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The Sacramento Recorder Society
A place for early music of all kinds in Sacramento
A Letter from the EditorA Letter from the EditorA Letter from the EditorA Letter from the Editor Dear Recorder Society members, This holiday season is so full of music! Some of it is less than memorable, ear worm fodder, downright irritating. But some of it is very memorable and, in fact, memory-stirring as it brings back holidays past. The year after my mother died I found myself in tears as we sang the second and third verses of Silent Night. When I was a child she led the music in our church children's program and one year she taught us those other verses to Silent Night. The way the music brought that moment with my mother back to me was totally unexpected and deeply touch-ing. KXPR, the local classical station, has been airing a feature they call "My Classical Moment". SRS member (and treasurer) Doris Loughner contributed a favorite musical memory: how her mother helped Doris and her brother get to sleep. Check it out at Capradio.org. Click on “My Classical Moment” and then hit the
A chapter of the American Recorder Society An affiliate of the San Francisco Early Music Society
January 2017 For more information about the Sacramento Recorder Society, visit our blog
at http://sacrecorders.wordpress.com/
January Meeting
6:45pm Tuesday, January 3, 2017
at the Friends Meeting House 890 57th Street
between J St. and H St.
"older" arrow a couple of times. I bet this is not your mom's lullaby! I have many favorite early music memories. I played with an early music group at college that was sponsored by Dr. Homer Wakefield. He was endlessly patient and enthusiastic. Our repertoire was not challenging, but we loved playing Renais-sance dances and arrangements of Bach fugues. My enthusiasm post-college was pri-marily confined to listening to early music. I played my LP of Julian Breem's "Dances of Dowland" so frequently that my husband can still recognize the Frog Galliard. Then I was introduced to the Sacra-mento Recorder Society and started to make new early music memories. My playing ex-periences expanded to include modern music for recorder as well as a broad selection of more challenging early music. A particularly vivid memory is of a workshop on Venetian music which included a description of the way the music had been played in St. Mark's in the time of Gabrieli and Vivaldi. Fabulous music, fabulous venue! What are your Early Music Classical Moments? What memories have you made with Sacramento Recorder Society? Were you with us when we played "Porque Llorax" with Joyce Johnson-Hamilton? Pretty memorable!
I am looking forward to making many
more musical memories in 2017. I hope you
are, too! See you on January 3rd,
Patty Johnson,
SRS newsletter editor
Conductors for 2017 Conductors for 2017 Conductors for 2017 Conductors for 2017
January 3, 2017: Jerry Schwartz
February 7, 2017: Judy Linsenberg
March 7, 2017: Greta Haug-Hryciw
April 4, 2017: Louise Carslake
May 2, 2017: Shira Kammen
Our January ConductorOur January ConductorOur January ConductorOur January Conductor
Jerry SchwartzJerry SchwartzJerry SchwartzJerry Schwartz Jerry’s musical career started at the age of 10 with the trumpet and he has been playing trumpet ever since. He played in bands all through elementary, high school, Junior college and college where he gradu-ated with a Bachelors Degree in Music Edu-cation from the Conservatory at University of the Pacific. He’s played trumpet with many groups including the Stockton Sym-phony, the Lodi Symphony and now with the Valley Community Orchestra. His recorder playing began in Jr. Col-lege in So Cal, was enhanced at Delta Jr. College in Stockton and he performed for many years with the early music group Woodes So Wylde. And, oh, he taught music/band in the Manteca School District for 35 years. His other hobbies include 35 years as a youth/high school girls/adult softball um-pire as well as being an avid boater. He has a 30’ sailboat located in Stockton. In addition to the Sacramento Recorder Society he has had conducting duties with the Stockton Community Orchestra. He has really enjoyed conducting/leading/cajoling the SRS members over the past few years and look forward to many more. (If you’ll have him!) Music has been, and will continue to be, a large part of his life.
