The Columbus Guitar Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the art of classical and related styles of guitar music in central Ohio. Your site for Classical Music in Columbus, Ohio.
This Friday March 28th at 8pm, I will be performing a full length concert at the Akron University School of Music.
Admission is free and I will be performing works from Bach, Henze, Pujol, Brouwer and Giuliani.
Directions:
From Cleveland take 271 South and exit 8 South for about 15 mins then exit on Butchel Rd. turn right off the exit till you intersect Hill and Butchel on the left is the Music School. You will know when you get to Hill St. because you will have to make a left or right and the concert is on the second floor. You can park before Hill St. in any of the designated Visitor garages. *There is a couple visitor garages right before Guzzetta Hall.
You can find various driving direction here: http://www.uakron.edu/resources/campusMap/drivingDirections.php
For those who have not had a chance to meet my baby girl she will be there cheering on her daddy!
with the members’ ensemble of the Columbus Guitar Society
Waverly Wilkerson, Director
8:00pm, Saturday, 29 March 2008 at
Capital University’s Huntington Recital Hall, Bexley
Admission is free!
As always, You are cordially invited!
For info: www.columbusguitarsociety.org or 614-561-9204
Final Reminder!
Cleveland Classical Guitar Society Winter Workshop
February 17, Sunday 2:30-5:00 pm
Forest Hill Church
3031 Monticello Boulevard, Cleveland Heights
Join us for this free workshop! We’re offering a class
on basic improvisation hosted by Brian Kozak, and a
master class by concert and recording artist Robert
Gruca. For more information about this event and the
artists, click here: http://www.clevelandguitarsociety.com/guitarworkshop.html
The Schedule:
2:30-3:30—Improvisation Workshop with Brian Kozack
Learn the basics for melodic improvisation. Whatever
your playing ability, this class can give you some
direction and tools for improvisation. Practicing with
these tools will not only improve your ability to
improvise melodies over chord changes, but also to
develop a greater knowledge of your instrument.
3:40-5:00—Master Class with Robert Gruca
The players for Robert Gruca’s master class:
Daniel Silverman
He’s a student of Brian Kozak at Cuyahoga Community
College. He’ll be performing Leo Brouwer’s Estudio No.
6.
Mark Cohen
Mark is an amateur guitarist who has performed in our
Cleveland Classical Guitar Society open recitals.
He’ll be performing Leo Brouwer’s Un Dia de Noviembre.
Adam Keeler
He’s a student of Stephen Aron at the University of
Akron. He’ll be performing a selection from Bach’s
Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro, BWV 998.
This workshop is part of the Cleveland Guitar
Society’s ongoing mission to help guitar enthusiasts
to get more out of their playing. We thank both Brian
Kozack and Robert Gruca for sharing their expertise.
I’m looking forward to learning from both of them, and
hope to see you there.
In case any of you are burning with curiosity, here are a few images of my beautiful new guitar by Gary Demos. Louis Panormo was a luthier of Italian ancestry living and working in London until moving to New Zealand in the mid 1800s. The soundboard is an American spruce hybrid known as Lutz spruce (Picea x lutzii). The back and sides are cocobolo. Its bracing consists of seven asymmetric fanned bars inspired by a guitar Panormo built for the performer/composer Huerta in 1828.
An update on the February 17 Cleveland Guitar Society
Workshop.
Due to the strong interest in Robert Gruca’s master
class, all available spots for those who wish to
perform are now taken. But all those who wish to
observe are welcome to attend. We look forward to
seeing you.
Just a reminder of the events:
2:30-3:30 pm: Basic Improvisation with Brian Kozak
3:40-5:00 pm:Masterclass with Robert Gruca
Cleveland Classical Guitar Society Workshop
February 17, 2008, Sunday, 2:30-5:00 pm
Forest Hill Church, 3031 Monticello Boulevard,
Cleveland Heights
admission: free
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Saturday, 9 February 2008, 8:00 pm Capital University’s Huntington Recital Hall, Bexley
$18 general admission / only $12 for students, members, or seniors
For tickets: CAPA (614-469-0939) or Ticketmaster.com (discounted tickets can only be obtained at the door)
For info: 614-561-9204
Xuefei is a tremendous talent with an exclusive contract on EMI Records (a big deal for a classical guitarist). Her earlier CD of dedications (including by such noteworthies as Domeniconi) on GSP is worthy of its critical acclaim as well. Ms. Yang has the unusual habit of inspiring gifts of guitars from those who hear her performances, from international ambassadors to luthiers to leading concert guitarists! Her Columbus program will span Spanish and Latin American classics as well as Chinese compositions dedicated to her. Don’t miss this exciting, intensely bright rising star!
