Performing that evening were:
Jaxie Binder
Andrew Boscardin
Chris Gibson
Curt Golden
Dean Jensen
Greg Meredith
Travis Metcalf
Taylor Sherman
Howard Snyder
Bob Williams
Of the 10 guitarists who performed in show #0, 7 are still with the company and will be performing in show #215 [in the interest of full disclosure, only 7 of the guitarists will be performing on Thursday. The eighth recently suffered an injury that has temporarily sidelined him as a guitarist, and so he will be running the sound for the the June 30 show - ed.].
It was some time after this show, when the commitment was made to pursue this project for an extended run, that we arrived at the name, "Tuning the Air". During the naming process, founding producer Frank Sheldon presented us with one of several ultimatums: this one to find and agree upon the right name for the production, or else it would default to "Guitar-O-Sphere".
Here is the setlist for Tuning the Air #0. Where it indicates "shift", certain players would get up and move to different seats in a highly choreographed maneuver, in order to be in a better position to play particular pieces of music. This harkened back to the very first guitar circle performance which took place in the ballroom of the mansion at Claymont Court near Charles Town, WV, on March 30, 1985. TTA Producer Frank Sheldon had been in the audience for that performance, and was much impressed with this simple and elegant gesture, which he felt demonstrated a level of intentionality and attention to detail in every aspect of the show.
Music for Large Guitar Ensemble
February 21, 2005
Seattle, WA, USA
Circulation in C Major
Voices of Ancient Children (Curt, Travis, Chris)
Batrachomyomachy
Not My Sharona
~~shift~~
Where Is The Nurse
Growing Circle
Butterfly
~~shift~~
Lylli in Africa (Greg Meredith)
How Many Times? (The Extended Wilsons)
Corelli Giga
~~shift~~
Where It Goes
One of a Thousand Regrets
Prelude XXII in G Minor
Eye of the Needle
Asturias
49 Notes
