Joint chapter meeting of the Sacramento and San Francisco Recorder Societies
Wednesday, September 15th, 2021
Join via Zoom at 7:15pm…Ready to play at 7:30pm
Conductor, Derek Tam
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Kathryn is a freelance writer, musician, and Latin tutor based in the Sierra foothills. She enjoys performing and teaching early music on recorder and flute.
September 2021 Newsletter
Date correction to the information in the newsletter: the September meeting will be on September 15, not September 22.
June 2021 Newsletter
Dear Early Music Friends,
Here’s the latest. We do have one final meeting with the San Francisco Recorder Society on June 16th at 7:30 pm conducted by James Chaudoir. Plan to arrive a little early so as to iron out any internet glitches before the meeting starts. Looking forward to next season and some summer music making!
Patty Johnson, SRS newsletter editor
May 2021 Newsletter
Dear Early Music friends,
Here you go! Mark has already sent the music and link for our next meeting. A tribute to Michael Praetorius is a great idea! And here’s the newsletter, with some other great early music suggestions and some information about next season. Looking forward to seeing you on the 19th,
Patty Johnson, SRS newsletter editor
April 2021 Newsletter
Dear Early Music Friends,
Here it is! Please note that the SRS Board will be meeting this Thursday. I am hearing from various sources that some early musicians are enjoying the access to more conductors via Zoom. Please let us know if you might be interested in having a chapter meeting or two continue to be by Zoom as the rest of our meetings start up again in person.
See you on the 21st! Patty Johnson, SRS newsletter editor
March 2021 Newletter
Dear Recorder Friends, Attached you will find this month’s newsletter. I’m looking forward to playing with John Tyson and Miyuki Tsurutani. I’ve had a couple of workshops with him and heard him in concert…should be great! Those of you who have gone to the SFEMS summer recorder workshops will recognize the picture under the announcement for SFEMS spring Zoom classes. Hoping to get back there! See you on the 17th, Patty Johnson, SRS newsletter editor
February 2021 Newsletter
Dear Recorder Lovers!
I debated writing “Lovers,” but it is February after all! Be sure to check out the information in the newsletter about Play the Recorder Month and online workshops and classes. There are quite a few interesting choices. In my letter from the editor I included links to some short and delightful recorder YouTube videos. Our conductor this month is “our” conductor, recruited by SRS, Alexa Haynes-Pilon. I’m looking forward to seeing all of you on February 17th.
Stay safe! Patty Johnson, SRS newsletter editor
January 2021 Newsletter
Dear Early Music Friends,
I hope this finds you all well! I am doing fine myself (fingers crossed!). In reference to yesterday’s events, I saw a post that said, “This seven day free trial of 2021 is not working out for me. I want to cancel my subscription!” Fortunately, the elector count is now done. On to more cheerful musical things! I have included quite a few online musical resources in this newsletter. And I just received the following description from Vicki Boeckman for next Wednesday’s music and thought I’d share it here.
“I am honored to be on the impressive lineup of guest conductors, and excited to lead your January 13th session. My intent is to share joyful music that uplifts and enlivens. We will start with a simple yet lovely Danish hymn to ring in the new year: “Vær Velkommen Herrens År”, roughly translated as “We Welcome you, Year of the Lord”. If there are any Danes out there, I encourage you to sing along at the top of your voices! Of course anyone may sing, but the text flows best in Danish.
We will then play one of my absolute all-time favorite pieces for the new year; the gorgeous Andante Festivo by Jean Sibelius, tastefully transcribed by Charles Coldwell. Originally written for string quartet in 1922, Sibelius re-scored it in 1938 for orchestra and timpani (for a grandiose flourish on the final 4 measures), and conducted the premier in a direct radio broadcast on New Year’s Day 1939.
After all that gorgeousness we’ll need to pep things up a bit, so I have chosen a delightful arrangement of a medieval Saltarello by Seattle Recorder Society’s director emeritus Peter Seibert. I’m sure you all will recognize the familiar tune, and I guarantee Peter’s clever harmonies will bring a smile to even the weariest of souls.
For skiers and snow lovers out there we will end with the zippy “Down the Piste” from Benjamin Britten’s picturesque Alpine Suite, enabling players oodles of opportunities to practice double tonguing diddles or duhguhs.
Pitch for the evening will be 440 or thereabouts (!) Please choose any size recorder that you like. I will be sharing sound files so you will have the experience of playing in a virtual ensemble, but due to the varying degrees of latency there is no way that scrolling or page turning will ever be ‘just right’ for everyone, so I find it most successful if folks print and read from their own parts. (or download to a separate device).”
Sounds great, right? I’m looking forward to seeing you (in your square!) next Wednesday,
Patty Johnson, SRS newsletter editor
December 2020
Dear Early Music Friends,
There’s some good stuff in this newsletter! Two free holiday playing sessions, coming right up Thursday, December 3 and Sunday, December 6. Be sure to get the links and music ahead of time (today would be good!) so you will be ready to party! While I have your attention…I plan to put together a January newsletter, so please send me anything you think might be of interest to our members. Some ideas: virtual concerts and workshops, what you have been doing musically during Covid, musical resolutions and hopes for the New Year (2021 will be better!). Thank you to Alex Ives for Martha’s obituary; a musical life well-lived.
Happy Holidays! Patty Johnson, SRS newsletter editor
October 2020 Newsletter
Dear Recorder Friends,
When I started putting this newsletter together, it grew until it was indeed a full-fledged newsletter. I am attaching another membership form. If you haven’t joined yet, get that check in the mail! We are enthused about the potential of virtual concerts and workshops. Yes, nothing will replace live music, but the cloud breaks down international boundaries and other travel barriers! Looking forward to a calmer 2021, and hoping by the end of next year we will be able to get together again in person.
Stay safe!
Patty Johnson,
SRS newsletter editor
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