East Bay Recorder Soc iety

May 2014 Vol. 17 No. 9 www.eastbayrecorders.org

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Monthly Chapter Meeting

Friday, May 2, 2014

7:30 pm to 10:00 pm

Zion Lutheran Church,

5201 Park Blvd., Oakland, CA.

If your name begins with M-Z please bring a snack for break, if possible.

Everyone, bring a music stand, a pencil, and instruments (SATB and lower if you have them.) Please arrive in time to set

up and be ready to play at 7:30.

Frances Feldon, baroque flute and recorder, has

performed with American Bach Soloists, California

Bach Society, Sonoma Bach, Ensemble Mirabile,

and in conjunction with Berkeley Early Music

Festival. She is music director of baroque/

contemporary chamber music ensemble Flauti

Diversi, and a principal conductor of The Barbary

Coast Recorder Orchestra. She teaches recorder

and baroque flute at her studio in Berkeley and for

the city of Albany adult community programs, and

has taught at Indiana University and UC Davis. She

conducted her recorder orchestra arrangements of

Gershwin and Ellington classics in Montreal and

Holland, and writes about jazz and pop recorder

players for the magazine American Recorder. She

studied recorder and baroque flute at Indiana

University’s Early Music Institute, where she

completed a doctorate in collegium directing. Her

recording of Boismortier’s complete Opus 37 trio

sonatas for baroque flute, viola da gamba and

chamber organ with Flauti Diversi is forthcoming.

During the Berkeley Early Music Festival, she will

repeat her program “Wingin’ It,” on Tuesday June

3 at noon at Trinity Chapel in Berkeley; the sold

out show was a triumphant success at the

Jazzschool last November.

May Conductor Frances Feldon

For the May meeting, Frances Feldon has chosen some wonderful pieces from the

Duke of Lerma's Chansonnier. She has used the Amherst Early Music edition,

which is on legal-sized paper. There is no way to get this into standard PDF form

without completely redoing the layout, so there will be no music available by

email. Music by snail mail will be sent as usual, although it may be trimmed down

to fit the envelope. If anyone else really, REALLY wants it in advance, email me,

Linda Skory, at travisskory@gmail.com and we can figure out a way for you to pick

it up.

Most members will be able to sight-read the music without great difficulty, and

it's definitely worth playing.

Program for the May 2 meeting: Instrumental Muzak

from the Golden Age of Spain: Villancicos, Cancions

and Madrigals for the Duke of Lerma.

Professional instrumentalists, called ministriles, were

hard at work from 1607 in San Pedro church in the

village of Lerma, not far from Burgos in northern

Castile. We even know the names of the five musicians:

Miguel de Calavia, bajon (dulcian); Pedro Deza and

Pedro de Porras, sacabueche (sackbut); Felipe Deza,

chirimia (shawm); and in 1608, Andres Alamillos, (who

played a variety of winds including cornetto, shawm,

recorders and krumhorn). This quintet was fortunate to

be able to consult the valuable music library purchased

for the church by the Duke of Lerma. Their duties

included adding polyphonic instrumental music during

liturgical services.

Their repertoire included cancions (chansons), villancicos,

and madrigals popular during the last quarter of the

sixteenth century. We will play two villancicos by

Francisco Guerrero, “O dulce y gran content” and

“Subiendo amor”; two madrigals, “Fiera stella” by

Orlando di Lasso and “Dolce fiammelle mia” by

Giovanni Maria Nanino; and two chansons by Philippe

de Rogier. The music is incredibly beautiful:

transcendent and rewarding to play; you’ll enjoy the

experience.

Hello everyone,

First things first: remember

that there is no chapter

meeting in June. Instead,

enjoy the many wonderful

offerings from the Berkeley Early Music Festival. The

schedule is now up on the SFEMS website and tickets

can be ordered through it. Many fringe concerts have

yet to be posted but will be soon.

The Members Recital held on March 30 was

particularly successful. We had an interesting mix of

performances. The highlight of the afternoon was the

amazingly mellow sound of a sackbut band with Cindy

Keune filling in on tenor recorder for an absent

cornetto player. Britt Ascher commented that the

potluck was perhaps the best she has had at one of

these events. Do plan to participate next year (playing

or just listening) so you too can enjoy the food and the

fun.

