Posts Tagged ‘2019’

December Concerts

November 28th, 2019

Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society Professional Members Concert & Holiday party

Settlement Music School, 416 Queen Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147

Sunday, December 1, 3:00 to 7:00 p.m.

General Admission: $30.00

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.

More information: http://phillyguitar.org/event-3506923

Robert Butts: Impresiones inspiradas por las pinturas de Luis Martinez Piar, with Stanley Alexandrowicz

Madison Community Arts Center, 50 Kings Road, Madison, NJ

Sunday, December 8 at 3:00 P.M.

Tickets: $20

This concert will feature the world premiere of Impresiones inspiradas por las pinturas de Luis Martinez Piar, composed by Maestro Robert W. Butts and performed by guitarist Stanley Alexandrowicz.

“I was introduced to the wonderful paintings of Luis Martinez Piar at a recital by guitarist Stanley Alexandrowicz at the Dover Public Library,” Maestro Butts explained.  “I loved the design and color, but most of all I was moved by the fluidity and motion within the paintings.  I felt as if they were singing to me.”

That recital was sponsored by The Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey in collaboration with The Arts & Culture Collaborative and LatinX ConeXiones.    Alan Levitan helped bring the event together.  Stanley’s recital included works by Mexican composer Manuel Ponce, Argentine composer Astor Piazzola, and Cuban composer Hector Angula.

More information: https://www.baroqueorchestra.org/impresiones

Max Zuckerman, Guitar: 92Y Music Faculty Concert Series

Weill Art Gallery, 92ND STREET Y

1395 LEXINGTON AVENUE

NEW YORK, NY 10128

SATURDAY, November 9 at 8:00 P.M.

Admission: Free

Guitarist Max Zuckerman is a multifaceted guitarist living and working in Brooklyn, NY. He received his Master of Music Degree from the Yale School of Music where he studied with Benjamin Verdery. Max is also a graduate of the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore where he earned both a Bachelors of Music and a Graduate Performance Degree in the studio of Manuel Barrueco.

More information: https://www.92y.org/event/max-zuckerman-guitar

December Meeting

November 25th, 2019

These pieces were played at the December 8 meeting in Short Hills:

Hugo Arango Correa

  • Lágrima — Francisco Tárrega
  • Sonata, K.32 — Domenico Scarlatti

Helen Shi

  • Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer — Johnny Marks, arr. Yenne Lee
  • Sons de Carrilhões — João Pernambuco

Ben Larkey

  • You Can Close Your Eyes — James Taylor
  • Still You Turn Me On — Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Lenny McDonald

  • Nine Country Dances — Anon.

Robert Ey

  • Sarabande — Anon. (17th Century)

Rick Florio

  • The Wexford Carol — Trad. Irish
  • Simple Gifts — Trad., arr. Fred Hand
  • Queen Elizabeth’s Galliard — J. Dowland

Ray Butler

  • Three preludes — Henrique Annes
  • Prelude No. 2 — Heitor Villa-Lobos

Chris Freitag

  • Chaconne from the Violin Partita in D minor — J. S. Bach, arr. Chris Freitag

Jeffrey Wilt

  • Silent Night – Franz Gruber, arr. Per-Olov Kindgren
  • What Child is This Variations – Anonymous, arr. Francis Cutting
  • Carol of the Bells – Mykola Leontovych, arr. Phillip Lester

Gary Lee

  • El Noi de la Mare — Traditional, arr. M. Llobet
  • Julia Florida — Agustin Barrios
  • O Come O Come Emmanuel — Traditional, arr. D. and E. Niedt

 

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November Concerts

November 2nd, 2019

The Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society Presents Adam and John Kossler, guitar duo

Settlement Music School, 416 Queen Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147

Sunday, November 3 at 3:00 p.m.

General Admission: $5:00 to $40.00

Brothers Adam and John Kossler have established themselves individually as soloists, chamber musicians and educators. As the Kossler Duo John and Adam have performed for concert series including the Auburn Guitar Society Concert Series (Auburn, AL), The Aguado Guitar Series (Washington, DC), Appalachian Guitarfest (Boone, NC), Mid Maryland Guitar Festival (Rockville, MD) East Carolina Guitar Workshop (Greenville, NC) and a number of other venues around the US.