Conductor’s Notes for January Conductor’s Notes for January Conductor’s Notes for January Conductor’s Notes for January
Hello again! Gee, it only seems like last month I was chatting with you. This coming meeting I have taken a different tack from what we have done in the past. I will be taking you to a world of “Fantasy”. Actu-ally, four fantasias. Two from composers you probably have heard about, Banchieri, and Gibbons, plus a couple you may not have heard about, John Bull and John Ward. All of the composers were noted for other forms of music but this coming month we’ll look at their work with the Fantasy. Also, we will revisit some of tunes from the December meeting for the Soupe Nite concert. So….. please bring Fugue on
the Holly and the Ivy, ‘Twas in the Moon of
Wintertime and Rune for Autumn’s Wind. I’ll throw in a fun piece (we’ve done before) and a nice warm-up piece at the beginning. As always, I am looking forward to seeing all of you next year at our chapter meeting. (And Soupe Nite!)
Recorders Out and AboutRecorders Out and AboutRecorders Out and AboutRecorders Out and About
Sundays, December 10 and 18: Kathleen Wells and Gail Crawford played duets at the Folsom Zoo Sanctuary Holiday Lights Spec-tacular! Nice picture of the lights on Face-book, and an appreciative audience both hu-man and animal!
Sunday, December 11: Ensemble Tre-cento — SRS members Mark Schiffer and Greta Haug-Hryciw, plus Beth Warren — played medieval and Renaissance pieces by Ciconia and Walter on original instruments as part of the Mid-Peninsula Recorder Or-chestra Winter Concert at Grace Lutheran Church in Palo Alto.
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Sunday, December 18: Two groups of SRS members, Sine Nomine and Baroque and Beyond, played in the Capitol Ro-tunda. Groups sound wonderful in this venue...the sound floats through the entire building. The park service people are al-ways full of compliments, and there’s al-ways a small but appreciative audience. See pictures on the SRS Facebook page.
Tuesday, December 20: Elizabeth Bogdano-vich and SRS member Alex Ives, the harp duo Mellodika, played a noon concert in the Capi-tol rotunda . They had a special guest, Natalie Cox, from the Bay Area.
It’s time again for
the Winter Party!
Saturday, January 7th 6:30-9:30pm
Sacramento Friends Meeting House
• What will you be playing?
Be sure to let Mark Schiffer know
by January 1st.
(email: [email protected])
• Who will you be bringing?
Be sure to let Doris Loughner
know soon!
(email: [email protected])
She’ll have tickets for sale at the
January 3rd meeting.
Refreshments at Monthly Refreshments at Monthly Refreshments at Monthly Refreshments at Monthly
MeetingsMeetingsMeetingsMeetings
Thanks to Carol Thompson who brought our December refresh-ments! Have you signed up to bring something? There’ll be a sign up sheet on the table in the foyer at the January meeting. It need not be fancy; bags of Oreos are welcome!
Nevada County Recorder SocietyNevada County Recorder SocietyNevada County Recorder SocietyNevada County Recorder Society
Our regular meetings are the first Sunday of each month, 4:30-7, at the Madelyn Helling Library, 980 Helling Way, Nevada City. For more information about meetings, contact Miriam Morris, [email protected] or Kath-ryn Canan, [email protected].
SRS Non-Member Meeting Policy Please be aware...
We love having new members and a non-member is welcome to at-tend two SRS meetings for free. After that there will be a $5 fee per meeting for the non-member.