This is the time of year when the board is constituted

for next year. I know of one open position that

someone needs to fill, namely Headlands publicity

chair. Brenda Bailey, who has served in this role the

past two years, has put together an excellent

guidebook for the position. It is not terribly time-

consuming so if you would like to further the aims of

EBRS let me know. In fact, anyone who is interested

in being on the board is welcome to come to the next

meeting on April 25. Just let me know and I’ll send

you the details.

Susan Jaffe

President

Rotem and Adam Gilbert

Congratulation to Rotem and Adam Gilbert, 2014

recipients of the Thomas Binkley Award for their

outstanding achievements in scholarship and

performance.

This award is presented by Early Music America and is

named for the legendary lutenist and educator Thomas

Binkley, who taught at the Schola Cantorum

Basiliensis, made ground-breaking recordings with the

Studio der Frühen Musik, and served as founding

director of the Early Music Institute at Indiana

University. The award recognizes outstanding

achievement in both performance and scholarship by

the director of a university or college collegium

musicum.

The Gilberts are active faculty members for many early

music workshops around the country, including

Amherst Early Music. Rotem is especially active as a

teacher and is co-director (with Hanneke van Proodij)

of the SFEMS Recorder Workshop, and Adam is the

new Director of the SFEMS Medieval and Renaissance

Workshop. Adam and Rotem are also the proud

parents of Ilai, Ohad, and Sivan.

EBRS Members' Recital

The EBRS Members' Recital was held on Sunday, March 30, 2014, at the Hillside Swedenborg

Church in El Cerrito. Note the variety in the music performed as well as in the size and

composition of the ensembles. We wrapped up the evening with food and conversation. Many

thanks to all who played and made this such a fun recital/party. If you couldn't make it this year,

do put it on your calendar for March 2015!

Capriol Suite

Peter Warlock (1894-1930)

arr. Stanley Taylor

Basse-Danse | Pavane | Tordion

ELMS+: Ellen Fisher, Susan Jaffe,

Merlyn Katechis, Cindy Keune,

and Linda Skory, recorders

Salve Regina chant from Liber Usualis

arr. by Dom Bohbot

Dom Bohbot, recorder

Rain Dance Ross Edwards (1942 - )

Jody Harcourt and Cindy Keune, recorders

Sonata in G minor, Op. 1, No. 3

Loeillet (1680-1730)

Largo | Allegro | Adagio | Poco Allegro

Susan Richardson, recorder,

Suzanne Siebert, baroque oboe,

Art Ungar, baroque bassoon,

and Ruth Ungar, harpsichord

Alas Departing is Ground of Woe

Anon. English, 15th C.

Bicinium super Salve Sancta Parens

Adrien Petit Coclico (1499-1562)

Linda Skory, flute, Ray White, chalumeau

Prelude to Cello Suite V in C minor, BWV1011

J.S. Bach (1665-1750)

arranged for solo recorder

Glen Shannon, recorder

Britons, Strike Home!

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Allelujah

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Greg Bodine, Carol Coon, Patricia Wheeler,

and Ray White, recorders and chalumeau

Ricercar

Glen Shannon (1964 - )

Susan Richardson and

Glen Shannon, recorders

Audivi vocem de caelo

Duarte Lobo (1563-1646)

Ron Cohen and Steve Ruppenthal, cornettos,

Rachel Britten, Frank Jensen,

Jeff Mertons, and Scott Sterling, sackbuts

Cindy Keune, recorder

We always eat well at

EBRS potlucks—soup

to dessert

Soup:

Frank Jensen brought a delicious

soup. The basic recipe is at:

http://www.myrecipes.com/

recipe/shrimp-touffe-

10000001918475/

Frank's Notes

1. Use two big pots. One for the

onion, bell pepper, etc. and one for

the flour + butter (the roux)

2. Make the roux by slowly adding

the flour to the butter. Stir

constantly until the roux is

peanut butter color. It may take

longer than 6 minutes. (In the

words of Winton Marsalles, it's

all about the roux!)

3. Use 1/2 clam juice and 1/2 white

wine.

Hotdish: Glen Shannon’s

"recipe" was more of an experiment

on creatively stretching food to fit a

crowd! I found a frozen loaf pan of

bean soup from a supermarket mix,

made without the seasoning packet,

taking up valuable space in the

freezer. Thawed it stovetop in a

Dutch oven. Added 1 cup

uncooked brown rice (stretch item

#1) and let it simmer till the rice

wasn't quite done yet. Browned one

tray of ground turkey breast in olive

oil with plenty of onion and garlic

powders (stretch item #2).

