The Sacramento Recorder Society

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1 The Sacramento Recorder Society A place for early music of all kinds in Sacramento A chapter of the American Recorder Society An affiliate of the San Francisco Early Music Society June 2014 For more information about the Sacramento Recorder Society, visit our website at June Meeting 6:30pm Tuesday, June 3, 2014 at the Friends Meeting House th Street between J St. and H St. Note early start time to accommodate setting up potluck table and sale items. Letter From The President Dear Recorder Society Members, One benefit of the monthly SRS Chapter Meetings is some interesting music to take away and play again. But, what to do during the long, hot summer months when we have no visiting conductors to bring new music? How about a visit to public domain sources on the Internet? These are works whose intellectual property rights have expired, have been forfeited, or are inapplicable. They are not covered by copyright and can be reproduced. In fact, some of our SRS conductors have brought music they found on public domain sites! There are several sources on the Web for music in the public domain: Choral Public Domain Library or CPDL, and the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP), which now contains the Werner Icking Music Archive, are two large ones. Also smaller, but growing are: The Mutopia Project and the Sheet Music Project, which is an adjunct of Project Gutenberg. Sometimes the site will supply a MIDI or a sound file, so you can hear the piece being played. So, summer doldrums give way to musical mania as thousands of works are discovered to be available and for free! See you on Tuesday, June 3 rd, Robert Foster, SRS President The June Meeting Please arrive by 6:30 to set out your food and sale items. SRS will be providing dessert (it s our thirtieth year!), so please bring savory finger food, fruit, or vegetables to the potluck. Annual elections for the SRS leadership will be held. Sale items should be music-related and tagged with a price. We will again have Open Mic. Let Robert know if you plan to play. Please keep performances to five minutes. We will also hear from our treasurer, Doris Loughner.

2 Summer Meetings June 3: June Potluck, Play-In, Annual Business Meeting August 5: Have you missed SRS? Come to the Summer Play-In! Bring ten copies of what you d like the group to play, or just come to play what others have brought. This is always fun! The Conductor Line-Up We are pleased to announce the conductors for our next playing season! September 2, 2014: Greta Haug-Hryciw October 7, 2014: Louise Carslake November 4, 2014: Glen Shannon December 2,2014: Jerry Schwartz January 6, 2015: Jerry Schwartz February 3, 2015: Joyce Johnson-Hamilton March 3, 2015: Hanneke van Proosdij April 7, 2015: Frances Feldon May 5, 2015: Shira Kamen A grand time at the Med Ren Collegium! John Pronko, Mark Schiffer, and Kathy Canan got a sample of what s in store for those attending the summer MedRen workshop at the Collegium on May 17. Sounds great! See workshop announcements for more information. Recorders Out and About Saturday, May 31: There will be another performance of the June 1 Berkeley Fringe concert "He Said, She Said" on 8 p.m., at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Davis, Patwin Rd, Davis. Suggested donation $15. Saturday, May 31: Ensemble Trecento (Mark Schiffer, Greta Haug-Hryciw, Beth Warren) will be performing some medieval madrigals on Renaissance instruments as part of the Mid-Peninsula Recorder Orchestra Concert in San Carlos. The performance begins at 4:30 at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 1106 Alameda De Las Pulgas, San Carlos. Sunday, June 1: SRS member Kathy Canan will play the recorder as part of an ensemble presenting He Said, She Said: Troubadours Debate the Art of Courtly Love. More information in the concerts section. Thursday, June 5: Kathryn Canan, Mark Schiffer, Jerry Schwartz, and Vanessa Castlebary will play at a Renaissance feast at the Holy Spirit Parish School. Saturday, June 7: The Barbary Coast Recorder Orchestra, including SRS members Greta Haug-Hryciw, Steve Teel, and Mark Schiffer, will be performing music by Aranes, Caldera, Machaut, Ravel, and Shannon. The concert, one of the Fringe Events of the Berkeley Early Music Festival, is at 10:15 AM in Saint Mark's Episcopal Church, 2300 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. Free-will donations are greatly appreciated. June 29-July 3: Kathy Canan will be taking her recorders and flute to a songwriting workshop with folksinger John McCutcheon The workshop takes place at the historic Highlander Center near Knoxville,Tennessee, where she ll be walking in the footsteps of Martin Luther King, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, and Rosa Parks. For Early Music Concert Information

3 Berkeley Festival & Exhibition June 1-8, Just a sampling of events, check the website! Ciaramella Make a Joyful Noise: Alta Capella Music from the Burgundian Renaissance Sunday, June 1, 2014, 4:00pm Early Music Concerts He Said, She Said Troubadours Debate the Art of Courtly Love Kathryn Canan (SRS member-recorder), Robin Snyder and Mark Grote (vocalists), and Michelle Levy (vielle) Saturday, May 31: Unitarian Universalist Church of Davis, Patwin Rd, Davis, 8:00pm Sunday, June 1: University Lutheran Chapel, Berkeley, 2:00 pm For more information, contact kacanan@yahoo.com Ensemble Trecento Mid-Peninsula Recorder Orchestra Concert Saturday, May 31: The concert will include Mark Schiffer, Greta Haug-Hryciw, Beth Warren performing some medieval madrigals on Renaissance instruments. Trinity Presbyterian Church, San Carlos, 4:30pm If you are aware of any early music concerts you would like me to add to our newsletter listings, please me at : kpsjohnson@frontiernet.net Acknowledgements Thanks to all who have contributed to the newsletter this year! I failed to note last month that the charming Eine Kleine Cat- Musik was written by Doris Loughner. Cantainbanchi The Beginnings of Joy: Songs and Dances from the Middle Ages Monday, June 2, 2014, 8:00pm Vox Luminis Schutz and the Bach Family Wednesday, June 4, 2014, 8:00pm Davis Senior High School Baroque Orchestra Baroque Favorites (Local young musicians readying themselves for a tour of Italy!) Wednesday, June 4, 2014, 5:00pm And some Fringe events: Frances Feldon & Galax Quartet Wingin It: New Compositions, Baroque Music & Improvisations Inspired by Birds Tuesday, June 3, 2014,12:00 PM Trinity Chapel Junior Recorder Society and the Barbary Coast Recorder Orchestra Saturday June 7th,10:00am St Mark's Episcopal Church Musica Pacifica and Friends Concerto! Virtuoso Concertos for diverse instruments by Bach and Telemann Saturday, June 7, 2014, 12:30 PM Trinity Chapel For more Fringe events, click on Fringe on the website:

