Officers. Adam Gilbert to Conduct. March 2017 Volume XXXXI1I Number 7

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1 March 2017 Volume XXXXI1I Number Officers President Win Aldrich winaldrich@earthlink.net Vice President, Membership Development Cathy Wilson helpertouch@gmail.com Vice President Hospitality Jim Forrest jstringpresser@earthlink.net Secretary/Newsletter Lee & Bill Waggener wagglee@gmail.com waggwl@gmail.com Treasurer Susan Mason smmesq@prodigy.net Workshop Program Directors Mary Van Cott-Hand bradandmaryhand@socal.rr.com Miranda Manners mmsmanners@gmail.com Publicist/Webmaster Carol Jacoby cjacoby@jacobyconsulting.com Our next meeting of the season is Friday, March 10, 2017 Meeting: 7:30 pm Trinity Episcopal Church 2400 Canal Street in Orange, California Prelude: 7:15 pm, Windsong Recorder Group Adam Gilbert to Conduct Adam Knight Gilbert Professor and Director of USC s Thornton School of Music Early Music Program has performed on recorder, shawm, bagpipes, and dulcian with numerous ensembles since he began his professional career in He performed as a member of New York s Ensemble for Early Music ( ), and as a member of the Waverly Consort ( ). He performed as a member of Piffaro, the Renaissance Band ( ). His arrangements and compositions can be heard on the Deutsche Grammaphon Archiv label and on the Dorian label. As director of the ensemble Ciaramella since 2003, his compositions and arrangements are recorded on the Naxos and Yarlung labels. Gilbert studied philosophy at the University of South Carolina, and in 1984 graduated from the Mannes College of Music with a degree in Early Music Performance on recorder, and studied recorder at Rotterdams Conservatorium ( ). He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in 2003 in performance practice at Case Western Reserve University. As a recipient of the Fulbright and Belgian American Education Foundation grants, he spent two years as a visiting scholar at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. In 2008, he received the American Musicological Society s prestigious Noah Greenberg Award. Gilbert served for two years as acting assistant professor of musicology at Stanford University ( ). He is currently Associate Professor and

2 Announcements Director of Early Music at USC s Thornton School, where he has taught since Early Music America recently named Adam and Rotem Gilbert joint recipients of the 2014 Thomas Binkley for outstanding achievement in performance and scholarship by the director of a university or college early music ensemble. President s Message Well, the OCRS Recorder Workshop was last Saturday the 25th with people coming from all over Southern California including the Southern California Recorder Society, the San Diego County Recorder Society, the newly formed Central Coast Recorder Society, Los Angeles Recorder Orchestra, and OLLI-CSLB Recorder Consort. A special thanks to Mary Van Cott-Hand, Miranda Manners, Susan Mason, Russ Wilson and Carol Jacoby for their hard work making the workshop such a success. Staying with workshops a minute, this issue of the newsletter lists a number of recorder workshops on the West Coast coming up in the near future. There are workshops hosted by Central Coast Recorder Society in Goleta, SCRS in Pasadena in April, Wind &Waves RecorderWorkshop on the central coast of Oregon, Denver Recorder Society s Springtime in the Rockies in May, SRS s Port Townsend Early Music Workshop in Seattle, SFEMS s Recorder Workshop Love and Peace in Oakland in July, and Road Scholar/Hidden Valley s Recorder Early Music Workshop in October/ November in Carmel Valley. If you have never attended a workshop, you really should consider it. They are a wonderful opportunity to gather with like-minded recorder players in a supportive learning environment, incredible conductors and music to play your heart out. This month we are fortunate to have Adam Gilbert again conducting us. I have not seen his music selections yet, but since this is the 500th anniversary of the Reformation and this is the musical era of particular interest to Adam, I suspect he will be bringing some wonderful surprises for us to enjoy. We also have members of the Windsong Recorder Group led by Jim Forrest playing a selection of Irish Tunes in celebration of the upcoming St Patrick s Day for Prelude this month starting at 7:15, so plan to be there early to enjoy this. Lastly, a reminder that we have the BYOB coming up the first half of the May meeting to showcase what we as members are musically involved in outside of the monthly meeting. So far, I have had three responses to participate and I hope that there are several more of you. Come on, many of you play together in groups, or have a favorite piece you could share with us. Let me know before I come knocking on doors. Refreshments Win Aldrich We want to thank Miranda Manners and Steve Myer who supplied the refreshments for the February meeting. We would also like to thank the Lieblang family and Jayanthi (Jay) Wijekoon for always helping with the clean-up after the break. The refreshments for the upcoming March meeting will be supplied by Marcy Clements and Tom Hall. 2