Winter ConcertsWinter ConcertsWinter ConcertsWinter Concerts
Sacramento Baroque Soloists Voice of the Cello
Friday, January 20: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Sacramento, 7:30pm Saturday, January 21: Harris Center, Folsom, 7:30pm Sunday, January 22: Harris Center, Folsom, 2:00pm Information: www.sacramentobaroque.org
House of Time Imaginary Theatre-Stage Music by Handel and Rameau
Friday, January 20: St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Palo Alto, 8:00pm Saturday, January 21: St. John’s Presbyterian Church, Berkeley, 7:30pm Sunday, January 22: St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, San Francisco, 4:00pm Information: www.sfems.org
Jordi Savall and Hesperion XXI The Musical Europe: 1500-1700
Friday, January 27: Zellerback Hall, UC Berkeley, 8:00pm Information: www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Venice Baroque Orchestra Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” and other Baroque Masterworks
Saturday, February 25: Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center, Davis, 8:00pm Information: www.mondaviarts.org
Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin Foreign Affairs: Characters of the Baroque
Saturday, March 11: First Congregational Church, Berkeley, 8:00pm Information: www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
UC Davis Early Music Ensemble Miserere
Friday, March 17: Ann E. Pitzer Center, UC Davis, Davis, 7:00pm Information: mondaviarts.org
Voices of Music Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater
Friday, March 17: All Saints Episcopal Church, Palo Alto, 8:00pm Saturday, March 18: St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, San Francisco, 8:00pm Sunday, Marcy 19: St. Mary Magdalen Church, Berkeley, 7:30pm Information: www.voicesofmusic.org
Sacramento Baroque Soloists A London Adventure
Saturday, March 18: Harris Center, Folsom, 7:30pm Sunday, March 19: Harris Center, Folsom, 2:00pm Friday, March 24: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 7:30pm Information: www.sacramentobaroque.org
First Workshop of the New Year!First Workshop of the New Year!First Workshop of the New Year!First Workshop of the New Year!
Mid-Peninsula Recorder Orchestra
Presents—
International Potpourri:
German Madrigals,
A Spanish Salad,
And a Norwegian Fjord Directed by Thomas Axworthy
Saturday, January 14, 2017 Trinity Church
330 Ravenswood Avenue Menlo Park
9:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.
The workshop will feature early 17th-century madrigals by Johann Steffens, La
Bomba, an extensive musical potpourri, or ensalada (salad), by the renaissance Spanish com-poser, Mateo Flecha, and selections by Edvard Grieg, including a canon, a setting for record-ers of the song Våren (Spring) and movements from Peer Gynt. The workshop is open to re-corder players from the intermediate to advanced level. Workshop fees are as follows: MPRO, SFEMS and ARS members, $50.00; non-members, $55.00. For further information or to register for the workshop please visit the MPRO website at <http://mpro-online.org/> or contact Leslie Pont at 650-941-3065.
And a great workshop in March!
Columbia Gorge Early Music RetreatColumbia Gorge Early Music RetreatColumbia Gorge Early Music RetreatColumbia Gorge Early Music Retreat
Registration for the March 2017 Columbia Gorge Early Music Retreat opened October 1st. This fabulous workshop runs from March 17-20, 2017 at the Menucha Retreat and Conference Center, Corbett, Oregon, 97019, about 20 miles east of Portland. Terrific fac-ulty: Alison Melville, Miyo Aoki, Vicki Boeckman, Gayle and Phil Neuman, Laura Kuhlman Information: www.PortlandRecorderSociety.org
And a few more workshops (coming up in January and February)!
Next Level Recorder Retreat:
Intensive Workshop on Technique and Ensemble Skills
Friday February 24-Tuesday February 28, 2017
Faculty: Tish Berlin and Frances Blaker (third teacher TBA depending on enrollment) Hidden Valley Music Seminars, Carmel Valley, CA Tuition: $365 Room and board double $310/single $390 Contact Tish Berlin at [email protected] for more information. Download appli-cation at http://tibiaduo.com/performances-and-teaching/
Smorgasbord Early Music Workshop for Instrumentalists and Singers
Sunday January 22, 2017, 1:30 pm-5:30 pm
Faculty: Tish Berlin, recorder; Shira Kammen, vielle and voice; Peter Maund, percus-sion Arlington Community Church, 52 Arlington Ave, Kensington CA Tuition: $55 Contact Tish Berlin at [email protected] for more information. Download flyer at http://tibiaduo.com/performances-and-teaching/
TTTTake lessons from a recorder expert!ake lessons from a recorder expert!ake lessons from a recorder expert!ake lessons from a recorder expert!
