The Triangle Guitar Society
Serving the guitar enthusiast in the Triangle Area
North Carolina since 1988
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  TGS Members newsletter  Mar/Apr 2025:  
 
  • Alvaro Mendizabal’s nuanced performance
  • Next season to feature top global talent
  • Prez Sez
  • TGS Gourmet Kingdom event, April 25
  • Tech Workshop - Tap it to play it
  • Musical Selection - A summertime suite of bossa nova
  • Bossa-Nove Breeze
  • Rio Feliz
  • Ho-Ba-La-La
  • Also of note..
  
     
 

TGS Members Luncheon and Recital

Saturday April 26, 2025 at Noon

 
Gourmet Kingdom, 301 E. Main St., Carrboro

Please join your fellow guitarists
Free to attend. Order an a la carte lunch at the event.

Wish to perform? Please contact Dennis Aberle or just turn up

 

 

  
     
 

Alvaro Mendizabal

Saturday April 12, 2025  7:00 PM  EDT

The Church of the Good Shepherd
 3741 Garrett Rd, Durham  NC  27707

 
eTickets - On line and also at the door
Concert  Saturday  April 12,  2025  7:00 PM EDT 
$35 General
$25 TGS members
Program (pdf)
 
     
  TGS Members newsletter  Mar/Apr 2025:
  • Durham newcomer Alvaro Mendizabal and his upcoming April 12 concert
  • A review of Celil Refik Kaya's Feb. 8 concert
  • An article on TGS's luncheon member recital on March 1
  • Prez Sez
  • Listings of upcoming guitar concerts and other events in the area and state
  • Six pages of engaging guitar music for your playing enjoyment
  • TGS board
  • TGS Memberships
 
     
 

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

 

  
     

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

Biography
Review in TGS newsletter - Kaya's consummate artistry
 
eTickets - On line and also at the door
Concert  Saturday  February 8,  2025  7:00 PM EDT 
$30 General
$25 TGS members
 
     
 

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
 
     
 

Marko Topchii

Sunday October 27  5:00 PM EDT

The Church of the Good Shepherd
 3741 Garrett Rd, Durham  NC  27707

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 - On line and also at the door
Concert  Sunday  October 27   5:00 PM EDT 
$30 General
$25 TGS members
 

Program (pdf)
 
 
 
     
 

TGS Members newsletter  Nov/Dec 2024:

  • 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
 
     
 

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 

 
     
 

TGS Members newsletter  Sep/Oct 2024:

  • 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
  
     
 

The Kossler Duo

Saturday September 21  7:00 PM EDT

The Church of the Good Shepherd
 3741 Garrett Rd, Durham  NC  27707

Adam Kossler & John Kossler

Program (pdf)

 

eTickets - On line and also at the door  
Concert  Saturday  September 21   7:00 PM EDT 


 		    
$25 General
$20 TGS members
And at the door
Questions? Ask the web dude 		 
   

 

 
TGS board
  
 

The Pratie Heads

Bob Vasile and Jane Peppler

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)

 

  
     
 

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.
  
     

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.

The Church of the Good Shepherd
 3741 Garrett Rd, Durham  NC  27707

  April 20 Program (pdf)

eTickets - On line here and at the door  
Concert  Saturday  April 20   7:00 PM EDT   
   
$25 general
$20 TGS members with emailed coupon code
And at the door
Questions? Ask the TGS Treasurer 		 
   

 
     
 

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

  
     
 

TGS Members newsletter  Mar/Apr 2024:

  • 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

 

  

Mak Grgic

Concert - Saturday Feb 17, 2024  7:00 PM EST

The Church of the Good Shepherd
 3741 Garrett Rd, Durham  NC  27707

   
Mak website   Program for Feb 17  

 

eTickets - Questions?: ask the TGS Treasurer  
Concert  Saturday  Feb 17   7:00 PM EST   
   
$25 general
$20 TGS members with emailed coupon code
And at the door		  
   

 
 

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
 		  

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
 


 
 

Grisha Goryachev Recital
Flamenco as a soloist 

Saturday Nov 11, 2023 at 7:00 PM

The Church of the Good Shepherd
3741 Garrett Rd, Durham  NC  27707

 
Grisha Flamenco Guitar Clinic - All levels welcome
Saturday Nov 11 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM

eTickets - Questions: ask the TGS Treasurer
Concert Nov 11  7:00 PM EST Flamenco Clinic  Nov 11  10:00 AM to 12:30 PM EST
$25 general
$20 members with emailed coupon code		 $40 Members (join or renew here and at the door)

Grisha Biography

Grisha website 

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
  • 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

 
 
 

Celil Refik Kaya - Recital

Saturday Sep 23, 2023 at 7:00PM

The Church of the Good Shepherd

Program (pdf)

CelilRefikKaya.com

eTickets $20 / $15 TGS members with coupon code
New and returning members will be emailed coupon code
 		  
 

Triangle Guitar Society would not be able to bring in talent such as Jorge Caballero without the support of patrons like you. Please renew your TGS membership today at  https://triangleguitarsociety.square.site/
Check with Donnie treasurer@triangleguitar.org about your current membership status

TGS End of Summer Lunch Performance/Party

Saturday Aug 26, 2023 at Noon - Season kick off

Gourmet Kingdom, 301 E. Main St., Carrboro

The event will feature performances TGS board and TGS members
Wish to perform? Please contact Dennis Aberle 

 
 

 
     
The Triangle Guitar Society is a non profit arts organization inspired by love for the musical arts and dedicated to nurturing an appreciation for the guitar  
 

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