February Newsletter
Greetings to those who groom their fingernails without regard for the bilateral symmetry of the human form:
Columbus Guitar Society business
* February brings much pluck, much pluck indeed. Join us for the next concert on the Columbus Guitar Society (CGS) professional concert series. Diverse guitarist Fredrick Norman will deliver a stylish solo recital at 8:00 pm, 19 February 2011 at Capital University’s Huntington Recital Hall. Fred spent much of his career teaching in Germany and performing around Germany and Europe. He has a real knack for 19th-c. music on period instruments. As always, general admission can be had for the trivial pittance of $18 (only $12 for members, students, or seniors: discounted tickets only available at the door). Full-price tickets can be obtained by phoning CAPA at 614-469-0939, logging onto Ticketmaster.com, or at the door.
* The next informal meeting of the CGS falls earlier that same day, 1:00 pm on 19 February 2011. 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), and the setting is casual and supportive in the extreme. Don’t be shy now! Bring out that guitar and commence to pluckin’ on your classical/art-music faves.
Guitar elsewhere in Ohio
* Alas, I’ve been too busy to write. Those of you who are pluck-astute, I hope you caught the awesome Eos Duo (Kimberlee Goodman, flute and Karl Wohlwend, guitar) on the 4th. It was a great performance and a great program. Also, if you happened to be at that private party in New Albany where I was playing on the 5th, I hope you enjoyed.
* 12 and 13 February in Cleveland, OH: The fabulous baroque ensemble Les Delices will present “La Guitarre Royalle,” a special pair of concerts featuring Lucas Harris on theorbo and baroque guitar. You can see him perform here: http://vimeo.com/6581625. You can find all the detail you’ll on the band’s concert page: http://www.debranagy.com/Les_Delices1/concerts.html. I would make the road trip for this one myself. …if only I didn’t have day job duties and Valentine’s commitments to Mrs. Eugene that weekend. *sigh…*
* 5:30 – 10:00 pm, Monday, 14 February 2011: I will be on performance rotation with the chamber musicians of Flute Cocktail at the Franklin Park Conservatory Valentine’s Day event. Admission is $11 and includes chocolate and wine! …hopefully enough to make even my presence and the kinds of sounds I generate seem romantic to your significant other.
* 3:00 pm, 20 February 2011: The Cleveland Classical Guitar Society will host their very first collaborative concert with the Cleveland Composers Guild of seven works selected from those submitted to the society’s review. The music—for solo guitar, guitar duo, piano and guitar, and flute and guitar—will be performed by eleven of the Cleveland area’s best musicians, including Jason Vieaux, James Marron, George Bachmann, and more! This will be at Christ Episcopal Church, 3445 Warrensville Center Rd, Shaker Heights. The concert is free, and everyone is invited to dinner after the concert at Pearl of the Orient, with a 15% discount if you bring your program or mention the concert! You can see the program and read what the composers say about their pieces here: http://www.clevelandclassicalguitar.org/Guitar_Plus_Concert.html.
* 8:00 pm, 24 February 2011: Russian-Israeli guitarist Yuri Liberzon will perform Thursday, February 24 at 8:00 pm at Kulas Chamber hall at the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory.
* The Northeast Ohio Guitar Festival and the James Stroud All-Ohio Guitar Competition takes place at the University of Akron, 25 – 27 February 2011. It will include concerts by world-class artists Marco Sartor and SoloDuo, a vendor fair, and a competition for Ohio students.
* 2:30 pm, 27 February 2011: Croatian virtuoso Robert Belini? performs on Xavier University’s excellent guitar series in Cincinnati. General admission is only $15 and only $3 for students!
* Finally, 6:30 – 8:30 pm, Monday, 28 February 2011: Dayton’s own classical guitarist, Jim McCutcheon, will perform at the Centerville Library, 111 W. Spring Valley Rd., Centerville, OH 45458. You can find details of this and their other featured musical performances on their event page: http://www.wclibrary.info/events/index.asp.
‘Til then, pluck on!
Eugene
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