3 Announcements Please contact Jim Forrest: earthlink.net, or to sign up for a turn to treat the group, or catch him at the next meeting to sign up. OCRS Promotional Postcards Available OCRS Dues In order to attend OCRS monthly meetings (other than as a one-time guest), a person must be a member. To become a member for the current year, from July 2016 through June 2017, please mail a completed Membership Application and your dues check to the address shown on the application. The Membership Application is included in this newsletter and is also available for downloading at Susan Mason, Treasurer For Sale OCRS now has promotional postcards available, which members can provide for display at concerts and other music events. Win Aldrich will have a supply of the postcards available at the meeting, if you would like to obtain some. With our new playing year beginning in September, it might be an ideal time to drop a few of the postcards off at any local music stores in your area with a request that the stack of postcards be displayed in a prominent place at the check-out counter. If you have other ideas for promoting OCRS and for bringing the organization to the attention of potential members, please pass these ideas along to Vice-president/ Membership Development, Cathy Wilson at helpertouch@gmail.com. Mollenhauer Tenor For Sale Mollenhauer Denner tenor in rosewood/ palisander model # 5430 with C/C# keys that I am selling because I have way too many recorders. It lists for $1025 at Von Huene s, $922 at Antique Sound Workshop, and $859 at Lazar s. It is in pristine condition and has been barely used, includes a hard case, and I am looking to sell it for $700. Contact Win Aldrich at winaldrich@earthlink.net or Bent-neck (knick) Huber Model III Bass Recorder in cherry wood. F/F# roller key. Very comfortable and stylish keywork. Includes neck strap, thumbrest and hard case. Asking $1350. Huber recorders are premium-quality Swissmade instruments which are superior in quality of wood, workmanship, appearance, 3

4 Announcements and performance to most other recorders currently available. All Huber recorders feature extremely easy and accurate response in both high and low registers. Contact Mike Nicholes: by at: Submission Request Do you have any ideas for newsletter articles, notices of upcoming concerts, looking for recorder playing group members, need to carpool, corrections, items to sell, or suggestions for improvements- please contact Bill or Lee Waggener, Music Availability Sheet music for each monthly meeting is available at the OCRS website, www. ocrecorder.org. The pdf files for the music are usually available a few days before the meeting. If your computer for some reason lacks a program for reading PDFs, click here to obtain the copy of Adobe Reader applicable to your computer system select operating system, language, and version and then click on Download Now. Sheet music is provided at the meeting only for those who have paid the sheet music printing fee in addition to their membership dues. If you indicated that you will print your music and you re unable to do so for a particular meeting, you will need to contact another member to ask him or her to print your music for you. If you can t contact another member, please arrive at the meeting early and ask another member whether you can look on to his or her sheet music for the evening. Soprano players please also bring another size recorder and print the music for that part. This gives the conductor the opportunity to balance the parts for each piece. Calling all Carpoolers! As our recorder playing community ages, we find ourselves not going out so often at night. We at OCRS want all our members to join in the fun whenever possible. There will be a signup sheet for coordinating carpooling at the meeting. Driving or riding to OCRS with companions is the way to go! Miranda Manners Order Now! Opening Measures A Compendium of Practice Techniques by Frances Blaker An Publication ARS is pleased to announce that Frances Blaker s book Opening Measures containing her articles taken from the last 20 years of the American Recorder, is now available on the ARS website at: It is a gathering of topics, some about techniques specific to the recorder, others concerning various musical skills that are pertinent to musicians of all sorts. My goal with these articles is to help recorder players of all levels to move forward in their own playing. Frances Blaker 4

