and a happy new year!
Greetings!!!
As always, my best wishes to all of you, and I hope that you survived your holiday season with a reasonable measure of sanity! I actually managed a few days off in there, and had some very nice times with my family.
Big thanks to those of you who came out to Gatsby’s, Maca, and Byrne’s to hear me play last month, and super-special thanks to Susan and Norm at Maca Cafe for some tremendous hospitality on a very busy night! Also, thanks, Pat Byrne, for helping me celebrate yet another birthday with a guitar in my hands.
The new year brings all sorts of new opportunities for me, and I hope you can make it out to a few of them, as well!
On Saturday January 26 and Sunday January 27, I’ll be playing in Connecticut, accompanying my dear friend, Ian Howell (www.ianhowellcountertenor.com) Some of you might remember Ian from his Columbus days (Capital U, St. Joseph Cathedral, Early Interval). Since then, he’s sung with Chanticleer, going to Yale, winning all sorts of important competitions, and singing at Carnegie Hall. It’s a real honor to play with him, and I’m looking forward to many more collaborations in the future. We did similar programs in Columbus twice last year, and did some recordings, too. I’ll be playing my great new guitar by Gary Demos (www.demosguitars.com)
If you’re going to be in or around New England next weekend, here’s the skinny: www.ianhowellcountertenor.com/begearjan26.html
If you’re NOT going to be in or around New England next weekend and are in need of some fun, you can always go hear The Mac at the Short North Tavern (674 North High St). They’re kind enough to allow me to blow off gigs to go play in CT and places like that. There’s some new stuff we’ve been working on, and the band is sounding really good these days. They’ll start at 10:00 on Saturday the 26th. And, speaking of The Mac, check out the new website, including a new recording of our original song, I Wonder. www.themacmusic.com Thanks to Eric Van Wager (www.vangomusic.com) for helping out with the drum tracking!
The following Wednesday, January 30, I’ll be back at the fantastic Maca Cafe, 5 South Liberty St. in Powell (614-436-1212) from 7:30-9:30. I’ve been playing there monthly since September, and it’s really THE perfect place for classical guitar, great food, and fine wine. Last month was a little crowded (and noisy!) because of a holiday party. Let’s see if we can’t make it noisy and crowded this month, too.
In other news:
I’ve begun working on a very exciting project with local songster, Larry Pennington. We’ll be demoing some of his fine songs here at dBMusic, and then we’ll be building arrangements and recruiting musicians to put together a full-length project. I’m flattered to be involved, and really looking forward to digging in! Keep an eye out, folks….this is gonna be good stuff!
On Saturday, February 16, my private students will be showing off their stuff. They’ll be presenting a recital at Otterbein College’s Riley Auditorium at 2:00 in the afternoon. There are often homemade chocolate chip cookies involved, and if you’ve ever wondered just what it is that I do during the day, you can come find out! I’m really proud of the work that my students and I do together, and I’d love for you to come share it!
I guess that’s about it for now…hope to see you soon!!!
Karl Wohlwend
www.columbusclassicalguitar.com
503 East Weber Road
Columbus, OH 43202
614.405.2300
www.myspace.com/wohlwendguitar
January 22nd, 2008 at 2:06 pm
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