{"id":10261,"date":"2015-10-01T11:04:43","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T18:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sjcctimes.com\/?p=10261"},"modified":"2015-10-15T15:45:01","modified_gmt":"2015-10-15T22:45:01","slug":"photography-professor-performs-in-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sjcctimes.com\/es\/10261\/arts-entertainment\/photography-professor-performs-in-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Photography professor performs in concert"},"content":{"rendered":"

MacGowan returns to stage after 15 years of absence<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ciaran MacGowan, photography professor at San Jose City College, performed at the Tabard Theater in downtown San Jose on September 22.<\/p>\n

About 50 attendees were treated to live music for more than two hours. The band\u2019s routine included \u201cEverybody\u2019s Talking\u201d (Harry Nilsson), \u201cUna Nota Samba Sol\u201d (Carlos Joabim) and \u201cFly Me to the Moon\u201d (sang by Frank Sinatra and written by Bart Howard) with some songs that were written by MacGowan when he was pursuing a record deal.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m feeling elated because that was a good performance, and I believe we got a good audio recording and a good video recording,\u201d MacGowan said. \u201cI\u2019ll be able to use that to show other promoters and hopefully use this as a spring board to better and bigger concerts.\u201d<\/p>\n

MacGowan was front and center on stage with his guitar. Accompanying him on the left of the stage was his long-time friend Robert Soper, 62, on his electric guitar. On the right was Alex Baum playing bass and behind all three was Ken Owens on drums.<\/p>\n

Soper said he knows MacGowan since 1985 when they met in San Francisco through some mutual acquaintances.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe both enjoy playing so we\u2019d get together for an evening and have some dinner and always the guitars would come out,\u201d Soper said.<\/p>\n

In between songs, MacGowan told the audience that he had not played with Soper in a long time, on stage, and never with the rest of the members of the band. For this reason, he needed to turn his guitar toward the band in order for them to know where he was going with the song even though most of the time he didn\u2019t know himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is willing to go anywhere and do anything,\u201d Soper said. \u201cOn stage, with music, you\u2019re not going to get hurt so it\u2019s just a lot of fun if you\u2019re with the right people that can go off with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

The photography professor, indeed, was willing to go wherever the music took him; there were instances where he showed off his whistling skills in tone with the guitars. He also sang in French and between songs, he squeezed in some jokes involving the band or the audience.<\/p>\n

Many SJCC students showed up to support their professor. They did not sit and observe the performance. Instead, the students saw the event as a great photo opportunity and brought their cameras to put in practice what they have learned in class.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s amazing. He is this kind of character in class. He is full of life,\u201d said Benjamin Castro, 28. \u201cHe is always making the class fun; joking around and making it comfortable for everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n

Castro took MacGowan\u2019s film class last semester and is taking digital photography, Photoshop class and directive studies with him.<\/p>\n

MacGowan took the time to meet and talk to the audience during a break in the concert. He walked isle by isle shaking hands and thanking everyone who came until it was time to go back on stage. When his performance was over, he, again, took the time to socialize with the people in attendance.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just love singing, playing and whistling,\u201d MacGowan said. \u201cWhen I hear that my voice is mellifluous then I\u2019m happy.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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