More information: http://phillyguitar.org/event-3506921

The European Guitar Quartet at 92Y

92ND STREET Y

1395 LEXINGTON AVENUE

NEW YORK, NY 10128

SATURDAY, November 9 at 8:00 P.M.

ADMISSION: TICKETS FROM $53:00

Twenty-four nylon strings tackle transcriptions of Piazzolla’s shadowy Concierto para quinteto and selections from bouncy tango suite Estaciones Porteñas; a suite of songs by Kurt Weill, written with epic theater-maker Bertolt Brecht; and choice favorites from the rock and reggae idioms. Transcending the boundaries of performance, the quartet will also render several spirited and often percussive works by its own members Reentko Dirks, Pavel Steidl, and Thomas Fellow.

More informationhttps://www.92y.org/event/the-european-guitar-quartet

Zachary Grimm, Classical Guitar, at 1867 Sanctuary

Friday, November 15 at 8:00 p.m.
101 Scotch Road, Ewing, NJ 08628
General Admission tickets are $20, $15 for members and $5 for school and college students

Please check web site for updates.

More information: http://1867sanctuary.org/event/zachary-grim-classical-guitar/

November Meeting

October 21st, 2019

These pieces were played at the November 24 meeting in Bridgewater:

The Hopewell GuitarEnsemble (Rick Florio, Valerie Nelson, Jeff Griesemer, Parvathi Kumar, & Robert Ey)

  • Courante and Spagnoletta — Michael Praetorius
  • Ankylosaur Walking on the Hog Backs — Jim Bosse

Valerie Nelson & Rick Florio

  • Two Part Invention BWV 775 No. 4 — J.S. Bach
  • Lesson for Two Lutes — Anon. (1610)

Gad Berger

  • Prelude No 5 — Bryan Johanson
  • Asturias — Isaac Albeniz

Rick Florio

  • Estudios Sencillos, 1—5 — Leo Brouwer

Parvathi Kumar

  • Un Dia de Noviembre — Leo Brouwer

Helen Shi—Yuen

  • Etude in E Minor Francisco Tárrega
  • Sueno (Mazurka) — “”

Jeff Griesemer

  • Georgia On My Mind — Hoagie Carmichael arr: Richard Dreuding/Jeff Griesemer
  • Girl With The Flaxen Hair — Claude Debussy, arr: Jeff Griesemer

Kevin Lutke

  • Suite In E Minor pt. 3 — K. Lutke
  • Hymn — “”
  • Allemande — J. Dowland

Ben Larkey

  • Paul’s Song — Pierce Pettis
  • Original Pieces — Ben Larkey

Ming Chao

  • Sonata, K. 32 — Domenico Scarlatti (Arr. Jan—Olof Eriksson)
  • Barcarole — Alexandre Tansman
  • Danza Pomposa — Alexandre Tansman

Gary Lee

  • 3rd Movement. from Violin Sonata No. 3 — J.S. Bach, arr. M. Barrueco
  • Etude No. 8 — Giulio Regondi

Jeffrey Wilt

  • Bolero — Julian Arcas
  • Perpetuum Mobile — Per—Olov Kindgren
  • Habanera Oriental — Per—Olov Kindgren

Ray Butler

  • Three preludes — Henrique Annes
  • Canto del LLadre — Miguel Llobet
  • El testamente de Amelia — “”
  • Maria — Francisco Tarrega
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Francisco Roldán, Solo Recital

October 12th, 2019
Sunday, October 13, 2019, 4 pm

Locktown Stone Church
198 Locktown Flemington Road
Stockton, NJ

 (www.franciscoroldan.com, “Absolutely poetic and mesmerizing playing.  A truly wonderful evening.” Claudia Dumschat, Organist and Choirmaster, Church of the Transfiguration, NYC

Program

Seis Milonga                                                             Ernesto Cordero (b. 1946)

                                                                                    Puerto Rico

 

Ciaccona from BWV 1004 for solo violin           J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

                                                                                    Germany

 

Rosto Colado                                                           Paulo Bellinati (b. 1950)

                                                                                    Brazil

 

Gymnopedie 1                                                        Erik Satie (1866-1925) France