Sacramento area: Kathryn Canan is available for recorder lessons or ensemble coaching. Contact her at 916-996-7932 or [email protected]. She’s now in Grass Valley, at 469 Pine Street (95945). She is willing to drive to Sacramento to give lessons or ensemble coaching. Of course, she’s also happy to have people drive up here, take a lesson, and go hik-ing in the state park across the street!
These teachers are in the Bay Area (or
willing to come to Sacramento, if
there’s enough interest):
Greta Haug-Hryciw, SRS mem-ber and conductor, would love to give lessons before chapter meetings. Con-tact Greta at (415) 377-4444 or at [email protected] Frances Feldon, conductor of the Barbary Coast Recorder orchestra and music director of the ensemble Flauti Diversi, is available for lessons. She can be contacted at [email protected] Judith Linsenberg, the director of the Baroque ensemble Musica Pacifica, holds a doctorate in early music from Stanford, and has extensive re-corder teaching experience. She may be contacted by phone at 510-444-4113.
More information about teachers is on
our blog: http://sacrecorders.wordpress.com/
Find Us Online!Find Us Online!Find Us Online!Find Us Online!
Our official online location is now our blog at http://sacrecorders.wordpress.com/ All the information that Kathy kept on the website is now here. She can easily author-ize others to post as well, and anyone can add more information by commenting on the posts. You can check the blog for new in-formation any time, or you can subscribe to it by entering your email in the “Follow” field. Information that rarely changes is also on the blog. Click on the menu button to find what you’re looking for. We are also on Facebook. Just search for Sacramento Recorder Society and be sure to “like” us!!
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possible: possible: possible: possible: The San Francisco Early Music So-ciety, with whom we are affiliated, offers excellent workshops and concerts in the Bay Area. Their website: www.sfems.org American Recorder Society, of which we are a chapter, is the national or-ganization which promotes recorders. Their website: www.americanrecorder.org
Listening to Early MusicListening to Early MusicListening to Early MusicListening to Early Music
Here are some possibilities:
• Sunday Baroque, which airs from 8am to 10am on 88.9 FM, KXPR.
• Harmonia provides podcasts at its website: indianapublicmedia.org/harmonia
• The Chicago Early Music website provides access to many early music resources. Go to earlymusicchi-cago.org, then click on “ensembles,” then click on “beyond”
• Magnatune.com allows you to listen to music free and pay when you choose to download, or you can sub-scribe for $15/month for unlimited downloads
• Millennium of Music: "The sources and mainstreams of European music from the thousand years before the birth of Bach."
http://www.millenniumofmusic.com • recorder-radio.com streams a vari-
ety of recorder music 24 hours a day
• Also available online: Con-certzender Oude Muziek (mostly early music, there’s an announcer every so often who is speaking Dutch). You can find these stations using Tune In Radio.
• The Boston classical station, WCRB, has an early music stream. Go to classicalwcrb.org, click on the play button, and the early music stream is one of your choices. Click on it!
About the Sacramento Recorder About the Sacramento Recorder About the Sacramento Recorder About the Sacramento Recorder SocietySocietySocietySociety
The Sacramento Recorder Society, founded in 1982, is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization. It is a chapter of the American Recorder Society and an affiliate of the San Francisco Early Music Society. We welcome recorder players of all ages and abilities as well as players of other early music instruments such as lutes, viols, sackbuts, shawms, curtals, krummhorns, and percussion. Beginners are urged to study privately and learn fingerings and be-come comfortable reading music before joining the recorder orchestra. We meet monthly from September through June, from 6:45pm to 9:30pm on the first Tuesday of each month, at the Friends Meeting House, 890 57th Street, between J St. and H St. Most of our meet-ings are conducted by a professional early music specialist who teaches recorder tech-nique and relevant music history and theory while exploring music of many eras. Many of our members also play in smaller groups in members’ homes during the rest of the month.
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Co-Presidents: Gail Crawford and Susan Titus
Vice President: Mark Schiffer
Secretary: Patricia Johnson
Treasurer: Doris Loughner
Member-at-Large: Robert Foster Education Chairperson: Crystal Olson
For information on SRS, please contact
the following board members by email:
