In attendance: Victor, Chris, Brad, Rick, Dev, Glenn
The meeting opens with us sitting in a circle. At Victor's invitation, Dev takes the lead, giving an account of the recent course that was held earlier this month near Cuernevaca, Mexico, hosted by the Contemporary Guitar Ensemble. Lots of good information, and plenty to look forward to in the coming months and years.
This leads quite naturally into a discussion of the upcoming special project (Dev noticeably self-corrected after calling it a course) here in May with the Orchestra. As of this meeting, the first performance of the Orchestra of Crafty Guitarists East Coast Tour 2013 will be held in precisely three months, not far from the last GCNE performance series held at Harvard-Epworth. The middle now seems to be past, and most all agree that time has noticeably accelerated. A fair amount of practical work stands in front of us, in addition to the guitar-and-otherwise work.
As requested by Sandra, Dev runs the team through an exercise; this is to sort of bring us in sync with some work we got from her back in December, and is also related to the work of the Orchestra. Following this, we take it up in an ambulatory fashion, attempting to run it faster and faster. Some interesting observations.
Once we've run through this exercise to a logical sort of conclusion for the night, Victor walks over, kills the lights, and gives the "When ready, begin while ambulating in the dark" command. Some of the more creative improvising this Circle has engaged with: to the scribe's ears, this is some of the most musical playing he's heard in a while. Lotsa juice.
A short break.
Back in the circle, Dev gives a formal introduction of the First Secondary, and some of the variations RF presented with it.
A final G Major circulation/improvisation to end the night.
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