Auditions for 2017 NJMEA Honors Guitar Ensemble

January 5th, 2017 by bob No comments »

Auditions:

February 11, 2017 at The College of New Jersey (Music Dept.), 2000 Pennington Rd., Ewing, NJ 08628 Ewing, NJ

9:00-1:00 pm (snow date Sunday, Feb. 12th @ Bayonne High School,  667 Avenue A, Bayonne, NJ 07002
 12:00-3:00 pm)

Audition Requirements for students in grades 9-12

Set Piece: II of Two Lullabies by Kevin J. Cope
Scale Requirement:  E Melodic Minor
Ensemble Excerpt:  see PDF file below
Sight Reading at the audition.

Students will be judged on a point system for correct notes and rhythms, tone quality, musicality: dynamics, phrasing, interpretation and overall quality of preparation for prepared piece, ensemble excerpt, scale and sight reading.

Rehearsal 1: April 1, 2017 from 9:00-12:00 pm at Location:JP Stevens High School, 855 Grove Ave, Edison, NJ 08820
( snow date, Location: Bayonne High School,  667 Avenue A, Bayonne, NJ 07002, April 2nd from 4:00 -7:00 pm)

Rehearsal 2: April 29, 2017 from 9:00-12:00 pm at Location: Bergen Academy, 200 Hackensack Ave, Hackensack, NJ 07601.

Rehearsal 3:  May 6, 2017 at The College of New Jersey (Music Dept.), 2000 Pennington Rd., Ewing, NJ 08628 Ewing, NJ 11:00-11:45 am.

Performance  May 6, 2017 @ TCNJ (no snow date)

Ensemble Performance 12:00 pm
Student Showcase 12:30 pm
Guest Artist 1:00 pm

Audition Fee for NJMEA : $10(non refundable) Participation Fee (if selected):  $50.00

Personnel:

Loren C. Fortna, conductor
NJMEA Guitar Festival Directors: Thomas Amoriello & Keith Calmes
Thank you to Kevin J. Cope for providing the set piece for the audition.

Guitar2Lullabyes

GuitarScales

Guitar Application

GuitarEnsembleExcerpt

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January Meeting

December 27th, 2016 by bob No comments »

The First Annual Lasagna Meeting on January 22 was a great success. These pieces were played before dinner:

Crossing Consort: Valerie Nelson (guitar); Jim Ferris (alto recorder); Francis Riesz (alto recorder)

  • Divertimento – Hans Gál

Irene Ey (soprano) and Robert Ey (guitar)

  • Spanish is the Loving Tongue – Trad., arr. Richard Dyer-Bennet
  • Somewhere Along the Road – Rick Kemp, arr. R. Ey

Dave Starbuck

  • Oracion – Andres Segovia

Gad Berger

  • Cello Suite No. 1 – J.S. Bach

Gary Lee

  • Ricercare No. 16 – Francesco da Milano
  • Sonata K. 69 in Gm – Domenico Scarlatti, arr. G. Arbiton
  • L’Ultimo Cafe Insieme – Simone Ianarelli

Ray Butler

  • Se Ela Perguntar – Dilermando Reus
  • Miller’s Dance (Farruca) from the The Three Cornered Hat – Manual De Falla, trans. Butler
  • Prelude No. 4 –Heitor Villa Lobos

E. Berger

  • Mary Had a Little Lamb
  • Scales

Jeff Griesemer

  • Sheebeg Sheemore – Turlough O’Carolan, arr. Duck Baker
  • Because – Dave Clark, arr. J. Griesemer

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A Christmas Pastorale Concert with Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo

December 4th, 2016 by bob No comments »

xmas-pasdtorale

Join us for a Special Holiday Concert Encore Performance!

