The Sacramento Recorder Society A place for early of all kinds in Sacramento

A chapter of the American Recorder Society An affiliate of the San Francisco Early Music Society October 2015 For more information about the Sacramento Recorder Society, visit our website at www.sacrecorders.org or our blog at http://sacrecorders.wordpress.com/

As we transition from our hot season to a cooler one, amid concerns about water

October Meeting and fire, climate, wars, and politics, how is music supporting and enhancing our various 6:45pm processes? Do we sometimes want to hear or Tuesday, October 6, 2015 play a dirge or a requiem, or perhaps strident at the Friends Meeting House chords, to reflect our awareness of loss, cri- 890 57th Street sis, and conflict? We may more often choose to hear and play more soothing music, dance between J St. and H St. music, cheerful or playful music, or complex, orderly music to help us to focus on life’s pleasures and distractions. What helps you A Letter from Our CoCo----PresidentPresident to enjoy the gentler-but-still-bright sun of early autumn, the cooler days and longer Susan Titus evenings, the comforts of friendship and

In the final days of summer my family? Let’s get together with Glen Shan- backyard vegetable patch produced four non on October 6th for some shared musical Japanese eggplants, a couple of bell pep- enhancement! pers, fresh basil and thyme to get me See you there, started on a batch of ratatouille. Milhaud Susan Titus on the stereo supported my kitchen project Sacramento Recorder and enhanced the Provencal connection. Society Co-President After a modest pool party with friends on a hot Sunday afternoon, the partly home- Renew Your SRS Membership Now! grown vegetable dish made a tasty and It’s time to renew your membership for the colorful contribution to the potluck dinner. 2015-2016 year, or to join if you are not yet This past week, music and friendly a member. Our membership dues and addi- faces inspired me to movement in the Sen- tional donations allow SRS to have eight ior Dance and Fitness class, lively solos great conductors every year. Please com- excited my brain when playing trios with pletely fill out the attached membership friends, and a group of recorder pieces form, attach a check for your dues ($45 and entitled “Entomology” brought forth maybe an extra donation to SRS), and mail it laughter, imagery, and fun memories at to the address on the form. You can also turn our Sine Nomine rehearsal. Sunday in your membership form and dues to the Morning Baroque on the radio relaxed me SRS Treasurer at the chapter meetings. and helped me to feel that, for a little Many thanks to the 19 people who have sent while, all was well. in their memberships so far this year.

20152015----20162016 Chapter Meetings Belgium and the . Just this sum- October 6, 2015: Glen Shannon mer 2015 he was commissioned by members

November 3, 2015: Greta Haug-Hryciw of the Flanders Recorder Quartet to write a piece for “Recorder Chamber Orchestra”, an December 1, 2015: Jerry Schwartz 11-part British standard ensemble size, for a 1-to-a-part workshop series they run in the January 5, 2016: Jerry Schwartz UK and Europe called “Air-Force”. In 2013

February 2, 2016: Louise Carslake he was First Prize winner in the composition contest sponsored by the Washington (DC) March 1, 2016: Judy Linsenberg Recorder Society (we’ll be taking a look at the second part of that piece). Performances April 5, 2016: Frances Feldon of some of his works can be found on You- May 3, 2016: Joyce Johnson-Hamilton Tube at www.youtube.com/glenshannon . Glen is active in the national ARS as June 7, 2016: Open Mic, Silent Auction/ editor of the semiannual Members' Library Tag Sale, Business Meeting, Elections Editions, a series introducing new recorder music to the worldwide membership (we’ll be playing one of those pieces too). In 2011 he was also selected by the ARS to compose the piece to be played worldwide for their annual Play the Recorder Month celebration.

