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Our Travelogue Continues!

Are we lucky or what? Our 2018-2019 season started with a Grand Tour of Europe in songs and vignettes led by soprano Sherrie Kahn; after a short stop home with Scott Hender- son’s revue, we are going to Hollywood this month with one of its star musicians! Flute master, Sheridon Stokes, has taught at

UCLA for 45 years in addition to being a fa- vorite of recording studios and being heard in countless movies and TV programs. I thank Full-length Night Beat is on Thursday, Dec. 6 Janey Bennett for inviting him to be part of at 7:30pm also at First Congregational our season, and The Willows, this concert Church. This program will include more sponsor, for their generous support! “American Classical Classic.” Don’t miss it!!! In December, we continue our “BMC is go- Tickets are $20 general; $15 seniors, on sale ing places!” series by celebrating Leonard today in the lobby, at Village Books and on Bernstein’s centenary. We bring you the glamorous Bergmann Duo from White Rock, Whether you are an armchair traveler or a jet- B.C., for two recitals that will feature the ex- setter, you must admit that hopping around in quisite Suite from West Side Story for piano music, stories, comedy and imagery is lots of four-hands. fun! Our monthly programs make us dream or Please note that our Wednesday, December smile, bring back memories, and connect us 5, morning program will take place at First through shared interests and experiences. Congregational Church, just across the I am grateful for our community of music street from here, on Cornwall. friends, and hope you also have reasons to ‘sweets and savories’ for the post- be thankful later this month! Wishing you a concert Holiday Reception? Let us know; we Happy Thanksgiving until our next adventure! have a sign sheet in the lobby. Isabelle Cormier BMC Program Chair

Board Notes The BMC welcomes new members Elaine Casperson, Fred & Barbara Grote, Ford Hill, Ed Mashburn, Chris & Emily Sasnett, and Jan & Lindsey Vereen. and thanks our generous donors (see roster at right). (Donors added since last month are bolded) See us in the lobby and pick up your new handbook if you don’t have one $1-$99: Evelyn Ames, Nie Bomstein, already. It has all your important dates for the 2018-2019 season! Not a Kay & Dick Carr, Jim & Addis Chap- member yet? A mere $25 gets you in. Join the 200+ music enthusiasts who man, Ellie Chamberlain, Earl Cilley, support BMC programs and awards! Roger Clark, Jollefern Cole, Lee Cole, Student award coordinators, Evelyn Ames, Lizanne Shader, Joan Rae and June Crinkley, Kory Diemert, Julie Mark Schlichting, are busy preparing for this year’s auditions. Guidelines Gorrell, Fred & Barbara Grote, Denis and application forms for high school competitions are posted on our web- Hayner, Ford Hill, Clyde Hiss, Pame- site. Let the young musicians in your life know! la Hooper, Susan Jay, Vonnie Jenkins Jytte Johansen, Susan Johnson, Robin Upcoming Events Kagan, Karen Kaufmann, Andrine Bayshore Symphony begins season fifteen on Saturday, November 10, Knapp, Martha Lazich, Mary Jo Lewis, 7:30pm at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 415 S. 18th St., Mount Vernon, and Eleanor Mischaikow, Margaret Palmi- on Sunday, November 11, 3:00pm at Central Lutheran Church, 925 N. For- eri, Mary Passmore, Bob & Hope est St., Bellingham. Artistic director Chip Bergeron conducts Brahms’ Hun- Rendleman, Ed & Carla Rutschman, garian Dances # 3, 4, 5, & 6, Grieg’s Holberg Suite, and Saint-Saëns’ Sym- Phyllis Self, Celeste Shipp, Beth Sizer, phony #3 (Organ Symphony). Pat Nelson also stars in François Devienne’s Carole Slesnick, Orphalee Smith, Su- Bassoon Concerto #4. $15 suggested donation at the door. Free for children san Trimingham, Kristian Ungern. 12 & under. More on bayshoremusicproject.com. $100-$499: Deborah and Mike Ander- son, Catherine Collier & Les Kisska, Comp Tickets — Did you fill an entry? Constance Collier, Joe & Judy Coons, Artistic Director, Frederick Bayani Mabalot, leads Bellingham Chamber Cho- Isabelle Cormier, Charli Daniels, rale singers in Radiance, featuring luminous music by William Byrd in his Vernon Greenstreet, Ruth Heft, Sarah simple yet sublime Mass for Four Voices and Morten Lauridsen’s rich and Ludwigson, Bill & Thea Mancha, powerfully moving Lux Aeterna for choir and chamber orchestra. Saturday, Chris and Emily Sasnett, Mark Nov 10, 7:30pm, and Sunday, Nov 11, 4:00pm at Assumption Church, Schlichting, Charlie Way & Patricia 2116 Cornwall Ave., in Bellingham. $20 general; $10 student; free for chil- Clarke, Kathryn Whitmer, Margaret & dren six and under. More on bellinghamchamberchorale.org. John Woll. Whatcom Symphony Orchestra brings you the next installment of the Har- $500 and above: Janey Bennett, Bob mony from Discord series on Sunday, November 18 at 3pm. WSO shines & Wilma Bryant, Margaret DeMaine, a light on powerful music that originated from and flourished in spite of the Jack & Ginny Frymire, estate of Holocaust. Cellist Clive Greensmith joins WSO for the U.S. premiere of Shirley P. Hawkins (Patricia Hiss & composer and cellist Pál Hermann’s Cello Concerto (realized by Fabio Con- Judith Johnson), Garland Richmond ti). The program includes Mahler’s iconic Totenfeier (Funeral Rites) and and Richard Stattelman, Mary Jane & Viktor Ullmann’s Variations and Fugue on a Hebrew Theme. This concert is Richard Vetter. sure to be a testament to the incredible fortitude of the human spirit! For tick- Thank You! ets, call MBT Box Office at 360-734-6080 or visit whatcomsymphony.com. Regal Barkley Cinemas presents an encore performance of The Magic Flute, on Satur- day, December 1 at 1:00pm. Julie Taymor’s dazzling production was the Met’s first-ever Live in HD transmission twelve years ago. The winning ensemble includes Matthew Polenzani, Nathan Gunn, and René Pape in an abridged, English-language version of Mozart’s classic fable. The ideal gift for the young and young at heart! $25/$23/$18.

