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Program

Valerie Nelson

• Etudes – Fernando Sor
• Solitudine – Luigi Oreste Anzaghi

Robert Ey

• Divenire (To Become) – Ludovico Einaudi, arr. David van Ooijen

Helen Shi-Yuen

• Gran Vals – Francisco Tárrega

Jeffrey Wilt

• Julia Florida – Agustin Barrios Mangore
• For My Love – Per-Olov Kindgren

Jeff Griesemer

• Ookpik Waltz – Frankie Rodgers, Arr. Jeff Griesemer 

Stella Kosim

• Allemande from the First Lute Suite BWV 996 – J. S. Bach
• Gavotta Choro – Heitor Villa-Lobos

Our next meeting will be in September.

In addition to our member performances, our June 26 meeting featured a presentation by Alvaro Henrique, “Interactive Performance – Melody.”

Guitarist Alvaro Henrique engages audiences with a world of emotions and story-telling through music. Henrique’s programs include a host of plucked instruments covering a fascinating range of history and cultures, from Villa-Lobos, Scarlatti, Giuliani to transcriptions of Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky and new works. 

As a soloist, Henrique has performed with Brazilian and Finnish orchestras. Among the conductors he’s worked with are Julio Medaglia, Ville Mankkinen, and Angelo Cavallaro.  

With an interest in social activism, Alvaro’s projects have included commissioning works centered on social issues, like Jorge Antunes’ Brasilia 50.

Program

Alex Cherfas

• Lágrima – Francisco Tárrega

Robert Ey

• Dreamcatcher – Mike Christiansen

Helen Shi-Yuen

• Harry Potter Theme – John Williams, arr. Yenne Lee
• He’s a Pirate – Hans Zimme, arr. Yenne Lee

Rick Florio

• Fantasia 11 – Luis Milan

Ming Chao

• Estrellita – Manuel Ponce, arr. Manuel Barrueco

 Alvaro Henrique

• Interactive Performance – Melody

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The cost of using Zoom in June is covered by a generous contribution from Valerie Nelson in loving memory of Hilda Samuel, her grandmother, who was a silent movie pianist in Brooklyn.

Program

As a first step back toward normality, we had an in-person outdoor meeting on Sunday, June 6, in Hopewell Boroough. For those who could not be there in person, our moderator, Gad Berger presented a one-way Zoom “broadcast” of the on-site performances.

Program

The Hopewell Guitar Ensemble (Rick Florio, Jeff Griesemer, & Valerie Nelson)

• Berceuse – Isaac Albéniz
• Chorale – J.S. Bach.

Valerie Nelson & Rick Florio

• Early in the Morning – Eythor Thoriaksson
• Ponteio IV – Celso Machado

Rick Florio

• Flamenco Rhythms/Palos – Various

Irene Ey (soprano) & Robert Ey

• Spanish is the Loving Tongue – Trad., arr. Richard Dyer-Bennet

  Ray Butler & Kevin Lutke

• Invention in A minor ( 2 Part inventions) – J.S. Bach
• Pe’ De Moleque ( Samba Chora ) – Celso Machado

Kevin Lutke

• Cancion De Cuna (Duex Themes Populaires Cubains) – Leo Brouwer

 Gad Berger

• Bit.Trip Runner 2 Theme – Matthew Harwood, arr Gad Berger
• Mazurka en Sol – Francisco Tarrega
• Grauna – Joao Pernambuco

Ken Kraus

• O Mio Babbino Caro (aria) – Giacomo Puccini, arr., Bridget Mermikides 
• Somewhere in Time Theme –John Barry and B.A. Robertson, arrangement in G enhanced by Ken Kraus

Jeffrey Wilt

• Adios a Ocumare – Angel Maria Landaeta, arr. A. Lauro
• Preludio de Adios – Alphonso Montes
• Danza Brasilera – Jorge Morel

Jeff Griesemer

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

Our theme for this meeting is Togetherness: duos or ensembles (if anyone has been able to get close enough with others to practice), songs of love and romance, or any other music about bringing people together.

The cost of using Zoom in June is covered by a generous contribution from Valerie Nelson in loving memory of Hilda Samuel, her grandmother, who was a silent movie pianist in Brooklyn.

Program

Ray Butler

• Blackbird — Beatles (melody/chord, in a country western swing)
• Bye Bye Blackbird —Ray  Henderson

Gary Lee

• Lullaby for the First Born — Nick Webb and Greg Carmichael

Jeffrey Wilt

• Prelude No. 5 — Bryan Johanson
• Squares Suspended — Andrew York

Stella Kosim

• Gavotta Choro – Villa Lobos

Ming Chao

• Nocturno — Slavko Fumic

Jeff Griesemer

• Let Us Break Bread Together — African-American spiritual, arr. Jeff Griesemer

Ken Kraus

• Pictures at an Exhibition, Promenade — Modest Mussorgsky, arr. Bridget Mermikides
• Suite for Solo Cello No. 1 (BWV 1007), Prelude — JS Bach,  arr. Jeffrey McFadden

The cost of using Zoom this month is covered by a generous contribution from Jeff Griesemer.

Program

Alex Cherfas

• Carcassi Etude No. 1, Op 60 — Matteo Carcassi
• Etude No. 6 — Fernando Sor (Andreas Segovia Twenty Studies for the Guitar edition)

Jim Tosone

• Edelweiss — Richard Rogers
• Here Comes The Sun — The Beatles, arr. S. Madsen
• Eight Days A Week — “”

Helen Shi-Yuen

• Yesterday — Beatles, arr. Yenne Lee

Daniel Zaurov

• El Cóndor Pasa (Flight of a Condor) — Daniel Alomía Robles (1871–1942)
• La Partita (Venezuelan Valse) — Carlos Bonnet (1892–1983) 

Robert Ey

• Give Me Your Hand — Rory Dall O’Cahan, arr. Glenn Weiser

Rick Florio

• Etruscan Preludes — Reginald Smith Brindle

Stella Kosim

• Three Catalan Folk Songs , arr. — Miguel Llobet
  • Canco del Lladre
  • El Testament d’Amelia
  • El Noi De La Mare

Ken Kraus 

• My Lady Hudson’s Allemande — John Dowland  
• Menuet to Cello Suite No. 1 — J.S.  Bach

The cost of Zoom meetings this month is covered by a generous contribution from Dana Hamilton.

Program

The theme for this meeting is Irish Music.

Valerie Nelson

• Etudes Simples No. 1 — Leo Brouwer
• Studio — Matteo Carcassi

Jim Tosone

• Sarabande (a Ida Presti) — Francis Poulenc, arr. Miguel Abloniz
• Brian Boru’s March — Turlough O’Carolan, arr. Jean-Francois Delcamp
• Blind Mary — Turlough O’Carolan, arr. Pascal Bournet

Ming Chao

• Roslin Castle — Trad, arr. David Russell)

Jeff Griesemer

• Slieve Russell — Traditional Irish Jig, arr. Jeff Griesemer

Rick Florio

• Airdí Cuan — Trad.,  arr. John Loesberg
• Sí Beag Sí Mór — Turlough O’Carolan, arr. John Loesberg

Helen Shi-Yuen

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

Stella Kosim

• An die Entfernte — J.K. Mertz
• Be Thou My Vision — Trad. Irish

Paul Kennedy

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

Gary Lee

• Prelude to the Cantata Gottes zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit — Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Benjamin Verdery

The cost of Zoom meetings this month is covered by a generous contribution from Paul Kennedy.