Conductor’s Notes

For the October meeting, we'll start with the next ARS Members' Library Edition (Winter 2016), "Jay's Pyramid Scheme" by local player Jay Kreuzer, whom many of you Our October Conductor: know. It's a great warm-up piece because it was originally written as a tuning exercise Glen Shannon and blossomed into a full piece along the

way. Glen Shannon has been playing re- corder since everybody learned it in 3 rd I also have some Renaissance pieces grade. You may also know that he's also a that are fun, sound great and are not too diffi- . His love of straightforward, ap- cult. I love English madrigals on recorders, proachable music for the recorder has gar- so I've typeset two that we will enjoy, full nered him several prizes in composition con- of beautiful melodies and lush harmonies- tests since 1997. "Amour et la beauté" by Philippe Rogier (ca. He publishes his music under his own 1561-1596) and the ever-popular "Weep, O name at www.glenshannonmusic.com , and mine eyes" by John Bennet (ca. 1570-1610). has also had works published by Moeck Ver- I would also like to try another early lag, PRB Productions, and the American Re- piece from the 16th century - the 4-part can- corder Society. His works have also appeared zona "La Bastina" by Gioseffo Guami (ca. in the UK magazine Recorder , as well as the 1540-1611), that I recently discovered. Dutch-language magazine Blokfluitist in (continued on next page)

Finally, for my compositional Gone Too Soon… contribution to the evening, we will play the Fugue from my "Federal Fan- Tom Zajac tasia & Fugue", first prize winner in the Washington (DC) Recorder Soci- ety's 50th Anniversary composition contest in 2013.

What do your $45 annual Sacra- mento Recorder Society dues get you?

• Monthly playing meetings under the direction of Bay Area profes- Each year many of us looked for- sional recorder players and local ward to the annual Med Ren Collegium directing talent Workshop conducted by Tom Zajac. • Plenty of new music to play (from Some of us attended the Medieval- Medieval to 21st Century) Renaissance workshop when Tom was • A special winter event/party the director. Others were delighted to • The SRS website (http:// hear him perform as part of Piffaro, the www.sacrecorders.org ), the SRS fabulous Renaissance . You may blog (http:// have seen some of the many reminis- sacrecorders.wordpress.com/ ), and cences and tributes on Face Book. He the SRS Facebook page (http:// leaves a wonderful legacy of energy, tinyurl.com/plqpvwa ) enthusiasm, and expertise. His death on • A monthly email newsletter with August 31st saddens us all.

information just for recorder and Are you interested in playing in a early music enthusiasts. • The pleasure of playing recorders Holiday Concert in the Capitol Ro- with like-minded people tunda?

Another Opportunity to Perform ! For the past several years a group of SRS players has entertained Alex Ives is looking for groups visitors at the Capitol Rotunda in De- and individuals to perform for the cember with seasonal and other early Crocker Holiday Artisan Market on music. This is a wonderful opportunity Thanksgiving weekend at the Scottish to share the instruments and music that Rite Masonic Center. The market is a we love. Our performance time is Sun- pleasant, low-stress playing environ- day, December 20 at noon. We’d like a ment. Shoppers stop briefly to listen variety of groups to participate, so ten and appreciate your music and then or fifteen minutes of well-prepared mu- move on. You are contributing to the sic would be perfect! If you are inter- festive ambience of the occasion. ested, please contact Robert Foster at Interested? Contact Alex at [email protected] [email protected] Recorders Out and About

