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

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

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 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.

April 12 Meeting at the Lindeblad School of Music

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

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.