Nico Sarbanes Quartet

Stony Run Friends Meeting Jazz Concert Nico Sarbanes quartet

FEATURING

Nico Sarbanes, Trumpet Quincy Phillips, Drums HONORING THE MEMORY OF HermanTodd Burney, Simon, BassPiano JOHN C. MERRILL

Proceeds support Stony Run Friends Meeting and our 2019 Community Partners: Belize Friends School and Ramallah Friends School

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019 This concert is dedicated to John Cutler Merrill

Stony Run Friends Meeting was diminished by the loss of our F/friend John Merrill, who passed away March 31, 2019 from pancreatic cancer. Among his many contributions to the Meeting, John was responsible for selecting the performers for our annual concert.

Raised in Newton, Massachusetts, John received his Bachelor of Music degree from Indiana University while a violin student of master violinist Josef Gingold. He earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Hawaii, while playing in the University of Hawaii String Quartet and teach- ing violin. In 1968, he joined the Dallas Symphony, and in 1971 he moved to the Baltimore Symphony, where he played in the first violin section for 42 years. He met his future wife, Julia Barker, after she joined the BSO viola section in 1977. They married in 1981.

In addition to playing, John taught private violin lessons in his home studio and at the Baltimore School for the Arts, Essex Community College, and Peabody Preparatory. During his earlier days in Baltimore, he served as a string consultant to the Baltimore County Public Schools and developed the instrumental music program at Friends School of Baltimore. He performed chamber music in venues around the region. John was an active member of the BSO Players’ Committee as well as Stony Run Friends Meeting.

After retiring from the BSO in 2013, John played sonatas and piano trios with a group of musician friends. During the warmer months, he devoted himself to sailing and enjoyed cruising the Chesapeake.

2 Program

7:30 - 8:15 Music

8:15 - 8:30 Intermission & Water Break

8:30 - 9:15 Music

9:15 - 10:00 Sweet & Savory Reception

PERFORMANCE IN THE MEETING ROOM RECEPTION IN THE DINING ROOM—LOWER LEVEL l

Event Planning Committee: Margaret Allen (Clerk), Deborah Bedwell, Alice Cherbonnier, Janet Daley, Betsy Forbush, Lynn Jordan, Ann Marie Ketron, Sandi Morton, Phil Perkins, and Rebecca Snyder With special help from: Lynne Bowman, Matt Brennan, Dotti Burdsall, Cindy Eyler, Debbie Jones, Blaine Keener, Bill Miles, Debbie Ramsey, and Larry Reid

Baltimore Monthly Meeting of Friends, Stony Run 443-703-2590 | [email protected] www.StonyRunFriends.org

3 The Performers

Nico Sarbanes is a jazz vocalist, trumpeter, and composer. As a bandleader, Nico has led performances and recorded with some of today’s greatest jazz players, including Antonio Hart, Cyrus Chestnut, Warren Wolf, Ben Wolfe, Winard Harper, Mark Gross, and Tim Green. As a composer, he draws on his jazz and classical influences, as well as the klezmer music of his Jewish heritage, to create exciting new works.

Nico received his Bachelor of Music from Schulich School of Music at McGill University. Under the tutelage of venerable jazz composers such as Kevin Dean, Joe Sullivan, and Jean-Nicolas Trottier, Nico honed his own compositional talent. Nico led successful performances at the Festival International de Montreal, including opening for Grammy Award- winning vocalist Dianne Reeves at the Théaˆtre Maisonneuve.

Nico is a proud native of the city of Baltimore, and consistently seeks to bring attention to both the city’s impressive jazz history and its current wealth of musical talent. He has performed at storied jazz venues such as New York’s Minton’s Playhouse and Birdland.

Quincy Phillips is a drummer, pianist, an organist at his home church, East Baltimore Deliverance. He holds his B.A. in Music from Howard Univer- sity. Phillips had the great honor to perform for President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama for the “Smithsonian Salutes Ray Charles: In Performance at the White House.” Phillips won first place for Jazz Composition for his arrangement of “Alone Together” at the IAJE con- ference in NYC and is a member of Grammy award winning Christian McBride Big Band. He also works with the Dominick Farinacci Quintet.

4 Herman Burney grew up in Winston-Salem, where he played clarinet, drums, tuba and electric bass. In addition to church music, his major influences have been soul, R&B, and hard-core funk. “As a teenager, my friends and I started our own bands; we played in the garage, basement, or any place that we could. I snuck out of the house at night to hear groups like Ramsey Lewis, Cameo, Parliament/Funkadelic, the Brothers Johnson, and Graham Central Station!”

Todd Simon is a keyboardist, composer and arranger in the Baltimore- Washington area. He studied piano and organ with Tim Murphy and saxophone with Gary Thomas at the Peabody Conservatory of Music. He served in the United States Naval Academy Band. While enlisted, he performed for Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and Astronaut Neil Armstrong. Todd’s 2013 debut CD of original compositions, “Simon Says,” earned a Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award and a Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award. Todd is also featured on trumpeter Donvonte McCoy’s album “3rd Floor” and vocalist Tom Moore’s CD “Restless Journey.” l

5 Stony Run Community Partner 2019

Rosalie and Adrian thank Stony Run Friends Rosalie and Adrian thank Stony Run Friends for their marvelousfor theirsupport marvelous support of our work at of our work at Belize Friends Center and Belize City Friends School Belize Friends Center in so many ways! and Belize City Friends School!

Support Belize Friends Center and School by donating to the school’s tree planting partnershipSupport with Belizethe Belize Friends Center’s efforts to fully establish a City Council and the Forestry DepartmentBelizean-run to Alternativeshelp to Violence Project (AVP) for all of conserve the environment, mitigate environmentBelize. AVP-Belize-related works with young people and with adults in issues of health and well-being, and teach young schools and in prison. Facilitators ask for training beyond the basic Belizeans environmental science, plant biology, and agricultural science. level and funds to support their workshops.

Support the work of Belize Support the work of Belize Friends Center Friends Center and School to end human trafficking in Belize. Your and School to end human trafficking in contribution will help the children produce information to illustrate Belize. Your contribution will help employ human-trafficking dangers and how to avoid them. Also, it will help to employ a social safety professional to work with young Belizeans a social safety professional to teach young about remaining safe in a perilous environment by recognizing the Belizeans how to remain safe in a perilous traits of human trafficking and refraining from drug activity. environment by recognizing the traits of human trafficking and refraining from drug Contributions earmarked for the work in Belize may beactivity. sent to It will also help children produce information to illustrate Friends United Meeting, 101 Quaker Hill Drive., Richmond, Indianahuman-trafficking 47374. dangers. To support the children’s tree planting, write on check memo “Belize Tree Planting.” To support children’s safety, write on check memo “Community Safety Project, Belize Friends Center.” For more general support, write “Adrian andContributions Rosalie.” earmarked for the work in Belize may be sent to Friends United Meeting, 101 Quaker Hill Drive, Richmond, Indiana 47374 To support AVP, write on check memo “AVP–Belize”

To support children’s safety, write on check memo “Community Safety Project, Belize Friends Center” For general support, write on check memo “Living Letters to Belize”

6 Stony Run Community Partner 2019

Ramallah Friends School For 150 years bringing Quaker values and educating future Palestinian leaders.

Meg Meyer & Arthur Boyd Friends in Residence, 2018-19 school year www.rfs.edu.ps

7 Stony Run Community Partners

In addition to the funds raised by this concert for the operation of Stony Run Friends Meeting, each year we select nonprofit organizations in which our members are active. They receive an ad in this program, the opportunity to introduce their mission to the audience, and a $1,000 donation. This year’s community partners are Belize Friends Center and School and Ramallah Friends School. The Stony Run community continues to support these previous community partners:

2018 Community Partners Interfaith Action for Human Rights (IAHR) represents people of faith who live in Virginia, D.C., and Maryland. IAHR’s mission is to end prison policies and practices that promote torture and solitary confinement and to counter bigotry directed against vulnerable populations. www.interfaithactionhr.org

Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform (MAJR) is a bipartisan, statewide alliance seeking legislative changes in the state’s cor- rectional policies to support alternatives to incarceration, address inequities, and aid citizens returning from prison to lead productive lives, thus strengthening families and communities. www.ma4jr.org

2017 Community Partners McKim Community Association in Baltimore’s Jonestown neighborhood creates a safe haven in a rocky world, connecting people throughout the city and beyond in supportive and lasting ways. It empowers and motivates young people to work together and give their best. And it develops new leaders and role models who will go on to make their own mark in the world. www.mckimcenter.org

8 Stony Run Community Partners

Unified Efforts is a community organization in West Baltimore with a focused goal: engage youth during their time outside of school, enhance learning, and avoid summer slide. www.unifiedefforts.org

2016 Community Partners Asylee Women Enterprise (AWE) accompanies asylum seekers and survivors of torture on their journey from surviving to thriv- ing. Services include emergency and transitional housing, case management, yoga, therapeutic massage, English instruction, job readiness training, and resource linkage to asylum seekers. www.asyleewomen.orgen.org