5 Workshops Wind and Waves Recorder Workshop presented by: Sitka Center for Art & Ecology Saturday, May 06, :00 AM Monday, May 08, :00 PM Cost: $270 Location: Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Sitka Drive, Otis, OR Annual workshop for recorder players of all levels. Instruction by Tish Berlin, Frances Blaker and Clea Galhano focused on improvement individual and ensemble skills. Registration includes admission to Faculty Concert, Friday, May 5, 2017, in Lincoln City. Register through the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology. Event Link: ws.htm Rocky XII, Springtime in the Rockies Workshop May 19-21, 2017, Estes Park, Colorado Announcing the Denver Recorder Society s upcoming workshop, Springtime in the Rockies, AKA Rocky XII. This will be the twelfth running of our popular biennial workshop, located at the beautiful YMCA of the Rockies, Estes Park, Colorado, May 19-21, Guest faculty includes John Tyson, Mark Davenport, and Jennifer Carpenter. Registration is now open. 5 Complete information and registration materials are available at denverrecordersociety.org/rocky12.htm Port Townsend Early Music Workshop July 9 15, 2017 at University of Puget Sound Every two years the Seattle Recorder Society presents a summer Early Music Workshop, which provides the opportunity for recorder and viol players to study and play music of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Baroque, and the 20th century. For more information: Registration opens in January PT_Registration_Form.html Miyo Aoki, Recorder Recently completed a KAZ Diplom (Artist Diploma) at the University of the Arts in Bremen, Germany, where she studied with Professor Han Tol. Having a keen interest in music ranging from medieval to modern, Miyo has premiered works by contemporary composers Natalie Williams, David Schneider and Agnes Dorwarth. She has performed in the Bloomington Early Music Festival and in the US, Germany, and Poland, including Fortunata, Utopia, Affetti Amorosi, and

6 Workshops Gamut Bach Ensemble. She has previously taught in the Indiana University Pre-College Recorder Program and at workshops in Salt Lake City, Cincinnati, and Bremen, Germany. Jack Ashworth, Recorder, Viols, Violin, Keyboard Jack Ashworth is Professor of Music History Emeritus at the University of Louisville, where he continues to lead ensembles of recorders and viols as well as teaching harpsichord and organ. Jack has been active as a workshop coach for over 30 years, including the Pt. Townsend Workshop, the VdGSA Conclave, Amherst Early Music, and Pacific Northwest Viols as well as programs in England, Canada and Australia. Clea Galhano, Recorder Internationally renowned recorder player. Performs contemporary, early and Brazilian music. Galhano has performed in the United States, Canada, South America and Europe. She is the Executive Artist Director of the St. Paul Conservatory of Music, serves on the faculty of Macalester College, and is the Music Director of the Recorder Orchestra of the Midwest in Bloomington, Indiana. Ms. Galhano has several recordings available on Dorian, Ten Thousand Lakes and Eldorado labels. Joanna Blendulf, Viol, Cello Joanna Blendulf teaches and performs on the viola da gamba with ensembles such as the Portland Baroque Orchestra, Bach Collegium San Diego and Pacific Musicworks 6 in Seattle and Early Music Vancouver. Ms. Blendulf is also an active chamber musician, performing and touring internationally with the Cascade Consort, Catacoustic Consort, Ensemble Electra, Ensemble Mirable, Music of the Spheres and Wildcat Viols. Joanna s summer engagements have included performances at the Bloomington, Boston and Berkeley Early Music Festivals, the Aspen and Ojai Music Festivals as well as the Carmel and Oregon Bach Festivals. Vicki Boeckman, Recorder International performing and recording artist now based in Seattle, Vicki has taught at workshops all over the United States and in Canada. Performs with Seattle Baroque Orchestra, Portland Baroque Orchestra, Philharmonia Northwest Orchestra, Gallery Concerts, Medieval Women s Choir, Ensemble Electra, Wood N Flutes and Opus 4. Teaches privately and at the Music Center of the Northwest in Seattle. Recordings for various Danish and American labels. Vicki was director for the Portland Recorder Society from and is currently the music director for the Seattle Recorder Society and co-director for the Recorder Orchestra of Puget Sound (ROPS). Adam Knight Gilbert, Recorder, Shawm, Renaissance Winds Adam is Associate Professor and Director of the Early Music Program at University of Southern California s Thornton School of Music. He received his PhD at Case Western Reserve University, and taught musicology for two years at Stanford University. He was the recipient of the 2008

