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

    Alex Cherfas

    • 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.

    Program

    Duo Migliorare

    • 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.

    May Meetings

    May 1st, 2025 by bob No comments »

    May 10 Meeting at the Morris County Library

    Program

    Duo Migliore (Valerie Nelson & Rick Florio)

    • Gavotte Rondo – Roberto de Visée
    • Waltz, Op 12 No 2 – Edward Grieg, arr. for two guitars by Rick Florio
    • Drifting – Richard Charlton
    • Incantation –““

    Rick Florio

    • The Girl With the Flaxen Hair – Claude Debussy, arr. Jack Marshall

    Marty Brounstein

    • Maria – Francisco Tarrega

    Robert Ey

    • Give Me Your Hand – “Rory Dall O’Cahan,” arr. Glenn Weiser
    • Nowhere – Angela Mair

    Marsha Rohe

    • Venezuelan Waltz Tatiana Stachak
    • Prelude No. 1 – Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Jim Tosone

    • Packington’s Pound – Francis Cutting
    • Almaine 16 – Francis Cutting, arr. Gary Kerr

    Victor Keremedjiev

    • Andante Largo – Fernando Sor
    • Valse  – Manuel Ponce

    May 11 Zoom Meeting

    Program

    Gad Berger

    • La Rose – Mauro Giuliani

    Stella Kosim

    • Eventide & Sehnsucht – Catharina Pratten
    • A Fancy – John Dowland

    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.

    May Meetings
    May Concerts and Events
    April Recap

    April Meetings

    April 1st, 2025 by bob No comments »

    April 12 Meeting at the Lindeblad School of Music

    Lindeblad Guitar Quartet

    Program

    Maximilian Jung, Adora Pan, Isabella Valencia, and Dyuti Venkatakrishna (Lindeblad Students)
    • Cuando Llora Mi Guitarra – Julio Jaramillo, arr. A. Valencia
    • Libertango – Astor Piazzolla

    Dyuti Venkatakrishna
    • Bouree 1 and 2 from the Cello suite no. 3 BWV 1009 – J.S. Bach

    Robert Ey
    • Nowhere – Angela Mair

    Jeff Griesemer
    • Let Us Break Bread Together – African-American Spiritual, arr. Jeff Griesemer
    • Slieve Russell – Irish traditional, arr. Jeff Griesemer

    Jim Tosone
    • Wild Mountain Thyme – Trad., arr. J. Tosone
    • Ashokan Farewell – Jay Ungar, arr. J. Tosone
    • Rondo – Roger Van Otterloo, arr. J. Tosone

    Alex Valencia and Shiho Vogel
    • Souvenir de Russie, Op. 63 – Fernando Sor

    April 27 Zoom Meeting

    Program

    Shane McKevitt
    • Recuerdos de la Alhambra – Francisco Tárrega
    This meeting was hosted by Rick Florio. 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.

    April Meetings
    Other April Events
    Book Releases, and more

    March Meetings

    February 28th, 2025 by bob No comments »

    March 9 Zoom Meeting


    Program

    Gad Berger
    • Solitude – Frederick Noad
    • Un Día de Noviembre – Leo Brouwer

    Shane McKevit
    • Julia Florida (Barcarola) – Agustín Barrios Mangoré
    • Hymne á l’amour – Édith Piaf & Marguerite Monnot, Arranged by Roland Dyens

    Gary Lee
    • J.S. Bach: Largo from Violin Sonata No. 3, trans. M. Barrueco

    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.

    Annual Lasagana Meeting in Hopewell, March 16

    Program

    Rick Florio
    • Andante Largo Op 5 No 5 – Fernando Sor
    • Yanvalloux from Haitian Suite – Frantz Casséus

    Duo Migliore (Rick Florio and Valerie Nelson)
    • Gavotte Rondeau – Robert de Visée
    • Minuet in Canon – Wendell von Radolt
    • Recercate Concertante – Francesco da Milano & Johannes Matelart
    • Incantation – Richard Charlton

    Irene Ey (soprano), Valerie Nelson (alto) and Robert Ey
    • Somewhere Along the Road – Rick Kemp, arr. Robert Ey

    Robert Ey
    • Give Me Your Hand – “Rory Dall O’Cahan,” arr. Glenn Weiser

    Marsha Rohe
    • Waltz – Smile – Tatiana Stachak
    • Waltz on a Melancholic Note – “
    • Frosted Waltz – “

    Jeff Griesemer
    • Let Us Break Bread Together – African-American Spiritual, arr. Jeff Griesemer

    March Meetings
    March Concerts
    February Recap

    February Meetings

    February 1st, 2025 by bob No comments »

    Zoom Meeting on Sunday, February 12, at 4:00 p.m. (eastern time).

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    Program

    Duo Migliore (Rick Florio and Valerie Nelson)
    • Waltz Op 44b No 4 – Fernando Sor
    • Grave – Wolff Jacob Lauffensteiner
    • Nocturne, Op 37 No 5 – Antoine Lhoyer
    This meeting was hosted by Rick Florio. 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.

    Meeting at the Puddingstone Community Club in Randolph on Sunday, February 16, at 4:00 p.m.

    Program

    Duo Migliore (Rick Florio and Valerie Nelson)
    • Waltz Op 44b No 4 – Fernando Sor
    • Grave – Wolff Jacob Lauffensteiner
    • Nocturne, Op 37 No 5 – Antoine Lhoyer
    Robert Ey
    • Nowhere – Angela Mair
    Marsha Rohe
    • A Traditional Spanish Fandanguillo
    • Un Dia De Noviembre by Leo Brouwer
    • Lotus Pool by Lance Bosman
    Jeffrey Wilt
    • Prelude, BWV 998 – Johann Sebastion Bach, arr. E. Lopes
    • Home – Andrew York
    • Squares Suspended – Andrew York
    Doug Munch
    • Maria Louisa – Julio Sagreras
    • Estudio – Francisco Tárrega
    Victor Keremedjiev
    • Breath – Victor Keremedjiev
    Gemma Keremedjiev (voice) and Victor Keremedjiev
    • Autumn Leaves
    • What if I Never Speede – John Dowland
    Rick Florio
    • Allemande and Courante from Cello Suite #1 BWV 1007: – JS Bach, arr. Stanley Yates

    February Meetins
    February Concerts
    Web Site Update