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PRESIDENTCharlene Wilson
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VICE-PRESIDENTHeather Blackburn
503.293.9148charles&[email protected]
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SECRETARYAlan Ely
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TREASURERBruce McIntosh503.585.4298
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PROGRAM COORDINATORDavid Keyes503.297.2322
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NEWSLETTER EDITORGeorgienne Young
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NEWSLETTER LAYOUTWayne Nutsch503.371.3002
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Bridge & BowSpring 2001
OCS Officers:
Dear OCS Members and FellowTenor-Clef-Readers,
Being on the OregonCello Society Board has givenme so many wonderful opportu-nities to meet and to make suchgreat new friends. Now I canserve you as President. It is anhonor (strange, when I started totype that it came up with acouple of “r’s” instead on an “n”... Freudian slip?) and a respon-sibility which I do take seriously. Ihope I can follow capably in thefoot-steps of all of our previousPresidents, especially NaomiBlumberg, who kept thingsmoving so wonderfully well for solong.
Welcome to the Board toDorien de León, who has alreadytaken part in so much, includingat least half of the work on theScholarship Auditions.
Many thanks to GeorgeStruble, retiring fiscally talentedTreasurer, who left the Board inJanuary. Everything in thetreasury is in such good shape,and we thank you for your abilityand work.
And welcome to WayneNutsch, cello double-parent,retired FAA aviation safetyinspector, pilot, violinist andsometime cellist. Wayne iscomputer gifted and will formatthe newsletter, we hope for manyyears. Note his email addressand send items for the next issueto him...the more the better.
Our thanks also to CoreyAverill, who has done the format-ting in recent years. Bravo! andwe hope you can continue to beinvolved in new ways.
In case you don’t know
President’s Letter
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me at all, I have been a cellist (Itell my students) for 285 years,during 200 of which I have beenteaching. My first professional jobwas as assistant principal cellistof the Honolulu Symphony. Fromthere I returned to SouthernCalifornia to raise a family and bea professional free-lance andsymphony, etc., cellist ... andultimately became convinced thatDr. Suzuki had some wonderfulideas. So ... I am a teacher for allages, Suzuki Teacher Trainer,and have written some bookswhich help with cello teaching anda couple of music theory booksfor cello. In my “spare time” I loveto garden, collect cats, and ... youmay have noticed ... organize.
Since January, I amdelighted to report, we have hadumpteen events for Oregoncellists. I hope you have all takenpart in at least one of them, evenas audience. (We have to haveaudience.) When SammyJohnson played with the ORSymphony we managed to getpermission for students of activemembers to attend the dressrehearsal, and even tho it waslast minute there was actuallysome attendance. It was great tosee a 15 year old interact with theSymphony. (Aren’t you sorry youweren’t there?) Some of ourmembers also attended the ORSymphony open rehearsal whenLynn Harrell played.
In February we co-hostedwith the Columbia Symphony areception for Pansy Chang, afterher wonderful Elgar Concertoperformance with CSO. It was atthe Old Church, and was it everelegant! All that antique furniture,
and champagne, and chocolate!All members who had paid foryear 2000 or 2001 one wereinvited. (Hint ... there are ben-efits in keeping your dues up todate.) Another high-point for theearly spring was our co-sponsor-ing of the Janos Starker MasterClass. I always learn somethingnew from this great cellist andteacher. And what a wonderfulthrill for our young members whoauditioned to play for such amaster. Hamilton Cheifetz ... ourthanks, again, for planning this.The concert was a delight ... likea cello party on stage.
Then there were ourusual springtime events. TheAdult Recital, capably chairedonce again by Dave Keyes, wasa great success. More power tothese hard-working adult playerswith nerves of steel and supertechnique!
Next was the 6th AnnualScholarship Audition. The calibreof performance of these under16 year olds was higher thanever, even the little guys, and wehad terrific awards from the localshops as well as the scholar-ships.
Our last spring event wasthe Student Recital, so wellorganized by Heather Blackburn.Seven students played, and theaudience loved all their perfor-mances.
My personal thanks to allwho helped, and who attended,each OCS function. My hope isto continue to have this much ofexcitement and interest tocellists of all ages.
In the fall our AnnualMeeting will feature the six(count ‘em, 6) ScholarshipWinners from the Audition. Andwe will, by popular demand,have once again a multiple celloreading of cello ensembles.