7 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RECORDER SOCIETY SPRING WORKSHOP 17 th Century Instrumental Music for Double Choirs Focusing on Venetian composers: Gabrieli, Cavalli, Porta, Grillo and their contemporaries. CONDUCTOR: TED STERN Dr. Ted Stern received his PhD in Musicology from UCLA. His comparative analysis of specific museum wind instruments and their modern reproductions provided important data for instrument makers wishing to build historical replicas of such instruments. Dr. Stern is a professor of music at Glendale Community College and served as department chair for eight years. He is also the founder and conductor of the Glendale College Community Orchestra from 1981 until He retired from full- time teaching in 2012, but continues to teach music appreciation classes part- time. DATE: TIME: PLACE: COST: Sunday, April 23rd 1:00 5:00 pm Home of Elaine Kramer, Pasadena $50 Members of SCRS, OCRS AND SCEMS; $60 Non- Members; Early Bird Registration by March 31 st - $40 members; $50 non- members. PARTICIPANTS: 12 openings for intermediate or advanced recorder players and 4 viola de gamba players. Should be comfortable playing one on a part and both C and F recorder instruments. Ted and Ellen Stern will accompany the group on theorbo and viola de gamba, respectively. Music will be sent to participants prior to workshop. REGISTRATION REQUIRED: By Mail: Send check made out to SCRS to: Nick Siu, 4033 Tropico Way, Los Angeles CA Include the following information: Name, e- mail and/or phone number, list of instruments played and level. OR By Online: Go to Go to Joining. Click download here for membership form. That will take you to the page where it says, DONATE, a PayPal link where you can pay the workshop fee. Please send a follow- up e- mail to Nick Sui (nsiumail88@yahoo.com), notifying him of the payment for the workshop and include personal information listed under By Mail registration. 7

8 Workshops Noah Greenberg Award and co-recipient of the 2014 Thomas Binkley ward with his wife Rotem, with whom he directs the ensemble Ciaramella. He has performed on recorder, shawm, bagpipes, and other historical woodwinds with groups including Ensemble for Early Music, Piffaro, and the Waverly Consort. He teaches and performs in the US, Israel, Europe, and Brazil. Rotem Gilbert, Recorder, Shawm, Renaissance Winds Rotem is a native of Haifa, Israel and a founding member of Ciaramella, a Renaissance ensemble that has recorded for the Naxos label and has performed in Germany, Italy and at music festivals in the United States. As a member of Piffaro, she has toured the United States, Europe and South America. She teaches Baroque and Renaissance performance practice and history and is an instructor of early winds at USC. Wendy Gillespie, Viola Da Gamba, Voices and Viols Wendy Gillespie has been a faculty member of the Early Music Institute at Indiana University s Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington IN since There, she teaches early bowed strings, performance studies, and reading from early notation; coaches chamber music; and presents concerts of medieval and renaissance music with an ensemble consisting of consorts of viols, recorders, lutes, sackbuts and voices. She has performed as a member of the New York Pro Musica Antiqua, and the viol consorts Fretwork and Phantasm. 8 Paul Leenhouts, Recorder Paul Leenhouts is director of Early Music Studies and the Baroque Orchestra at the University of North Texas. He received bachelor s and master s degrees from the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam, where he was on the faculty as professor of recorder and historical development from 1993 to He is a founding member of the Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet since 1978, and founded The Royal Wind Music in Since 1993 he has been director of the International Baroque Institute at Longy in Cambridge, MA. Alison Melville, Recorder, Historical Flutes Alison Melville s career as a performer has taken her across Canada and to the USA, Iceland, Japan, New Zealand and Europe. She is a member of Toronto Consort and Ensemble Polaris, and often appears with the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. Her extensive international television and film credits include the soundtracks of The Tudors, The Borgias and Vikings. Alison teaches at numerous universities, colleges and early music workshops across North America and is an instructor at the University of Toronto. Peter Seibert, Recorder, Recorder Orchestra Peter Seibert has taught recorder and conducted at workshops in North America and abroad since He was music director of the Seattle Recorder Society for 45 years ( ) and received the Presidential Special

