Dr. Peter Joseph Zisa

Afternoon Youth Open Mic Forum
2019-02-02 14:00 - 16:30 (America/Vancouver) | OR
Portland Guitar Society & CDZ-Collegium Musica Present Afternoon Youth Open Mic Forum
(Featured performer to be announced)

Casa Della Zisa presents Tatiana Kolchanova and Mary Rowell
2019-01-25 19:30 | Casa Della Zisa, Portland, OR, United States
Mary & Tatiana Violin Duo
(violin duo) From Baroque to Bartok.
RSVP casadellazisa@gmail.com or call 503-307-4907
$20 seat; $15 for PGS members, senior citizens, and students

Afternoon Youth Open Mic Forum
2019-01-05 14:00 - 16:00 | OR
Portland Guitar Society & CDZ-Collegium Musica Present Afternoon Youth Open Mic Forum @ Casa Della Zisa 2:00 p.m.

Casa Della Zisa featuring Cameron O’Connor & Ryan Lee
2018-11-10 19:30 | Casa Della Zisa, Portland, OR, United States
Classical Guitarist Cameron O’Connor (guitarist) & Portland Symphony violinist, Ryan Lee
Date: November 1oth, 7:30 p.m. (Doors open at 7:00)
Venue – Casa Della Zisa
4624 NE Fremont Street
RSVP – casadellazisa@gmail.com or 503-307-4907
$20 single seat, $35 couple, $15 for PGS members and senior citizens

NOV 10 2018 PDF

Casa Della Zia featuring Classical Guitarist Jeffrey Ashton
2018-10-20 19:30 | Casa Della Zisa, Portland, OR, United States
RSVP – casadellazisa@gmail.com or 503-307-4907
$20 single seat, $35 couple, $15 for PGS members and senior citizens

Seffarine~ Nat Hulkamp & Lamie Naki
2018-09-15 19:30 | Casa Della Zisa, Portland, OR, United States
From Moorish Spain to the Sahara!
Lamiae Naki and Nat Hulskamp
Seffarine’s international blend of sounds features soulful Moroccan singer Lamiae Naki and flamenco guitarist Nat Hulskamp. Their music embraces and extends Naki’s rich heritage, which spans from Moorish Spain to the Sahara
http://www.seffarine.com
Location: Casa Della Zisa
Time: 7:30
$20 for single seat, $35 a couple, & $15 for PGS members
RSVP casadellazisa@gmail.com or call 503-307-4907 for seat reservation and address.

Casa Della Zisa Featuring Shirley Nanette
2018-07-28 19:30 | Casa Della Zisa, Portland, OR, United States
A Little Night Music: Shirley Nanette and Peter Zisa Reunited
Summer Special: $15 individual, $25 for couple; PGS Members $10
Jazz Vocals and small orchestra (Spanish guitar and violin).
Shirley, in the tradition of such Jazz greats as Lena Horne and Ella Fitzgerald, is known as a “dynamic, genuinely expressive, highly entertaining performer who generates incredible energy on stage.”
Expressive, Dynamic, Electric…
Joining Shirley and Peter will be concert violinist Andrew Ehrlich.
R.S.V.P. for reservation and address casadellazisa@gmail.com or 503-307-4907

JULY SPECIAL: Three-day Intensive Guitar Workshop
2018-07-15 09:00 - 14:30, 2018-07-14 09:30 - 14:30, 2018-07-13 09:00 - 14:30 | Casa Della Zisa, Portland, OR, United States
Scientific Approach of Practice – Construction of practice methods that are simple, enjoyable, and reliable.
Type of Qs answered – How to practice a new piece? How to address problems with rhythm, technique, and memory.
Why Scale Practice? – The purposes of practicing scale. How to make practice fun.
Fingerboard Theory – an introduction to finger-patterns and shapes that relate to principles of music theory.
Type of Qs answered – What patterns on the guitar reveal fundamental theory principles?
Such as major-minor chords, common chord progressions,
Stylistic Interpretation – an introduction to historic and contemporary stylistic practices
Every genre of music has an associated manner and approach to musical practice and expression.
Playing in the style is akin to pronouncing foreign words like a native.
Theme, Variation & Improvisation – an introduction to how to variation form and the practice of improvisation
have much in common.
Chamber Music for Guitar – make the world more harmonious Play Music Together!

