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rogram: Molly Warner pro-
vides the description of the
February program:
“The program for February
will be a collaborative presen-
tation between Seattle Early Dance and the
Big Byrds ensemble as their dance band.
Anna Mansbridge and her group of six
dancers will perform a variety
of Renaissance dances, both stately and en-
ergetic. The music will be late 16th and ear-
ly 17th century tunes by Cesare Negri, Ora-
zio Vecci, Michael Praetorius, and Fabritio
Caroso; arranged for Seattle Early Dance by
Charles Coldwell. The tunes have been fur-
ther arranged by Kathleen Arends for the
instruments in our group (recorders, Renais-
sance flute, vielle, viola da gamba, concerti-
na and percussion.” The membership of
each group includes: Seattle Early Dance:
Anna Mansbridge (Artistic Director), Peter
Durham, Katie Gibbons, Emma Lux, Toivo
Rovainen, Kari Torkkola, and Vaula Tork-
kola. Big Byrds: Kathleen Arends, Tommy
Arends, Anne Dennis, Jim Pilon, Gerrity
Shupe, Jill Shupe and Molly Warner.
Those arriving early for the meeting can
help set up the audience chairs in a large
oval, encircling the room. The performance
will be inside the enclosure. For those as
yet unfamiliar with Seattle Early Dance,
you’re in for a treat!
The playing session will also be led by
Vicki Boeckman, who writes: “Greetings
everyone! I look forward to leading the Feb-
ruary playing session with you and have
chosen music that celebrates the anniver-
saries of the births of several seemingly dis-
parate composers. The 450th anniversary
year of the master of English melody, John
Dowland, the 200th anniversary year of the
great German composer Richard Wagner,
Recorder Notes
S E A T T L E R E C O R D E R S O C I E T Y February 2013
Vol. XLIV, No. 5
Classes 2
Concerts & Events Calendar
2
Meeting Notes 3
Music Trivia 4
Refreshments 3
Treasurer’s Report 5
Inside this issue:
...from the Music Director Peter Seibert
SRS MEETING
Friday, Feb. 1, 2013
(7:30pm)
(Join us for refreshments
following the meeting)
Program:
Seattle Early Dance
and
Big Byrds
Playing:
Music of Wagner, Dowland & Britten Vicki Boeckman,
conducting* (Soprano to Contrabass)
Beginning Ensemble
Sally Mitchell, directing*
*Music provided
and the 100th anniversary year of the inimi-
table Benjamin Britten.
We'll start with Wagner's Pilgrim's Cho-
rus from Tannhäuser in a lovely 4-part set-
ting, then segue into some of the most beau-
tiful and beloved 4- and 5-part songs, Pavans
and Galliards from two of John Dowland's
collections; A Pilgrim's Solace and Lachri-
mae or Seven Teares from 1604. After that
we'll all go on a skiing trip together and
whiz down the Piste with Benjamin Britten's
Alpine Suite!”
Port Townsend Early Music Workshop:
July 7-13, 2013. You can now register
online!€
SRS Board—Reminder:
Upcoming meetings are on
Mondays, Jan. 28 & Mar. 25
(7:30pm) at the Seibert’s
house.
John Dowland (1563-1626)
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FebrUary 2013
(FRI) 2/1/13 (7:30pm): Seattle Recorder Society Meeting @ Maple Leaf Lutheran Church, 10005 32nd NE, Seattle
(FRI) 2/1/13 (7:30pm): Ave: Women’s Renaissance Choir: Rebekah Gilmore, conductor @ Trinity Parish Church, 609 8th Ave., Seattle; donations welcome; (206-325-7066).
