Our September meeting featured The Music of Julian Bream, and was sponsored by a gift to NJCGS in memory of Michael Frederick Ey. These pieces were performed:

Steve Walters

• “Tribute to Julian Bream” (pre-recorded video)

Arjo Guhamazumder

• Larghetto — Mozart
• Primavera Portena — Piazzolla

Robert Ey

• Can She Excuse — John Dowland (Folger Manuscript, transcribed and fingered by Alice Artzt)

Jinsoo Kim

• Variations on a Theme of Mozart, Op.9 — Fernando Sor

Helen Shi-Yuen

• Prelude No.3 — Villa-Lobos.

Ming Chao

• Dedicatoria — Enrique Granados, arr. Miguel Llobet
• Bagatelle No. 2 — William Walton
• Lachrimae Pavan — John Dowland arr. Joseph Suryanata

Jeffrey Wilt

• Homenaje a Tarrega — Joachin Turina

1. Garrotin
2. Soleares

Ray Butler

• Four variations on Bach Bouree BWV 996 — Ray Butler

Gary Lee

• Canción del Emperador — Luys de Narvaez (1526–1549)
• Ricerare 16 — Francesco da Milano (1497-1543)

Jeff Griesemer

• Ookpik Waltz — Frankie Rodgers, arr. Jeff Grisemer

These pieces were played at our August 16 meeting:

Gad Berger

• “Etude for Cello and Harp” — Jeremiah Dias, arr. Gad Berger
• Yankee Doodle — Trad., arr. Aaron Willmon
• Imperial March – John Williams, arr. Aaron Willmon

Rick Florio

• Venezuelan Waltz #3 “Natalia” — Antonio Lauro
• Prelude #1 — Heitor Villa-Lobos

Ming Chao

• Phantasia in D Major — David Kellner, arr. Hubert Kappel
• Gigue — “”

Helen Shi-Yuen

• Yesterday Once More — John Bettis and Richard Carpenter, arr. Yenne Lee

Paul Kennedy

• Retrato Brasileiro — Baden Powell

Daniel Zaurov

• Etude — F. Tarrega
• Love Story — F. Lei

Jeffrey Wilt

• Sons de Carilhoes — Joao Pernambuco
• Danza Brasilera — Jorge Morel

Jeff Griesemer

• Here, There, and Everywhere — Lennon/McCartney, arr. Jeff Griesemer

Stella Kosim

• Opus 31 No 23 — Fernando Sor

Robert Vierschilling

• 2 Short Studies — Robert Vierschilling

Gary Lee

Hymn Medley (pre-recorded)

• Amazing Grace — arr. B. Verdery
• Shall We Gather at the River? — arr. F. Hand
• Take My Life and Let It Be — arr. D. Nevue and G. Lee
• Give Me Jesus — arr. G. Lee
• A Mighty Fortress Is Our God — arr. D. Nevue and G. Lee

These pieces were played at our July 26 Meeting:

Valerie Nelson

• Olhos Pretos (Black Eyes) — Francisco José Dias (“transcribed for classic guitar by John Chiodini”)

Paul Kennedy

• Two Venezuelan Waltzes — Antonio Lauro

1. El Negrito (The Black Haired One)
2. La Gatica (The Cat)

Robert Ey

• Scarborough Fair —, arr. Debbie Cracknell/Paul Simon

Ming Chao

• Two pieces from West Side Story — Leonard Bernstein (Arr. Jorge Morel)

1. I Feel Pretty
2. Maria

Rick Florio

• Natalia — Antonio Lauro

Daniel Zaurov

• Valse Memories — B. Figotin
• Valse Departure — H. Kvatromano

Jeff Griesemer

• Sing Of One Who Walks Beside Us — Music by William Moore, lyrics by Ralph Wright, arr. Jeff Griesemer

Robert Vierschilling

• 3 Short Studies — Robert Vierschilling

The theme for our July 5 meeting was Patriotic Songs. These pieces were played:

Rick Florio
• Two Venezuelan Waltzes — Antonio Lauro, arr. Alirio Diaz
1. Tatiana
2. Andreina
• Marching Thru Georgia — Henry Clay Work

Robert Ey
• I Vow to Thee, My Country (Thaxted) — Gustav Holst, arr. Robert Ey

Gad Berger
• Yankee Doodle — J.K. Mertz
• Polacca — “”

Ben London
• The Star Spangled Banner — Arr. Ben London
• Glory, Glory, Hallelujah — Arr. Ben London

Daniel Zaurov
• Your smile and your eyes — Anon. (soldier’s song)
• Moldovanska — Anon. (Moldovian dance)

Helen Shi-Yuen
• All of Me — Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons, arr. Yenne Lee
• Take Five — Paul Desmond, arr. Abigail James

Jeff Griesemer
• Sing Of One Who Walks Beside Us (American hymn) — Music by William Moore, Lyrics by
Ralph Wright, arr. Jeff Griesemer

Ming Chao
• Mirandote — Eduardo Martin
• America (from West Side Story) — Leonard Bernstein, arr. Jorge Morel

Stella Kosim
• Capricho Catalan — Isaac Albeniz
• Danza Espanola No 5 — E. Granados

Ming-Jui Liu
• Study No. 1 — Frederic Hand (b. 1947)
• Gran Vals — Francisco Tárrega (1852 – 1909)
• Minuet in G major, op. 11, No. 1 — Fernando Sor (1778 – 1839)