Monthly Meeting Recap – January 2023

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Dear Guitar Fans:

We had a wonderful gathering Thursday, January 12 Paschal Winery in Talent, with 35 people in attendance.


PROGRAM

Bob Bath – Nocturno #9 by F. Chopin
John Swinnerton – Untitled & Staffordshire (originals)
Dan Mish – A Tale of Two Cities (original)
Francesco Palmer – Capricho Arabe by F. Tarrega, Cavatina by S. Myers
Mark Turnbull – Bless the Blues, Every Sinner Has A Future (originals)

Intermission

Steve Berman – Prelude from Suite in D minor by R. de Visee, Canarios by G. Sanz
Mary La & Grant Ruiz (LaRui Duo) – Wicked Game by Chris Isaak, Falling Slowly by Hansard/Irglová (arr. Grant Ruiz)
Grant – Adagio in G minor by Albinoni/Giazotto, Sambalamento by Luis Bonfá
Grant & Mark Everson – Yo Soy del Sur (trad. Sevillanas)
Mark Everson – Bulerías (trad. flamenco), Dreams of a Sentimental Fool (original)
Matt Dorris – Variations on a Theme by Mozart by F. Sor


ANNOUNCEMENTS

Tickets are now on sale for our 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.

Jiji Kim, who performed for us in November of 2021, is holding a free, virtual master class on January 28 as part of the Aaron Shearer Foundation. You can get more information here.

Kent Jensen in Salem is selling a 1972, hand-crafted 12-string guitar made by Ashland luthier W. B. Windt. 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). The asking price for this collector’s item is $13,000. 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

Monthly Meeting Recap – December 2022

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Greetings Guitar Fans,

We had a wonderful night of guitar music at our final 2022 monthly GSSO meeting last night at Paschal Winery in Talent.  We had approximately 25 people in attendance enjoying wine and festivities of the season (Paschal was beautifully decorated for the holidays).

PROGRAM:

  1. John Swinnerton, GS # 8 – original composition, Jazz Night – original composition
  2. Steve Bismarck, Christmas Time Is Here – Vince Guaraldi, El Noi de la Mare – Traditional, arranged by Llobet
  3. Francesco Palmer, Piscian Revelations – personal composition, Neptunian Visions – personal composition 
  4. Peter Jespersen, Two Etudes from Landscape – Gulli Bjorson (Iceland) 

Intermission

  1. Brian Parris Please Come Home for Christmas – Charles Brown, Who Will Watch the Home Place – Kate Long, Laurie Lewis 
  2. Arturo Ville Melody of Christmas Carols (plus bonus encore!)

ANNOUNCEMENTS/BUSINESS:

Jennifer Babineaux announced our next concert, Jâca, a clarinet and classical guitar duo who will be in town for a Britt Education residency to visit local schools March 1st, 2nd and 3rd, and performing a concert for GSSO at Grizzly Peak Winery on Friday, March 3rd.  Tickets will go on sale in January and may sell out.  Check out Jâca at www.jacamusic.com

We held our annual board elections.  In addition to the 4 current board members (Matt Dorris, Grant Ruiz, Jennifer Babineaux and Ryan Alexander) the GSSO membership unanimously elected Peter Jespersen to the GSSO Board.

Arturo Ville announced that the fundraiser for the new classical guitar class at Grants Pass High School had been successful, and he had raised enough money to purchase 10 guitars, as well as receiving 6 donated guitars. Arturo handed thank you cards to three GSSO members that had donated guitars to the program:  Steve Bismark, Peter Jespersen and Jennifer Babineaux.  

The meeting adjourned at 8:30 pm.  The next meeting will be January 12th.  

Cheerfully submitted,  
Jennifer Babineaux
Veterinarian by day, amateur classical guitar player by night
Treasurer, GSSO

Monthly Meeting Recap – November 2022

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Dear Guitar Fans:

We had a wonderful gathering Thursday, November 10 Paschal Winery in Talent, with about 25 people in attendance.

PROGRAM

John Swinnerton – CG & Paschal (originals)
Steve Bismarck – Farewell by Sergio Assad, Dindi by Antonio Carlos Jobim 
Matt Bock – Siciliana by M. Carcassi, Etude by N. Coste
Francesco Palmer – Muldrake Overature (original)
Brian Parris – Travelers by Tim O’Brien/Allesandro Massa, Angel by Sarah Mclaulachlin

Intermission

Ryan Alexander – The Song of Campostela (anon.), The Swan by C. Saint Saens (arr. Kazuhito Yamashita)
Grant Ruiz – Wild Mountain Thyme by William McPeake (trad. Scottish), Milonga del Angel by Astor Piazzolla (arr. Baltazar Beníez)
Arturo Ville – Cavatina by Stanley Meyer, Variations on Mozart’s Magic Flute by Sor 
Matt Dorris – Canción de Cuna by L. Brouwer, Mysterious Habitats by Dusan Bogdanovic

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Be sure to get your tickets for the Flamenco concert this Friday night at Grizzly Peak. Flamenco guitarist, singer, and pianist Diego Amador will be here from Spain performing with Seattle-based Savannah Fuentes. Diego is the real deal and an absolutely memorizing, heartfelt performer. You can get information and tickets at grizzlypeakwinery.com/events/.

Arturo Ville is playing a concert tomorrow night (Thursday, Nov. 17) at 7:00 p.m. at Grants Pass High School to raise funds to buy guitars for the guitar program he teaches there. Click here to see the flyer.

Brian Parris is hosting a guitar gathering at his property in Grants Pass this Saturday (Nov. 19) at 4:00 p.m. Click here to see the flyer.

Linda Dewhurst is selling her Manuel Rodriguez classical guitar at an excellent price ($600). Click here to see the flyer.

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