9 Workshops Honor Award from the American Recorder Society in Peter also founded the Port Townsend Early Music Workshop in 1983 and was its director until He is a longtime board member of the Early Music Guild of Seattle, of which he is a former president. An active composer whose credits range from choral music to Off-Broadway theatre, his works for recorders and for viols have been performed on five continents. As a conductor, he has led orchestras, choruses and jazz ensembles and is founding director of the Northwest Chamber Chorus.A music major at Amherst College, he holds graduate degrees in music from Harvard and Rutgers. Ellen Seibert, Beginning Viol Freelance performer with several ensembles in the Northwest where she teaches and coaches viol in Seattle. Serves on the Seattle Recorder Society board and has been a board member of the Viola da Gamba Society of America and twice been a board member of the Early Music Guild of Seattle. Founding member and past president, Pacific Northwest Viols, and Administrator of the Pt Townsend Early Music Workshop from Nina Stern, Recorder One of North America s leading recorder and classical clarinet players, Nina Stern performs widely as a soloist and as a principal player with prominent orchestras such as The New York Philharmonic, New York City Opera, Philharmonia Baroque, Apollo s Fire, and American Classical Orchestra. Nina s latest projects include performances of traditional music of Eastern Europe, Armenia, and the 9 Middle East as a soloist and with the ensemble East of the River. Nina is the founder and Artistic Director of S Cool Sounds, an award winning hands-on music education project in New York City public school classrooms. SFEMS Recorder Workshop One session only! Love and Peace, July 16 22, 2017 St. Albert s Priory, Oakland, CA Recorder workshop directors: Rotem Gilbert and Hanneke van Proosdij Directed by recorder players Rotem Gilbert and Hanneke van Proosdij, the SFEMS Recorder Workshop is located in the intimate setting of St. Albert s Priory on the border of Oakland and Berkeley, California. This workshop features every aspect of music making for the recorder, including technique classes, Renaissance recorder consort, medieval to contemporary music and consort music. Featuring small class sizes and an international faculty, they invite intermediate to advanced recorder players. The week concludes with a spectacular performance of all workshop participants in the Recorder Orchestra at St. Albert s beautiful chapel. Evening events include faculty concerts, lecture demonstrations and a focused Wednesday mini-workshop Recorder Workshop Faculty: Miyo Aoki Louise Carslake

10 Workshops Rotem Gilbert Joan Kimball Peter Maund Anne Timberlake Hanneke van Proosdij Questions? Contact co-directors Rotem Gilbert and Hanneke van Proosdij, Mark Your Calendars Now For Summer Workshops! Baroque Workshop: June Medieval/Renaissance Workshop: July 2 8 Classical Workshop: July 9 15 Musical Discovery Workshop/Youth Collegium: June Please check back on the SFEMS website for more workshop and location details to be announced soon. Questions? Please contact Jessica House Steward at: jhousesteward@sfems.org Road Scholar National Recorder/Early Music Workshop, Carmel Valley, CA Workshop Director: Tish Berlin tishberlin@sbcglobal.net Hidden Valley Music Seminars Director: Peter Meckel hvms@aol.com Week 1: October 29 November 4, 2017 Recorder: Letitia Berlin, Frances Blaker, Louise Carslake, and Miyo Aoki Viola da gamba: John Dornenburg Week 2: November 5 11, 2017 Recorder: Letitia Berlin, Frances Blaker, Janet Beazley Viola da gamba: Larry Lipnik Dulcian and shawm: Joan Kimball Strings and Early Repertoire: Shira Kammen org/event-road-scholar-early-musicworkshop-week-1_134.htm Information/Registration The Road Scholar (formerly Elderhostel) Early Music Workshop is open to adult recorder and viol players of all ages who play at intermediate to advanced levels. Harpsichordists also welcome. Week two includes a renaissance reeds track, open by permission of instructor. Please contact workshop Director Tish Berlin to arrange an audition or discuss reed program. For more information contact Peter Meckel at info@hiddenvalleymusic.org or To register by telephone, call Road Scholar Registration toll-free at and ask for program number #6254RJ. To register online Click here. 10

11 A recorder Workshop with Tish Berlin & Frances Blaker April Goleta Presbyterian Church, 6067 Shirrell Way, Goleta, CA Private lessons available on Friday afternoon and evening, April 7 Classes on Saturday and Sunday 9 am to 4:30 pm including: Music of Spain, England, and Germany (14th-17th c.) Technique Master Class Rhythm Skills Separate sessions for intermediate and advanced players. Lunch will be provided. For more information, contact Karen Bergen at or karen.a.bergen@gmail.com Letitia (Tish) Berlin and Frances Blaker perform and teach at recorder workshops throughout the U.S., and they have both served on the board of the American Recorder Society. They play in the recorder duo Tibia and are also members of the Farallon Recorder Quartet, Calextone, and Ensemble Vermillian. Frances is the author of Opening Measures: a Compendium of Practice Techniques, which includes articles she has published in the ARS magazine over the last 20 years. Tish is the director of the Hidden Valley Early Music Road Scholar program and has performed with the Carmel Bach 11 Festival and the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra as well as other ensembles. To register, fill out the form below and include with your check made out to CCRS. Send to: Gretchen Zee, 1011 Via Bolzano, Goleta, CA $150 for CCRS, SCRS, OCRS, and SDRS members before 3/15, $170 after 3/15 $200 for non-members by 3/15, $220 after 3/15 $70 additional for 1-hour private lesson on 4/7. Indicate time preference Would you like to play a prepared piece (solo or ensemble) for a master class? Yes No What is your playing level? Intermediate Advanced Name Address Phone

