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W estern Colorado Classical Guitar Society
President Javier de los Santos
Performs with the Grand Junction Symphony
On October 8, 2013, Javier de los Santos performed Fantasia Para un Gentilhombre by Joaquin Rodrigo at Grand Junction High School auditorium. Our presi-dent has become quite an accomplished and charis-matic performer. He has also performed Joaquin Ro-drigo’s Concierto de Araquez for guitar and orchestra with the Colorado Mesa University Symphony Orches-tra, the Boulder Symphony Orchestra, and the Sym-phony in the Valley in Glenwood Springs. Other per-formance credits include the Aspen Music Festival and School; the Denver Classical Guitar Society in Denver, Artists of Tomorrow Stu-dent Concert Series at the Bowdoin International Music Festival in Brunswick, Maine; the Western Slpe Chamber Music Series Celebration of Music and Dance; the Lakewood Cultural Center for the Dia de los Muertos celebration in Lake-wood, CO and the Hinojosa Theater in Jerez, Zacatecas, Mexico.
Upcoming WCCGS Events
October 29 & 30 — Master Class with Nicolo Spera from the Uni-versity of Colorado at Boulder from 4:00—7:00 p.m. Contact Javier de los Santos at 778-6116 if you are interested in performing.
Monday, November 18 — WCCGS Board Meeting
Tuesday, November 19 —WCCGS members meeting at 7:00 p.m. at the Moss Performance Center in room MCC 18.
Wednesday, November 20 —Javier de los Santos concert: Homage to Francisco Tarrega in CMU recital Hall at 7:30 p.m.
WESTERN
COLORADO
CLASSICAL
GUITAR
SOCIETY
The Guitar Gazette
Board of Directors
Javier de los
Santos
Don Neal
Maggie Lopez
Kathleen Kain
John Dobbs
Inside this issue:
WCCGS Presi-
dent Performs
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Upcoming Events 1
Composer
Joaguin Rodrigo
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Master Class 3
Nicolo Spera 4
Fantasia Para Un
Gentilhombre
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M embership Annual membership dues will be $25.00 per year. Mem-ber benefits will be to receive access to lectures, discus-
sions, refreshments, the Western Colorado Classical Guitar Society Newsletter, and an association with the society. Please contact Javier de los Santos at 778-6116 or [email protected] if you wish to be a member of the society.
W estern Colorado Guitar Society Board of Directors
The officers of the society are:
President - Javier de los Santos
Vice President - Don Neal
Secretary - Kathy Kain
Treasurer—John Dobbs
Maggie Lopez
Newsletter publisher/editor—Kathy Kain
C omposer Joaquin Rodrigo Rodrigo was born in Saguento, Spain on November 22, 1901. Blind from the age of three, he began his musical
education at an early age on the piano. After graduating from the conservatory in Valencia, he went to Paris to study composition with Paul Dukas. Rodrigo’s writing style represents “Spanish na-tionalism” in which composers look within their own culture and history for musical inspiration. Fantasia para un gentilhombre (Fantasy for a gentleman), was written in 1954 and dedicated to Andres Segovia, who premiered the work in 1958. The Fantasia was composed with two “gentlemen” in mind: Gaspar Sanz, whose music is used through-out this piece; and, of course, Andres Segovia. Sanz was a court composer and guitarist fro King Philip IV of Spain in the 17th cen-tury. In 1674, Sanz published a book of dances and songs which reflected the popular demands for guitar and his music at that time. In Rodrigo’s Fantasia, we can hear exact melodic quotes from several pieces by Sanz, but Rodrigo’s own harmonization and orchestration make this piece very typical of Rodrigo. As Rodrigo said, “My ideal is that if Sanz could continued on page 5
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Page 3 Western Colorado Classical Guitar Society Presents Nicolo Spera
Guitar Master Class
Nicolo Spera, head of the guitar department at Colorado Uni-versity, Boulder, is one of Italy’s finest guitarists, a thoughtful musician and a wonderful pedagogue. As a soloist, Spera is one of the few guitarists in the world to perform on both six-string and ten-string guitars. He has focused on the perfor-mance of Rennaissance music with Massimo Lonardi and on chamber music with Matteo Mela and Anna Sorrento. This will be Nicolo’s first appearance in Grand Junction, CO where he will share his knowledge of the guitar in the way of a Master Class. A master class is a lesson given by a performer after his/her performance.)
This Master Class is free and open to the public. If you are interested in performing for the Master Class or for more information, please contact Javier de los Santos at (970) 778-6116 or check us online at www.westerncoloradoclassicalguitarsociety.org
When Where Time
Tuesday, October 29 Back Porch Music 4:00 —7:00 p.m.
Wed., October 30 CO Mesa Univ. Recital Hall
4:00—7:00 p.m.
Italian guitarist Nicolo Spera brings to his teaching and performing a unique synthesis of European and American tradi-tions. A versatile chamber musician, in 2012, Spera co-founded the en-semble Duo Cha-gall with violinist Jenny Diaz.
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WESTERN COLORADO CLASSICAL GUITAR SOCIETY
www.westerncoloradoclassicalguitarsociety.org
PRESENTS
NICOLO SPERA
GUITAR MASTER CLASS
Nicolo Spera (Italian Guitarist) is the Head of the Guitar Department at
Colorado University, Boulder www.colorado.edu/music/faculty/nicolò-spera
Locations:
Back Porch Music on Tuesday, October 29, 2013 4:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Colorado Mesa University Recital Hall, Wednesday, October 30, 2013
4:00 to 7:00 p.m.
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Correspondence
Mailing Address
2001 Bison Court
Grand Junction, Co
81507
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Hear the work, he would say, ‘It isn’t I, but I certainly can recognize my-self.”
The movements in the Fantasia are:
Villano y Ricercare: A villano is a peasant’s dance of free form, placed alongside the Ricercare which is very contrapuntal and fugal. This creates a contrast of freedom and structure.
Espanoleta Y Fanfare de la Caballeria de Napoles: The Espanoleta has its origin in Italy. In fact, the Espanoleta rhythm is exactly that of Siciliana, a dance from Sicily.
Danza de la Hachas: This movement sounds a great deal more deadly than it really is. Once again of peasant origin, this short but energetic movement represents the Spanish masculinity.
Canario: This is a vivacious dance form from the Canary Islands. This dance is characterized with “hemiola” - 3/4 time juxtaposed against 6/8 time. The strategically place cadenza toward the end adds to the excitement of this final movement of the Fantasia.
Notes courtesy of Masakazu Ito in the Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra 2013-14 season program.
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