A Christmas Pastorale:

600 Years of Carols, Chorales,

Preludes, & Pastorales

 

featuring the Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo, Laura Oltman and Michael Newman, guitars

 

Saturday, December 10, 2016

6:00 PM doors open for wine tasting (and ordering optional food plates and wine)

7:00 PM music begins

 

Villa Milagro Vineyards

33 Riegelsville – Warren Glen Road (Route 627)

Finesville (Riegelsville), New Jersey 08865

Seating is limited.  For ticket information visit:  www.VillaMilagroVineyards.com

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Stanley Alexandrowicz – Thanksgiving Weekend Guitar Recitals

November 24th, 2016 by bob No comments »

Friday November 25 at 2:00 PM

Saturday November 26 at 4:15 PM

Grace Church, 4 Madison Ave., (Route 124)

Madison, New Jersey 07940

 

 Please join me this Holiday Weekend in Madison NJ, for two concerts featuring the Lovely, Thrilling, Inventive, and Virtuosic music of Internationally Renowned Composer-Conductor Maestro Robert W. Butts! I will be performing his Most Beautiful “Early Morning Suite“ (directly after its highly successful Italian Premiere earlier this month on my Italian tour with “Soprano Extraordinaire” Dominika Zamara!), and other works. Also featured will be vocal selections form Maestro Butts’ operas: “Wilde’s Wild West, Cask of Amontillado, Gesualdo, Mark Twain & The General, and West of the Acropolis. A Great way to celebrate your Thanksgiving, and our “Thanksgiving for Great American Music!”

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December Meeting

November 22nd, 2016 by bob No comments »

These pieces were played at the December 11 meeting in Warren:

Dave Starbuck (mandolin), Jeff Griesemer (mandolin), and Bob Ey (octave mandolin)

  • The Sussex Carol – Trad., adapted from a guitar arrangement by Allan Alexander.

Dave Starbuck

  • Variations on a Theme by Cabezon – Ponce

Idyllwood Trio: Anthony Campanella (guitar); Kris Lamb (baroque flute, recorder, whistle); Roma Blanchet (bar flute, recorder)

  • Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day; Lo, How a Rose; The Sussex Carol; Auld Lang Syne
  • Greensleeves

Gary Lee

  • Prelude from Sonata No. 5 – Silvius Leopold Weiss
  • Let Go – Benjmin Verdery
  • Tardia Con Lluvia con Cafe – Simone Ianarelli
  • The Water is Wide – Trad., arr. by F. Hand

Kevin Lutke

  • Peccadilloes importune – Erik Satie
  • Two Minor Etudes – K. Lutke

Jeff Griesemer

  • Georgia On My Mind – Hoagie Carmichael, arr. Richard Drueding/Jeff Griesemer
  • Crazy – Willie Nelson
  • Sound of Bells – Joao Pernambuco

Dana Hamilton

  • Romance Antiguo – Anon.

Robert Ey

  • Vaghe belleze et bionde treccie d’oro vedi che per ti moro; Bianco Fiore – Chilesotti
  • Scarborough Fair – arr. Debbie Cracknell; The Parting Glass – arr. John Mock

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Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society Professional Members Concert

November 21st, 2016 by bob No comments »
  • Sunday, December 4, 2016, 3:00 PM
  • Settlement Music School, 416 Queen St, Philadelphia, PA
  • General Admission — $25; PCGS members — free; Student/Senior –$15.00.

Tickets will be available at the door.

https://pcgs.wildapricot.org/event-2269424

 Acknowledging and appreciating the artists that live in our vicinity is essential to ensuring the longevity of all fields of the arts. The arts flourish not just in distant havens such as Paris, New York, or Tokyo, but also in the homes of our neighbors in Philadelphia. Our talented membership includes guitar builders, composers, instructors, professional performers, and college professors. This annual concert is our homage to the many talented members of the Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society.

We invite you to join us for the concert and stay for our post concert Holiday Party where you can meet other members and local artists and celebrate the holiday season.

Featuring performances by: Penn-Hanrahan Duo (John Penn & Dan Hanrahan); Jim Hontz; Philip Smith; Matthew Lavanish; Dulcet Guitar Duo (Alex Pollock & Caroline Ck); PCGS Concert Ensemble; Keith Calmes; Kevin J. Cope; Gillead Trio; Brendan Evans

 

 

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Philadelpha Classical Guitar Society presents Frank A. Wallace November 6

November 4th, 2016 by bob No comments »
The Philadelpha Classical Guitar Society is thrilled to be presenting the phenomenal guitarist and performer Frank A. Wallace this coming Sunday at 3pm in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at Settlement Music School at our second concert for our 50th Anniversary Season. Frank will be presenting this concert on three fantastic Spanish guitars (Gutierrez, Ramirez, Fleta) with music appropriate to each instrument plus several of his own compositions. We hope to see you there!
More info for our 50th Anniversary Season:
This extraordinary 1910 Manuel Ramirez guitar is featured in concerts and the new CD by Frank Wallace, Four Extraordinary Spanish Guitars: Homenaje a Tárrega by Turina on 1910 Manuel Ramirez guitar

