Our next meeting will be held on Sunday 5th March 2017
[box type=”shadow”]At Thistle Hall293 Cuba St, Te Aro, Wellington
The meeting will start at 4.15 and finish at 6.30 pm.
Access to the meeting room is through an open door on the side of the building in Arthur Street. Then go upstairs to the first floor.[/box]
Welcome
If you’re a guitar listener, a beginner player, a seasoned professional or anywhere in between – you are very very welcome to join us as we enjoy listening to and playing music for guitar
Feature Guests
Sven Olsen’s Brutal Canadian Love Saga will play an acoustic set at Guitar Society fresh from their Fringe ’17 shows “Nights at the Preservatorium.”
They played for us a year or two ago and were fantastic![/box]
[box type=”shadow”]The Svens are Wellington’s most obscure pop orchestra complete with string section, choir and acoustic band. Last year they released their fifty two song magnum hopeless “The Almanac.” Their songs reflect aspects of everyday life in New Zealand. The joys and sorrows of caving, earthquake strengthening, DHB sterigel and novel prison escapes are all given a hilariously gloomy examination by the Svens.[/box]
Committee meeting for 2017
The committee met at Jane and Owens on Saturday 31st January.
A summary of proceedings as follows:
1. Venue: We will continue to meet at the new venue in upper Cuba Street at Thistle Hall. (Entrance down side in Arthur Street. Door will be open. Go up stairs to first floor)
2. Meeting time. At moment we will meet at normal time of 4.15. 1st Sunday of each month.
3. Questionnaire: We have sent out a questionnaire to all members. We would like the guitar society to grow and also meet the needs and wishes of members and prospective members. If you can fill this in and return that would be very much appreciated.
4. Newsletter: We are planning to get the monthly newsletter out 1 week before the meeting to give you more preparation time.
5. Incorporation: We will look again at incorporation to see if this can be done easily so we can apply for funding.
6. Next Committee meeting: March 5th at 3.45. You would be very welcome if you would like to come along and be part of this group.
7. Large ensemble: We are organizing the music for this at the moment. It will be available on the web site to download and print out. We are determined to start each ensemble session with easy music suitable for all players before moving on to more difficult pieces.
8. Years program: We have established a list of some exciting events for our monthly meeting focus themes – yet to be confirmed.
Things happening at the meeting…
Featured Artists:
See above
Guitar Ensemble:
Of course we will start with our Guitar Ensemble.
These can be accessed at
https://yadi.sk/d/BI7xQ7yv3EXcDR
Please just go to this link and then click on each title to get a copy on your computer which you can then print.
All in a Garden Green
A 16th century English air. Grade: 1
Drink to Me Only
An English air from around the year 1770 Grades: 1-3
The pieces we will work with today will be in the following order:
1.All in a garden
2. Drink to Me Only
3. German Dance
4. The water is wide
Two more pieces that you also might to look at and will be included soon are:
Hong Dou Ci http://www.forrestguitarensembles.co.uk/Assets/scores/quartets/Q0064HongDouCi.pdf
and Le Phenix http://www.forrestguitarensembles.co.uk/Assets/scores/quartets/Q0015LePhenix.pdf
Hong Dou Ci is easier, Le Phenix is more challenging.
These all have reasonably simple parts. . But also some parts are more difficult than others for the same piece. Choose a part that is reasonably easy to play for you.
Please if possible do this download and printing for yourself. However, If you forget to do this before the meeting – fear not – we will have paper copies at the meeting. But it is a big help if you can do this for yourself.
Even you can only play in the first piece that would be fantastic!
If you are not part of this – be brave – choose a part that suits your ability – get the music and start practising. It is both very enjoyable and a great help in developing your playing skills.
Members playing
I encourage people to play a piece. And please remember – it does not have to be the hardest piece in the world. And also it does not have to be played perfectly to be enjoyable for others to listen to.
Anyone who has something to play would be very welcome. This is a big part of what we are about – lots of us playing guitar.
It would be great to hear more playing from others.
It could be a future or previous exam piece for example. Or just something you have been working on recently.
See you there this coming Sunday for more enjoyable guitar playing and listening.
Others things happening…
Future meeting
April meeting
Feature spot yet to be decided.
Some guitar events in 2017
The following are some interesting guitar events that will be on in 2017. Good to go in diary!
Saturday 1st of April: Master Class Johannes Moeller, 1pm venue TBC
Saturday 1st of April: Concert Johannes Moeller, 7:30pm Adam Concert Room
Wednesday 19th of April: Duo Tapas Owen Moriarty and Rupa Maitra
St Andrew’s on the Terrace 12.15pm
Wednesday 10th of May: NZSM Guitar Program Concert St Andrew’s on the Terrace 12.15pm
Wednesday 17th of May: Duo Guitar – Owen Moriarty and Jane Curry St Andrew’s on the Terrace 12.15pm
Friday 26th of May: NZSM Guitars at St Paul’s Cathedral TGFF Concert Series 12.45pm
Wednesday 17th of May: Archi d’Amore Trio St Andrew’s on the Terrace 12.15pm
Wednesday 16th of August: NZSM Guitars in the St Mark’s Lunchtime Series (Hutt) 12.15pm
Friday 25th of August: Andrew Blanch concert, Adam Concert Room 7.30pm
Saturday 26th of August: Andrew Blanch master class, Adam Concert Room 10am
Wednesday 11th of October: NZSM Guitar Program Concert St Andrew’s on the Terrace 12.15pm
Friday 14th of October: John Mills concert, Adam Concert Room 7.30pm
Saturday 15th of October: John Mills master class, Adam Concert Room 10am
Wednesday 25thth of October: Owen Moriarty Solo St Andrew’s on the Terrace 12.15pm
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