The Sacramento Recorder Society A place for early music of all kinds in Sacramento

Dear Recorder Society members, In striking contrast, the holiday sea-son with its celebration of light and the darker, colder season of the year are upon us, bringing forth our annual need for shared warmth, comfort, and entertain-ment. And speaking of entertainment, we have the stimulating and fun prospect of two sessions working together with Jerry Schwartz ! We’ll be working on music chosen especially for us, some of which we will play for family and friends in the New Year. Many of us are also practicing together, preparing a variety of short se-lections to present at our Soupe and Mu-sick Winter Party, enjoying comradeship and the exploration of new pieces. I am sure old-timers and newer members alike are looking forward to this now traditional gathering at the close of the winter holi-days—and planning ahead for favorite soups. In this turbulent time nationally, we have music to soothe us, to stimulate our mental focus and creative expression, and

A chapter of the American Recorder Society An affiliate of the San Francisco Early Music Society

December 2016 For more information about the Sacramento Recorder Society, visit our blog

at http://sacrecorders.wordpress.com/

December Meeting

6:45pm Tuesday, December 6, 2016

at the Friends Meeting House 890 57th Street

between J St. and H St.

to balance and center us in our individual lives as well as together. Play on, musicians. Breathe deeply, keep moving, and pay atten-tion; it will strengthen us to go forward. See you on December 6th! Susan Titus SRS co-president

It’s time again for the Winter Party!

Saturday, January 7th 6:30-9:30pm

Sacramento Friends Meeting House

See the flyer which is attached with this newsletter to your email.

Print it, fill it out, and bring with you to the December 6th meeting!

Conductors for 2016Conductors for 2016Conductors for 2016Conductors for 2016----2017 2017 2017 2017

December 6, 2016: Jerry Schwartz

January 3, 2017: Jerry Schwartz

February 7, 2017: Judy Linsenberg

March 7, 2017: Greta Haug-Hryciw

April 4, 2017: Louise Carslake

May 2, 2017: Shira Kammen

Our December ConductorOur December ConductorOur December ConductorOur December Conductor

Jerry SchwartzJerry SchwartzJerry SchwartzJerry Schwartz

We will again be conducted in De-cember by one of our favorite Recorder Soci-ety members, Jerry Schwartz. An experi-enced trumpet-player (almost half a century), he’s earned the right to that personalized li-cense plate! Every month Jerry drives the fifty miles from Stockton to the Friends Meeting House to meet and play recorder. When we have an early-music specialist as conductor, Jerry’s ability to change instruments at a mo-ment’s notice, and his cogent comments on the music and composers indicate his exten-sive studies at the UOP Conservatory of Mu-sic and his experience playing with the Stockton and Lodi Symphonies. When he is conducting SRS, his pa-tience and ability to put up with our shenani-gans refer to skills he learned from teaching the kids of Manteca for three and a half dec-ades. His good-naturedness and his profes-sionalism are qualities we admire. Huzzah!

Refreshments at Monthly MeetingsRefreshments at Monthly MeetingsRefreshments at Monthly MeetingsRefreshments at Monthly Meetings

Thanks to Elsa Morrison and Cheryl Precivale who brought our November re-freshments! Have you signed up to bring something? There’ll be a sign up sheet on the table in the foyer at the December meet-ing. It need not be fancy; bags of Oreos are welcome!

Recorders Out and AboutRecorders Out and AboutRecorders Out and AboutRecorders Out and About

Sunday, November 27: Sine Nomine played at the Crocker Art Museum Artisan Craft Fair. SRS member Alex Ives coordinated the musical groups and played a lot herself (mostly harp, I think).

Sundays, December 10 and 18: Kathleen Wells and Gail Crawford will be playing du-ets at the Folsom Zoo Sanctuary Holiday Lights Spectacular!

Sunday, December 11: Ensemble Tre-cento — SRS members Mark Schiffer and Greta Haug-Hryciw, plus Beth Warren — will be playing medieval and Renaissance pieces by Ciconia and Walter on original in-struments as part of the Mid-Peninsula Re-corder Orchestra Winter Concert at Grace Lutheran Church in Palo Alto. Information: http://mpro-online.org/ or call Frederic Palmer at 650-591-3648.

Sunday, December 18: Two groups of SRS members will be playing in the Capitol Ro-tunda at 1:00pm. Lovely venue! If you can, come up and hear our members!

It’s never too late! Join SRS today!It’s never too late! Join SRS today!It’s never too late! Join SRS today!It’s never too late! Join SRS today! Please renew your membership for the

2016-2017 year now, or join if you are not yet a member. The new membership form is attached to this newsletter (or to the email it was sent with). Fill out the form completely, attach a check for your dues ($50, along with an extra donation to SRS if possible), and mail it to the address on the form. You can also turn in your membership form and dues to the SRS Treasurer at the chapter meetings (and she brings some forms if you forgot to print one out; just ask her for one!). Note: Our dues increased to $50 this year.

