First Annual Educational Residency with Britt Education: Jâca!

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During the first week of March, Jâca visited Southern Oregon for an educational residency and a concert on March 3 at Grizzly Peak Winery. Jâca is a duo featuring classical guitarist Jaxon Williams, who grew up in the Rogue Valley and studied with Joe Thompson, and clarinetist Wesley Ferreira. The concert was GSSO’s first event co-produced with Britt Education, the education and outreach arm of Britt Music & Arts Festival. Britt Education coordinated visits to three local high school music classes, where the duo performed and shared their experiences creating new music for the guitar and clarinet as well as instrument techniques

Click here to see the duo in action in the classroom!

Monthly Meeting Recap – March 2023

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Dear Guitar Fans:

We had a full (and blustery) evening of lovely guitar music with some new faces on Thursday, March 9 at Paschal Winery in Talent.

PROGRAM

John Swinnerton – Jesu variation (orig.) and untitled original
Ceán D’Amore – Un Día en Noviembre by Leo Brouwer, Fantasía by Sabicas
Oscar Sanchez – Pueblito Viejo by José A. Morales
Kevin Sherman – Perennial Existence (orig.), The Moment (orig.)

~ Intermission ~

Brian Parris – Treasures Untold by Jimmy Rogers (1928), For My Wedding by Larry McNally (1994)
Dayton Mason – Adelita by F. Tárrega, Marieta by Tárrega
Grant Ruiz – Suite from Don Quixote (orig.), Driving with the Top Down (orig.), The Entertainer (Joplin arr. Atkins), La Paloma (Irradier arr. Tárrega)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Dayton Mason will play Gypsy Jazz guitar at Belle Fiore Winery in Ashland on Friday, March 10 from 5:30 to 7:30pm with guitarist Dan Fellman and saxophonist Bob Rawlings. He’ll also play on Saturday, March 11 from 5:30 to 7:30pm at Miner’s Bizarre in Jacksonville with vocalist Greta Gardner.

Attendee Mark announced that his eclectic group Encore 5 will play at RoxyAnn Winery in Medford on Friday, March 31 from 6-8pm.

Grant Ruiz will play solo guitar at Trium Wines in Talent on Friday, March 24 from 5-7pm.


Respectfully submitted,
Grant Ruiz
Flamenco and classical guitarist
Secretary, GSSO
flamencopacifico.com
duoflamenco.com
541-261-3811

Monthly Meeting Recap – February 2023

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Dear Guitar Fans:

There was a pretty full house with some new faces on Thursday, February 9 at Paschal Winery in Talent.

PROGRAM

Steve Bismark – Amando Sobre O Mar by Zequinha De Abreu & Desafinedo by A.C. Jobim
John Swinnerton – Untitled / Americana – Original Compositions
Brian Paris – Going To California by Led Zeppelin & Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood by S. Esmeralda
Matt Bock – Lesson by F. Sor / Siciliana by M. Carcassi / Celeste y Blanco by H. Ayala
Francesco Palmer – La Catedral by A. Barrios
Matt Dorris – Asturias by I. Albeniz / Sounds of Bells by J. Guimaraes / Vals Op. 8. No. 4 by A. Barrios / Mysterious Habitats by D. Bogdanovic


ANNOUNCEMENTS

Grant Ruiz has composed the music and is performing live on stage for the Collaborative Theater Project’s production of Don Quixote (based on the two novels by Cervantes, and not Man of La Mancha). The production is full of action, comedy, pathos, and insight. You can get tickets and information at ctpmedford.org.

Tickets are now on sale for our Friday, March 3 concert featuring Jâca at Grizzly Peak. Jâca is an exciting clarinet and classical guitar duo who will also be participating in a Britt Education residency to visit local schools March 1-3. The guitarist is Ashland’s own Jaxon Williams, who was initially trained by Joe Thompson and has become an international performer. This concert is highly recommended, so please tell (and bring) friends! Tickets are available at our website, guitarsocietyso.org.

Kent Jensen in Salem is selling a 1972, hand-crafted 12-string guitar made by Ashland luthier W. B. Windt. He has dropped the price from $13K to $5K OBO! Windt was hired by Angus Bowmer, OSF’s founder, to be the theater company’s music director in 1953, a job he held until about 1972 (per this Mail Tribune article from 2011). Please contact kentknail@gmail.com for photos and more information if you’re interested.


Respectfully submitted,
Grant Ruiz
Flamenco and classical guitarist
Secretary, GSSO
flamencopacifico.com
duoflamenco.com
541-261-3811
 

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