4 Check the websites listed below: San Francisco Early Music Society: UC Berkeley s CalPerformances: UC Davis: Voices of Music: 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 plays a variety of musical styles, all including recorders. You can access it via the Flashplayer on their website or itunes. The Chicago Early Music website provides access to many early music resources. Go to earlymusicchicago.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 subscribe 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." aboutrad.php Refreshments at Monthly Meetings Feeling thirsty? Peckish? It must be time for the mid-meeting break! Refreshments for May s nutrition and conversation break were provided by Susan Titus and Atsuko Wylie. Many thanks to both of you! The Recorder Community at its Best! From our new member, Camilla Barry: The Black Hat Recorder group has been playing together in Tiburon for the past 20 years or so. Between 5-8 recorderists meet most Tuesdays. We are the remnants of the earlier Marin Recorder Society, but we renamed ourselves after one of our group had cancer and wore a hat to cover her head during performances at churches and other venues. It seemed appropriate for all of us to sport hats. (She recovered and is doing nicely). We are a closeknit group, having been together through deaths, illnesses, book authorships, travel by one of us to Afghanistan (during which the others prayed for her safety) and other life changes. Check Out the Blog! still works, but Kathy Canan has reduced it to a single page with basic introduction and a link to the blog. The new blog at sacrecorders.wordpress.com/ has all the information that Kathy kept on the website, but now she can post by from her smart phone if she needs to. She can easily authorize others to post as well, and anyone can add more information by commenting on the posts. You can check the blog for new information any time, or you can subscribe to it by entering your in the Follow field. Information that rarely changes is also on the blog. Click on the tabs at the top: About SRS, Calendar, Contact, and Lessons. If you want to see information about only one category, such as Workshops, you can use that menu.

5 About the Sacramento Recorder Society The Sacramento Recorder Society, founded in 1982, is a non-profit, taxexempt 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 become 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, th Street, between J St. and H St. Most of our meetings are conducted by a professional early music specialist who teaches recorder technique 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. Sacramento Recorder Society Board President: Robert Foster Vice President: Mark Schiffer Secretary: Patricia Johnson Treasurer: Doris Loughner Members-at-Large: Steve Sherman, Gail Crawford Education Chairperson: Crystal Olson For information on SRS, please contact the following board members by rfoster@london.com or marschif@gmail.com Consider joining one of the larger organizations which make our own SRS possible: The San Francisco Early Music Society, with whom we are affiliated, offers excellent workshops and concerts in the Bay Area. Their website: American Recorder Society, of which we are a chapter, is the national organization which promotes recorders. Their website: Take lessons from a recorder expert! Sacramento area: Kathryn Canan is available for recorder lessons or ensemble coaching. Contact her at or kacanan@yahoo.com. Bay Area (or willing to come to Sacramento, if there s enough interest): Greta Haug-Hryciw, SRS member and conductor, would love to give lessons before chapter meetings. Contact Greta at (415) or at gr8asf@gmail.com 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 franfeldon@gmail.com Judy Linsenberg, the director of the Baroque ensemble Musica Pacifica, holds a doctorate in early music from Stanford, and has extensive recorder teaching experience. She may be contacted by phone at More information about teachers is on our website:

6 Register Now! There s still room in the first week of the Recorder Workshop! San Francisco Early Music Society Summer Workshops Medieval and Renaissance Workshop The Marriage of Sound and Symbol Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA June 15, 2014-June 21, 2014 Director: Adam Gilbert Explore the entire range of Medieval and Renaissance music, while navigating the realm of musical symbolism, performing the history of the early modern marriage of image, text and music. Classical Workshop The Grand Tour: Classical Chamber Music for Strings from the Great Cities of Europe June 15, 2014-June 21, 2014 St. Albert s Priory, Oakland, CA Directors: Kati Kyme and William Skeen Explore string chamber music of the Classical era. Morning and afternoon coaching sessions are followed each evening by informal performances of the day s repertoire. Baroque Workshop Venetian Influences-France, Germany, Italy June 22, 2014-June 28, 2014 Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA Director: Linda Pearse Our week of concentrated playing and learning will be filled with the beautiful works of the Habsburgs and interspersed with social gatherings with like-minded players from all around the country. Recorder Workshops Week 1(June 29-July 5): Songs from the Garden of Heaven and Earthly Delights Director: Rotem Gilbert Week 2(July 6-July 12): Virtues and Vices Director: Hanneke van Proosdij St. Albert s Priory, Oakland, CA Workshops feature small class sizes and an international faculty and they are designed for intermediate to advanced recorder players. Each week concludes with a spectacular performance of all workshop participants in the Recorder Orchestra at St. Albert s beautiful chapel. More information on SFEMS summer workshops: