Our next meeting will be held on Sunday 7th May
At Thistle Hall
293 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.

Feature Guests:
The Linkwood Guitar Duo (Owen Moriarty and Jane Curry)
New Zealand music for two guitars

Certainly two of NZ’s finest guitar players.
Chopin said – “ There is nothing more beautiful than the sound of a lone guitar – save perhaps two”

Programme

Muisca -John Psathas (b.1966) 1. Soledad 2. Chia 3. El Dorado
Finchdean – Bruce Paine (b. 1963)
African Strings – Jack Body (1944-2015) 1. Valiha 2. Ramandriana 3. Kora: Chedo

The artists

Owen Moriarty:

Completed his Masters degree in 2003 before furthering his studies at USC (Los Angeles) where he studied with Pepe Romero and Los Angeles Guitar Quartet members Scott Tennant and Bill Kanengiser. As one of New Zealand’s most sort-after chamber musicians Owen tours regularly with Chamber Music NZ and Arts on Tour NZ. He has released 5 CDs through ODE Records and Atoll Records and is a founding member of the NZ Guitar Quartet, Duo Tapas, and the Wellington Guitar Duo. Having performed all around New Zealand, in recent years Owen has also given performances in Australia, USA, Portugal, Mexico, Thailand, Spain, China, and throughout the United Kingdom.

Jane Curry:

Born in the UK and now based in New Zealand, internationally award-winning classical guitarist Jane Curry is Senior Lecturer in Music at the New Zealand School of Music at Victoria University of Wellington. Jane balances a demanding schedule of solo and chamber music engagements with the coordination of the largest classical guitar programme in New Zealand and is highly sought after as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher. Her committed teaching ethos has resulted in her students regularly achieving honours in their studies, winning competition prizes and scholarships as they develop their professional careers.

Don’t miss this exciting event!

Also at the meeting:
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.

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
5. Hong Dou Ci http://www.forrestguitarensembles.co.uk/Assets/scores/quartets/Q0064HongDouCi.pdf
6. Le Phenix http://www.forrestguitarensembles.co.uk/Assets/scores/quartets/Q0015LePhenix.pdf
7. Set of quartet pieces #2 by Forrest. These can be found at the following link.

http://www.forrestguitarensembles.co.uk/Assets/scores/quartets/Q0025FESno2.pdf

I will also have some extra copies at the meeting.
Only print what you need for your part which is 2 pages.

We should decide this meeting which pieces we will record in June.
These all have reasonably simple parts. . But also some parts are more difficult than others for the same piece. Generally the 3rd part is the easiest. Choose a part that is reasonably easy to play for you. Please if possible download and print 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.

Also – for some, this will be too much music to practice. So just choose the first 2 or three and work on those. Then you can step out of the group if you wish for the harder pieces. It is a great experience to play as part of this bigger group and it will be fantastic to have as many as possible to take part.

Members playing:
As usual we will have time for members playing. Either ensembles, duos or solos. There was a nice variety of attractive and interesting playing at the last meeting. Great if we can keep this up. Well done to all the players.

Last Meeting
We were privileged to enjoy the wonderful playing of, Rupa Maitra, violin and Owen Moriarty, guitar, in their Duo Tapas. This was vital exciting and classy music. Many many thanks to these two performers for playing for us. The audience appreciated it very much.

Following meeting – June 4th
This will be on Sunday June 4th. This meeting will feature the guest performer Cameron Sloan who has almost completed the masters guitar performance program at the Melbourne Conservatory of Music. Should be a cracker performance. More details in next months newsletter.
This means that our youtube recording for the ensemble will be delayed until the July meeting. Great to have another month to practise. It would be really great to have as many members as possible included in this performance – and to make it a really good one.

Other Guitar Events in Wellington:
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
Wellington Classical Guitar Society Meetings – normally first Sunday of every month, Thistle Hall, 293 Cuba St, Te Aro, Wellington 4.15pm

Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/pages/Wellington-Classical-Guitar-Society/374229745952921

Society Fees
To offer our monthly meetings and to promote the activity of the society we need some funds. For example the room must be hired for each meeting. We have purchased a domain name for our web site. We need to pay for printing of music and promotional materials. It would be great if each person interested in the society could also support it by paying the membership fees.

They are as follows (for 2016)
First visit $free
$5 – Casual
$25 – Students
$30 – Family (2 adults and 2 children)
$40 Adults
If you wish to pay fees please give these to the host for the evening or another committee member.
Or you can pay by internet banking at
WCGS acc number: 38 9012 0700 830 00
Please include your name clearly and also reason for payment (Guitar Soc fees)
Thanks for helping in this way.

Society Contacts:
Want to find out more? Have questions about the society. The following committee members are happy to answer your questions:
Owen Moriarty [email protected]
Clyde Clemett – 3878882, [email protected]
Mike Wespel-Rose – 0275626341, [email protected]

Many thanks to everyone. – Mike Wespel-Rose (on behalf of the society organising committee)
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