12 Concerts We are fortunate that there are many great early music concerts in Southern California all year. We cannot list them all. Following are some upcoming highlights. Friday, March 3, 8 pm Griot! African and European Improvisations with Jalli Lamin Kuyateh and the USC Thornton Baroque Sinfonia African musician Jalli Lamin Kuyateh joins music director Adam Gilbert and the USC Thornton Baroque Sinfonia for a fascinating meeting of musical styles, time periods, and instruments. The improvisational concert will blend Gambian and Baroque songs to create a riveting fusion of African griot and Euro-Baroque music. Kuyateh stands in a long tradition of Gambian bards, performing the African gourd harp (or kora) while singing birimintingo and kumbengo, improvised songs and stories that tell history, sing in praise and love, and offer sage advice. Kuyateh lives in the Netherlands, where he blends traditional and modern African music to collaborate with European ensembles. Newman Recital Hall University of Southern California University Park Campus 3616 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 12 Thursday, March 9, 7:30 p.m. March at the Muckenthaler returns to Orange County, singing in the beautiful and historic gallery at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center in Fullerton. The group will present a varied concert focusing on music in the early part of the 16th century a time of tremendous religious upheaval in Europe. Music of giants like Josquin, Goudimel, Tallis, and others will be featured. Muckenthaler Cultural Center 1201 W. Malvern Ave., Fullerton, CA Tickets: (available online and at the door): $25/$16 student & senior $12.50 Muckenthaler member Thursday, March 9, 8 pm Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra La Jolla Music Society welcomes the return of Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. They bring J.S. Bach: The Circle of Creation a celebration of the genius of Bach and the latest multi-media creation by Alison Mackay which combines text, music, and stunning projected video and images to explore the world of the artisans (papermakers, violin carvers, string spinners, and performers) who helped Bach realize his musical genius, blending 21st-century technology with an exploration of the tradition and skill of old world craftspeople and artisans. MCASD Sherwood Auditorium 700 Prospect St, La Jolla CA Ticket Information: $80/$55/$

13 Los Angeles Recorder Orchestra BACH IN THE SUBWAYS Join LARO at Union Station on March 18th to help celebrate Johann Sebastian Bach s 332nd birthday as part of the Bach In The Subways LA festival. There will be groups playing Bach s music throughout the day in a 10 hour marathon starting at 9am at 4 different locations in the beautiful historic Union Station. LARO will be performing in the Grand Waiting Hall from 10:30 am to 11:30 am. March 2017 is also the 25th anniversary of the international celebration Play-the-Recorder Month with March 18th being designated Recorder Day. To mark this occasion students playing recorders from local schools will be joining us on a special arraignment from one of Bach s Oratorios. The students have been participating in Music in Our Schools Month (MIOSM) helping bring awareness of the importance of music education for all children at school. Union Station 800 N. Alameda St. Los Angeles CA For further information, or call Thomas Axworthy (Music Director) LARO is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization, and donations are tax-deductible to the full extent provided by law 13

