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TGS Members Luncheon and Recital
Saturday Mar 1, 2025 at Noon
Gourmet Kingdom,
301 E. Main St., Carrboro
Please join us for this event for
TGS members Free to attend. Order an a la carte
lunch at the event.
Wish to perform? Please contact
Dennis Aberle
Program

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Celil Refik Kaya
Classical Guitar and Oud
 
Saturday Feb 8, 2025 7:00 PM EST
The Church of the Good Shepherd
3741 Garrett Rd, Durham NC
27707
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TGS Members newsletter Jan/Feb
2025:
- Details on the Feb. 8 anticipated engagement by
guitarist and
oud player
Celil Refik Kaya
- Review of guitarist Marko Topchii's Oct. 23 amazing
concert
- A description of the Dec. 7 TGS members luncheon recital
- Prez Sez - Happy
New Year everybody everywhere!
- Journey to the Kingdom - Luncheon members’ recitals
become a regular thing
- Music Editor - David Robertson shares five of his own
compositions
- A listing of other upcoming area concerts on guitar and
other plucked-string instruments
- TGS board
- TGS Memberships
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Marko Topchii

Sunday October 27 5:00 PM EDT
International phenomenon
Marko Topchii will perform at The Church of the
Good Shepherd. Topchii is the first-place winner of the 2023 Guitar
Foundation of America (GFA) International Guitar Competition and
many
other world competitions.
eTickets -
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Concert Sunday October 27
5:00 PM EDT |
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TGS Members newsletter Nov/Dec
2024:
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Prez Sez
- Details on our not-to-be-missed Oct. 27 5:00 PM concert
in Durham by GFA International Concert Artist Competition
winner Marko Topchii, from Ukraine
- A review by Peter Abken of the Oct. 5 members recital
- A review by Paul Bonner of the Sept. 21 TGS concert by
the Kossler Duo
- Specially edited by Randy Reed, two pieces of sheet
music by Heitor Villa-Lobos for your playing enjoyment,
Gavotta-Choro and Etude No. 5
- A listing of other upcoming area concerts on guitar and
other plucked-string instruments
- TGS board
- TGS Memberships
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TGS Members Luncheon and Recital
Saturday Oct 5, 2024 at Noon
Gourmet Kingdom,
301 E. Main St., Carrboro
Please join us for this event for
TGS members Free to attend. Order an a la carte
lunch at the event.
Wish to perform? Please contact
Dennis Aberle

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TGS Members newsletter Sep/Oct
2024:
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Prez Sez
- Details of exciting TGS concerts and events this month
and next, including a return engagement by the Kossler Duo
and concert by Ukrainian GFA winner Marko Topchii
- An article about and guitar transcription of two
beautiful suite movements by the 17th century French
lutenist-composer Denis Gautier, by Peter Abken
- A review of the June 30 Pratie Heads' house concert for
TGS, by Paul Bonner
- Sheet music to two engaging guitar pieces, revised and
edited by TGS President and Music Editor Randy Reed
- A listing of other area guitar concerts coming up
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The Kossler Duo
Saturday September 21 7:00 PM EDT

Adam Kossler & John Kossler
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Concert Saturday September 21
7:00 PM EDT |
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$20 TGS members And at the door
Questions?
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TGS board
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The Pratie Heads
Free outdoor concert for all - Sunday June 30 5:00 PM EDT
A
folk duo presenting "More or less traditional music of the British Isles"
and other genres
TGS members Pot Luck to follow concert -
please feel free to join TGS in order to attend the potluck!
Location TGS President's house in North Chapel Hill -
Please RSVP by emailing Jennifer
and letting her know you are attending, number in your group, and
additionally if you are a TGS member and will also be attending the pot luck (join
here and membership will be good for a year). Thank you for
letting us know and helping with planning.
The event is free. Please consider making a
voluntary
donation
on line to the TGS before the event.