(SAT) 2/2/13 (8:00pm) (pre-concert lecture (7:00pm): Early Music Guild: “Seattle Baroque Orchestra: Bach Cantatas”; guest solo-ists—Clara Rottsolk, soprano, Jennifer Lane, alto, Rufus Müller, tenor, and David Stutz, bass @ Town Hall, 1119 —8th Ave, Seattle;
$40/$35/$25/$15; (206-325-7066); www.earlymusicguild.org
(TUE) 2/5/13 (7:30pm): Early Music Guild: First Tuesdays series: Tekla Cunningham, violin and Emma McGrath @ Trinity Parish Church, 609 8th Ave, Seattle; $25/$20/$10; www.earlymusicguild.org
(SAT) 2/9/13 (2:00pm): Moss Bay Recorder Society Meeting; : “Music of Love from Renaissance Italy” led by Sally Mitchell @ Red-mond Library, 15990 N.E. 85th, Redmond; Sally Mitchell @ 206-328-3381; http://mossbayrecorders.org
(SAT) 2/9/13 (5:00pm): Vicki Boeckman’s Recorder Students in Recital; works by J.S. Bach, Hans Martin Linde, Jacob van Eyck Hans Ulrich Staeps, Francisco Guerrero Philipe Rugier & others @ Music Center of the Northwest
901 N 96th St., Seattle; (free); contact: Vicki Boeckman; 206-985-9916; www.vickiboeckman.com
(SUN) 2/10/13 (1:00pm): Early Music Guild: Early Music Discovery Series: Dmitri Carter and Friends: French Baroque Tales in Music and Puppetry @ Town Hall Downstairs, 1119—8th Ave, Seattle; $10; (206-325-7066); www.earlymusicguild.org
(FRI) 2/15/13 (7:30pm): Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Corelli & Handel’s Soprano; Corelli's 300th anniversary; vocal works by Handel - cantata Lucrezia, German arias & others; Linda Tsatsanis, soprano, Jan Weinhold, harpsichord (Luebeck, Germany), Jeffre y
Cohan, baroque flute @ Christ Episcopal Church, 4548 Brooklyn Ave. N.E., Seattle; www.salishseafestival.org
(SAT) 2/16/13 (8:00pm) (pre-concert lecture (7:00pm): Early Music Guild International Series: The King's Singers: “Renaissance Con-quests in Love and War ”; madrigals and other vocal works from Italy, England, and France @ Town Hall, 1119 —8th Ave, Seattle;
$40/$35/$25/$15; (206-325-7066); www.earlymusicguild.org
(FRI) 2/22/13 (8:00pm): Pacific MusicWorks presents: Wayward Sisters/Seattle Dance Project; music by Rossi, Mazzochi and others. Shannon Mercer, Catherine Webster and Erin Calata, sopranos; Anna Mansbridge, choreographer @ Langston Hughes Performing Arts
Center, 104 17th Avenue South, Seattle; $40/$20; www.pacificmusicworks.org
(SAT) 2/23/13 (7:30pm): Wood’N’Flutes: Vicki Boeckman, Gertie Johnsson & Pia Brinch Jensen, recorders @ St. Paul's Episcopal, Bellingham. Contact: Vicki Boeckman; [email protected]
(SAT) 2/23/13 (8:00pm): Pacific MusicWorks presents: Wayward Sisters/Seattle Dance Project (see 2/22/13 for details)
(SUN) 2/24/13 (2:00pm): Wood’N’Flutes @ St. Placid Priory, Lacey (see 2/23/13 for details)
(TUE) 2/26/13 (7:00pm): Wood’N’Flutes @ Peninsula College, Port Angeles (see 2/23/13 for details)
MARCH 2013
(FRI) 3/1/13 (7:30pm): Seattle Recorder Society Meeting @ Maple Leaf Lutheran Church, 10005 32nd NE, Seattle
(SAT) 3/2/13 (8:00pm): Medieval Women’s Choir: “From Santiago to Canterbury: Pilgrimages for the Ages”; with David Stutz, bari-tone, Margriet Tindemans, artistic director @ St. James Cathedral, 804 9th Ave., Seattle; $25/$22; http://medievalwomenschoir .org
(SUN) 3/3/13 (7:00pm): Cornish College of the Arts: “La Voce di Gabriele”: works by Fantini and Frescobaldi; Kris Kwapis, baroque trumpet, and Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord @ Poncho Hall, 710 E. Roy St., Seattle; http://www.cornish.edu
(TUE) 3/5/13 (7:30pm): Early Music Guild: First Tuesdays series: Vicki Boeckman & Friends @ Trinity Parish Church, 609 8th Ave, Seattle; $25/$20/$10; www.earlymusicguild.org
(SAT) 3/9/13 (2:00pm): Moss Bay Recorder Society Meeting led by Lorelette Knowles @ (location TBA); Sally Mitchell; 206 -328-3381; http://mossbayrecorders.org
(SAT) 3/16/13 (7:30pm): Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Broken Consort Quartet; music of the Renaissance & 17th-century; Jeffrey Cohan, flute, Courtney Kuroda, violin, Steven Creswell, viola, Kyobi Hinami, harpsichord @ Christ Episcopal Church, 4548 Bro oklyn Ave.