Quartered and browned a bagful of

brown mushrooms from the

organic delivery, with a good bit of

cracked black pepper. Mix

everything to combine, season with

1/2 tsp. of the original seasoning

packet, a dusting of celery salt and

some thyme, and refrigerate

overnight for better flavors. Top

with chopped fresh Italian parsley.

Next day, heat and serve!

I don't know what you'd call it but

if this were the Midwest, they'd call

it "Hotdish."

—Glen Shannon

Dessert: Since some people

asked, here's the instructions for the

dates Linda Skory brought to the

potluck:

Pitted dates (This is much easier

than pitting them yourself.)

Almonds, one per date (Unsalted

or lightly salted, but not flavored)

Good quality very dark chocolate, at

least 70% cacao. For about 20

dates, you'll need about 3 oz.

The usual almonds available

everywhere are just a little too big to

slide inside the date easily, but will

work. If you want to be obsessive,

get the smaller Marcona almonds.

They also tend to have a little more

intense flavor. Push an almond into

the opening where the pit was

removed. Melt the chocolate over

very low heat (if you have a reliable

simmer burner) or over boiling

water. Have a plate or tray lined

with waxed paper. Dip each stuffed

date into the chocolate, preferably

with the opening down, and twirl,

trying to cover at least half the date.

If there's some chocolate left,

drizzle over the spots you missed,

or just lick it up to compensate for

all that work. Chill the dates in the

fridge for a hour or so to solidify

the chocolate, but then they do fine

at room temperature unless it's very

warm.

—Linda Skory

UPCOMING EVENTS

Westminster Presbyterian Church Early Music Series

Saturday, May 3, 2014 - 7:00 PM

Renaissance and Beyond. Doris Williams (vocals, lute), Jonathon Harris (recorders) Howard Kadis (lute, archlute), Mary Prout and Julie Morrisett (violas da gamba), ) in a program of Italian and English songs, arias and instrumental music from the 16th and 17th centuries.

Saturday, May 24, 2014 - 3:00 PM

The capstone concert of the early music series will feature music from the late Renaissance, Baroque and modern periods. Kraig Williams and Greta Haug-Hryciw (recorders/percussion), Mike Megas (recorders/flute), Michele Kelly (recorders), Marylin Winkle (cello), Yu-Ting Wang (viola da gamba), Julia Airapetyan (mezzo soprano), Gennifer Williams (soprano), Jack Perng and Bill Andersen (harpsichord/organ).

Suggested Donation: $10 per person

Reception to follow each concert

Westminster Presbyterian Church is located at 1100 Shasta Avenue (at The

Alameda) in San Jose. For more information email

wpc@dslextreme.com or call 408-294-7447.

UPCOMING EVENTS

There is still time

to sign up for a fun

weekend!

Marin Headlands

Workshop

May 9-11, 2014 The workshop will begin on

Friday evening and close after

lunch on Sunday. It will be held

at the Point Bonita YMCA

Conference Center in the Golden

Gate National Recreation

Area. Cost for the Full Weekend

will be $280; for Partial Weekend

(Friday-Saturday or Saturday-

Sunday), $190; Full Weekend

without lodging, $210; and

Saturday only, $120. Faculty

includes Louise Carslake, Frances

Feldon, Greta Hryciw, Claudia

Gantivar, Andrew Levy, Shira

Kammen, and David Morris.

See registration form and

brochure at the EBRS website.

Questions? Contact: Brenda

Bailey, bbmh12@gmail.com

Berkeley Festival —June 1-8

Information available at: http://sfems.org/bfx/ Fringe events calendar is at: http://sfems.org/bfx/?page_id=1188 The Fringe calendar changes as more events are added. Be sure to check often. The following page has a few that will be of interest to recorder players.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Wingin’ It: Frances Feldon, recorders & Galax Quartet

David Wilson & Anthony Martin, baroque violins; Roy Whelden, viola da gamba; David Morris, baroque violoncello

“Wingin’ It” is a program of new compositions, baroque music and improvisations inspired by birdsong. It includes 17th and 18th century works by Paulus Matthys, Jacob van Eyck, and Francois Couperin; and features newly commissioned works for recorder and string quartet by Erika Oba, Glen Shannon and Roy Whelden.