ABOUT THE BMC: The Bellingham Music Club is a 501(c)(3) registered non-profit which sup- ports music in the community and enhances cultural life in the Northwest. It plays a vital role in Whatcom County by making music accessible to everyone with its free Wednesday morning concert series, and occupies a unique niche by encouraging high school and WWU music students with monetary awards. YOU can support BMC endeavors with donations or annual dues ($25). For more information about the BMC, pick up our brochure, see us in the lobby, visit bellinghammusicclub.org or call 360-815-1867. Comments about the newsletter? Contact us at [email protected]

Bellingham Music Club, P. O. Box 193, Bellingham, WA 98227 Program Janey Bennett presents Sheridon Stokes, flute with Wade Dingman, piano

Syrinx (1913) Claude Debussy Solo flute

Syntax (1980) Harry Bulow Solo flute

The Fox (1967) Lalo Schifrin Flute and piano

Out of Africa (1985) Mission Impossible (1966) Lalo Schifrin Titanic “My Heart Will Go On” (1997) Arr. Peter Senshuk (2016) Flute and piano

BMC Night Beat: Sheridon Stokes and Wade Dingman play an expanded program featuring music by Olivier Messiaen, Sheridon Stokes, and Hummie Mann in addition to today’s works on Thursday, November 8 at 7:30pm at First Congregational Church, 2401 Cornwall Ave. in Bellingham. Tickets for Night Beat are available in the lobby today, at Village Books, online and at the door. $20 general; $15 seniors. Get the next five Night Beats for $60. Take-a-teen-for-free!

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Bellingham Music Club, November 7, 2018 Page 3 Performer

SHERIDON STOKES, born in , was hired as a piccolo player in the Denver Symphony when he was 16 years old and was the youngest contract musician in Hollywood at age 20, with the 20th Century Fox Orchestra under Alfred Newman. He studied at the Uni- versity of Denver and was a scholarship student at USC majoring in composition. His primary flute teachers were Haaken Bergh and Ar- thur Gleghorn. He studied composition with Dr. Ernest Kanitz, Russell Gracia, Haaken Bergh and Walter Kelsey (Schillinger system). He appears frequently as soloist, masterclass technician, and lectur- er. His publications are distributed world-wide, and include the “Illustrated Method for Flute” (endorsed by Jean-Pierre Rampal) with two five-star reviews from Amazon.com, and “Special Effects for Flute.” Mr. Stokes has premiered solo works by former Boston Pops conductor , and contemporary composers Henri Lazarof, Paul Chihara, and Russell Steinberg. He has been featured in many television and film scores, including the television series “Mission Impossible,” “Roots,” and “Kung Fu,” as well as the films “,” “E.T.,” “Ghost,” “Glory,” “Patriot Games,” “Sneakers,” “Scent of a Woman,” “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle,” and more recently, “Mission Impossible,” “Waterworld,” “Jumanji,” “Independence Day,” “Spitfire Grill,” “ II”, and “Bringing Down The House”. He was solo flute at the in 1997 and 1998 and played the famous penny whistle solo from the Titanic song “My Heart Will Go On” with Celine Dion and was solo flute again for the Academy Awards in 2008. In 2006, he performed with the Trio at Martha’s Vineyard and in 2007 he was soloist in La Mancha, Spain, with the Murcia Chamber Orchestra. Mr. Stokes received the MVP award in flute from the National Association of Recording Arts and Sci- ences in 1980, 1981, and 1982, and in 1983 received the Emeritus Award. He has taught and per- formed at music festivals, including Curso Musical International de Invierno in Benidorm, Spain (1989- 90), the Bud Shank Workshop in Port Townsend, Washington (1986-1988), and the Mozart Festi- val in Monterey, California. His compact disc releases include “Chamber Music” by Henri Lazarof (Laurel Records), “Quintet for Flute and Strings” by Leon Levitch (Bay Cities Records), “Willow, Willow” for bass flute and percussion by Paul Chihara (CRI Records), “Six Sonatas” for flute and harpsichord by Luigi Boccherini (Naxas/Orion Records), and “Torbellino — 10 Tangos for Flute and Guitar” by Christopher Caliendo (Efficaci Records). He is also featured on recordings with Jascha Heifetz, Frank Sinatra, and the Carpenters. Some of his compositions are “Bon Voyage” for alto flute and string bass (1996), “Robin Hood Fanta- sy” for solo bass flute (premiered with Ballet California, 1993), “Soulscapes” for flute and marimba (premiered at the National Flute Association Convention, 1997), and “Laissez-le voler” for flute quartet (premiered at UCLA, 1997). His work, Irish In The Lowlands for contra bass flute, bass flutes, and Irish flutes was premiered at UCLA in 2008 and has been released on CD. He won the National Flute Asso- ciation’s International Lifetime Achievement Award, which was presented to him at their annual con- vention in San Diego, in August, 2005.

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