Sunday, September 13: Kathy Canan played a medley of Playford tunes at the rededication of the Unitarian Universalist Society of Sacramento’s remodeled building. The title of the tunes she chose Fall Concerts told the story of the remodeling. Handel + Haydn Society Saturday and Sunday, October 17-18: Orchestra and Chorus Kathy Canan and Mark Schiffer will be The Bicentennial Concert Tour playing at the Folsom Renaissance Faire Saturday, October 17: Jackson Hall, as part of the New Queen’s Ha’penny Mondavi Center, Davis, 8:00pm Consort. This yearly event is a lot of fun! Information: www.mondaviarts.org Great music, wonderful authentic cos- tumes. Don’t miss the Queen and her Sacramento Baroque Soloists court! German Masters of the Baroque Information: www.folsomfaire.com Friday, October 16: St. Paul’s Episco- pal Church, Sacramento, 7:30pm Consider joining one of the larger Saturday, October 17: Harris Center, Folsom, 7:30pm organizations which make our own Sunday, October 18: Stegmann Hall, SRS possible: Fair Oaks, 3:00pm The San Francisco Early Music Information: sacramentobaroque.org Society, with whom we are affiliated, of- fers excellent workshops and concerts in Archetti the Bay Area. Their website: With Debra Nagy, oboe www.sfems.org Carla Moore and John Dornenberg, American Recorder Society, of Co-directors Bach and Handel: which we are a chapter, is the national Concerti for Oboe and Strings organization which promotes recorders. Saturday, October 24: St. John’s Presbyte- Their website: rian Church, Berkeley, 7:30pm www.americanrecorder.org Sunday, October 25: St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, San Francisco, 4:00pm Note: ARS is offering 1/2 price member- Information: www.sfems.org ships to new members. If you’ve been considering joining, now’s the time! $25 Bach Collegium Japan will pay for your first year’s membership. Masaaki Suzuki, director You’ll get the magazine which includes Baroque chamber orchestra and choir articles, reviews, news of the early music playing a diverse program of works by world, and a new piece of music. You’ll its namesake. also have access to ARS’s website and Saturday, October 24: First Congrega- tional Church, Berkeley, 8:00pm online resources. Information: calperformances.org (continued next page) Baltimore Consort The Food of Love: , Dances, and Fancies for Shake- speare Saturday, November 21: St. John’s Presbyterian Church, Berkeley, 7:30pm Sunday, November 22: St. Mark’s Lu- theran Church, San Francisco, 4:00pm Nevada Recorder Society Information: sfems.org The Nevada Recorder Society meets Note: Jordi Savall will be performing on the first Sunday of each month from in Berkeley on Friday, February 26, 4:30 to 7:00pm at the Madelyn Helling Li- 2016. There were still limited single brary. SRS members are always welcome! tickets available when I checked today. Music is sent out electronically in advance. Get ‘em soon if you want to go! For more information: miriamemorris@gmailcom For Early Music Concert Information Save the Dates!!

Check the websites listed below: Two cool things to look forward to: • San Francisco Early Music Society: www.sfems.org First of all... • UC Berkeley’s CalPerformances: The Sacramento Recorder www.calperfs.berkeley.edu Society will hold its • UC Davis: annual Winter Party at on www.mondaviarts.org the Friends Meeting- • Voices of Music: house on January 9, www.voicesofmusic.org 2016.

Find Your Celtic Roots! And also…

The Mid-peninsula Re- corder Orchestra is pre- senting a workshop with Greg Ingles, mem- ber of Piffaro, multi- KVMR Celtic Festival will be held Oc- instrumentalist, and tober 2-4 at the Nevada County Fair- early music specialist grounds. Carlos Nunez, from Galicia, on January 23rd, 2016. Spain, one of many performers, will play recorder, flute, and bagpipe. There may be other recorders floating around Anticipation!! at jam sessions and concerts. Information: kvmrcelticfestival.org

Refreshments at Monthly Meetings

After an hour or so of concentrated playing, we are all ready to pause and refresh. It’s time for a break! Please share your special- ties and favorites with us at one of this year’s meetings! A sign up sheet will be making its way around the October chapter meeting. Be sure your name is on it!!! Listening 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- Check Out the Blog! cago.org , then click on “ensembles,” www.sacrecorders.org still works, but then click on “beyond” Kathy Canan has reduced it to a single page • Magnatune.com allows you to listen with basic introduction and a link to the to music free and pay when you blog. choose to download, or you can sub- The new blog at scribe for $15/month for unlimited http://sacrecorders.wordpress.com/ has all downloads the information that Kathy kept on the • Millennium of Music: "The sources website, but now she can post by email and mainstreams of European music from her smart phone if she needs to. She from the thousand years before the can easily authorize others to post as well, birth of Bach." and anyone can add more information by http://www.millenniumofmusic.com commenting on the posts. • recorder-radio.com streams a vari- You can check the blog for new in- ety of recorder music 24 hours a day formation any time, or you can subscribe to • Also available online: Baroque it by entering your email in the “Follow” Around the Clock (a variety of Ba- field. Information that rarely changes is roque music, no announcer) and also on the blog. Click on the tabs at the Concertzender Oude Muziek (all top: About SRS, Calendar, Contact, and early music, there’s an announcer Lessons. If you want to see information every so often who is speaking about only one category, such as Work- Dutch). You can find these stations shops, you can use that menu. using Tune In Radio.