Gnossienne 1                                                          E. Satie

La Fille aux Chevaux de Lin                                  Claude Debussy (1862-1918) France

 

Petro                                                                          Frank Casseus (1915-1993) Haiti

Yanvalloux

Dance of the Hounsies

 

El Decamerón Negro                                             Leo Brouwer  (b. 1939)

    El Arpa del Guerrero                                         Cuba

    La Huida de los Amantes por el Valle de los Ecos

    Balada de la Doncella Enamorada

October Concerts

October 2nd, 2019

Aaron Larget-Caplan at 1867 Sanctuary

Saturday, October 5 at 8:00 p.m.
101 Scotch Road, Ewing, NJ 08628
General Admission tickets are $20, $15 for members and $5 for school and college students

Noted for his “astounding technical proficiency and artistic delicacy” by the Boston Musical Intelligencer, Larget-Caplan is an international touring and recording artist. He has performed solo and chamber music in Europe, Russia, Taiwan, and across the United States. A gifted performer and speaker, he is sought for his deft programming of new and standard repertoire, while connecting with audiences with a Bernstein-esque ease. Larget-Caplan is the founder of the New Lullaby Project, a 21st century commissioning and recording endeavor that asks composers to write classical miniatures in the genre of a lullaby for guitar solo.

More information: http://1867sanctuary.org/event/aaron-larget-caplan-classical-guitar/

 

Coming up on the NYC Classical Guitar Society Salon Series: Laura Snowden

Friday, October 4, at 7:30 PM
Tenri Cultural Institute
43A West 13th Street, bet. 5th & 6th Ave.

Tickets : $20 – $25 
Program:

SOR Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Mozart, Op. 9
VILLA-LOBOS Five Preludes
SNOWDEN Anpao
BARRIOS MANGORÉ Vals, Op. 8, No. 4
SNOWDEN L’étoile et la Rose
BERKELEY Sonatina, Op. 52, No. 1
REGONDI Introduction et Caprice, Op. 23

Hailed a “string sensation” by BBC Music Magazine, British-French guitarist and composer Laura Snowden is acclaimed for her “poise and intensity” (Guardian) and playing of “extraordinary depth” (Strings, Classical Music Magazine). The first guitarist to graduate from the Yehudi Menuhin School, made possible by the Rolling Stones, she was invited by guitarist Julian Bream to premiere his latest commissions at Wigmore Hall in 2015 and 2017. Laura’s international appearances have since built rapidly, with festival debuts across Europe as well as concerto debuts with Norrköping Symphony Orchestra and Münchener Kammerorchester, and a recording of Lisa Streich’s guitar concerto Augenlider with the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester.

More information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/laura-snowden-guitar-tickets-66416813477

 

Classical Guitar from Argentina with Carlos Pavan

Sunday, October 6 at 2:00 p.m.
MacCulloch Hall Historical Museum
45 MacCulloch Ave, Morristown, NJ 07960
Admission: FREE with museum admission and for members.

Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month with New York-based guitarist and composer Carlos Pavan, who skillfully blends Argentine rhythms with classical and jazz concepts. Argentine born Carlos Pavan arrived to New York in 2000 to pursue musical studies with maestros Jorge Morel, Dave Smey, and Pablo Ziegler. Since then, he’s performed at well-renowned venues such as Lincoln Center, New York City Center, and New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall in Boston. At the present he is the composer/guitarist/artistic director of the Park Slope Chamber Players.

More information: https://artsandculturecollaborative.org/2018/11/17/classical-guitar-from-argentina-with-carlos-pavan/

 

Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society Presents Andrew Zohn

Settlement Music School, 416 Queen Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147

Sunday, October 6 at 3:00 p.m.

General Admission: $30.00

American guitarist Andrew Zohn is recognized internationally for his work as a performer, instructor, and composer. Performing on five continents as a soloist and chamber musician, a recent critic has said: “Zohn…easily  demonstrated how he is one of the most sought after performers on the classical guitar as his fingers deftly plucked some of the most subtle of tones on the instrument.” – “The Star,_ Kuala Lumpur.

