Our next meeting is Sunday, 5 December 2021, 4.15 pm to 6.30 pm, Thistle Hall, 293 Cuba St, Te Aro, Wellington Performance—What the Pluck? came together as students at the NZSM. A stellar line up of Hamish Goodhue, Bruno Guedea, Finn Perring, and Chris Everest.  These guitarists have all played together in various ensembles and decided to combine their very diverse backgrounds to form a mega-quartet and smash out some bangers ranging from Bach to Balkan folk songs: Africa Suite – William Kanengiser (*1959), Mbira 3 Balkan pieces – Andrew Forrest, More Sokol Pie Vyletel Vták Ogûn Gori na Balkana
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Meeting on Sunday, 7 November 2021, 4.15 pm to 6.30 pm, Thistle Hall, 293 Cuba Street. Performance—Duo Tapas, Rupa Maitra (violin) and Owen Moriarty (guitar). will perform music with Spanish, Irish and Bosnian elements: Dr. Rupa Maitra, born in Dunedin, completed a degree in violin performance, then studied medicine. She continued to play violin in orchestras when she moved to Wellington and specialised in pathology.  Rupa also completed a Masters’ degree in creative writing at Victoria University in 2014. Owen Moriarty is a highly regarded chamber musician and arranger, he regularly tours with Arts on Tour and Chamber Music New
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4:15—4:45 Ensemble We will play the following pieces from the 2021 ensemble booklet as time permits. 4:50—5:20 Solo/Small Ensemble Playing A chance to perform / try out new pieces or revise/perfect your current playlist.  All are welcome to join in. 5:35—6:30 Performance—Cameron Sloan will play: Sonata IX – Giovanni Zamboni (1664-1721) I. Preludio II. Alemanda Capricho Arabe – Francisco Tarrega (1852-1909) Danza Mora · Sonatina No. 1 – Michael Stoop (*1987) I. Adagio II. Allegretto III. Allegretto Sonata No. 1 – Cameron Sloan (*1991) I. Allegro moderato Christchurch-based classical guitarist Cameron Sloan developed a love for guitar in his teens.
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5:35—6:30 August Meeting – Sunday, 1 August 4:15 PM Thistle Hall: Performance—Sirisan Sobhanasiri (Kwan) and Oliver Howes will play:Bate Coxa – Marco Pereira (*1950) (Oliver) Suite Castellana – Frederico Moreno Torroba (1891-1982) (Kwan) I. Fandanguillo II. Arada III. Danza Schindler’s List (arr.Nikita Koshkin) – John Williams (*1932) (Oliver) Gran Jota (excerpt) – Francisco Tarrega (1852-1909) (Kwan) Variations on a theme by Sor Op.15 – Miguel Llobet (1877-1938) (Oliver) Sonata K.54 – Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) (Duo) Jongo – Paulo Bellinati (*1950) (Duo)  
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Performance—Kowhaiwhai Duo (Bruno Guedea and Chris Everest) Bruno Guedea (Mexico/NZ) and Christopher Everest (England/NZ) will present an exciting programme exploring their individual heritage and shared NZ identity.
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Our next meeting is Sunday, 2 May 2021, 4.15 pm to 6.30 pm For the May 2021 meeting will have the usual festivities (ensemble/solo playing) [ensemble book available from WCGS_2021_Book ] followed by a performance by Sirisan Sobhanasiri (aka Kwan) (Guitar) and Elsa Shih (Flute) who will present a programme which will involve a flute and guitar duo (10 minutes) and guitar solo.  In the solo section, Kwan will play a range of repertoire using different tunings, including new compositions inspired by Thai music and Gamelan music.
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Our next meeting is Sunday, 11 April 2021 (note, this is one week later than our normaly scheduled meeting date) 4.15 pm to 6.30 pm Performance—Duo Pixel: Jake Church (CG) and Michelle Velvin (Harp) 5:35—6:30 Duo Pixel are a harp and guitar duo formed by Wellington-based performer-composers Michelle Velvin and Jake Church. Their interactions originate through wanting to create new music for this instrumental combination. In 2020, Duo Pixel performed at St Mark’s, St Andrew’s concert series and the inaugural concert of St Anne’s concert series. They are currently working on student duets for guitar and harp to foster more
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