The Santa Cruz Guitar Orchestra presents the final concert of the 2010-11 season with an exciting program of music from Baroque and romantic to jazz, ragtime, western, and rock’n roll styles played on many guitars! Directed by guitarist/composer Mesut Özgen, the SCGO repertoire includes a wide range of works. Among the highlights in the program are Edvard Grieg’s beautiful orchestral suite “Peer Gynt” (watch out how the guitars are imitating bassoons, strings, drums, and cymbals!), “French Pot-Pourri” by Roland Dyens (expect musical and theatric surprises from the playful composer), Gerald Garcia’s “The Sandman Cometh” featuring two dueling guitar orchestras, Ben Verdery’s “Scenes from Ellis Island” featuring surprise guest musicians in the exciting finale with a special rhythmic pattern from traditional East Indian music, and Ennio Morricone’s film music for the legendary Clint Eastwood Spaghetti Western movies

Program
“Prelude and Fugue” (BWV 556 No. 4) by J.S. Bach
“Rondeau et Gigue” (from The Fairy Queen) by Henry Purcell
“Sugar Cane” by Scott Joplin
“French Pot-Pourri” by Roland Dyens
“Baião de Gude” by Paulo Bellinati
“Manha de Carnival” by Luis Bonfa
“The Sandman Cometh” (from Segni Meravigliosi: 4-Vespers No. 3) by Gerald Garcia
“Spaghetti Western Suite” (arr. Sean Hayward) by Ennio Morricone
“Peer Gynt Suite” by Edvard Grieg
“Scenes from Ellis Island” by Benjamin Verdery

Santa Cruz Guitar Orchestra:
Guitars:
Jay Arms, John Bower, Ronald Dunn, Bruno Franco, Sean Hayward, Devin Kosloff, Kevin McDowell, JP McShane, Chris Motter, Kyle Reilly, Becky Roberts, Bill Ruskin, Adam Wells
Classical Guitar Solo: Giacomo Fiore, Electric Guitar Solo: Sean Hayward,
Oboe: Karl Spiker, Flutes: Laura Serbus and Sevinç Özgen
Conductor: Mesut Özgen