Tuesday, June 3, 12 noon

Trinity Chapel, 2320 Dana St, between Bancroft and Durant, Berkeley.

Tickets available at the door. Suggested donation.

The Barbary Coast Recorder Orchestra & The Junior Recorder Society of the East Bay

Frances Feldon & Greta Haug-Hryciw, BCRO music directors

Glen Shannon & Joyce Johnson-Hamilton, BCRO guest conductors

Louise Carslake & Hanneke van Proosdij , JRS music directors

Louise Carslake, conductor

“From the Mountains to the Heavens” is a program of music arranged for recorder

orchestra by Aranes, Caldara, Machaut, Ravel, Seibert and Shannon.

Saturday, June 7, 10:00 am

St Mark’s Episcopal Church Sanctuary, 2300 Bancroft Way, Berkeley’.

Tickets available at the door. Suggested donation.

Hildegard von Bingen: Music to Celebrate the Divine Feminine

Vajra Voices, Karen Clark, contralto voice/music director and Angelorum, Cheryl Fulton, medieval harp/music director

Frances Feldon, medieval flute and Roy Whelden, vielle

This program joins voices and harps to explore the essential nature of the medieval mystic Saint Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) music and texts that honor the Feminine Divine. This celebration features long time friends and colleagues, Karen Clark, Frances Feldon, Cheryl Ann Fulton, and Roy Whelden, students of Thomas Binkley at Early Music Institute at Indiana University. Students of Karen Clark and Cheryl Ann Fulton join to form Vajra Voices and the medieval harp ensemble Angelorum for an uplifting hour of meditative medieval music.

Saturday, June 7, 1:00 pm

St Mark’s Episcopal Church Sanctuary, 2300 Bancroft Way, Berkeley.

Tickets available at the door. $20 general, $15 senior/student

East Bay Recorder Teachers

David Barnett

Letitia Berlin

www.tibiaduo.com

Tom Bickley

www.metatronpress.com/artists/tbickley/

Frances Blaker

www.tibiaduo.com

Louise Carslake

www.sfems.org/musicsre-creation

Frances Feldon

Judy Linsenberg

www.linsenberg.com

http://www.musicapacifica.org/

Hanneke van Proosdij

www.hannekevanproosdij.com

Registration for the

2014 SFEMS SUMMER WORKSHOPS

is now open on the redesigned SFEMS website.

June 15-21, 2014

Medieval and Renaissance Workshop

Classical Workshop

June 22–28, 2014 Baroque Workshop

Music Discovery Workshop for kids 7-15

June 29-July 5, 2014

Recorder Workshops Week I

July 6-12, 2014 Recorder Workshops Week II

2013 – 2014 EBRS Board of Directors

President: Susan Jaffe

Treasurer and Electronic Distribution: Susan Merrill

Conductor Locator: Greta Hryciw

Newsletter Editor and Producer: Carol Coon

Chapter Meeting Music: Linda Skory

Webmaster: Suzanne Siebert

Headlands Committee: Bill Stewart (Coordinator), Merlyn Katechis (Registration),

Brenda Bailey (Publicity)

Publicity/Librarian/Composer-in-Residence: Glen Shannon

Member Performances: Cindy Keune

Hospitality: Anna Lisa Kronman, Ray White, Brenda Bailey

Members at Large: Britt Ascher, Greta Hryciw, Kathy Cochran,

Brenda Bailey

The Mouthpiece is published by the

East Bay Recorder Society.

EBRS is a chapter of the American Recorder Society and an affiliate

of the

San Francisco Early Music Society.

Please send information and photos for newsletter consideration to Carol Coon at

ccoon.wildwood5@att.net

The deadline for the September issue is August 15

Have a wonderful summer—

travel safely!

Glen Shannon recently returned from a trip to Chicago to play with a German high school recorder orchestra, who were there as part of a school exchange program. (The Chicago folks go to Germany this summer.) The September issue will have his article about the experience and more photos.

At least here's the group photo after the concert, outside the Tivoli Theater in Downers Grove, IL. The woman with me is Annette Bachmann, the director of the Recorder Orchestra of the Bietigheim-Bissingen Musikschule. The kids were great, they played my "Mountain Mosaic" really nicely! — Glen Shannon