Recap of Music Meeting August 1, 2017

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We enjoyed another fantastic evening of excellent music Tuesday, August 1st at the beautiful Paschal Winery in Talent with 26 in attendance (only 7 players).

Please plan to attend the next music meeting, Tuesday, September 5th, Paschal Winery, Talent. Our special guest will be James Bishop-Edwards.

The election for the new JCGS Board of Directors will be held at the monthly general meeting the first Tuesday of October, the 3rd. Please consider being part of the society’s future direction. You must be a current member in good standing to vote or to run for a board position. If you are interested in running for the board, please respond to this message, which will reach the JCGS officers.

In order to continue at our fabulous venue (Paschal), we want to make the meetings profitable for the winery. Besides the fine wine, a cheese plate, chocolate cake ala mode and chocolate bars are available. You may also wish to take advantage of Paschal’s wine club benefits.

Thanks to all who turned out for the August 1st meeting. Barista Wendy and the house had a good night.

THE PROGRAM

Sam Cooper – Star of the County Down

Due Mandolini, Milton and Laurel Bloombaum – Basaglieri, La Canzone Campana (The Bell Song)

Bob Bath – Sleeper’s Awake (JS Bach); Unchained Melody (Alex North)

Joseph Thompson – Prelude and Fugue No. 5 by Joseph Thompson

Matt Dorris – 4 Intimations by Dusan Bogdanovic

Rob Rhodes – Vals #4 by Barrios

Karma & Rob Rhodes – 3 pieces (Come Again, What if I Never Speed, & Kemp’s Jig) by John Dowland

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Grant Ruiz and Dan Fellman will perform on Friday, August 4 from 5-8pm at Gallerie Karon (4th and A St.) as part of the First Friday Art Walk in Ashland.

The Ashland Aloha Festival takes place this Sunday, August 6, at Grizzly Peak Winery. It includes ukulele lessons and an appearance by Ha’ena. Visit ashlandhula.com/hula_events2017.html for more information.

Grant Ruiz
Flamenco and classical guitarist
Adjunct guitar instructor, SOU
Secretary, JCGS
grantruiz.com
flamencopacifico.com
duoflamenco.com
541-261-3811

Recap of Music Meeting July 11, 2017

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We enjoyed another fantastic evening of excellent music Tuesday, July 11th at the beautiful Paschal Winery in Talent with 21 in attendance (only 7 players).

Please plan to attend the next music meeting, August 1st. In order to continue at this fabulous venue, we want to make the meetings profitable for the winery. Besides the fine wine, a cheese plate, chocolate cake ala mode and chocolate bars are available. You may also wish to take advantage of Paschal’s wine club benefits.

Thanks to all who turned out for the July 11th meeting. Barista Wendy and the house had a good night.

THE PROGRAM

Arturo Ville – Echoes of the Rogue River,  A. Ville

Arturo Ville and Sam Cooper – Cancion Mixteca and Ella by Jose Alfredo Jimenez

Sam Cooper – Monday Morning Blues by Bob Douglas

John Swinnerton – The Road Home-original

Marshall Dixon – Waltz by Bartolome Calatayud, jiga Inglesa by Gaspar Sanz

Karma & Rob Rhodes – Jenny Pluck Pears (Celtic, composer unknown), Hewlett (Turlough Carolan)

Rob Rhodes – Gone (Jim Chappell)

Steve Bismarck – “O Jovem Jobim” Bossa nova medley of songs by Tom Jobim:  1. One Note Samba, 2. So Danco Samba, 3. Slightly Out of Tune

Matt Ross gave a very interesting lecture on Bach and other composers of the Baroque Era.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The guitar society’s board of directors has determined that it is time to hold elections for the board. Each board member has a 2-year term, and it has been at least this long until elections have been held. Further, we have a couple of board members who are considering stepping down. The election will be held at the monthly general meeting the first Tuesday of October, the 3rd. This will give potential candidates the opportunity to consider being part of the society’s future direction. If you are interested in running for the board, please respond to this message.

We are lucky enough to have two guest artists lined up in the next few months. In September it will be James Bishop-Edwards, who is preparing a program for out-on-town concerts. In November, Mario Diaz of the Portland Guitar Quartet will play for us.

James Edwards will present a special salon concert on July 30 at 4pm. at a private residence in Ashland. Please refer to the previously sent email for details. You may RSVP to James at 541-840-0832 or to Roma at 541-890-0362.

Please see below for information about the upcoming La Guitarra Festival September 22-24 in San Luis Obispo, CA.

Grant Ruiz
Flamenco and classical guitarist
Adjunct guitar instructor, SOU
Secretary, JCGS
grantruiz.com
flamencopacifico.com
duoflamenco.com
541-261-3811

Recap of Music Meeting June 6, 2017

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We enjoyed another fantastic evening of excellent music Tuesday, June 6th at the beautiful Paschal Winery in Talent with 25 in attendance.

Please plan to attend the next music meeting which has been postponed until July 11 because the first

Tuesday is July 4th.  In order to continue at this fabulous venue, we want to make the meetings profitable for the winery. Besides the fine wine, a cheese plate, chocolate cake ala mode and chocolate bars are available. You may also wish to take advantage of Paschal’s wine club benefits.

THE PROGRAM

Marshall Dixon – Cancao triste by Edson Lopez

Karma & Rob Rhodes – Quest for the Seven Rings (anonymous); Scarborough Faire (anonymous)

Rob Rhodes – Faire by Andrew York

Arturo Ville and Sam Cooper – Hambo Pa Logen, Solamente Una Vez and La Paloma

Arturo Ville – Never on a Sunday and La Bikina

Grant Ruiz – Mantilla de Feria by Esteban Sanlúcar, Choco by Berto Boyd, Fragile by Sting (in honor of Taliesin Namkai-Meche)

Grant Ruiz and Arturo Ville – Domingueando by Arturo Ville and Guantanamera

John Swinnerton – Untitled originals

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Tonight at 7:30 the faculty of the Britt Guitar Weekend takes the stage at the Britt Performance Garden in Jacksonville. Tickets are only $14. Pretty good for 2 hours of guitar played by 6 guitarists from different genres. This year we added Vicki Genfan on percussive style (slap and tap) and Terry Robb on acoustic blues. Both are amazing. Come check it out!

Stone Records recording artist Aaron Larget-Caplan and EWM Records artist Peter Janson perform in Ashland on Wednesday, June 28th at Havurah Shir Hadash, 185 N. Mountain Ave, Ashland OR 97520 as part of their 14-date summer west-coast tour that has them performing from Seattle to Phoenix. More information below.

The Corvallis Guitar Society had their first guitar festival, and it was a huge success with Jaxon Williams playing a brilliant opening concert and Adam del Monte being the headliner. There were also great workshops and a masterclass by Adam. They will likely do it again next year, and it is highly recommended.

Respectfully submitted,

Grant Ruiz
Flamenco and classical guitarist
Adjunct guitar instructor, SOU
Secretary, JCGS
grantruiz.com
flamencopacifico.com
duoflamenco.com
541-261-3811