THE AUCKLAND GUITAR SOCIETY

New Zealand Guitar Ensemble 13th Annual Concert

New Zealand Guitar Ensemble Group cordially requests the pleasure your company at our 13th Annual concert held at The Korean Presbyterian Church of Auckland(22 Edmonton Rd., Henderson)on 27th April, 2018 at 7:00 PM. (Admission is free and donation is welcome)

 New Zealand Guitar Ensemble is a Classical Guitar Ensemble Group currently consisting of Korean boys, girls and adults who live in New Zealand. We started in 1998 as a part of The Southern Cross Korean Performing Arts Group and had several performances in places such as Auckland Town Hall, Aotea Centre, Churches, Rest Homes and Auckland Guitar society. We have also won first prize three times in the ‘Ensemble division’ competitions held by Auckland Guitar Society. In May 2005 we separated from The Southern Cross Korean Performing Arts Group and we aim to have our own performances once or twice each year.

Where : The Korean Presbyterian Church of Auckland(22 Edmonton Rd., Henderson)

When : 7:00 27th April

**Free Admission

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THE AUCKLAND GUITAR SOCIETY

Date:   Sunday,  11th March 2018

Venue: All Saints Church Hall, 284 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby

Time:   7.30 pm

Format: 1^st Half : Open Floor 2^nd Half: Guest Artist

Admission:   $8.00 (Financial members – free)

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Hi everyone.

First guest Artist for 2018 is…..

GUEST Artist

Keven Mendousse

Kevin is an Auckland-based solo classical guitarist. He is currently studying towards the Trinity College Diploma in Music Performance under the private tutelage of John Flameling. As a practice recital, he will be performing his programme pieces, which include compositions from the traditional Spanish repertoire as well as guitar arrangements of music from East Asia and Latin America.

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Upcoming Concert

BIRKIN SERTKAYA.

mus(Hons)

Biography

Born in 1988, Barkin maintained full scholarship at Bilkent University- Faculty of Music & Performing Arts – throughout his education for 9 years. After graduating with an Honors degree at just 19 years old, he immediately started teaching in Bilkent University and Cankaya University, delivering both theoretical and practical lessons. In the meantime, he pursued competitions and concerts, touring across Europe and Asia, through which he has familiarised himself with ethnomusicology and experimental music.

He has contributed to many masterclasses and workshops, through both hosting and teaching. Some of the names are; Costas Cotsiolis, Roland Dyens, Leo Brouwer, Aniello Desiderio and Marco Socias.

His expeditions to various guitar festivals across the world from Naxos to Köln has enabled him to practice Alexander technique as it applies to Classical Guitar. Further studies Barkin has focused on include; handicaps of Classical Guitar, Baroque style and fingering techniques on Classical Guitar, Classical Era; the music of Fernando Sor and Mauro Giuliani, Francisco Tarrega and late romanticism, Modernism and Nationalism; post-Andres Segovia, Contemporary Era and the music of Leo Brouwer.

As a result of personal interest and studies in electric guitar, equipment and ethnic instruments, he was accepted to Cirque du Soleil’s “Zed” as a multi-instrumentalist.

Teaching | Current

Classical guitar-Fingerstyle technique
Areas of expertise

Alexander technique in guitars
Fingerstyle guitars
Early&Contemporary Middle Eastern music
European eras and styles in Classical Guitar

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Where : 1012 East Coast Rd.,Fairveiw Heights, Auck.0630.
When : Sat. 17th March, 8pm (door open 7.30pm)Adults $30, Child/student $15, Consession $25.

( Cash at door please. )

Wine,juice and Tapas included.

Please R.S.V.P by reply email or phone Rod on 473,2226

Please R.S.V.P by reply email or phone Rod on 473,2226

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THE AUCKLAND GUITAR SOCIETY

Date:   Sunday,  10th December 2017

Venue: All Saints Church Hall, 284 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby

Time:   7.30 pm

Format: 1^st Half : Open Floor 2^nd Half: Guest Artist

Admission:   $8.00 (Financial members – free)

 

