Monthly Meeting Recap – January 2024

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Dear Guitar Fans:

We had a lovely, full evening of guitar music and camaraderie on Thursday, January 11 at Paschal Winery.


PROGRAM

John Swinnerton – untitled original

Bob Bath – Estudio No. 14 by Fernando Sor

Francesco Palmer – Spanish Caravan by The Doors, Shape of My Heart by Sting

Brian Parris – Home Again by John Denver, Someone I Used to Know by Jack Clement

Neil & Elizabeth Holland – Journey to Tomorrow, Southern Skies (originals)

Grant Ruiz – Morning Bells, By the River (originals)

Matt Dorris – Reverie Op. 53 by Napoleon Coste

Mark Turnbull – There Goes Love, Teach Me (originals)

~ Intermission ~

Goh Kurosawa, featured artist from Japan (by way of LA), played a set of several of his original pieces, including a new acapella song (#4 below) about his recent adventures in Northern California and Southern Oregon:

1. Sing 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ4GFQpzf04
2. Kicker
3. Smile 
www.composelife.com/diary/smile
4. Shasta物語 aka Letter to Sequoia
www.composelife.com/diary/shastamonogatari
5. Move
6. Eunoia
7. Chikara Danza
8. Rainfall
9. Working Holiday

Photos of Goh’s performance are attached below.


ANNOUNCEMENTS

The newly elected guitar society board members and officers were announced: Jennifer Babineaux, president; Grant Ruiz, secretary; Kristi Schoenbachler, treasurer; Peter Jespersen, webmaster; and Neil Holland, outreach coordinator. Each officer has a term of one year.

Matt Dorris will appear at the Ashland Senior Center on January 31st at 1pm. If you’re interested, pre-registration is required. You can get more information here.

Mark Turnbull will play at Bloomsbury Blends on First Friday, February 2, from 5-7pm.