Heather will be in charge offinding the music this year. (Anysuggestions? Original composi-tions? Contact her!) Levels ofplaying from 1st-4th position toconcertos will be welcome andwill find some appropriate piecesto play. We will try to schedulethis when all the pros can attend,and there will be some chal-lenges for all of you, too.Heather and I guarantee it.(There will not be a StudentCello Orchestra this fall, sostudents are welcome andencouraged to attend the Meet-ing and play in the ensemblereading. And come to cheer yourpeers who were the Scholarshipwinners!)
If I don¹t know youalready, I want to get to knowyou. My email is:[email protected] Write tome anytime!Cellistically ... Charlene
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Nancy Day503.659.6173
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On April 8, 2001, the 6th AnnualScholarship Audition sponsored by the Or-egon Cello Society took place in the wonder-ful new music building of Newberg HighSchool in Newberg, Oregon. From 12:30 to6:00 31 young cello students aged 15 andyounger auditioned for scholarship awards.They each played solos before a distin-guished panel of judges: Hamilton Cheifetz—Professor of Cello at Portland State Univer-sity and cellist of the Florestan Trio; JonHarris-Clippinger—Salem Schools musicinstructor, cellist and conductor of theAmadeus String Ensemble of the Salem YouthSymphony Association; and Sherill Roberts—principal cellist of the Portland Opera orches-tra and faculty cellist at Linfield College inMcMinnville; assisted in the first hours byHeather Blackburn—cellist of the EthosQuartet, sub in the Oregon Symphony andcello teacher and professional cellist. Thisunique audition was designed to identifystudents who show outstanding talent but arenot necessarily the most advanced players intheir age group. Its purpose is to help thosestudents who demonstrate exceptional prom-ise at varying levels of proficiency fulfill theirpotential.
The students (ranging in age from 6years, 11 months, to 15 years, 9 months)represented these local cello teachers:Naomi Blumberg, Dale Bradley, Jane Day,Dorien de León, Phil Hansen, John Hubbard,Levi Manselle & Claudia Zinser, IndiaJobelmann, Stephanie McDougal, BruceMcIntosh, Kathie Reed, and Charlene Wil-son. Their length of study ranged from 7months to 9 years 2 months, and the piecesplayed started with short Bach pieces andBach Minuets, included such traditionalteaching pieces as works by Breval, Squire,Popper and Goltermann, and concerto andsonata movements by Vivaldi, Eccles andSaint-Saens. This year, especially, the stu-dents demonstrated a very high level of
teaching and study. It was truly amazing tolisten to all of the talented students, and weagain recommend attending at least part ofthe Auditions next April even if you do nothave a student, child or friend among theperformers.
Winners of scholarships of $200. each[all listed alphabetically and with teachers’names in parentheses] were Anne Hart—11,who played Goltermann Concerto #4—3rdmvt. with great ease (John Hubbard) andAndrew Peterson—7, who gave a truly amaz-ing performance of Webster Scherzo andHandel Chorus from Judas Maccabaeus (PhilHansen). Awarded $100. each were AlexChung—13, Bach Minuets from Suite #1 andSquire Bourrée (Charlene Wilson), KennyLee—11, Bach Arioso and also GoltermannConcerto #4—3rd mvt. (Dale Bradley), PhilipNapier—9, Squire Danse Rustique andLaurent Nickel—15, Saint-Saens Concerto ina minor (with cuts) (both John Hubbard).
At the last minute Charles Harmanwithdrew his offer of his 3/4 and 1/2 sizedcellos. In an extremely generous gesture,Sherill Roberts has made available a 3/4 cellofor this year, which is being awarded to RyanButler—11 (Dale Bradley).