​Casa Della Zisa featuring Folia Duo (Andrew Bergeron & Carmen Maret)
2018-06-17 19:30 | Casa Della Zisa, Portland, OR, United States
Folia Duo (Andrew Bergeron & Carmen Maret)
Friday June 17, 7:00 p.m.
Please email casadellazisa@gmail.com for more information.

Casa Della Zisa featuring Travis Johnson
2018-04-22 14:00 | Casa Della Zisa, Portland, OR, United States
Since completing his studies with Adam Holzman at the University of Texas at Austin’s Butler School of Music in 2017 with a Master of Music Performance degree, Travis Johnson has returned to Portland to begin a concert career and teaching privately. The month of April is a busy performance month for Travis who is touring the great NW.
Travis began his studies at eight years old with Peter Zisa, whom he stayed with for seven years. In 2005, Travis won the GFA Guitar Competition (Junior Division). In 2006 that Travis made the premier recording of a new commissioned piece by Bryan Johanson, as well as music by F. Tarrega, F. M. Torroba, and Vivaldi’s Guitar Concerto in D Major. In 2007, he performed at Carnegie Hall on nationally syndicated program From the Top, and became a Davidson Scholar.
After these fundamental studies, Travis studied with Michael Partington, whom he stayed with until he was accepted into the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where Travis worked under the tutelage of David Tanenbaum. Travis has enjoyed lessons and Master Classes from Jeremy Jouve, Marcin Dylla, Judicael Perroy, David Russell, Oscar Ghiglia, and Raphael Smits.

Portland Guitar Society members receive a $5 discount on ticket price.

Casa Della Zisa presents Travis Johnson
2018-04-22 14:00 | Casa Della Zisa, Portland, OR, United States

​Casa Della Zisa featuring Scott Cossu & Lonnie Mardis
2018-04-21 19:30 | Casa Della Zisa, Portland, OR, United States
Scott Cossu & Lonnie Mardis
Please email casadellazisa@gmail.com for more information.
The name of Scott Cossu is one that long-time fans of new age music will be familiar with. This highly regarded pianist/composer was one of the very first artists on Will Ackerman and Alex De Grassi’s legendary Windham Hill Records label, which Scott recorded on for nineteen years. In fact, Windham Hill piano icon George Winston used to open for Scott in concert in the early years. Scott’s music has a warm mellow vibe that will be enjoyed by Windham Hill fans as well as a wider audience. Whether it is jazz, new age, or whatever, Scott humorously refers to his music as “Heavy Mental” or “Cosmic National Geographic.”

Casa Della Zisa featuring Aaron Larget-Caplan
2018-04-13 19:30 | Casa Della Zisa, Portland, OR, United States
Aaron Larget-Caplan on Saturday April 14, 2018 at 7:30pm
Please email casadellazisa@gmail.com for more information.
Aaron Larget-Caplan returns to Casa Della Zisa to perform his arrangements of J.S. Bach and recently published ​guitar arrangements of piano works by ​John Cage, as well as works by Vineet Shende and Keigo Fujii. Noted for his “astounding technical proficiency and artistic delicacy” by the Boston Musical Intelligencer, Aaron Larget-Caplan is an international recording and touring guitarist. His arrangements of the music of John Cage are published by Edition Peters, and he has premiered 78 compositions, many written for him. His recordings are available on Albany, Navona and Stone Records. On faculty at University of Massachusetts Boston and formerly Boston Conservatory. http://www.ALCGuitar.com/

Casa Della Zisa featuring Olivia and Rene
2018-03-11 14:00 | Casa Della Zisa, Portland, OR, United States
Guitar & Tea at Two! Olivia and Rene at Sunday March 11th 2:00 p.m.
Please email casadellazisa@gmail.com for more information.

Casa Della Zisa featuring James Reid & John Paul Shields
2018-03-10 19:30 | Casa Della Zisa, Portland, OR, United States
James Reid & John Paul Shields perform Saturday March 10 7:30 p.m.

Please email casadellazisa@gmail.com for more information.

Casa Della Zisa featuring Devin Koslof (classical guitarist)
2018-02-18 14:00 | Casa Della Zisa, Portland, OR, United States
Devin Koslof (classical guitarist)​
Sunday February 18th at 2:00 p.m.
Please email casadellazisa@gmail.com for more information.

