Greetings!!!! Let’s see…one of the most fun Maca (www.macahome.com) gigs ever, complete with a lovely party for an elder Catalan gentlemen, getting the St. Patrick’s season off to a great start with Fibb’n gigs at the Shamrock Club, Byrne’s Pub and the Josephenum, getting stuck on the road to Buffalo and Hamilton during the near-blizzard (apparently it didn’t last long enough to be a real blizzard) of 2008 - shoveling, shoveling and more shoveling, getting stuck in the airport coming back from a great gig at Cherokee Casino in Tulsa, including a complimentary stay in Minneapolis, (thank you American Airlines) working on recordings for Shotgun Wedding (www.myspace.com/shotgunweddingmyspace), Cajun Blue, and LJ Pennington, wrapping up another quarter at Otterbein, and trying to find time to practice for the five, yes, five programs I’m preparing before the middle of May… Did I forget anything? Besides sleep, that is. Ok, pay attention, ’cause there’s lots of fun coming up here: Wednesday, March 26, 7:30-9:30 solo classical guitar at Maca Cafe (www.macahome.com), 5 South Liberty St in Powell Saturday, March 29, 8:00, I’ll be a featured soloist, performing in Anne Wilson’s “Cincy Suite,” a beautiful second movement with the Columbus Guitar Society Members’ Ensemble. Huntington Recital Hall, Capital University (www.columbusguitarsociety.org) I’ll be playing on my new Gary Demos guitar (www.demosguitars.com) Thursday, April 3, Happy Hour (5:45ish), Mac, Dan and I (from The Mac www.themacmusic.com) will be doing a short “acoustic” gig at Wendell’s Pub in Westerville (www.wendells.net/contact.html) This is a kind of “audition” for us, and we’d like to play there again sometime, so please come out and help us convince them to ask us back. Friday, April 4, 8:00, I’ll be playing Takemitsu’s “Toward the Sea” and Ned Rorem’s “Romeo and Juliet,” both truly warhorses of contemporary concert works for flute and guitar. I’ll be playing with the incredible Dr. Kimberlee Goodman, as part of a really cool faculty recital program at Otterbein College (www.goodmanflutestudios.com/calendar.htm) Sunday, April 6, 3:00 Kim and I will be playing the Rorem again for Women in Music in Columbus’ Huntington Concert Series in the Huntington Hall at Capital University. (www.goodmanflutestudios.com/calendar.htm), in case you missed it on the 4th, or in case you loved it so much that you had to hear it again! Friday, April 11, 10-2, The Mac (www.themacmusic.com) will be playing a NEW VENUE!!!!! Cadillac Jack’s, at 1849 Stringtown Road in Grove City Saturday, April 12, 9-1, Knot Fibb’n (www.knotfibbn.com) will be playing at Byrne’s Pub, our favorite place in Columbus. Sunday April 13, 7:00, I’ll be helping out my buddy, colleague, and Mac Soundguy, Eric Van Wagner for his faculty “recital” at Otterbein College. This performance is a culmination of music that we’ve been working on for a really cool songwriting collective called VanGO (www.vangomusic.com). I’m excited to be involved in this, and the recordings have been really fun. And a couple of other dates, in case you are going to be in and/or around York PA or Dayton OH: Saturday, April 26, 7:00, I’ll be playing in York, PA with my dear friend, Demi Fair, on a concert series for the Unitarian Church at 925 South George St. Demi used to live in Columbus, and we played together alot during that time, but it’s probably been about 10 years since then. I’m so excited to be working with her again. We’re also planning to do a recording sometime in 2008. Sunday, May 18, 7:30, I’ll be performing for the Dayton Mandolin Orchestra as part of my duo, Gruviera Armonico (www.columbusclassicalguitar.com/gruviera.html) at the Mathile Theater, Benjamin & Marian Schuster Center for the Performing Arts, 1 W. Second Street
Dayton OH 45402
Hope to see you around!!!!