N.E., Seattle; www.salishseafestival.org
(SAT) 3/16/13 (7:30pm): Gallery Concerts: Ensemble Electra: BELLA MUSICA!: music by Italian composers—arias and chamber music; soprano Catherine Webster, soprano, Linda Melsted and Tekla Cunningham, violin & Jillon Stoppels Dupree, harpsichord @ Queen Anne
Christian Church, 1316 3rd Ave. W., Seattle; $28/$24/$12/Ages 14 & under free w/ paying adult; www.GalleryConcerts.org
(SUN) 3/17/13 (3:00pm): Gallery Concerts: BELLA MUSICA!: (see 3/16/13 listing for details)
(SUN) 3/17/13 (1:00pm): Early Music Guild: Early Music Discovery Series: Mini-Masterworks: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Seattle Historical Arts for Kids @ Town Hall Downstairs, 1119—8th Ave, Seattle; $10; (206-325-7066); www.earlymusicguild.org
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Meeting Notes: Jan. 4, 2013 Molly Warner
Recorder Notes Vol. XLIV, No. 5 Page 3
Music Trivia
What is the name of the
English Renaissance
composer, singer, and
lutenist who is best known
today for his melancholy
songs?
(see page 4 for answer)
**Refreshments** February 2013 Meeting
Cookies: Chulan Chiong
Ross Hunt
Veggies: Nancy Lewis
Fruit: Kathleen Arends
Thank You to our members
who bring treats and to our
Refreshments Coordinator
Evelyn Lester!
The first meeting of 2013 opened with a pro-
gram by the Salish Sea Players, a trio of pro-
fessional musicians who have formed an or-
ganization dedicated to playing baroque music
to those normally unable to come to concerts.
Linda Melsted and Olga Hauptmann, violin-
ists, and Fred Hauptmann, harpsichordist, play
concerts in retirement residences, assisted
living facilities and memory care homes, on a
pay-what-you-can basis. This activity has been
a dream of Linda’s for some time. She is a
Seattle native, and when she returned to Seat-
tle a couple of years ago from many years
based in Toronto, she joined her old friends,
the Hauptmanns, in this endeavor. “Some of
the residents have never heard music like this,
and for others, it has been a very long time.
We often see such emotion on their faces,”
Linda said.
The Salish Sea Players played two wonderful
pieces for us, quite different in nature. “This
trio sonata was written by J.G. Goldberg, a
student of Bach,” Fred explained. “Until about
15 years ago it was attributed to Bach himself.
Goldberg died at the tender age of 26.” The
piece was in four movements. “The first is
voluptuous free polyphony, the second is a
fugue, the third is canonic, and the piece ends
with a lively gigue.” This was indeed a won-
derful piece, which many of us recognized. At
the end, the violinists changed bows. “These
baroque bows are shorter than modern violin
bows, and are balanced differently,” Linda
told us. “Mine is an original 18th century bow.
