Orchard Guitar Festival: Guitar Ensembles

Program

Black Swamp Pluckers

·       Planxty George Brabazon – Trad. Irish

·       Brenda Stubberts – Trad. Irish

·       Yesterday –  Lennon–McCartney

·       Libertango – Astor Piazzola

All arr. Music Thief

The Music Thief, Conductor and Founder

Ryan Brown; Jessica Clements; Jim Knepper; Elena Sands, mandolins
Ashley Albright; Bob Clements; Aiden Hines; Rick Walsh; Sean Williams, guitars
Kathy Jones; Lukas Simler, ukuleles
Aeron Henderson; Caleb Ritchason, Bass

**************

BGSU Classical Guitar Ensemble

• Six moments musicaux, Op. 94, #3, Franz Schubert. arr.  Rossi, Abner
• Sechzehn Walzer,  Op. 39. # 15. Johannes Brahms, Rossi, Abner
• Pavane d’Angleterre, Claude Gervaise arr. Biberian Gilbert
• Basse Danse La Volunté, Claude Gervaise arr. Biberian Gilbert

Nathan Fields; Elena Minard; Liam O’hara; Juan Ramirez; Jake Weil, guitars

**************

BGSU Jazz Guitar Ensemble

·       Wake Up, William Leavitt

·       New Rhumba, Ahmad Jamal, arr. Peter Leitch

Nathan Fields; Gwen Krupp; Elena Minard; Liam O’hara; Juan Ramirez; Ethan Winer, guitars
Sage Szappanos, bass
Anthony Douglas, drums

**************

BGSU Alumni & Guests Ensemble

• You Are Special, Fred Rogers, arr. Maristela Fuestle
• Bye Bye Blackbird – Henderson & Dixon, arr. James Chirillo

Matthew Barcus; Maristella Fuestle; Brad Gendics; Zakk Jones; Harry Stratton, guitars
Norman Damschroder, bass
Brad Billmaier, drums

**************

BGSU Alumni Ensemble

• Salina Street, Kenny Wheeler
• Affirmation, José Feliciano, arr. Chris Buzzelli

Wilson Bales; Ariel Kasler; Eddie Melikian; Ed Levy; Bill Taborn; Scott Parnell, guitars
Lee Mullenbrock; Aidan Plank, basses
Dan Konold, drums

Thanks for attending our performances. If you have enjoyed your experience, please consider donating to the College of Musical Arts in support of our students and programming. Donate online at bgsu.edu/givecma, or call Karmen Concannon at 419-372-2424.

To our guests with disabilities, please indicate if you need special services, assistance or appropriate modifications to fully participate in our events by contacting Accessibility Services, access@bgsu.edu, 419-372-8495. Please notify us prior to the event.

Audience members are reminded to silence alarm watches, pagers and cellular phones before the performance. As a matter of courtesy and copyright law, no recording or unauthorized photographing is allowed. BGSU is a nonsmoking campus.