Many thanks to the luthiers and dealerswho donated the prizes listed below. Due totheir generosity we were able to give manymore awards this year. Awarded were a com-plete set of Helicore strings from Manselle’sMusic Shop to Howard Kang—13, (CharleneWilson) and bow rehairs from Ed GeesmanFine Violins and David Kerr Violin Shop toCandace Chin—9 (Dorien de León), LeanneConzatti—9 (Jane Day), Jeffrey Gettig—13(Bruce McIntosh) and Amy McAdams—12(Charlene Wilson). Three $50. gift certificatesfrom Paul Schuback Violin Shop and two fromSheet Music Service (and OCS) went toTheodore John Daily—12 (Levi Manselle/
6th Annual Scholarship Audition Results
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Claudia Zinser), Elaina Kim—7 (Dorien deLeón), Travis Nutsch—11 (Charlene Wilson),Sophie Soprani—10 (Jane Day) and AbbyVan Leuven—8 (Charlene Wilson/JohnHubbard). Two $25. gift certificates each weredonated by Day Music Company and PortlandMusic Company and were given to JosephChung—13 (India Jobelmann), JamieConzatti—14, (Naomi Blumberg), Ivy Rhee—10, (Stephanie McDougal) and Kevin Yoo—14, (India Jobelmann), and a $20. gift certifi-cate from David Kerr was awarded TabithaClapa—14 (Jane Day). Paul Schuback alsogave us fine quality cakes of rosin, which wereawarded along with certificates to the rest ofthe auditioning students. Manselle’s MusicShop donated a cello cleaning cloth to eachparticipant.
We would like to add our personalthanks to the teachers who showed up toassist and encourage their students, and veryspecial thanks to Jane Day, Bruce McIntoshand to George Struble for spending the entireday keeping everyone organized and happy.Our able accompanists, Kathie Reed, GwenGilbertson and Denise Van Leuven, deserve abig BRAVO for their excellent work. And wecan’t thank Gwen enough for arranging theuse of Newberg High, getting the piano tuned,and everything else including sweeping thefloor!
Every student taking part was wellprepared, performed with poise, and deservedan award. BRAVO!! to each one of you! Thewritten evaluations from each judge were sentto each performer’s teacher. All applicantswere awarded 1 year’s membership in theOregon Cello Society. The six winners of thescholarship awards will perform at the annualmeeting of OCS in October, 2001.
Dorien de León and Charlene Wilson, Co-Chairmen.
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* Zambocello: As an undergrad I was warmingup in the teacher's studio while he chattedoutside in the hallway. My lesson was to be onorchestra excerpts, but I was warming up onsome fluffy recital piece, I think Popper Taran-tella.
He opens the door and in a low, serious voicetells me that no one will ever pay me to play aPopper piece; I should be practicing my ex-cerpts. He closed the door and left. That wasmy lesson for the day! Needless to say I spentthe hour practicing excerpts.
By the way, he was right. I've never beenpayed to play Popper!
* I still remember seeing Janos Starker give amasterclass when I was 11 years old and he toldthe student, "You're squeezing so tight you couldkill a chicken!"
* What is the most remembered remark orcomment that a teacher or colleague said aboutyour playing? A teacher remarked that my Bachplaying was "lumpy." I'm sure it wasn' a compli-ment, but he never really explained what hemeant.
* "If you don't stop playing like that I'm going toask you to leave," and, "Jessica, your intonationhas improved 10-fold. What have you beendoing?"
* "Your Swan sounds like it just died of leadpoisoning."
Last March was an excitingcello month for Portland, and itbegan with a master class andconcert by Janos Starker atPortland State University. Forme personally, it was a time ofgreat joy and satisfaction,because I first played forStarker when I was 15 yearsold, and I began studying withhim when I was 16, so he hasalways been like a father to me.The weekend began on Thurs-day night, March 1, when Iheard Starker perform with theSeattle Symphony. The programincluded Fauré’s Elegie,Popper’s Hungarian Rhapsody,and the Dvorak Concerto! Sucha task would have exhaustedmany younger cellists, butStarker, now 76, played withgreat intensity and energy, andhe was in a fine mood as hegreeted many well-wishersbackstage after the concert. Thenext morning, as we drove toPortland, he confided that hehad only played the Elegie threetimes with orchestra in hiscareer. His old recording onAngel was a last minute addi-tion in order to fill out the disc.On Friday afternoon, Starkergave a class that lasted overthree hours during which heworked with six talented youngcellists: Andrew Cockerham,Shirley Edith Hunt, MicahWessman, Jonathan Vetter,Andrew Dunn, and MintchoBadev. Lincoln Recital Hall waspacked, and the audienceclearly enjoyed the class, whichwas an astonishing combination
of information, instruction,illumination, and humor. Witheach student, Starker focusedon a couple of major areas, andas usual, he zeroed in withclarity and brilliance on theaspects needing work. Havingseen many such classes, I wasstruck by the kindness heshowed each student, under-standing the stressful nature ofthe situation, at one pointsaying “It’s reasonable to benervous here. I get nervouswhen I play for myself, becauseno-one is more critical than Iam!” Such comments providedwelcome relief from the con-centration of the class, andeveryone in attendance wasenlightened and entertained.There is a video of the class,and I hope to find some way tomake it available to OregonCello Society members. Thereare logistical and time issuesconnected with making copiesof the video, which was shot ondigital cassettes, so that wouldneed to be explored, but Ipromise to look into it when Ihave the time.
