McKevitt. The cost of using Zoom in 2025 is covered by generous contributions from Ming Chao, Dana Hamilton, Rick Florio, Jeffrey Wilt, Gary Lee and Candace Wang, Jeff Griesemer. Valerie Nelson, Robert Ey, Gad Berger, Dave Starbuck, Steve Walters, and Shane McKevitt.
June 8 Spring Picnic in Hopewell
June 5th, 2025 by bob No comments »Moved inside due to rain.
- In Her Family – Pat Metheny
- Beneath an Evening Sky – Ralph Towner
- Duo Nocturne Op 37 No 4 – L’Hoyer
- Invention 1 BWV 772 – J.S. Bach
Valerie Nelson
- Divertimento, Movements 2 & 3 – Hans Gal
Rick Florio
- As Time Goes By – Herman Hupfeld, arr Stan Ayeroff
- Moon River – Henry Mancini, arr Bill Pilburn
- Letter From Home – Pat Metheny, arr Manuel Guinand
Robert Ey
- Tarleton’s –Resurrection – John Dowland (Frederick Noad transcription)
- I Vow to Thee, My Country – Theme by Gustav Holst, arr. Robert Ey
Gad Berger
- La Rose – Mauro Giuliani
- Dreamcatcher – Mike Christiansen
Ken Krauss
- Pavanne – Gabriel Faure
Jeff Griesemer
- Holy Manna – William Moore, arr. Jeff Griesemer
- Let Us Break Bread Together – African-American Spiritual, arr. Jeff Griesemer
Irene Ey (soprano), Valerie Nelson (alto, autoharp), and Robert Ey (tenor, Irish bouzouki)
- Bonny Light Horseman – Traditional Irish and British, based on a recording by Dolores Keane & John Faulkner
June 1 Zoom Meeting
June 5th, 2025 by bob No comments »
Program
Joe Carbone
- Willow – Andrew York
- Why – Andrew York
- Spider Dance – Andrew York
Victor Keremedjiev
- Andante Largo – Fernando Sor
- Valse – Manuel Ponce
This meeting featured a special performance by Shane McKevitt, who is preparing for two competitions at Feis Ceoil, a major music festival in Dublin, Ireland. He entered two competitions: one for the Aileen Gore Cup (for recitals on a guitar or other string instrument); and one for the Guitar Bach Prize (two contrasting movements to be chosen from the Lute Suites, Violoncello Suites, or the Violin works by J.S. Bach). While these competitions can be very important in the musical career of many entrants, Shane says he is “treating it more as performance practice than anything else.