More information: http://phillyguitar.org/event-3506350

 

Daniel Keene, Guitar and Erin Heisel, Soprano at the 1867 Sanctuary

Saturday, October 19 at 2:00 PM

101 Scotch Road, Ewing, NJ 08628

General Admission tickets are $20, $15 for members and $5 for school and college students

Please check web site for updates.

More information: http://1867sanctuary.org/event/daniel-keene-classical-guitar/

 

Berta Rojas

92ND STREET Y

1395 LEXINGTON AVENUE

NEW YORK, NY 10128

SATURDAY, October 26 at 8:00 P.M.

ADMISSION: TICKETS FROM $53:00

Homages to Segovia, Bream and fellow Paraguayan Agustín Barrios comprise this electrifying 92Y debut by guitarist Berta Rojas, a “guitarist without peer” (JazzTimes), who is the “definitive interpreter of Barrios” (Classical Guitar Magazine).

More information:  https://www.92y.org/event/berta-rojas-guitar

 

Eliot Fisk – Fundraising Concert for the Bill Viola Memorial Fund

Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral 23 S 38th St, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Saturday, October 26 at 7:30 p.m.

General Admission: $50.00

Bill Viola was a prominent classical guitar guitar instructor in Philadelphia in the 1960s and was among the founding members of the Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society, serving on the board and as treasurer for many years. The Bill Viola Memorial Fund has been established to inspire under-served individuals in our community through musical experiences, music instruction and music education. The fund’s Inaugural Concert features Elliot Fisk, his most prominent student.

Guitarist Eliot Fisk is known worldwide as a charismatic performer famed for his adventurous and virtuosic repertoire. He is also celebrated for his willingness to take art music into unusual venues (schools, senior centers, and even logging camps and prisons!). After nearly 50 years before the public he remains as his mentor Andres Segovia once wrote, “at the top line of our artistic world.”

More information: https://pcgs.wildapricot.org/event-3506385

 

October Meeting

September 22nd, 2019

These pieces were played at the October 20 meeting at the Lindeblad School of Music in Pine Brook:

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

  • Spagnoletta — Michael Praetorius
  • Alla Turca — Wenzel Matiegka

Valerie Nelson & Rick Florio

  • Two Part Invention BWV 775 No. 4 — J.S. Bach
  • Lesson for Two Lutes — Anon. (1610)

Valerie Nelson

  • Divertimento Movement 3 — Han Gal

Rick Florio

  • Variations on a Theme by George Handel Op 107 — Mauro Giuliani

Victor Tyne

  • Prelude, BWV 998 — J.S. Bach

Thomas He

  • Evocación — José Luis Merlin
  • Bourree BWV 996 — J.S. Bach

Helen Shi-Yuen

  • Adelita — Francisco Tárrega

Jeff Griesemer

  • The Girl With The Flaxen Hair — Claude Debussy, Arr. Jeff Griesemer/Monica Mugan
  • Slieve Russell/Port Skaein, Traditional Irish jigs — Arr. Jeff Griesemer

Daniel Gastelu

  • My Theme Song — Daniel Gastelu
  • Lagrima, — Francisco Tárrega
  • Rumba — Sal Bonavita
  • Malaguenaish — Daniel Gastelu

Ming Chao

  • Sonata K. 213 — Domenico Scarlatti, Arr. Jan-Olof Eriksson
  • Sonata K. 466 — Domenico Scarlatti, Arr. William Slate
  • Love Light In My Heart. — H. M. King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Arr. Frederic Hand

Ben Larkey

  • “Leo” — An original song by Ben Larkey, inspired by Leo Kotke

Jeffrey Wilt

  • Preludio de Adios — Alphonso Montes
  • Study Op. 35 No. 8 — Fernando Sor
  • Julia Florida — Agustin Barrios Mangore

Gary Lee

  • Two Studies
  1. Etude 1 – Let Go — Benjamin Verdery
  2. Study No. 1 — Frederic Hand
  • Prelude to the Cantata Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106 — J.S. Bach, Arr. B. Verdery
  • Lesley’s Song (Frederic Hand)

Robert Ey

  • The Downeaster “Alexa” — Billy Joel, Arr. Jim Bosse

Ming-Jui Liu

  • Sueño (Mazurka in C) — Francisco Tárrega
  • The Magic Hour — Ming-Jui Liu
  • Summer Nights of Formosa — “”