A Victorian Christmas in Nevada City!A Victorian Christmas in Nevada City!A Victorian Christmas in Nevada City!A Victorian Christmas in Nevada City!

The Nevada City Recorder Society invites any interested recorder players to join us for Victorian Christmas. Celebrate the holidays in our beautiful town the old fashioned way with music, street food and vendors, carriage rides, and costumed per-formers. We hear that Father Christmas will be making an appearance! We supply the music; just come and play. The dates are Sundays, December 4, 11, and 18 from 1:30-2:30pm and Wed- nesdays from 5:00-6:00pm. We will meet on Commercial Street, probably on the Boardwalk near Pine. The December 4th date is also the recorder society meeting up here, from 4:30-7 p.m. at the Madelyn Helling Li-brary. For more information, contact Kathryn Canan, kacanan@yahoo.com. For directions and parking informa-tion, see http://www.nevadacitychamber.com/nevada-city-events/victorian-christmas/

SRS Non-Member Meeting Policy

Please be aware... We love having new members and a non-member is welcome to attend two SRS meetings for free. After that there will be a $5 fee per meeting for the non-member.

First Workshop of the New Year!First Workshop of the New Year!First Workshop of the New Year!First Workshop of the New Year!

Mid-Peninsula Recorder Orchestra Presents—

International Potpourri:

German Madrigals,

A Spanish Salad,

And a Norwegian Fjord Directed by Thomas Axworthy

Saturday, January 14, 2017 Trinity Church

330 Ravenswood Avenue Menlo Park

9:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.

The workshop will feature early 17th-century madrigals by Jo-hann Steffens, La Bomba, an exten-sive musical potpourri, or ensalada (salad), by the renaissance Spanish composer, Mateo Flecha, and selec-tions by Edvard Grieg, including a canon, a setting for recorders of the song Våren (Spring) and movements from Peer Gynt. The workshop is open to recorder players from the in-termediate to advanced level. Work-shop fees are as follows: MPRO, SFEMS and ARS members, $50.00; non-members, $55.00. For further information or to register for the workshop please visit the MPRO website at <http://mpro-online.org/> or contact Leslie Pont at 650-941-3065.

Winter ConcertsWinter ConcertsWinter ConcertsWinter Concerts

Sacramento Baroque Soloists A Baroque Christmas

Friday, December 2: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Sacramento, 7:30pm Saturday, December 3: Harris Center, Folsom, 7:30pm Sunday, December 4: Harris Center, Folsom, 2:00pm Information: www.sacramentobaroque.org

American Bach Soloists Messiah

Saturday, December 10: Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center, Davis, 7:00pm Information: www.mondaviarts.org

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center The Complete Brandenburg Concertos

Sunday, December 11: Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center, Davis, 4:00pm Information: www.mondaviarts.org

Archetti with Kathryn Adduci, trumpet, and Clara Rottsolk, soprano

Concerti per il Santissimo Natale: A Baroque Christmas Friday, December 9: First Presbyterian Church, Palo Alto, 8:00pm Saturday, December 10: St. John’s Presbyterian Church, Berkeley, 7:30pm Sunday, December 11: First Unitarian Church, San Francisco, 4:00pm Information: www.sfems.org

Voices of Music Vivaldi, Corelli, Teleman

Friday, December 16: All Saints Episcopal Church, Palo Alto, 8:00pm Saturday, December 17: St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, San Francisco, 8:00pm Sunday, December 18: St. Mary Magdalen Church, Berkeley, 7:30pm

The Three Cellos: Bach Cello Suites Thursday, January 19: All Saints Episcopal Church, Palo Alto, 8:00pm Saturday, January 21: St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, San Francisco, 8:00pm Sunday, January 22: St. Mary Magdalen Church, Berkeley, 7:30pm Information: www.voicesofmusic.org

Sacramento Baroque Soloists

Voice of the Cello Friday, January 20: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Sacramento, 7:30pm Saturday, January 21: Harris Center, Folsom, 7:30pm Sunday, January 22: Harris Center, Folsom, 2:00pm Information: www.sacramentobaroque.org

More concert listings on the next page!

