Columbus Guitar Society

Happy initiation of the punteado-rich 2011 annum!

CGS bidness:

* 22 January, 8:00 pm: The concert series continues when the perpetually cordial Clare Callahan brings her excellent student ensemble up from the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music to perform at Capital University‘s Huntington Recital Hall near the corner of College and Mound. Admission is the mere trifle of $5! See the Columbus Guitar Society (CGS) site for detail. Prof. Callahan’s ensemble always represents some of the finest up-and-coming talent in the region. Participants in her program go on to become active professionals across the country. Clare always assembles a tastily diverse program; we are fortunate to have her and her protégés here again this year.

* 15 January, 1:00 pm: The next informal meeting of the CGS falls at 1:00 pm on 15 January. Nothing planned but the usual: come on out to play some “classical” music on your guitar (…lute, mandolin, domra, tamburitza, requinto, vihuela, cittern, saz, charango, laute, viola da terra, or whatever) or just casually socialize and listen. As always, we’ll be at the Borders Books, Music & Cafe, 4545 Kenny Rd., Columbus, OH, 43220 (at the intersection of Kenny and Henderson Rds). Also as always, the setting is casual and supportive in the extreme.

Pluck around Ohio:

* 7-9 January: Local renaissance band The Early Interval takes the stage with the CGS’s very own Sean Ferguson on theorbo and 5-course guitar for their annual, extremely popular 12th Night celebration at 8:00 pm on 8 and 9 January and at 2:30 pm on 10 January. These concerts are held in the acoustically lush Pontifical College Josephinum, 7625 N. High St. just north of Worthington (43235). If you’ve never heard a classical concert in this tremendous gothic cathedral, you owe it to yourself to do so this weekend! You can find details (and even see a shot of Sean, theorbo in hand) at the Early Music Columbus web site.

* 9 January, 3:00 pm: Jim McCutcheon will present a family-friendly recital at David’s United Church of Christ on Rt. 48 just south of Stroop Road in Dayton, OH. The program will include music from Rachmaninov, J.S. Bach, Mason Williams, and also some of Jim’s original music and arrangements for solo guitar. It may also include some music for children from Jim’s award-winning “A Day with the Guitar Man” CD. The program is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Jim McCutcheon at jim at mccutcheon dot biz or 937-287-7755.

* 16 January, 11:30 am-6:00 pm: Ohio’s Winter Guitar Show runs at Columbus’ Aladdin Shrine Temple. The winter show is traditionally much bigger than the summer show, sometimes approaching 300 dealers, and old friends of mine often make the trip in from NYC, Iowa City, various places in between, etc; it’s always good to see the lot. Unfortunately, modern classical guitars of quality are scarce. Every once in a great while, a decent piece like something from the Kenny Hill shop or even a rare 19th-c. guitar will appear. …And once again, the show will be graced with Gary Demos’ presence as a vendor. Also once again, I’ll be helping to staff Gary’s table. See the link for detail. I hope to see you there!

* 21 January, 6:00-9:00 pm: I will be on rotation with the members of Flute Cocktail at Franklin Park Conservatory’s annual bridal show. Franklin Park demonstrates their wisdom in stationing our performance space next to the full-service bar, where attendees perceive us as sounding even better…although that doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with how we actually sound. (Yes, for the minimally astute, there was a touch of self-deprecating humor embedded in the previous statement for your amusement.) If you happen to be getting married (or happen to simply have an unnatural fondness for the pomp of excessive ceremony), I’ll look forward to seeing you there. Please offer us your “howdy” as you place your drink order!

* 29 January, 8:00 pm: Wacky fingerstyle songster Leon Redbone will be performing for the Greater Cincinnati Performing Arts Society in, of all places, the city of Cincinnati. For details or tickets, check out http://www.gcparts.org/ or phone 513-484-0157.

* 29 January, 3:00 pm: The extraordiniary baroque orchestra with Apollo’s Fire is giving a family-friendly concert ($10 admission for adults and only $5 for childres). To make this interesting for those of us with a propensity to indulge in the punteado (and perhaps an occasional rasgueado), Daniel Shoskes (aka Danny, aka kidneycutter) will be playing along on archlute and 5-course guitar. It all happens at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2747 Fairmount Boulevard, Cleveland Heights, OH 44106.

* 29 January, 8:00 pm: Our very own Karl Wohlwend will be giving an entire recital dedicated to baroque repertoire actually written for guitar (Foscarini, Bartolotti, and Mateis) on OSU’s faculty recital series. I personally won’t miss this one! For details on ticketing, see http://music.osu.edu/concerts-and-events/concert-calendar/.

* 30 January, 2:30 pm: One of the most exciting guitarists on the current scene, Marcin Dylla will be performing on Xavier University’s excellent and affordable guitar series (Gallagher Student Center Theatre, 3800 Victory Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45207: $15.00 general admission, only $3.00 for students with ID). Seeing Marcin perform inspires gape-jawed, wide-eyed comments like “Wha… How!?” I’m inclined to want to see that again. And you?

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