14 Concerts Tuesday, March 14, 7:30 pm Of Frogs and Men: Nature of the Baroque, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin The Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin is one of the world s pre-eminent ensembles performing on original instruments. Their program promises to be charming and highly unusual! Devoted to baroque music centered on nature, it presents pieces compared to animals or birds, such as Telemann s Violin Concerto in A, The Frogs, and Farina s Capriccio Stravagante whose movements portray such creatures as cats, dogs, and roosters! Also portrayed will be natural events such as a La Tempesta di Mare (storm at sea), depicted by Vivaldi. The program will conclude with Geminiani s variations on La Follia after Corelli. St. James by-the-sea 743 Prospect Street, La Jolla, CA Tickets: or mail us an Order Form 1. Download our ticket form at sdems.org/uploads/8/5/4/6/ / sdems_ _ticket_order_form.pdf 2. Complete the form. Please make sure we have a phone number where we can reach you if we have questions. 3. Mail to the address below with either completed credit card information or check made to SDEMS. San Diego Early Music Society P.O. Box San Diego, CA Saturday, March 18, 7 pm [Long Beach] Sunday, March 19, 2 pm [Los Angeles] Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra: Concerto! The solo concerto arose in the Baroque period side by side with the concerto grosso and has remained a vital musical force enjoyed by audiences from its inception in the 18th century to this day! This program showcases several of Musica Angelica s Baroque specialists in brilliant concertos for a variety of instruments. Gonzalo X. Ruiz, Associate Music Director & Oboe John Lenti, lute, Stephen Schultz, flute, Ian Pritchard, harpsichord JS Bach: Suite No. 2 in A minor for Oboe and Strings, BWV 1067 Vivaldi: Concerto for Flute in G Major, Op. 10, No. 4 Vivaldi: Concerto for Four Violins in B minor from L Estro Armonico Arne: Concerto for Harpsichord in G minor Fasch: Concerto for Lute in C minor Telemann: Oboe Concerto in E minor Beverly O Neill/Center Theater 300 E Ocean Blvd., Long Beach CA Colburn School of Music, Thayer Hall 200 South Grand Ave., Los Angeles CA Ticket Information: $50/$40/students $15. 14

15 Concerts $95 Family Pass includes two adult tickets (ages 18+) and up to four student tickets. For information and to purchase tickets, call or on the web at Saturday, March 25, 4 pm Con Gioia Early Music Ensemble Baroque Virtuosi at Dresden Court, Eighteenthcentury Vocal and Instrumental Music for Augustus the Strong and Augustus III Johann Heinichen: Sonata in C minor for oboe, violin and basso continuo J. J. Quantz: Trio Sonata for flute, oboe, and basso continuo Silvius Leopold Weiss: Solo works for lute Joh. Georg Pisendel: Sonata in D major for violin and basso continuo Jan Dismas Zelenka: Sonata in B-flat for violin, oboe, cello, and basso continuo Joh. Adolf Hasse: Arias from the opera Cleofide composed for the Diva, mezzosoprano Faustina Bordoni General admission: Adults $30 Seniors, members of SCEMS, EMA, AMS, and Friends of Con Gioia $25 Tickets: (to be held at the door) available online after February 1, or by mailing a check with address or phone number before March 18, to: Con Gioia, 1020 Kent Drive, Claremont, CA For further information, call Friday, March 31, 8:00 pm Tesserae presents La Cecchina Nicknamed La Cecchina, or The Songbird, Francesca Caccini was one of the most noteworthy composer-performers during the transition from the Renaissance to the Baroque, the period in which monody and opera emerged. The daughter of Giulio Caccini, Francesca followed in her father s footsteps as an employee of the powerful Medici family, and grew up in the rich musical circles of which he was a part. Tesserae joins forces with the vocal students and faculty of Mount Saint Mary s University to present a program featuring music by Francesca Caccini, as well as the music that formed the sonic landscape in which she flourished. With works by Francesca Caccini, Emelio de Cavalieri, Giulio Caccini, Jacopo Peri, Cristofano Malvezzi, and Luca Marenzio. The Pompeian Room, Doheny Mansion Mount Saint Mary s University 10 Chester Place. Los Angeles, CA Tickets are available at the door. General Admission $30, Seniors $25, Students $10 Free entrance for students & faculty of MSMU. 15