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GUEST Artist

Bruce Paine – Classical Guitarist

Bruce Paine is Auckland, born and raised, and is one of New Zealand’s foremost classical guitarists, known especially for his strong and sensitive playing, original compositions, and CD releases of his work. He is an alumni of the University of Auckland School of Music, graduating with honours in 1995, and is an auditioned RNZ Concert recording artist. Highlights of his career include selection as a semi-finalist in the 1995 Shell Darwin International Guitar Festival Competition, a 1998 stage appearance in Prague alongside the world famous Czech guitar virtuoso Stepan Rak, and a performance of Joaquin Rodrigo’s ‘Concerto de Aranjuez’ in 2001 with the St Matthews Chamber Orchestra. In 2007, his debut guitar compositions were described by Wellington based guitarist, teacher and radio personality Gunter Herbig, as “a wonderful achievement and a milestone for New Zealand guitar composition.” To date Bruce has written around 40 individual pieces (some making up suites) for classical guitar covering themes as diverse as New Zealand landscape, underwater sea life, songs of Gallipoli and kinetic art sculptures. His compositions, most notably ‘Finchdean’, are now played and performed by student and professional guitarists in New Zealand and abroad. The first recordings of his work by other guitarists were released in 2017 by Rattle Records (‘The Passing of a Black Star’ New Zealand Guitar Quartet RAT- D071) and the German CD label NAXOS (‘Dream Weaving’ Gunter Herbig 8573765). This month both albums have appeared simultaneously on the RNZ concert ‘top ten’ classical charts. In 2015 Bruce was awarded Creative New Zealand grants towards compositions for the New Zealand Guitar Quartet and Canberra based guitarist John Couch. Both works are due to be premiered during the Taranaki Classical Guitar Summer School in January 2018.

CDs and sheet music will also be for sale .

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THE AUCKLAND GUITAR SOCIETY

Date:   Sunday,  12th November 2017

Venue: All Saints Church Hall, 284 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby

Time:   7.30 pm

Format: 1^st Half :Guest Artist  2^nd Half: Open Floor

Admission:   $8.00 (Financial members – free)

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GUEST Artist

Witten-Hannah Family

In Winter the Witten-Hannah’s made a concert tour together across the South Island from Invercargill to Wanaka, to Tekapo and finally Christchurch hosted by family’s learning guitar by the Suzuki method with South Island teacher George Hendry.

Sasha and Natarani met soon after completing their studies in performance music and have been playing  together as ‘Heartstrings’ ever since. They are successfully balancing family life with careers both performing and teaching their musical instruments – Guitar and Cello. They have been married for 15 years and now their two children have joined them in concert for the first time this year. Sofia 11 years old on violin/guitar and The 9 years old on cello.

Sasha’s most advanced guitar student Reuben Chung will also play a piece this Sunday.

As the children can’t stay up late the guitar society members performance will be afterwards.

The concert will include:

Pachelbel’s Canon in D – The whole family

Humoresque by Dvorak and Spanish Waltz for two guitars by Calatayud and Ferrer

– Dad and Daughter

Siete Caciones Populares Espagnolas by Mauel de Falla – Mum and Dad

El Pano Moruno, Nana, Cacion, Polo and Jota

Irish and Scottish Jigs and Reels – Sofia, Natarani and Sasha

Sagamartha (Everest) – Composition by Sasha Witten-Hannah for Guitar and Cello

Inspired by a recent journey to the Himalayas

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THE AUCKLAND GUITAR SOCIETY

Date:   Sunday,  8th October 2017

Venue: All Saints Church Hall, 284 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby

Time:   7.30 pm

Format: 1^st Half : Open Floor 2^nd Half:Guest Artist

Admission:   $8.00 (Financial members – free)

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GUEST Artist

Maria Elena and students –  A night of Flamenco Guitar and Dance!!!

Maria Elena, founder of Flamenco NZ, has dedicated her life to the Art of Flamenco from a young age, inspired by her guitar playing cousins Anthony and Charles Mandos, Manitas de Plata, the Gypsy Kings, Paco de Lucia and many more. She took guitar lesson with Humberto El Payo, who was a student of Nino Ricardo. Maria came to New Zealand in the eighties with New Zealand artist Darcy Lange, who studied Flamenco with legendary gypsy guitarist Diego del Gastor. Together they performed in many parts of New Zealand as well as in the Netherlands, Germany and Spain. One of the works, Aire del Mar, will be recreated and performed in Santander, Spain, in 2018, involving Spanish Flamenco artists. Maria was also a special resident at the Pena Flamenca in Jaen, Andalusia, in 1990, a cultural centre for Flamenco, a place where local Andalusian families get together to sing, dance and play Flamenco. Currently Maria teaches Flamenco guitar and dance at The Auckland Performing Arts Centre and she travels regularly to Spain where she spends time with Flamenco artists. Maria Elena is an accomplished Flamenco guitarist and plays traditional Spanish Flamenco guitar. She will be accompanied in a couple of songs by her students, Campbell He, Andries Meintjes, Agnes Sigley, Celine Buxton and Linda Chalmers.