The Praties banish the blues. Their music making is of the highest order
— and fellowship to match. Jane Peppler and Bob Vasile have a long and
storied career in the Triangle folk music scene and beyond. They possess
a rare alchemy. Both display an instrumental and compositional
virtuosity that sets them apart from most folk groups, often taking the
music into harmonic modes and modulations that are anything but simple
or ordinary. They also have done a great job of ferreting out songs from
centuries past.
Paul Bonner in TGS newsletter 2019.
Biography -
Bob Vasile
Biography -
Jane Peppler
The Pratie
Heads at BandCamp.com (listen to their cds)
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Summer 2024 edition of TGS Newsletter:
- Information about our upcoming concert June 30 by the Pratie
Heads folk duo.
- A review by Peter Abken of Julian Burbano's fabulous April 20
concert.
- A review by Peter Abken of Peter Croton's insightful book
Performing Baroque Music on the Classical Guitar.
- Photos of performers at the April 6 luncheon recital at Gourmet
Kingdom.
- Sheet music of Abel Carlevaro's Campo, from the Preludios
Americanos, edited by Randy Reed.
- A listing of upcoming guitar concerts and summer camps and
festivals in the Triangle and North Carolina.
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Julian Burbano
Recital - Saturday April 20, 2024 7:00 PM
EDT

This
concert is an enchanting journey through the rich tapestry
of classical guitar music, from the timeless elegance of Manuel M. Ponce
to the evocative melodies of Joaquín Rodrigo. With each note, Julian
Burbano and Randy Reed will transport you to a realm of beauty and
emotion that only the classical guitar can evoke.
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Concert Saturday April 20
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$20 TGS members with
emailed coupon code And at the door
Questions?
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Return to Gourmet Kingdom April 6 at 12:00 PM
All are invited to a
members’ open recital on noon April 6, at Gourmet Kingdom
Chinese restaurant,
301 E Main St., Carrboro.
This is the third such event and promises
more of the highly successful performances
Members wishing to perform should email
Dennis Aberle
Works already planned include those by
Fernando Sor, Alexandre Tansman, Leo Brouwer, and Heitor
Villa-Lobos, Arcangelo Corelli, Sylvius Leopold Weiss.
The progam.
Order your choice of lunch while enjoying
the performances
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TGS Members newsletter Mar/Apr
2024:
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Prez Sez
- A preview of Duke student Julian Burbano's dazzling
program for his April 20 recital
- A preview of the April 6 open recital for members at
Gourmet Kingdom Chinese restaurant in Carrboro
- Review of TGS's phenomenal concert on Feb. 17 by
guitarist Mak Grgic with ezzo-soprano Meagan Martin
- An account of a visit to luthier Allen Watsky's workshop
in western North Carolina, by Randy Reed
- Strings & Splinters - Allen's regular column. Tips
on guitar repair and maintenance
- Book review - Peter Abken's review of The Lute in Europe
2
- Music Editor - Randy Reed.
Sheet music with etude playing guide
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Mak Grgic
Concert - Saturday Feb 17, 2024 7:00 PM
EST
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Concert Saturday Feb 17
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Happy New Year TGS Members.
Jan/Feb 2024 newsletter:
- A group review of Grisha Goryachev's scintillating TGS
flamenco concert and workshop on Nov. 11
- A review of our Dec. 9 luncheon members' recital
- Strings & Splinters, by guitarist and guitar repairer
Al Watsky, intonation issues
- Ask a Pro by Randy Reed, with two more
installments of tips, examples, and exercises for how to
sing on a single string
- Sheet music with performance notes for two engaging pieces the quintessentially
neo Romantic Ell Suenodeela Munequita (Dream of the Little Doll), by Agustin Barrios, edited and revised by Randy Reed,
and Reed's own composition, Lament for Bob
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Holiday Season - TGS Members Luncheon and Recital
Saturday Dec 9, 2023 at Noon
Gourmet Kingdom,
301 E. Main St., Carrboro
Please join us for this event for
TGS members Free to attend. Order an a la carte
lunch at the event.
Wish to perform? Please contact
Dennis Aberle
More details and program have been emailed to members

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In
the Triangle Guitar Society members' Nov/Dec Newsletter
2023:
In
the Triangle Guitar Society members' Bonus Summer Newsletter
2023:
- Details about the upcoming (Aug. 26) end-of-summer,
start-of-season member party and performances
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Prez Sez - The word from Randy
- An article on the development of modern guitar design
and whether classical and flamenco guitars are really
distinct instruments, by Dennis Aberle
- An article on the baroque lute and its repertoire, by
lutenist (and new board member) Peter Abken, with a
facsimile of historic lute tablature of a Prelude by S.L.
Weiss and Peter's own guitar arrangement
- Nine pages of sheet music by Randy Reed, renewing and
transforming pieces by Fernando Sor and Mauro Giulian
- A listing of upcoming guitar and other plucked-string
instrument concerts and festivals across the region
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