About the Sacramento Recorder Society 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 affili- ate of the San Francisco Early Music Soci- ety. We welcome recorder players of all Take lessons from a recorder expert! ages and abilities as well as players of Sacramento area: other early music instruments such as Kathryn Canan is available for re- lutes, viols, sackbuts, shawms, curtals, corder lessons or ensemble coaching. Con- krummhorns, and percussion. Beginners tact her at 916-996-7932 or are urged to study privately and learn fin- [email protected] . She’s now in Grass gerings and become comfortable reading Valley, at 469 Pine Street (95945). music before joining the recorder orches- tra. Bay Area (or willing to come to Sacra- We meet monthly from September mento, if there’s enough interest): through June, from 6:45pm to 9:30pm on Greta Haug-Hryciw , SRS member the first Tuesday of each month, at the and conductor, would love to give lessons Friends Meeting House, 890 57 th Street, before chapter meetings. Contact Greta at between J St. and H St. Most of our meet- (415) 377-4444 or at [email protected] ings are conducted by a professional early Frances Feldon, conductor of the music specialist who teaches recorder Barbary Coast Recorder orchestra and mu- technique and relevant and sic director of the ensemble Flauti Diversi, theory while of many is available for lessons. She can be con- eras. tacted at [email protected] Many of our members also play in Judy Linsenberg , the director of smaller groups in members’ homes during the Baroque ensemble Musica Pacifica, the rest of the month. holds a doctorate in early music from Stan- ford, and has extensive recorder teaching Sacramento Recorder Society Board experience. She may be contacted by phone at 510-444-4113. 20152015----20162016 Co-Presidents: Gail Crawford and Susan More information about teachers is on

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Vice President: Mark Schiffer http://sacrecorders.wordpress.com/

Secretary: Patricia Johnson Another learning opportunity… Treasurer: Doris Loughner Member-at-Large: Robert Foster Fall classes for Bay Area recorder players with instructor Tish Berlin start September Education Chairperson: Crystal Olson For information on SRS, please contact 9th and end the last week of October. Art the following board members by email: of Fugue by J. S. Bach Wednesday eve- [email protected] or nings, and Intermediate Recorder Ensemble [email protected] or class on Tuesday afternoons. Call Tish at [email protected] 510-882-1169 for more information or email [email protected] Upcoming Workshops… Eastern European Renaissance A Collegium Workshop with Derek Tam For Recorders, Early Winds and Brass, Soft Reeds, Strings, and Singers Saturday, October 10, 2015 from 9:30am to 4:00pm Montclair Presbyterian Church, 5701 Thornhill Drive, Oakland

In this workshop we will explore two rarely-heard works from Poland and Bohemia, the Lamentations of Jeremiah set by Jacobus Gallus and the Missus Paschalis by Marcin Leopolita.

Information: Contact Cindy Keune at [email protected]

Rio Grande Early Music Workshop October 2-4, 2015 Las Cruces, New Mexico Faculty: Frances Blaker, Letitia Berlin, Marcia Fountain, Dale Taylor

Enjoy a musical weekend in the high desert of beautiful Southern New Mexico!

Information: rgrecorders.org/2015OctoberRecorderWorkshop.html

Road Scholar Early Music Workshops Carmel Valley, California Enhance your technique and ensemble playing during an intensive workshop with director Letitia Berlin and other stellar faculty. Our theme this year is Music of the Netherlands, England, and Spain

Week 1: November 1-7, 2015 Recorder - Letitia Berlin, Frances Blaker, Louise Carslake, Janet Beazley Viola da gamba - Julie Jeffrey

Week 2: November 8-14, 2015 Recorder - Letitia Berlin, Frances Blaker Strings and Early Repertoire - Shira Kammen Viola da gamba, Voice and Recorder - Lawrence Lipnik Renaissance Reeds - Joan Kimball (this track is open by permission of the teacher. For more information, please contact Tish Berlin at [email protected] )

Information: www.hiddenvalleymusic.org