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House of Time Imaginary Theatre-Stage Music by Handel and Rameau

Friday, January 20: St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Palo Alto, 8:00pm Saturday, January 21: St. John’s Presbyterian Church, Berkeley, 7:30pm Sunday, January 22: St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, San Francisco, 4:00pm Information: www.sfems.org

Jordi Savall and Hesperion XXI

The Musical Europe: 1500-1700 Friday, January 27: Zellerback Hall, UC Berkeley, 8:00pm Information: www.calperfs.berkeley.edu

Venice Baroque Orchestra Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” and other Baroque Masterworks

Saturday, February 25: Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center, Davis, 8:00pm Information: www.mondaviarts.org

A Great Workshop! A Great Workshop! A Great Workshop! A Great Workshop!

Explore new music, improve your skills, and make some new early music friends.Explore new music, improve your skills, and make some new early music friends.Explore new music, improve your skills, and make some new early music friends.Explore new music, improve your skills, and make some new early music friends.

Columbia Gorge Early Music RetreatColumbia Gorge Early Music RetreatColumbia Gorge Early Music RetreatColumbia Gorge Early Music Retreat

Registration for the March 2017 Columbia Gorge Early Music Retreat opened October 1st. This fabulous workshop runs from March 17-20, 2017 at the Menucha Retreat and Conference Center, Corbett, Oregon, 97019, about 20 miles east of Portland. Terrific fac-ulty: Alison Melville, Miyo Aoki, Vicki Boeckman, Gayle and Phil Neuman, Laura Kuhlman

Information: www.PortlandRecorderSociety.org

TTTTake lessons from a recorder expert!ake lessons from a recorder expert!ake lessons from a recorder expert!ake lessons from a recorder expert!

Sacramento area: Kathryn Canan is available for recorder lessons or ensemble coaching. Contact her at 916-996-7932 or kacanan@yahoo.com. She’s now in Grass Valley, at 469 Pine Street (95945). She is willing to drive to Sacramento to give lessons or ensemble coaching. Of course, she’s also happy to have people drive up here, take a lesson, and go hik-ing in the state park across the street!

These teachers are in the Bay Area (or

willing to come to Sacramento, if

there’s enough interest):

Greta Haug-Hryciw, SRS mem-ber and conductor, would love to give lessons before chapter meetings. Con-tact Greta at (415) 377-4444 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 Judith Linsenberg, the director of the Baroque ensemble Musica Pacifica, holds a doctorate in early music from Stanford, and has extensive re-corder teaching experience. She may be contacted by phone at 510-444-4113.

More information about teachers is on

our blog: http://sacrecorders.wordpress.com/

Find Us Online!Find Us Online!Find Us Online!Find Us Online!

Our official online location is now our blog at http://sacrecorders.wordpress.com/ All the information that Kathy kept on the website is now here. She can easily author-ize others to post as well, and anyone can add more information by commenting on the posts. You can check the blog for new in-formation any time, or you can subscribe to it by entering your email in the “Follow” field. Information that rarely changes is also on the blog. Click on the menu button to find what you’re looking for. We are also on Facebook. Just search for Sacramento Recorder Society and be sure to “like” us!!

Consider joining one of the larger Consider joining one of the larger Consider joining one of the larger Consider joining one of the larger organizations which make our own SRS organizations which make our own SRS organizations which make our own SRS organizations which make our own SRS

possible: possible: possible: possible: The San Francisco Early Music So-ciety, with whom we are affiliated, offers excellent workshops and concerts in the Bay Area. Their website: www.sfems.org American Recorder Society, of which we are a chapter, is the national or-ganization which promotes recorders. Their website: www.americanrecorder.org

Listening to Early MusicListening to Early MusicListening to Early MusicListening 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

• The Chicago Early Music website provides access to many early music resources. Go to earlymusicchi-cago.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 sub-scribe 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."

http://www.millenniumofmusic.com • recorder-radio.com streams a vari-

ety of recorder music 24 hours a day

• Also available online: Con-certzender Oude Muziek (mostly early music, there’s an announcer every so often who is speaking Dutch). You can find these stations using Tune In Radio.

• The Boston classical station, WCRB, has an early music stream. Go to classicalwcrb.org, click on the play button, and the early music stream is one of your choices. Click on it!

About the Sacramento Recorder About the Sacramento Recorder About the Sacramento Recorder About the Sacramento Recorder SocietySocietySocietySociety

The Sacramento Recorder Society, founded in 1982, is a non-profit, tax-exempt 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 be-come 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, 890 57th Street, between J St. and H St. Most of our meet-ings are conducted by a professional early music specialist who teaches recorder tech-nique 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.

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Co-Presidents: Gail Crawford and Susan Titus

Vice President: Mark Schiffer

Secretary: Patricia Johnson

Treasurer: Doris Loughner

Member-at-Large: Robert Foster Education Chairperson: Crystal Olson

For information on SRS, please contact

the following board members by email:

gail.crawford1@gmail.com or susanlee448@att.net or marschif@gmail.com