16 OCRS Calendar 2016 Conductor September 9 October 14 November 11 December 9 Russ Wilson Rotem Gilbert Tom Axworthy Sally Price 2017 Conductor January 13 February 10 March 10 April 14 Janet Beazley Inga Funck Adam Gilbert Alex Opsahl May 12 June 9 BYOB/Russ Wilson Ricardo Beron Monthly meetings are on Fridays. The prelude is at 7:20 pm, the meeting at 7:30 pm. Meeting dates and guest conductors are listed to the left. If you have any questions about OCRS or its events, please check our Website at or contact one of our officers. * The first half of the meeting will be Bring Your Own Band with Russell Wilson conducting the second half. Orange County Recorder Society About OCRS The Orange County Recorder Society is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the performance and appreciation of the recorder and of all early music. A chapter of the American Recorder Society, the Orange County Recorder Society was founded in We meet the second Friday of the month at 7:30 pm, September through June, at Trinity Episcopal Church, 2400 Canal Street in Orange. Members are of all ages and skill levels. Most play recorders; other early instruments are welcome. Our meetings are playing sessions led by professional conductors. Workshops and other events are held throughout the year. Playing visitors may participate in one meeting before joining. Listeners are always welcome. If you have any questions about OCRS or its events, please check our Website at ocrecorder.org or contact one of our officers. Directions Brickyard Shopping Center Orange County Recorder Society meets at Trinity Episcopal Church 2400 North Canal Street Orange, California Directions driving from the South Walmart Take the 55 Freeway. Take the Nohl Ranch exit. Left on Santiago. Left on Lincoln. Cross under the 55 bridge. Left on Tustin. Right on Heim. Left on Canal to 2nd church on the right. Directions driving from the North Take the 91 Freeway (from either direction) to the 55 Freeway south, and take the Lincoln exit. Left on Tustin. Cross Lincoln. Right on Heim. Left on Canal to 2nd church on the right. If you want to avoid the freeway, from either direction, use Tustin Street. Lincoln Avenue is just south of the 91 Freeway. 16

17 ocrs Membership Application Name(s): Address: City State: Zip: Telephone w/area Code: Address: (Note: Your address is needed in order to send you the monthly newsletter.) Membership Dues: Individual Family Student* Newsletter only Printing Fee Donation** $45.00 $67.50 $22.50 $22.50 $20.00 $ Total Paid $ * Student membership is open to any one person 25 years of age or younger who is enrolled in school at least half-time. ** Dues cover approximately 75% of the operating costs of OCRS to bring world-class conductors each month for your playing enjoyment and learning. Donations are much needed and appreciated. OCRS is a tax-exempt Section 501 (3) organization and has comparable tax-exempt status under California law. Donations to OCRS may be tax-deductible. Please make your check payable to Orange County Recorder Society and bring your check and this completed application to a meeting or mail them to our Treasurer at the following address: Susan M. Mason 5 Misty Run Irvine, CA Check here if you do not want your telephone number included in the members roster. Check here if you do not want your address included in the members roster. Check here if you do not want notifications of concerts and other events. To assist us in determining the number of copies of sheet music to make for meetings, please answer the following questions: 1. Are you willing to print your own copy of the sheet music that is made available before meetings? Yes No If you are not willing to print your own sheet music and wish OCRS to provide you with sheet music at the monthly meetings, you must pay the $20 Sheet Music Printing Fee when paying your Membership Dues. 2. If you are not willing to print the sheet music, what instrument will you play at the meetings? Soprano Alto Tenor Bass Thanks for your support! Do visit the OCRS website at You may print this file to fill out by hand, or fill it out on your computer in the pdf, print, and mail to Susan Mason. 17

18 About ARS The American Recorder Society was founded in 1939 to enable recorder players to meet, improve their playing skills and publish editions of recorder music. In 2005 ARS inaugurated the Recorder Music Center at Regis University in Denver. Today there are ARS members throughout the U.S., Canada, and 30 countries around the world, representing professional and amateur players, consorts and recorder orchestras, teachers, students, composers, workshop organizers, and those who make, repair, or sell recorders. Active ARS chapters exist all over North America. Find Chapters and Consorts here. ARS Membership Benefits: Four issues per year of American Recorder magazine and the ARS Newsletter with information about music, musicians and everything recorders Members Library musical editions, recorder music published at least twice per year exclusively for ARS members The ARS Membership Online Directory, a means for meeting and locating recorderplaying friends The ARS Personal Study Program, a resource that provides a systematic way to improve your playing skills Invitations to and discounts for an increasing number of ARS-sponsored performances and other activities of interest to recorder players at early music festivals Support for Chapters and Consorts, help with setting up and running of Chapters, and free mailing labels for nearby players Join online (here), or complete a membership application and mail it in. Click this link for the mail-in application. (pdf) PLACE STAMP HERE Orange Country Recorder Society FIRST CLASS POSTAGE PAID. IF UNDELIVERABLE, PLEASE RETURN TO: 1215 North Indian Hill, Boulevard, Claremont, CA