Episcopal Refugee and Immigrant Center Alliance (ERICA) is an independent program of the Episcopal Cathedral of the Incarnation, which provides direct assistance to refugees, asylum seekers and “asylees” in Baltimore. Free services include zero inter- est loans, emergency financial assistance, education workshops, mentoring, problem solving and advocacy. www.erica-baltimore.org

Esperanza Center is an immigrant resource center that offers hope, compassionate guidance and essential services to people who are new to the U.S. Dedicated staff andvolunteers provide services and referrals, ESL education, citizenship classes, healthcare, and low-cost immigration legal services to thousands of immigrants each year. www.catholiccharities-md.org

The Intercultural Counseling Connection is a referral network of mental health professionals committed to providing culturally responsive counseling and therapeutic services for asylum seekers, refugees, and other forced migrants in the greater Baltimore area, at no charge to the client. www.interculturalcounseling.org

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11 BALTIMORE CLAYWORKS ARTFULLY CONGRATULATES STONY RUN FRIENDS MEETING

Baltimore Clayworks is a non-profit clay art center located in the Mt. Washington community of Baltimore City. It offers: Classes for adults and children. Studios and access to equipment for ceramic artists and the public. Exhibitions and a sales gallery open 7 days a week. Extensive community arts programs for children, adults and elders in underserved neighborhoods. Sponsored by our friendly community: Ted and Alexa Bedwell Aidan and Sam Bedwell Deborah Bedwell Kathleen and Casey Sergi Debbie Ramsey, Unified Efforts

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13 About These Ads The ads in this program tell us about charitable organizations supported by Friends at Stony Run, Quaker-owned businesses, and businesses in the wider community. Proceeds benefit Stony Run operations and activities.

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14 Intersection of Change (formerly Newborn Holistic Ministries) is a community-based nonprofit focused on community development in west Balti- more. The organization is dedicated to providing programs that enrich the economic, social and spiritual lives of those dealing with poverty related issues in the Sandtown-Winchester, Upton and surrounding communities.

Work to date has resulted in significant neighborhood revitalization of the 1900 and 2000 blocks of Pennsylvania Avenue through the full renovation of six previously vacant and dilapidated buildings, transformation of 18 vacant lots into community green spaces and meditative gardens, creation of a dozen neighborhood murals, and conversion of 96,000 sq./ft. of vacant lots into an urban farm.

Programs by Intersection of Change include:

Martha’s Place: A recovery program for women overcoming substance abuse and homelessness that helps women achieve sobriety while main- taining a job and housing. The program offers housing with supportive services such as addictions counseling, money management training, case management, wellness classes, and community meals.

Jubilee Arts: A comprehensive art program that uses art as a catalyst for social change, as a tool for empowerment, and an alternative to the dangers of drugs and violence in the community. Jubilee Arts provides 23 art classes (in ceramics, visual arts, dance, and business) six days as well as cultural activities to both children and adults and serves over 2,500 people annually.

Strength to Love II: A program that operates an urban farm and serves ex-offenders returning to the community from incarceration. The farm entails 16 greenhouses totaling 96,000 square feet, addresses community “food desert” issues, and offers employment to ex-offenders.

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21 About Quakers

Quakers are a modern, active, and diverse religious group, with over 375,000 Friends (Quakers) around the world. We are known for our Peace and Simplicity testimonies, the practice of silent worship, the concept of consen- sus, our embrace of equality, our opposition to war and violence, and our desire to live our faith by “letting our lives speak.” The Religious Society of Friends (informally known as Quakers) was founded in 17th century England, one of a number of then-emerging Protestant sects persecuted by the Church of England. Many Protestant denominations, seeking a purer form of Christianity, rebelled against fancy dress, ornate churches, rigid hierarchies, corrupt tithing, and social inequalities in church, government, and society. A well-known example are the Puritans, who fled to New England. Quakers initially fled to America’s East Coast as well, eventually spreading westward. What do Quakers Believe? Believing that there is “that of God in everyone” and that anyone can experience God directly, Quakers do not have a written creed. Some branches of Quakers have an “unprogrammed” worship service, without the leadership of a minister or even a planned service with hymns or rituals. People sit on plain benches in a Meetinghouse, facing each other during group worship, to join together in silence. Anyone, if they feel so moved and spirit-driven, may share their thoughts, feelings, prayers, or even a song. Stony Run Friends Meeting is an unprogrammed meeting. “Programmed” meetings evolved somewhat differently, with planned services and a paid clergy; however, a period of silent worship is still incorporated into the service. Where are Quakers Found? Quaker Meetings (a Quaker community or the building that houses the community) are found the world over. In addition to concentra- tions in the mid-Atlantic region, Friends stretch from coast to coast in the U.S., plus in Canada, Central America, England, and Australia. Not well-known is that today 52% of Quakers live in Africa, with the largest numbers in Kenya and Burundi.