They are well suited to 18th century articula-
tion, with stronger down-bows than up-bows.
We are switching to these others
(reproductions) that are shorter still, that were
typical for the 17th century.” The group then
played Aria Sopra la Bergamasca by Marco
Uccellini (whose last name means ’little
bird’), published in 1642. “This begins with an
Italian folk song with a characteristic bass
line, followed by some wild variations,” Fred
warned us. Indeed, this was a very energetic
piece, especially a couple of the last varia-
tions! Afterward, we had a chance to ask ques-
tions about their instruments. Fred’s harpsi-
chord was made in Heidelberg, Germany, in
1958 by Ranier Schütze; it had recently under-
gone an overhaul by David Calhoun. Olga’s
violin was made in 1793 by Widhom Leopold,
and has never been altered (some baroque
violins were later altered to bear the force of
tighter modern metal strings). Linda played an
instrument made in Italy in 1670 by Nicolo
Amati – it was nearly three and a half centu-
ries old! What sweet tones emanated from
these two historic violins!
This was a lovely concert, and we wish
the Salish Sea Players well in their efforts
to bring such wonderful music to the
elderly living in congregate housing .The
group is constantly fund-raising, as the
pay-what-you-can donations from the
various facilities do not usually cover
their costs. If you would like to make a
contribution to their cause, you may do so
through the Early Music Guild (they are a
professional affiliate of the EMG), with a
note designating the Salish Sea Players.
Following the concert, we broke into two
groups for playing. The Beginning En-
semble, ten players in all, were led by
Sally Mitchell. First they practiced two
pieces by Vasques that they had been
working on. The they turned to sight-
reading some Villancicos. They took
turns being the ”Rehearsal Czar”. Each
“Czar” reviewed the piece and told the
group what to watch for. Then the “Czar”
counted off the piece. If any rehearsal
was needed, the “Czar” did the rehears-
ing. This was a wonderful approach to
learn sight-reading!
Peter Seibert led the large ensemble in
music by Johann Hermann Schein (1586-
1630), a composer who spent all of his
life in Germany, but who was well versed
in the new Italian styles. Schein com-
posed both sacred and secular music, and
died of multiple ailments at the tender age
of 44. There is an engraved picture of
Schein on Wikipedia that portrays him
with frizzy hair that stood up like a
clown’s. His most famous publication
was ‘Banchetto Musicale’ (‘The Musical
Banquet’) of 1617, a series of instrumen-
tal dance suites for five instruments.
Schein was the first one to arrange whole
suites that were to be played together, not
just a collection of pre-existing tunes.
Peter had arranged some of the music in
Suite #8 for recorder orchestra
(augmented this time around by a viol and
a baritone sax). We played through sever-
al movements—Paduana, Gagliarda,
Courente, Allemanda e Tripla—then set-
tled down to pick them apart and work on
phrasing and breathing. There were cross-
rhythms in the (cont’d on page 4)
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Music Director, Peter Seibert (206-329-2774) [email protected] Board Members (2012-13)
Officers: President, Katie Sprugel [email protected] President-elect, Ellis Hillinger (206-547-0718) [email protected] Past President, Tomo Morita (425-255-1983) [email protected] Secretary, Molly Warner (206-523-5192) [email protected] Treasurer, Richard Ginnis (206-633-1969) [email protected] Mailing & Membership, Jill Shupe (206-364-7509) [email protected]; Newsletter, Nancy Gorbman (206-362-7326) [email protected] Refreshments, Evelyn Lester (206-726-9257) Viol Rep., Ellen Seibert, (206-329-2774), [email protected] Webmaster (Member-At-Large), Charles Coldwell (206-328-8238), [email protected]
Editor, Nancy Gorbman
S E A T T L E R E C O R D E R S O C I E T Y
2012-13 Meetings
Meetings are usually held on the first Friday of each month, October to May, at 7:30 p.m., Maple Leaf Lutheran Church, 10005 32nd N.E., Seattle. Meetings include a short performance or lecture of interest to recorder and viol players, ensemble play-ing for all levels of recorder players, and a coached viol consort. A $5.00 donation is
requested for non-members.