Saturday was a day of rehears-ing, and it began that morningwith a session involving the 8-cello ensemble who accompa-nied Starker in pieces byCouperin and Frescobaldi. Theensemble was made up ofNancy Ives, Tim Scott, BruceMcIntosh, Steve Pologe, JohnHubbard, Kyle Lockwood andTravis Allen (two seniorstudents from PSU) and my-self. Starker was in extremelygood spirits throughout therehearsals and at the concert,clearly appreciative of the fine
playing and collegial spirit ofthe group. That afternoon, hesigned CDs at ClassicalMillenium, and he was graciousto the many music-lovers whowere there.
The recital took place on Sun-day evening, and it was quite anevent. The concert had beensold out well in advance, butmany hopeful cello fans showedup very early in the hopes ofgetting tickets. By seating 30people on stage, we were ableto accommodate virtuallyeveryone. Following the twopieces with cello ensembleaccompaniment, Starker playedthe first Bach Suite. I listenedfrom backstage and was movedby his interpretation, which wasthoughtful and sincere, andbeautifully executed, of course.After intermission, I had thehonor of performing duos byBoccherini and Popper withhim, and it was certainly one ofthe great musical experiences ofmy life. Cello duos are difficultto perform onstage, and thePopper Suite is so thorny that itis usually avoided at all costs byfun-loving cellists, includingyours truly. Starker made therequest to play these pieces withme when all this was arrangedlast December, so I gulped andgot to work. The Popper isdaunting, and I spent manyhours getting ready, but it allculminated in a very joyfulexperience, making music withsomeone I have held in awesince I was a child. Starker waspleased with the concert andseemed to enjoy himself, and it
Weekend with Janos Starker
by Hamilton Cheifetz
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was a privilege to witness themusical integrity and stillastounding technique which hebrought to every piece. In May,NPR’s “Performance Today”broadcast the Boccherini Duoto a national audience, andthere are plans to broadcast thePopper as well.
The whole experience was fullof moments to treasure andremember, and I feel grateful inmany, many ways. I want tothank my colleagues whoparticipated in the cello en-semble, and thanks to theOregon Cello Society for beingone of the donors who madethe weekend possible. I wouldalso like to publicly express mygratitude to Janos Starker forcoming to Portland and sharingso much with us. It was anunforgettable weekend.
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ADULT CELLO RECITAL
The Oregon Cello Societypresented the 2001 Adult CelloRecital on March 3rd at theCommunity Music Center. Theprogram was shorter than thelong program of 2000, but stillfeatured eight cellists and twopianists.
Carol Munson, NancyMcFarlane, Valerie Lyon andMaureen Sunderland openedthe program with a perfor-mance of the Duet number 1,Opus 156, by F. Kummer. Allfour of these cellists are stu-dents of Jane Day, and thiswas their first appearance in anadult recital. Joan Shiolas andJohn Green, III, both cellists,joined Linda Kangas, piano, ina performance of a sonata fortwo cellos by G. F. Handel.They played the Sonata in gminor, HWV393. The high-light of this performance wasthe very beautiful and romanticsounding Largo.
Alan Ely then gave us somefine cello playing with theprelude, courante and bothminuets of the Suite No. 2 in dminor by J. S. Bach.
Bud Armstrong, cello, andSharon Hinckley, piano, closedthe program with a movingperformance of Kol Nidrei byMax Bruch.
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Make a note now !
Sunday, October 7th, 2001
Oregon Cello SocietyAnnual Meetingand Cello Day
Cello Reading Orchestra
Portland State UniversityRoom 75, Lincoln Hall
All Oregon Cello SocietyMembers put this on your
calendar and make an effortto attend!
Bring your cello and be sureto have a rockstop or similarendpin holder/floor protector.
OCS - OFFICERS MEETING
Sunday, April 22, 2001 11:30 a.m.Home of Charlene Wilson11140 Garrett StreetTualatin, Oregon 97062
Present: Bruce McIntosh, Charlene Wilson, Dave Keyes,Wayne Nutsch, and Kathie Reed
The meeting was called to order at 11:30 a.m. byCharlene Wilson.
Bruce McIntosh presented the treasurer’s report. Itwas read, discussed, and approved. The currentbalance is $6,044.72.
The minutes of the January 7th board meetingwere read and approved, with two changes:
1) “Charlene said that arranging for OCS studentmembers to attend an open rehearsal for SamuelJohnson was still a possibility (this event would belimited to active students of member cello teach-ers.” (The word “member” was added.)
2) “. . . students divided by age, if there are toomany applicants for one room in 2001; and tolower the age 15 limit to age 14 in 2002.” (Theyear in the first clause should be 2001, not 2002.)
OLD BUSINESS
Dave Keyes reported on the Adult Recital held onMarch 3rd at the Community Music Center insoutheast Portland. He read through the program,and will write up a report for the Bridge & Bow.
Charlene Wilson reported on the ScholarshipAuditions, showing the certificate the studentsreceived and commenting about the overall qualityof the performances. Charlene expressed thanksfor all who helped out, including Gwen Gilbertsonfor her assistance in hosting the event. Charlenewill write an article for the newsletter.
The Harmon cellos. Charlene read a letter fromCharles Harmon that, basically due to poor main-tenance, he will not be continuing his loan of hiscellos to the Oregon Cello Society that have beenused by student scholarship audition winners.
Charlene will write back thanking him for his pastgenerosity and apologize for what we are sure wasinadvertent damage, or “normal wear and tear.”
Charlene stated that the open rehearsals for bothLynn Harrell and Samuel Johnson were not wellattended, nor had they been well publicized.
Cello Day. Dave still needs to send bills to some ofthe exhibitors who attended last fall’s Cello Day.
The Pansy Change Reception. Charlene expresseda desire to write a thank-you note to Nancy Day’sfriend Barbara who helped out; she will ask AlanEly to do this. There was a discussion of who gotinvitations and why, and who didn’t and why.(Betsy, from the Columbia Symphony Orchestra,had sent out the invitations and did not includeCSO orchestra members or unpaid members ofOCS).
Charlene, who gave an overall comment of “won-derful”, reported on the Janos Starker appearances!Extra seats were set up to handle expected over-whelming attendance at the master class. However,no one knew they would be set up in advance ofthe event.
NEW BUSINESS:
Student Recital (Charlene). Heather Blackburn andPhil Hansen are organizing the Student Recital, tobe held on April 28 at the Community MusicCenter. (As many as nine participants are antici-pated at this time.)
Annual Meeting (Dave and Charlene) Dave willfind a place and date, hopefully at Portland StateUniversity. Heather Blackburn will organizereading orchestra music
Dave will head a board nomination committee, asthe terms of board members Kathie Reed,Charlene Wilson, David Keyes, and HeatherBlackburn are expiring.
A motion was made and passed that the readingorchestra will occur every year at the annualmeeting and the student orchestra will occur inalternate (even-numbered) years.
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Newsletter: Bridge & BowWayne Nutsch is taking over theformatting and perhaps editing,and will provide electronic copy
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to Dave via e-mail, if possible.Dave will print, assemble, andmail. Alan Ely will be asked topen a thank-you note to CoreyAverill for his work in past years
on the newsletter. Wayne willlook into establishing our owndomain web site or perhapslinking with the Internet CelloSociety. He plans to create thesite and maintain it. Georgiennewill get copy for an updatedmembership roster and supply itto Wayne for the next newslet-ter. Schedule for this newsletteris as follows: Articles sent toWayne by May 11th; completecopy sent to Dave by May 25th;and the newsletter dropped offat the post office by June 8th.
Membership Roster (Dave)Dave will include a roster ofcello society members in thenext newsletter.
Membership Renewals (Daveand Bruce) Dave will send outin September or early October.
The meeting was adjourned at1:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted byKathie Reed/Alan Ely
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LYNN HARRELL IN PORTLAND
Following one of his performances of the Dvorákconcerto with the Oregon Symphony in March,Heather Blackburn (OCS veep) and I were delightedto be able visit with my former instructor LynnHarrell. I am always struck by his warmth anddown-to-earth personality, and this particularevening was no exception. It was fun to catch up onwhat he is enjoying these days musically as well asextra-musically (golf and Steve Martin movies).