Casa Della Zisa featuring Berto Boyd (flamenco guitarist) & Grant Ruiz
2018-02-17 19:30 | Casa Della Zisa, Portland, OR, United States
Berto Boyd (flamenco guitarist) & Grant Ruiz

Casa Della Zisa featuring Cameron O’Connor (classical guitarist)
2018-01-20 19:30 | Casa Della Zisa, Portland, OR, United States
Cameron O’Connor (classical guitarist)

Casa Della Zisa: Thousand Waves & Koto Duo (Yukiko Yamaguchi & Shigemi Getter)
2017-11-18 | Casa Della Zisa, Portland, OR, United States

Casa Della Zisa: Adam Levin (classical guitarist)
2017-10-21 19:30 - 21:00 | Casa Della Zisa, Portland, OR, United States
Naxxos Recording artist Adam Levin has been praised by renowned American guitarist Eliot Fisk as a “virtuoso guitarist and a true 21st century renaissance man with the élan, intelligence, charm, tenacity and conviction to change the world” and the Washington Post for his “visceral and imaginative performance.” Mr. Levin has performed throughout the United States, Europe, and South America,. The recipient of numerous top prizes, Adam Levin has been recognized by Associación Cultural Trujamán, the Society
A native of Chicago’s North Shore, Levin holds BM and BA degrees from Northwestern University in Music Performance, Psychology, and Pre-Med. Under the tutelage of Eliot Fisk, Levin completed a MM at New England Conservatory in Boston. His esteemed teachers have included Oscar Ghiglia, Gabriel Estarellas, Anne Waller, Mark Maxwell, and Paul Henry. Levin is co-director of the annual Boston Young Guitarists Workshop, co-founder of the non-profit organization Kithara Project, and teaches guitar at University of Massachusetts-Boston and the University of Rhode Island. Adam Levin is a D’Addario Artist and performs on a guitar by luthier Stephan Connor.
WEBSITE: WWW.ADAMLEVINGUITAR.COM

Casa Della Zisa: Scott Kritzer (classical guitarist)
2017-10-07 19:30 - 21:00 | Casa Della Zisa, Portland, OR, United States
…intelligent and self-assured…with a sure technique and a musical sensitivity, he created an inner life in his playing, a thinking and caring musician. –Bernard Holland of the New York Times
His consummate commitment to technical excellence as the solid structure beneath an unparalleled sense of musicality brought him over two decades of accolades from audiences and critics alike, in concert halls in San Francisco, Frankfurt, Vancouver, B.C., Los Angeles, Sapporo, Washington, D.C., Munich, and New York.
scottkritzer.com

Casa Della Zisa: AUGUST RUSH CONCERT! Grammy-award winner Doug Smith and Shohei Toyodo
2017-08-05 20:00 | Casa Della Zisa, Portland, OR, United States
Shohei Toyoda
Acclaimed finger-style guitarist Shohei Toyoda was born in Japan and raised in Dublin, Ohio. Shohei always knew he had a special connection to music throughout his life. He received his musical education at Berklee College of Music, and has studied with many prestigious musicians, such as John Mcgann, Walter Beasley, Bob Pilkington and Guy Van Duser.
2011 The Grand Champion of the “Home of the Legends” International Thumb-Picking Contest in Mulenburg, Kentucky
2012 First Prize and Best Arrangement Award at Japan’s National Finger- Picking Guitar Contest

Doug Smith
Grammy-Award Winning Guitarist Doug Smith has been called a cross between Chet Atkins, Leo Kottke and Michael Hedges. In 2005, Doug won a Grammy award for his participation on the Henry Mancini tribute CD Pink Guitar, in 2006 he won the prestigious Winfield International Fingerstyle Guitar Competition, and in 2007 he was one of the guitarists who contributed to the popular movie August Rush.
Since then he has taught at guitar workshops throughout the country, toured Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and China, and shared the stage with guitar luminaries such as Andy McKee, Tommy Emmanuel and Laurence Juber. His compositions have been heard on NPR, Turner Classic Movies and Good Morning America among other places.

