Monthly Meeting Recap – April 2023

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Dear Guitar Fans:

We had a very full evening of lovely guitar music with some new faces on Thursday, April 13 at Paschal Winery in Talent. There were almost 50 people in attendance!


PROGRAM

John Swinnerton – Then We Will Know, Jazz Night (originals)
Brian Parris – Turn It On, Turn It Up by Dwight Yoakum; I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry by Hank Williams
Elizabeth and Neil Holland – Cascadia, Evolution/Rundiamhair (originals)
Francesco Palmer – Inwards and Sideways (original) 
Matt Dorris – Etudes No. 14, 17 by Fernando Sor

~ Intermission ~

Mark Williams – Preludio Triston by Maximo Diego Pujol, Burgalesa by FM Torroba
Ryan Alexander – Berceuse by Leo Brouwer, Standchen by Franz Schubert
Oscar Sanchez – La Rondalla by Alfonso Esparza Otero
Grant Ruiz – Traces of You (original), Preludio de Adios by Alfonso Montes
Mark Turnbull – Bess, You Is My Woman Now by G. Gershwin; Make Someone Happy by Jimmy Durante


ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Guitar Society is proud to present the Folias Duo (foliasmusic.com) at Grizzly Peak Winery on Friday, June 2 at 7pm. They will be on their west coast tour celebrating the release of their new album Heartdance. They are a virtuosic guitar and flute duo who play classical and world music as well as their own stunning compositions. This event is highly recommended, so please tell your friends! You can watch them in action with yours truly on their YouTube channel. Tickets will be available at the beginning of May.

Please note that the July guitar society gathering will be on the second Friday of the month, July 14. Other monthly gatherings will be on the usual second Thursdays, including May and June.

Grant Ruiz will play solo guitar at Belle Fiore on Wednesday, April 19 from 5:30-7:30pm.


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

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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