Maria Elena

Performing Artist & Teacher

Ph: (+64) 9 550 2549; Mob: 021 962 742

www.flamenconz.com

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Sadder note

A long standing member and past president of the CGSA, Chris Marks. Chris passed away on Friday 22nd September at age 77.

Chris had been involved with the Guitar Society since the 1960’s and was president in the late 80’s and early 90’s. He was responsible in organising many guitar related events through this period. Chris will be missed by many of us.

Here is a posting by Bruce Paine on Face book last week:

It’s with sadness that I find myself now posting about the passing of a good friend (he would never allow me to say ‘old’!) and past president of the Classic Guitar Society of Auckland, Chris Marks. Chris ran the society from the late 1980s and early 1990s (his extraordinary head for details of events would have instantly narrowed that down to the precise dates and possibly even the times of day as well!) and his ability to present meetings efficiently gave the guitar society the impression of being professionally run. Chris was a wonderful, well mannered man who contributed far more for the guitar society than most people ever realised. They were exciting times, in the days when local players felt starved of concerts by international guitarists, few and far between. Chris helped create opportunities for young guitarists, such as myself at the time, to hear the work of visiting professional guitarists from the UK, Europe and South America and to participate in masterclasses. As well as one-off concerts and two-day ‘festival’ events, Chris helped organise a special tribute to guitar maker Louis Panormo, with a performance by UK guitarist John Mills and his duo partner Cobie Smit in rural Awhitu with TV news coverage of the event. There were also Auckland Summer Schools and perhaps the most memorable was held at Howick’s Fowey Lodge with visiting Icelandic guitarist Pétur Jonasson who wowed everyone with his exciting concerts featuring a world of music new and inspirational to all of us. It was through meeting and playing for Pétur that I began considering studying music and guitar at university level. It’s safe to say that without such opportunities brought about by Chris, I would not be doing what I do today.

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THE AUCKLAND GUITAR SOCIETY

Date:   Sunday,  13th August 2017

Venue: All Saints Church Hall, 284 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby

Time:   7.30 pm

Format: 1^st Half : Open Floor 2^nd Half:Guest Artist

Admission:   $8.00 (Financial members – free)

 

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GUEST Artist

 

Sergio Arroyave Jiménez

Sergio Arroyave Jiménez finished his guitar studies at the University of Antioquia at the year 2016 with the accompaniment of the master LEON DARIO ECHEBERRI GIL, during his professional training he had the opportunity to participate in national and international festivals as the I SEMINAR OF NEW MUSIC FOR GUITAR, XII AND XIII INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FEST IN PANAMA 2015-2016; In which he received master classes with teachers like Marco Tamayo, Petrit Ceku, Fabio Zanon, Gohar Vardanyan, among others.

Programme:

Caprice 2 and 7……Luigi Legnani
Sonata eroica Op 150…… Mauro Giuliani
Vals Op 8 #4………Agustin Barrios

La catedral…….Agustin Barrios

• Prelude da saudade
• Andante religioso
• Allegro solemne 

La guajira a mi madre……Ñico Rojas

The Auckland Guitar Society

Date:   Sunday, 9th July 2017 

Venue:            All Saints Church Hall, 284 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby
Time:              7.30 pm
Format: Open floor – Members playing night

Admission:   Free

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Members playing night

Sorry for late notice.

BUT!!

Bring your guitar and favorite music and show us your “Sound of music.”

Note that it will be free admission.

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THE AUCKLAND GUITAR SOCIETY

Date:   Sunday,  14th May 2017

Venue: All Saints Church Hall, 284 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby

Time:   7.30 pm

Format: 1^st Half : Open Floor 2^nd Half:Guest Artist

Admission:   $8.00 (Financial members – free)

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GUEST Artist

 

Peter Cross and Friend

Music for Guitar and Clarinet from Classical and Folk.

The Auckland Guitar Society

Date:   Sunday, 9th April 2017 

Venue:            All Saints Church Hall, 284 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby
Time:              7.30 pm
Format: Open floor – Members playing night

Admission:   Free

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Members playing night

Start practicing your favorite music NOW!!

Bring your guitar and favorite music and show us your “Sound of music.”

Note that it will be free admission.

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CGSA on facebook   http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/275416659214874/

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