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Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo Join Famed Folksingers in Concert

October 30th, 2016 by bob No comments »

Celebrate Veterans Day With A Special Sunday Afternoon Concert Featuring:

Sally Rogers And Claudia Schmidt
And Special Guests
Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo

   Rounder Records and Red House Records recording artists Sally Rogers and Claudia Schmidt, two of America’s favorite singer-songwriter-story tellers, will join together and bring their musical magic that delights listeners of all ages to the rural Hunterdon countryside at historic Bethlehem Presbyterian Church near Pittstown, New Jersey.

   Both Sally and Claudia have been featured on public radio’s “A Prairie Home Companion” and have been heard at festivals throughout the world.

  Renowned classical guitarists Laura Oltman and Michael Newman will join Sally and Claudia for “Ashokan Farewell” (theme from the Civil War TV series), along with other musical selections to honor America’s veterans.  All the musicians have received awards and recognition for their musical work with children.

   All audience members are invited to a reception to meet the performers following the concert.  Bethlehem Presbyterian Church’s facilities are fully accessible, with a ramp and an elevator.

Sunday, November 6 at 2:00 PM

Bethlehem Presbyterian Church

2 Race Street, Pittstown, NJ  08867

Tickets $20; Veterans $10; Students FREE

Information and Tickets: http://www.raritanrivermusic.org/

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Stanley Alexandrowicz Concert in Lambertville, October 22

October 19th, 2016 by bob No comments »

Dear Friends and Colleagues:

Please join me on Saturday October 22 for my program “Romantic and Contemporary Masters” at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Lambertville NJ. My recital will feature virtuoso guitar works by 19th Century master guitarist-composers Ivan Padovec, J.K. Mertz, Luigi Legnani, Johann Dubez, and Contemporary compositions by today’s master-composers: Maestro Robert W. Butts, Paul Wilkinson, Kendall Kennison, and Ernst Bacon. Two premieres highlight the program: the NJ Premiere of British composer Paul Wilkinson’s poignant and atmospheric “A Walk on Fort Island,” and the NJ Premiere of Baltimore composer Kendall Kennison’s  phantasmagorical “Guitar Sonata #1”.  “Composer Emeritus” Robert W. Butts’ beautiful and virtuosic “Early Morning Suite” —which will bring the concert to a rousing finale!

Dr. Stanley W. Alexandrowicz – Classical Guitarist

Saturday, October 22, 2016, 7:30 PM
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
50 York St, Lambertville, NJ 08530
http://www.standrewslambertville.org/concerts_at_saint_andrews
(609) 397-2425

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November Meeting

October 17th, 2016 by bob No comments »

These pieces were played at the November 13 meeting in Wayne:

Jim Tosone

  • Impromptus 3 and 4 – Richard Rodney Bennett

Ming Chao

  • Love light In My Heart – H. M. King Bhumibol Adulyadej, arr. Frederic Hand
  • L’Hymne A L’Amour – Marguerite Monnot/Edith Piaf, arr. Roland Dyens
  • Agua e Vinho – Egberto Gismonti, arr. Daniel Wolff

Dane Christopher Wagner

  • Danza del Altiplano – Leo Brouwer
  • Rumores de la Caleta – Isaac Albeniz

David Graessle

  • Julia Florida – Agustin Barrios Mangore
  • Fandaguillo – Joaquin Turina

Gary Lee

  • Sonata No. 37: Prelude, Allemande and Courante – Silvius Leopold Weiss, trans. Gary Lee

Jeff Griesemer

  • Gymnopidie I – Erik Satie
  • Georgia On My Mind – Hoagie Carmichael, arr. Richard Drueding/Jeff Griesemer
  • Sonata K. 69 – Domenico Scarlatti

Robert Ey

  • Vaghe belleze et bionde treccie d’oro vedi che per ti moro – Chilesotti
  • Bianco fiore – “
  • Liverpool Handy – Gordon Bok

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