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Monthly Meetines in the 2006-2007 Season!
Here is a recap of the events that took place during
the 2006-2007 season:
Septernber: The new season started off with guest
artist, Vinny Valentino. Vinny treated the
membership to his insights about performing jazz
guitar- including how he treats the melody and
harmony when performing guitar. www.vinny.com.
February: We had composer/guitarist/mandolinist
John LaBarbera visit and talk about composing
music for film. He used examples from movies and
talked about the challenges of making the music and
film come into one art form. Examples were also
performed on guitar and mandolin.
wwwj ohntlabarbera. com.
March: Patrick Appello treated the membership
October: Classical guitarist Keith Calmes presented
a classical program including a few of his own
compositions. Keith talked about composing for the
guitar and also featured one of his students who
performed a solo and a duet with Keith.
with a close look of 2 historic instruments: an 1865
Tones and a 1916 Garcia. Patrick performed on
both instruments and let the membership try them
out. The instruments are on loan from the Augustine
Collection. www.myspace.com/patrickappello I
April:
Our last meeting of the season Tomas
Rodriguez came from NYC to perform and
demonstrate common Latin American guitar
techniques and styles. www.tomasrodriguez.com
post-season event will be held at
Trumpets Jazz Club and Restaurant. This is our
annual Guitar Night, which features up-and-coming
talent from NJ. Admission is $10 for everyone.
May: Our
November: Joyce Balint came with a Neapolitan
mandolin to discuss arranging music. She brought
copies of original scores and played through the
material demonstrating how the original
composition can be best re-written for mandolin.
December: Tom Dempsey took time from his busy
schedule to share his personal approach and insights
in music. He explained various musical concepts
and then demonstrated them on his tunes and jazz
arrangements. www.tomdempseymusic. com.
January: We had Carol Hammersma visit with her
bassist. Carol performed a set of jazz music (voice
and guitar). She told us how she makes musical
decisions that affect the outcome of her music and
also how to the voice and guitar work together.
http://www. capriccioensemble.com/caro lhamersma. html
Don't forget to check our calendar, which has links
to many interesting summer guitar programs!
Mailine Info
Please keep us informed about any changes in your
address- especially email. We inform all of our
membership about upcoming events through email.
Those who do not have email can learn about our
meetings by calling us or by atrnouncements made
in advance at the meetings. If you would like to be
added to our email list please contact us at:
[email protected].
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Current NJGMS Member Roster
New Jersey Guitar
& Mandolin Society
Arora-Williams, Keith
Bauman, Marge
Bonini, James
Our next season is already being planned. We will
be continuing with our Guest Artist series. In
addition, we will have a specihc meeting geared to
beginners (or more advanced musicians trying new
material) in a song circle format. This will be a nonintimidating environment, moderated where
musicians can share music and offer constructive
feedback.
ln our next season we are planning to continue the
current format of having each meeting run as
follows:
20 minutes- meet the members.
l0 minutes- news, announcements, member recitals.
45 minutes- guest artist or presentation
l5 minutes- meet the artist.
Please support our Guitar Night program on May 8
at Trumpets Jazz Club in Montclair. The event
features young, up-and-coming musicians
performing classical and juz guitar: Nick
Giordano, Brian Barone, Anand Krishnamurthy.
Features Dan Lavoie on harp guitar. Trumpets has a
fine menu for dinner, dessert or just a drink. A $10
music fee
will
be added to your check- those funds
go to NJGMS.
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Membership Renewal.
Since our season ends in April, we have included
membership renewal forms for the 2007-2008
season. Our new season will begin in September
and we hope to bring our membership up to 100!
Please help us by introducing the society to your
friends and neighbors who have an interest in
music. The membership tier is restructured with all
fees $30- this is not an increase from least season
for adult members. That's less than $4 per
concerilmeeting...the best deal found anywhere!
So, please don't hesitate to include a donation with
your membership renewal or in our donation jar
during the meetings.
Calmes, Keith
Castro, Chris
Costa, Frank
Cotos, Humberto
Cruz, Michael
Czolacz, John
Das, Munish
Domanico, Edward M
Forte, Frank
Frassa, Jack
Giordano, Nicholas
Gizzi, James
Gomes, Victor
Himmelhoch, Seth
Jasper, Phil
Katz, Richard
Korduba, Peter
Krajunus, John
LaBarbera, John
Lomonaco, Frank
McDonnell, Robert
McGuinness, Andrew
Mclnerney, Chris
Nevola, Gabriel
Passoni, Jackie
Peloro, Filomena
Pergolizzi, Bob
Puckett, Steve
Rosado, Ana Maria
Sagato, Christopher
Sieaega, Marcella
Smith, Christopher
Starbuck, David
Weissfisch, Harry
Wilt, Jeffrey
Summer Guitar
National Guitar Workshop
www. guitarworkshop. com
Classes and seminars- all sfyles.
Acoustic Guitar Website
www.acousticguitar.com
National listings- excellent resource
AMGUSS
www. mari lynnmair. com,/amguss. shtm l.
Mandolin and Guitar Summer workshop
Guild of American Luthiers
http://www. luth. org/schoo ls. htm
Guitar construction schools and programs