October 5, 2012
November 2, 2012
December 7, 2012
January 4, 2013
February 1, 2013
March 1, 2013
April 5, 2013
May 3, 2013
Answer: John Dowland (1563-1626)
(cont’d from page 3) Gagliarda, 6-4 and 3-2. We spoke our parts to get the hang of how they all held together. The Courente was character-
ized by duple-triple time. After some guided rehearsal, we played these movements again – and how much richer they appeared than the
first time we read through them! Thank you once again, Peter, for your sensible arranging and your efficient rehearsing and conducting!€
CONCERT & EVENTS CALENDAR (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3)
(SUN) 3/24/13 (3:00pm): Sine Nomine: “Major Masterworks of Early Music”: works by Tallis, Gabrieli; collaboration with The Cascadian Chorale & C’nardally Waytes, cornetto and sackbut ensemble @ Trinity Parish Church, 609 8th Ave., Seattle; (206 -325-7066).
(SUN) 3/29/13 (7:30pm): Early Music Guild: Early Music Fridays series: Cornish College of the Arts: Cornish Artist Diploma in Early Music—Student Vocal Recital; José Luis Munoz, countertenor; baroque vocal music with Chris Briden, viola da gamba, Patrick Morgan, harpsichord, and Cornish Early Music faculty member Stephen Stubbs, lute and guitar @ Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church (Chapel),
315 3rd Ave. S, Kirkland ; $20/$15/$10.
RECORDER CLASSES—WINTER SESSION—2013
(TUESDAYS) (on-going): (12:45pm-2:15pm) or (7:30pm-9:00pm): Advanced Beginners Ensemble—Recorder: (open to public) To register and for more information, contact: Laura Faber; [email protected] (location: Seattle)
(THURSDAYS) (on-going): (1:00pm-2:00pm): Bass—Recorder: (open to public) To register and for more information, con-tact: Laura Faber; [email protected] (location: Seattle)
WORKSHOPS
Mar. 15—18, 2013: Columbia Gorge Early Music Retreat: Corbett, OR: http://portlandrecordersociety.org
Apr. 13, 2013: Moss Bay Meet (Recorders) (all day): http://mossbayrecorders.org
Apr. 27—29, 2013: Winds & Waves Recorder Workshop: Otis, OR: www.coastrecorder.org
Jul. 7—13, 2013: Port Townsend Early Music Workshop; Tacoma, WA: www.seattle -recorder.org
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TREASURER'S REPORT SRS
SRS P&L_11-12 Statement of Activity
2011-12
9/1/11 -8/31/12
Cash, beginning 35,363
Income
Memberships 3,000
Donations 2,337
Employer matching funds 700
Recorder notes subscriptions 100
Visitors 132
Interest income 1,845
Newletter ad 5
Merchandise sales 70
Recorder class 240
ARS dues collected 1,305
ARS dues remitted (1,305)
Total 8,429
Expenditures
Music director 600
Conductors 1,450
Consort leaders 525
Opening programs 900
Insurance 278
Church honorarium 1,000
Music production 800
Recorder class fees 240
Recorder class costs
Photocopying 190
Office expenses
Postage 217
Printing 440
Advertising 415
State of Wa fee 10
Bank charges and fees 6
Miscellaneous
SRS Website
Total 7,071
Excess of income over expenditures 1,358
Less application of membership received in advance (25)
Plus dues received in advance 70
Payment of Port Townsend expenses (239)
Change in cash 1,164
Cash, ending 36,527
Treasurer’s Report for 2011-12 Page 5 Recorder Notes Vol. XLIV, No. 5