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SEATTLE RECORDER SOCIETY Recorder Notes December 2016 Vol. XLVIII, No. 4 www.seattle-recorder.org From tHe Music Director (Vicki Boeckman) SRS Meeting Greetings, Everyone, Friday, I am still in a state of shock and disbelief December 2, 2016 at the election results as I write, as I know many @ 7:30 pm of you in the community are. Hard to believe that December is upon us, and the end of the year is nigh. The holidays are here and music will get us through—music, love, and hope. The end of any Opening Program year is a time of reflection and gratitude, and there is truly so very much to be grateful for. There will Isabella Pagel be many, many concerts to attend in December. and Jonathon Oddie The concert calendar is filled to the brim! (Castello, Linde, and Telemann) I am eagerly looking forward to our emeritus Peter Seibert leading us for this last meeting of 2016. Please read below as he tells us what he has planned for the evening. Playing Session For our opening program it gives (Peter Seibert) me great pleasure to “present” Isabella Pagel on recorder and Jonathan Oddie on Peter’s arrangements of harpsichord. Isabella started lessons with Christmas carols and hymns me at Music Center of the Northwest in 2006 at the tender age of 9. Many of you have followed the growth of the young women in All sizes of recorders “Rockin Recorders” through the years at are needed, and viols and various concerts around the community, at other soft winds/reeds SRS opening programs, and SRS Members’ are always welcome. Nights. Isabella was away at college last year and started Skype lessons with Nina Stern in New York which she continues to do, and studied with Bart Backroom Gang Spanhove at the Amherst Workshop's virtuoso program last summer. Her dream is to get a degree in music and (Miyo Aoki) pedagogy, and she will be applying to several European Music will be provided. conservatories this spring. I am so proud of her dedication and commitment! About tHe Opening Program Recorder Classes (Isabella Pagel) (Laura Faber) After growing up as a player in the Seattle recorder community, I Note: New players are am happy to say that I am auditioning to conservatories in Europe this welcome at any time. coming spring. The December opening program is in preparation for my Contact Laura to get started. upcoming auditions. I will be playing a variety of music starting with the “Sonata Prima” Beginning Ensemble by Dario Castello where I will be accompanied by Jonathan Oddie on Tuesdays – 10 to 11:30 am harpsichord. Moving forward a few centuries, I will be playing an avant- garde Hans Martin Linde piece, “Music for a Bird.” Lastly, Jonathan will join Lower Intermediate Ensemble Tuesdays – 7 to 9 pm me again to play three movements of a fabulous “Methodical Sonata in F major” by Georg Phillip Telemann. If time allows at the end, there may be a quick encore with a special friend of mine! I am looking forward to the next Intermediate Ensemble chapter of my musical journey and want to thank the Seattle recorder Thurs. – 10:30 am to 12:30 pm community for all the support you have given me over the years! Bass Ensemble Saturdays – 10 am to 12 pm About tHe Playing Session * * * (Peter Seibert, Music Director Emeritus) Class Descriptions Most of the music for the December Beginning Ensemble (SATB) playing session is based on Christmas carols or Simple and fun music chosen for hymns. Bach made chorale settings of a number players who are new to of carols such as “In dulci jubilo” and went on recorders, adding a new size to create elaborate chorale-preludes on those instrument, or needing a little melodies. We will follow the evolving more support. treatment of some of these melodies in arrangements I have made for recorder Intermediate Ensemble ensemble. Please bring SATB and also great (SATBGB) bass and contrabass for these works. Medieval to modern music for players comfortable with In 1999, I created settings of five medieval carols for SATB recorders common fingerings and called “Suite on Early Carol Tunes.” This turned out to have been the most rhythms who are interested in popular work ever published by PRB Productions. The last time we played developing their technique this suite at the SRS was a decade ago, so I thought we should dust off the further. Skills in progress music and have another go at it. (Since then, I have published another set of include playing both F and C medieval carol settings as well as a volume of American folk carols.) This instruments, reading alto up, work sounds best with just SATB. counting halves, and reading from parts. If there is time, we will dip into the American pop repertory for the season. For this, big basses will be needed. I look forward to being with you Bass Ensemble (BGB) once again. Enjoy the sound of low instruments? This energetic ensemble plays music arranged or composed for basses and explores bass technique. * * * Newsletter Deadline for January Issue People who are interested should contact Laura by email at Monday, December 12th [email protected] or by calling (206) 619-0671. Save tHe Dates: Port Townsend WorksHop! Save the dates for the Port Townsend Early Music Workshop— a week-long workshop in the Pacific Northwest with a stellar faculty! RefresHments When: July 9-15, 2017 (December) Where: The beautiful campus of University of Puget Sound (UPS) in Tacoma Baked Goods Kathleen Arends Recorder/Flute/Early Winds: Cathy Lacefield Adam Gilbert, Alison Melville, Clea Galhano Miyo Aoki, Nina Stern, Paul Leenhouts Fruits Peter Seibert, Rotem Gilbert, Vicki Boeckman Naomi Shiff Voices/Viols/MiXed Consorts: Veggies Jack Ashworth, Joanna Blendulf Katie Sprugel Wendy Gillespie, Ellen Seibert At our November meeting, a blue ceramic bowl containing Halloween candy corn was left Seattle Recorder Soirée — Ongoing behind. I will bring it to the December meeting, or the owner can contact me to pick it up First Tuesdays of Every MontH earlier. 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm Couth Buzzard Books & Café Buono Molly Warner (206-523-5192 8310 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103 or ([email protected]) (206) 436-2960, www.buonobuzzard.com FREE !!! Donations and purchases appreciated. Thank you! • Contact: Chris Corfman at [email protected] or (206) 227-5619. 2016-2017 SRS Meetings Meetings are usually (but not Save tHe Date: always) held on the first Friday of each month, September to Play-the-Recorder MontH Celebration May, at 7:30 p.m., Maple Leaf Lutheran Church, 10005 - 32nd What: “Play-the-Recorder Month” Concert & Celebration NE, Seattle. Meetings include a short performance or lecture Date and Time: Sunday, March 5, 2017 from 3 pm to 4 pm of interest to recorder and viol players, ensemble playing Contact: Nancy Gorbman (206-852-4762 or [email protected]) for all levels of recorder players, and a beginning Event Description: Join us for a lively concert of various recorder recorder ensemble. ensembles—including music of the Renaissance, Baroque, and 20-21st A $5.00 donation is requested centuries. A “Play-In” of a new composition entitled “Waltz” composed by for non-members. James Beaudoir, written especially for the American Recorder Society “Play- the-Recorder Day” will begin the program (for intermediate level recorder September 16, 2016 October 7, 2016 players and up)! Fun for all ages. An activities circle for young children near November 4, 2016 the stage will have crafts, puzzles, and a chance to explore instruments of December 2, 2016 varying sizes. Free drawing for plastic recorders at the end of the concert! January 6, 2017 February 10, 2017 Instrumentation: Recorders, harpsichord, March 3, 2017 percussion (drum, tambourine), guitar. April 7, 2017 May 12, 2017 The Recorder Orchestra of Puget Sound is proud to present their Winter Concert Sunday, December 11, at 2:00 pm in the Sanctuary of Maple Leaf Lutheran Church 10005 32nd Ave NE with special guest Peggy Monroe, percussion Charles Coldwell and Vicki Boeckman have chosen a program of music with percussion, and the ROPS members have been working diligently toward this concert. If you have never heard a recorder orchestra, you are in for a treat. The sizes of instruments range from a 6-inch sopranino to a 6-foot contra bass, and the sound is sonorous, glorious, and rich. Also featured on this concert is Tom Faber on the didgeridoo. Not to be missed! We will play The River - a Native American song arranged by Sylvia Rosin, The Earle of Oxford's March by William Byrd, Five Contradances by Mozart, Suite from Plusieurs Marches et batteries de Tambour by Lully/Philidor, March from the Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky, and Suite from Romeo and Juliet by Brian Monroe. Come enjoy the beautiful music and stay for the reception afterward. 1 Meeting Notes: November 4, 2016 (KatHleen Arends; pHotos by Bill Stickney) SRS Board Members We welcomed one newcomer and one experienced player who (2016/2017) had not attended in years (member Michael Collins’ mother, Jean Collins, who is now a renewed member). Molly Warner also invited members who Music Director: might be having trouble attending (can't drive at night, etc.) to let a board Vicki Boeckman (206-985-9916) member know, and we will try to arrange transportation. [email protected] Music Director Emeritus: Opening Program Peter Seibert (206-329-2774) [email protected] David Ohannesian spoke on ways to approach tone production. After Officers: drawing us all in by describing our President: Mike Woolf Carnegie Hall solo debuts, he gave us (206-300-6623) [email protected] some things to consider in order to get the best sound out of an instrument, President-Elect: Molly Warner (206-523-5192) especially on those high notes that can [email protected] induce worry.