Cleveland Classical Guitar Society Winter Workshop
February 17, Sunday 2:30-5:00 pm
Forest Hill Church
3031 Monticello Boulevard, Cleveland Heights
Join us for this free workshop! We’re offering a class
on basic improvisation hosted by Brian Kozak, and a
master class by concert and recording artist Robert
Gruca. For more information about this event and the
artists, click here: http://www.clevelandguitarsociety.com/guitarworkshop.html
This is part of the Cleveland Guitar Society’s ongoing
mission to help guitar enthusiasts to get more out of
their playing. I’m looking forward to learning from
both these knowledgeable artists, and hope to see you
there.
I know, not quite February, but so much is happening in very late January and very early February that I wanted to keep the plucky clan informed.Official Columbus Guitar Society stuff:8:00 pm, Saturday, 26 January 2008: First, the concert series continues this very Saturday. The perpetually cordial Clare Callahan will bring her excellent student ensemble up from the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music to perform at Capital University’s Huntington Recital Hall. Admission is the mere trifle of $5! See the Columbus Guitar Society (CGS) site or call for info. 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 proteges here again this year.
8:00 pm, Saturday, 9 February 2008: The next event on the professional concert series will be Chinese guitar virtuoso Xuefei Yang. Xuefei is a tremendous talent with an exclusive contract with EMI records (a BIG deal for a classical guitarist). Her previous CD of dedications (including by such notables as Domeniconi) on GSP is worthy of its critical acclaim as well. Xuefei has the unusual habit of inspiring gifts of guitars from those who hear her performances, including John Williams’ own Smallman! Don’t miss this exciting, intense rising star! As usual, general admission to Capital University’s Huntington Recital Hall is $18; only $12 for students, seniors, or members. Full-price tickets can be purchased in advance via CAPA (614-469-0939) or Ticketmaster.com (discounted tickets can only be obtained at the door).
Xuefei Yang performs Cavatina
1:00 pm, Saturday, 16 February 2008: Sho’nuff, it’s the next informal meeting of the CGS. As always, come on out to play some “classical” music on your guitar (…guitarra, chitarra, gitarre, guitare, oud, lute, laud, luth, laute, liuto,colascione, gallichon, mandora, mandore, mandolino, mandoline, mandolin, bandolim, 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). If you may be up for plucking a few notes but are feeling just a little intimidated, fear not! The setting is casual and supportive in the extreme. I enjoy these and would enjoy your company there. C’mon out.
Other guitar-related events:
7:30 pm, Wednesday, 30 January and 27 February 2008: don’t forget that our own Karl Wohlwend has made 7:30 pm on the last Wednesday of every month a regular classical guitar gig at a fine Spanish-style tapas eatery: Maca Cafe, 5 S. Liberty Street, Powell, OH 43065. The setting is intimate and the chow is tasty.
8:00 pm, Friday, 1 February 2008: Ensemble Caprice will perform gypsy music of the baroque era on the Early Music in Columbus concert series at Capital University’s Mees Auditorium. The mix of sonorous period instruments will include 5-course guitar. Seating is $25 general admission, $20 for seniors, and $10 for students. I subscribe, so I’ll be there. Feel free to join me.
2:30 pm, Sunday, 3 February 2008: Jason Vieaux will perform a solo recital on the Xavier University Piano/Guitar Series, held in Xavier’s Gallagher Student Center, Cincinnati. Jason is an old friend of the CGS, director of the guitar program at the prestigious Cleveland Institute of Music, and a fantastic talent. General admission is only $12 (or the ridiculous sum of $3 for students!). Road trip anyone?
Jason Vieaux performing Capricho Arabe
8:00 pm, Thursday, 14 February 2008: Phenomenal oud virtuoso Simon Shaheen will perform on Dayton’s City Folk series…because nothing says “Valentine’s Day” like the spiky, microtonally and augmented-4th-rich classical music of Arabic places! I am a tremendous fan of Shaheen’s earlier work. His more recent stuff is a little too crossover-y for me…but it is popular. If you don’t know, oud shared a common ancestor to European lutes. General admission is $18.
Simon Shaheen
2:00 pm, Saturday, 16 February 2008: Students of Karl Wohlwend will give a recital at Otterbein College’s Riley Auditorium. I’ve heard rumors that post-recital cookies may be involved. I would be there (almost ended up playing a bit of chamber music this round), but am obliged to MC the Borders meeting. Break that proverbial leg, you lot!