Alex Valencia

  • Cinco Piezas (Movements 1 & 2) — Astor Piazzolla
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September Meeting

June 10th, 2019

These pieces were played at the September 22 meeting in Hopewell Borough:

The Hopewell Guitar Ensemble (Rick Florio, Valerie Nelson, & Robert Ey

  • Chorale — J.S. Bach
  • Berceuse — Isaac Albeniz

Valerie Nelson & Rick Florio

  • Two Part Invention BWV 775 No. 4 — J.S. Bach
  • Lesson for Two Lutes — Anon. (1610)

Rick Florio

  • Cantabile — Simone Iannarelli
  • Andantino ala Siciliana — Mauro Giuliani
  • Lágrima — Francisco Tárrega

Robert Ey

  • The Downeaster “Alexa” — Billy Joel, arr. Jim Bosse

Helen Shi-Yuen

  • Tango — Francisco Tárrega

Gad Berger

  • Liebeslied Johann Kasper Mertz — Johann Kasper Mertz
  • La Rose — Mauro Giuliani
  • Prelude 5 — Bryan Johnson

 

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What I Did on My Summer Vacation

Aaron Shearer Celebration Presents Concerts with William Kanengiser, Manuel Barrueco, Richard Cobo, and David Tannenbaum at Carnegie Hall on June 23

June 5th, 2019

The US Guitar Orchestra with William Kanengiser & The New York City Guitar Orchestra

Sunday, June 23, 2019 2:30 p.m. Zankel Hall

This year marks the celebration of the 100th birthday of classical guitar pedagogue Aaron Shearer. The Aaron Shearer Foundation is presenting the Carnegie Hall debut of the US Guitar Orchestra directed by Dr. Kami Rowan with special guest William Kanengiser and an appearance by the New York City Guitar Orchestra. The program will include three World and one New York Premieres of new works by Sergio Assad, Kevin Callahan, Brian Head, and Bryan Johanson.

Ticket Information: https://www.carnegiehall.org/Cart/Seat-Selection-Performance/Syos?eventid=37116

Manuel Barrueco, Ricardo Cobo, and David Tanenbaum, Classical Guitarists

Sunday, June 23, 2019 8:00 p.m., Zankel Hall

Aaron Shearer is recognized as the father of classical guitar pedagogy in the United States and 2019 marks the celebration of his 100th birthday. As part of his centennial celebration, The Aaron Shearer Foundation is presenting The Shearer Virtuosos, three of Shearer’s students who have gone on to careers as virtuoso classical guitar performers—Manuel BarruecoRicardo Cobo, and David Tanenbaum.

Ticket Information: https://www.carnegiehall.org/Cart/Seat-Selection-Performance/Syos?eventid=37117

 

 

June Meeting

May 30th, 2019

These pieces were played at the annual picnic in Hopewell Borough on June 9:

Hopewell Guitar Ensemble (Jeff Griesemer, Parvathi Kumar, Rick Florio, Robert Ey, Valerie Nelson)

  • Minuet — Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Alla Turca — Wenzel Matiegka
  • Berceuse — Isaac Albeniz
  • Ankylosaur Walking on the Hog Backs — Jim Bosse

Irene Ey (soprano), Valerie Nelson (alto, autoharp), Robert Ey (tenor, Irish bouzouki)

  • A Cowboy’s Hard Times — Bill Staines
  • What Will We Do? — Mary Delaney

Gary Lee

  • Sonata 37 by S.L. Weiss (Trans. G. Lee)
  1. Prelude
  2. Allemande
  3. Courante

Jeffrey Wilt

  • Prelude #5 — Brian Johanson
  • Julia Florida — Agustin Barrios Mangore
  • Squares Suspended —Andrew York

Gianni Donati

  • “Loretta” from “Miriam & Leon’s Daughters.” — Celil Refik Kaya

Rich Ehrmann

  • Study # 6 — Fernando Sor
  • While My Guitar Gently Weeps
  • Bohemian Rhapsody

Jeff Griesemer

  • The Girl With The Flaxen Hair — Claude DeBussy

Rick Florio (Vihuela)

  • Guardarme Las Vacas — Luys de Narvaez
June Meeting
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