Mr. Harrell was gone a lot when I studied with himin Los Angeles while attending USC. The time andenergy he put into teaching, however, seemed tomake up for his absences. He taught in master classformat only, which was really delightful (unless itwas your turn to play!). Usually we were asked toprepare a work with a few weeks notice, but thatmeant all of us working on the exact same concertoor sonata. We would then play the movement of hischoice, which we didn’t know till the day of class.Everyone shared the strange feeling of anticipationcoupled with dread. Mr. Harrell was never meanthough - we simply wanted to please him and notfall apart in front of our colleagues.
Mr. Harrell loved to talk about the cello repertoire,and he loved teaching cello technique as well. Heused to show us so much about the bow, as therewas a variety of bow holds to be found among usstudents - and most of us needed changing! Heshowed us how to hold the bow high in the fingersfor a lighter touch, with the middle finger under thestick, as well as gripping the bow deep in the handfor a big sound. My personal favorite was hisrecurring reminder to us to use flat hair whenplaying forte - this really did help, especially with ourmostly average cellos! Mr. Harrell saw to it also thatwe remained well-connected with the history of themusic that we practiced, as well as to other works heconsidered important. He used to assign us readingsabout Mozart operas, Beethoven’s letters, andchumann’s song lyrics, for example. We were allpretty busy anyway without the extra reading, but Iam grateful today for his insistence upon the workaway from the cello.
As a former student of Mr. Harrell’s, I am obvi-ously somewhat biased in speaking about hisMarch concert with the Oregon Symphony. But Ithink it’s safe to say that there were some trulyamazing moments in his interpretation of theDvorák concerto. He was explicit in renderingparts of the concerto not as solo passages but aschamber music, especially at the most delicate ofcadences. It seemed he was not just playing hispart - he was very clear in his musical intent,helping to lead the orchestra in serving the music.The sounds he extracted from his Strad (formerlythat of Jacqueline du Pré) were at times like thefinest wine, at others as large and looming asGodzilla over Tokyo.
During our visit I had managed to avoid the topicof his well-publicized tendonitis surgery, when hesuddenly brought up the subject. During 1998 henoticed that he was losing feeling in his hands, sohe was forced to make the difficult decision tohave surgery. I shuddered when he showed methe long scars along the “lifeline” of the palm ofeach of his hands. Luckily, the surgery made himfeel more agile than he has felt in years.
Mr. Harrell’s tour schedule is more hectic thanever — he will be at home in New York onlytwelve days until this Christmas, which was over anine-month period at the time we spoke. He spokeglowingly about a couple of recent engagements -performing Dutilleux’s Tout un Monde Lointain(roughly translated, A Distant World Away) with theHouston Symphony, and playing the PopperRequiem with two other cellists and orchestra in theCzech Republic. He is particularly looking for-ward to playing piano trios with Anne-SophieMutter next season, as well as touring with GerardSchwarz and the Bournemouth Sinfonietta.Whatever he plays, I am hopeful that Portland willonce again be a future stop along his joyous path.
by Phil Hansen
Calendar
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Clark College Orchestra Spring Concertfeaturing Nancy Ives
performing
Dvorak Cello concerto
Vancouver School of Arts and Academics32nd and Main St., Vancouver, Washington
Sunday, June 3, 2001 7:30 pm
June 22 through July 8, 2001
Oregon Bach FesivalEugene, Oregon
Tuesday, June 26th 8 pm
The Angeles String QuartetBeall Hall, School of Music, U of O
Thursday, June 28th 8 pm
The Angeles String Quartetwith
Jeffrey KahaneBeall Hall, School of Music, U of O
Friday, July 6th 8 pm
Kenneth Slowik
viola da gamba and celloBeall Hall, School of Music U of O
June 25 through July 28, 2001
Chamber Music Northwest
Thursday, July 5th 8 pm
Timothy Eddy playsSchumann Fantasiestucke (Reed College)
Monday July 16th 8 pm
Timothy Eddy playsBach Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major
August 3 through 19, 2001
Britt Classical Season
Saturday, August 4th, 8 pmShauna Rolston
plays
Haydn Concerto in C Major
Saturday, August 11th, 8 pmPinchas Zukerman
plays
Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1
Make a note now !
Sunday, October 7th, 20012:00 pm
Oregon Cello Society Annual Meetingand Cello Day
Cello Reading Orchestra
Portland State UniversityRoom 31, Lincoln Hall
All Oregon Cello Society Members put this onyour calendar and make an effort to attend!
Bring your cello and be sure to have a rockstopor similar endpin holder/floor protector.
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