22 There are also many influential national and influential Quaker organizations with long names and lots of alphabet-soup acronyms (AFSC, FGC, FCNL, etc). Please check our website for more information. For over 375 years, Friends have been well known for their conscience- led stances, and their reforms helped lead to: • the abolition of slavery • the right of women to vote • co-ed education • penal reform (including in Baltimore City, where work for bail reform is currently underway) • refugee aid (for which Quakers were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize after WWII) Quick Quiz: Do modern Quakers dress like the man on the box of oats? No. Nor was Quaker Oats founded by Friends. The cereal company’s 19th century owners read about us in an encyclo- pedia. But the man on the box does look a lot like William Penn, founder of the Quaker colony of Pennsylvania, home of Philadelphia, “the city of brotherly love.” To Clear Up Confusion Overheard in a high school hallway: Student A: You say you are a Quaker? You don’t use electricity? Student B: That would be the Amish. Some of them. Student A: But aren’t Quakers dying out? Student B: That would be the Shakers. l Meeting for Worship at Stony Run Friends Meeting We welcome visitors on First Days (Sundays) at 9:30 a.m. or 11:00 a.m. Please visit www.stonyrunfriends.org or call the office at 443-703-2590 to learn about our First Day school and child care, or our adult forums and workshops.

23 Baltimore School for the Arts has been changing the lives of Baltimore’s children for 40 years, helping kids from all over the city launch great careers both on and off stage.

John Merrill was a dedicated violin instructor at the BSA, whose life work impacted generations of children.

We’d like to honor John for his years of service, and invite the community to join us we honor his legacy by building an even brighter future for our youth in the 40 years that follow.

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Irvine Nature Center is happy to support Stony Run Friends! Come visit us & explore: 11201 Garrison Forest Road | Owings Mills, MD Free & open to the public 9:00am - 5:00pm seven days per week! Sponsored by Lynn & Terral Jordan 32 Quakers have supported refugee aid around the world for hundreds of years Our efforts then and now include:

— Relief work by British & US Quakers in Europe after World War II, who accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of Quakers world- wide,

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— Help now for people fleeing from terror, civil war, and human rights abuses in the Middle East, Afghanistan, and Africa.

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34 For nearly 200 years, Stony Run Friends Meeting has supportedMcKim the McKim Free School and now the McMim Community Center. That means that more than 10,000 children’s lives are better because of YOU.

Quaker merchant John McKim made a bequest to provide for a Free School. In 1821 a charter for the establishment of this school was requested by his sons and granted to the School’s Trustees by the Maryland General Assembly. When the present McKim building was opened at 1120 E. Baltimore Street in 1833, it continued as the first such school in Baltimore City and one of the first in the U.S.

McKim has served the families and children in the neighborhood through generations — from the Irish and Italian immigrants of the 19th century through those growing up in Baltimore’s public housing communities in the 20th century. Today McKim operates an after school program, a summer camp, along with wrestling and track programs.

The McKim School Building is near the 1781 Friends Meeting House at 1201 East Fayette St., Baltimore’s oldest religious building. Its members included such influential Quakers as Philip Thomas, first President of the B&O Rail- road, and Johns Hopkins.

Both buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic places, and plans are in process to restore and update them for our program needs. Today, the neighborhood around McKim is going through a major transition. Next to Mc- Kim is the newly constructed Ronald McDonald House, and a newly designed community playground. The nearby addition of the National Aquarium’s Animal Care and Rescue Center and the evolution of the Jonestown Neighbor- hood has afforded McKim pportunities to refine its programs, particularly with the support of an expanded commitment by Friends School.

Please support the MCKIM COMMUNIY ASSOCIATION 1120 E Baltimore Street • Baltimore, MD 21202 • www.mckimcenter.org Sponsored by Blaine Keener & Julie Craft, Sally Huff Leimbach & Wendell B. Leimbach, Rae Ann McInnis, Helen Riley, and Joan Mattheiss Thompson & Eric Thompson

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38 Change a Child’s Story

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CASA empowers volunteers to advocate for children who have been removed from their homes due to abuse and neglect. CASAs (Court Appointed Special Advocates) are constant, caring adults who see children through the uncertainty of foster care and speak for them in court. We believe that every child deserves a safe, loving, and permanent home.

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40 Blue Water Baltimore is fortunate to work with a variety of partners, including local businesses and corporations, to make Baltimore a place their employees want to work, live and play. These relationships are vital to our success. Blue Water Baltimore offers businesses a variety of ways to promote strong and healthy communities:

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