Music without Borders: Benefit Concert for Gerardo Caledron of Grupo Condor. Joining Gerardo is Choro da Alegria, Maria Olaya, and host Peter Zisa
2017-07-15 19:30 - 21:00 | Casa Della Zisa, Portland, OR, United States
Benefit Concert for Gerardo Caledron of Grupo Condor. Joining Gerardo is Choro da Alegria, Maria Olaya, and host Peter Zisa

Casa Della Zisa: Folios Duo
2017-06-10 07:30 - 19:30 | Casa Della Zisa, Portland, OR, United States
Flutist Carmen Maret and guitarist Andrew Bergeron perform, compose, teach and are entrepreneurs from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Together they are known as the Folias Duo. The duo’s 2015/2016 concert season – demonstrating their versatility in arranging and performing – took them to Europe (Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Italy, and Portugal), South America (Argentina and Chile) and Africa (Guinea).
An Evening of Argentine Tangos & Milongas: www.foliasduo.com.

Casa Della Zisa: Espacio Flamenco
2017-05-20 19:30 - 21:00 | Casa Della Zisa, Portland, OR, United States
Espacio Flamenco Company is a professional performance group based out of Espacio Flamenco’s studio that produces a variety of shows around Portland where new audiences can be exposed to flamenco.

Espacio Flamenco also hosts La Peña Flamenca, a collective of flamenco artists and aficionados that organize events for the flamenco community.

Brenna McDonald – flamenco guitar
Elisa Rocha – voice
Christina Lorentz – voice & dance
Lillie Last – dance

Casa Della Zisa: Celso Machado (Brazilian composer & guitarist)
2017-05-05 19:30 - 21:00 | Casa Della Zisa, Portland, OR, United States
CELSO MACHADO: Virtuoso Brazilian Guitarist, Percussionist, Vocalist, Multi-instrumentalist, and Composer.
“Amazing skills, skills that combine elements that in the U.S. are rarely found in the same band, let alone the same musician.”… TIM BROOKS, Review of New York Guitar Festivals Brazilian Guitar Marathon
ABOUT CELSO: Performer, Composer, Recording Artist, and Teacher
Virtuoso Brazilian guitarist, percussionist, multi-instrumentalist and composer, Celso Machado, transports his audiences through the richness and diversity of Brazilian music and beyond. For forty years Celso Machado has been performing on concert stages throughout Brazil, Western Europe, Scandinavia, Canada, and the United States. Considered one of the most versatile and exciting musician/composers of Brazilian music today; his guitar technique is but one of his passions; his gift for making music out of anything and everything around us is his mission in life.
In addition to Celso’s solo career he has shared the stages with some of the world’s great guitarists: Sergio and Odair Assad, Badi Assad, Romero Lubambo, Yamandu Costa, Cristina Azuma, Peter Finger, and Solorazaf. He has opened for Gilberto Gil, Bebel Gilberto, Hermeto Pascaul, and Al di Meola; amongst other great musicians.
Brazilian music has arisen out of various blends of Classical European, African, Portuguese and Indigenous influences. There is less division in Brazilian music between classical and jazz, jazz and folk. While Celso’s music is rooted in Brazilian rhythmic and melodic styles, it also reflects his incurable fascination with other world music traditions. He finds similarities between the music of southern Italy and northeast Brazil, the Egyptian Maqsoum and the Brazilian Baião rhythm, the Moroccan Gnawa rhythm and Afoxé and Samba. Celso incorporates these influences into his own sound; his own unique contribution to the ongoing evolution of Brazilian music.
Drawing on his thorough study of classical guitar, Celso composes for guitar and ensemble. His remarkably innovative compositions are infused with a rich knowledge of the traditional music of Brazil: samba, chôro, baião, frêvo etc. His compositions are published by Editions Henry Lemoine in Paris and are performed and recorded by both students and professionals around the World, from solo performances to guitar orchestras. Many of his scores have been adapted for other instruments: piano, violin, cello, clarinet, pan pipes, harp etc.

Friends of Chamber Music TANGOS & TAPAS
2017-03-12 15:00 | Casa Della Zisa, Portland, OR, United States
Spanish & South American Music: Steve & Patt Bilow

Casa Della Zisa: Thousand Waves
2017-03-11 19:30 | Casa Della Zisa, Portland, OR, United States
Thousand Waves at Casa Della Zisa. West Meets East program – “an eclectic and exciting blend of musical styles from different continents” (PCC/Art Beat) – blends the sounds of the Japanese koto (Yukiko Yamaguchi), transverse flute (LeeAnn McKenna), and yours truly on six and eight string guitar.

Together we will be performing exciting and beautiful program of traditional and modern works from the musical cultures of Japan, Spain, France, Mexico, South American, and the U.S.A.. Please e-mail or call asap to reserve your seat!
casadellazisa@gmail.com – 503-307-4907
