The Mock Trio Premiers in Marfa, Texas

I had just arrived home from an eight week tour, having checked out my 50th college reunion, and places the Mock Family Classic Guitarists had performed in the 1970s as a guitar quintet. About two weeks later, Alyce and Julian informed me that we were scheduled to perform trios at the home of Sandra Harper on Sunday, Aug 9 at 7:00 p.m.

In January of 2009, we had begun thinking about my late husband's unpublished memoirs of The Mock Family. It occurred to us that we should play the music we had performed in the 1970s in this country and in Europe. Much of the music for The Guitar Choir can be played as trios without the higher tuned guitars. We decided to give it a try based on the family members and instrumentation we had at hand: grandma (me) violin, Alyce Santoro flute, and Julian Mock guitar.

As we rehearsed, I was amazed by the difficulty in the ever changing rhythms and modern dissonances. I asked Julian if he thought the music was difficult at the age of six. He replied,"I just did as I was told."

During the concert, there was a display of the 1970s publications: our magazine, Creative Guitar International; The Mock Method Classic Guitar Method (Vol. 1. Age 3-adult;) and photos of Melody, Nelson and Julian performing with their parents, Ruth and Jerry Mock.

For this concert, we chose samples of the music most exciting to us:

Chamber Music Concert at the Home of Sandra Harper Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009 7:00 p.m. Marfa, Texas

Alyce Santoro, flute Ruth Mock, violin Julian Mock, guitar

1. Vorfreude (Anticipated Joy) 1978 Uwe Schreiber b.1946
from "Musik für drei Gitarren Hefi II "
Herausgegeben (editor) von Renate Grosse

2. Serenata Piccola 1962 Dietrich Erdmann 1917-2009
I Etwas bewegt (somewhat fast)
II Bewegt

3. Divertimento 1958 Hans Gál 1890-1987
Opus 68 für zwei Alt-Blockfloten (treble recorder) und Gitarrre
I Allegro
II Andante

4. Fünf Bagatellen 1968 Hermann Ambrosius 1897-1983
I Allegro
II Andante tenero
III Vivace scherzando
IV Andante tranquillo
V Vivace con fueco

5. Landler Franz Schubert 1797-1828
from Musik Der Wiener Klassik für drei Gitarren
arr: Konrad Wolki

6. Münchener Gitarrentrio 1969 Alfred von Beckerath 1901-1978
I Maßig (moderato)

Julian Mock, Original Compositions for Solo Classic Guitar:

Bucky’s Dream
Reynosa
Untitled in D Major*
War and Peace Report*
Phoenix*
3’s & 2’s*
Steps (from "Sound Travels" - encore)
* working titles