Karl Wohlwendwww.columbusclassicalguitar.com503 East Weber RoadColumbus, OH 43202614.405.2300www.dbmusicproduction.com
Hey there!!! Hope everyone’s doing well. Things are good ’round here, snow, flu, shoulder strain, and car troubles be &@^#ed! Here’s what’s new: I had a great time with Ian Howell in Connecticut (www.thevoiceandguitar.com) last month. It was a great privilege to perform with Ian and pianist Doug Dickson, who is on the faculty at Yale. We did recitals in New Haven and Washington, CT, and though Ian was fighting off some pretty rough throat and cough thing, he sounded as amazing as ever. Ian’s a kindred spirit, and it’s always a great charge up to spend time with him, and playing with him is a great inspiration. On the Fibb’n front (www.knotfibbn.com), we’re coming out of our “quiet time,” and geared up for a BIG St. Patrick’s season, kicking things off this Friday, February 22 at the Shamrock Club of Columbus (60 West Castle Road). We play from 8-11ish. On the 1st of March, we’ll be up at the Pontifical College Josephenum for their Irish Festival. It’s a fundraiser for the seminarians there, and was great fun last year. There’s a great lineup, including some of our very best friends in the Columbus Irish music scene. We’ll play at 9:30. (www.pcj.edu/2007-08/cmtyirishfest.html) Then we’re off to Buffalo, NY, Hamilton, OH and Tulsa OK, where we’ll be playing at Cherokee Casinos on St. Pat’s day itself. For those of you in Columbus, there’s another chance to catch us, at Byrne’s Pub (1248 W. 3rd Ave in Grandview) on March 14. We’ll play at 9:30. (www.byrnespub.com). If you’re a fan of Irish music (and who isn’t??), check out the schedule at Byrne’s - there are some big names appearing there over the next month! The Mac is taking a little break from gigging (www.themacmusic.com), but it’s for a most joyous reason. Our drummer, Keith and his wife, Kelly are now the proud parents of a brand new baby girl!!!!!! In the meantime, we’ll be continuing to rehearse, write, and learn new tunes as we’re able, and we’ll be hitting the ground running just as soon as Keith can get more than an hour or so sleep at a time. Many congratulations, Keith!!! The studio (www.dbmusicproduction.com) is staying busy, too! LJ Pennington has done demos for most of the tunes we’ll be putting together for what promises to be a fine album, and we’ll soon be getting musicians together and doing some arranging. It’s an exciting project, and I’m honored to be a part. I’ll also be starting on projects with Josie Gonot (formerly of Josie and the Light, now doing a French Canadian/Cajun project - let the accordions begin!!!!) and Shotgun Wedding (www.myspace.com/shotgunweddingmyspace) in the coming month. The really big news for the studio is that I’m now able to run 16 input channels, AND I can do on-site mobile recording!!! That’s right, I can come record your CD in your very own living room!! Please, try to contain your excitement. Other items of interest: I’ve been coaching for the Chamber Music Connection (www.cmconnection.org), helping out mostly in the Adult Chamber Music and the Jazz Workshop programs. The CMC is a great organization, and I’ve had a blast working with them. I’ve even been working with young string players in string quartets and a chamber orchestra, which has just been a great pleasure. My private students gave a great recital last Saturday up at Otterbein. I’m always so impressed and proud of them, and I feel so lucky to be able to work with such interesting and dedicated people! This Sunday, February 24, at 7:00, the Otterbein College Jazz Ensemble will be performing a program including Rodgers and Hart, Herbie Hancock, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Miles Davis, and others. They’ve done a great job getting the program together in a short time, and it promises to be a great concert. It’s in Riley Auditorium in the Battelle Fine Arts Center (www.otterbein.edu/admission/visit/maps/colormap.asp) AND Next Wedneday, February 27, I’ll be doing my last-Wednesday-of-every-month at Maca Cafe (www.macahome.com) from 7:30-9:30. Maca was recently included in Columbus Monthly’s Top 10 New Restaurants, with excellent reason. The food there is absolutely amazing, small plates prepared-to-order. Have the soup. Maca is what your living room dreams of becoming. Stay warm!! Karl Wohlwendwww.columbusclassicalguitar.com503 East Weber RoadColumbus, OH 43202614.405.2300www.dbmusicproduction.com
Last month I had the great privilege of working with Alarm Will Sound (www.alarmwillsound.com) at Otterbein College. Here’s a video of me playing on Michael Gordon’s Yo Shakespeare