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SEATTLE RECORDER SOCIETY
Recorder Notes
January 2019
Vol. L, No. 5
www.seattle-recorder.org
From the Music Director (Vicki Boeckman)
Greetings Everyone, and a Happy New Year!
Remember when the mere thought of the year 2000 seemed weirdly far off into the future in a sci-fi kind of way? 2018 went by way too quickly as far as I’m con-cerned but I seem to be saying that a lot lately. The Danes say “tak for det gamle”, which means thanks for the year that has passed, or the “old” year. The world around us - and especially our city - is changing faster than I would prefer, but playing and listening to music helps to ground me and bring me back to a quiet place. I hope you had some quality time by yourselves and/or
with friends and loved ones to play music this past month.
Music has the power to evoke several emotions all at once – perhaps it is my personal bias, but I think more so than any other art form. Film editors know exactly when to insert the music that is going to yank at our heart strings, and when we listen to a piece of music that moves us to our cores, we are immedi-ately transported to another time. I cannot begin to imagine a life without music and I am eager to embark on this new year of music making with you all.
For the January playing session we will start off with the piece that our “Audience Choice” winner Burr Stewart chose back in October, the lovely Andante Festivo by Jean Sibelius.
I will ensure that the rest of the evening is filled with music that expresses beau-ty, joy and hope, but at the time of this writing it has not yet been chosen! I look forward to planning the evening and to seeing you again.
All sizes of recorders and viols are welcome.
Please kindly bring a food donation (canned or non-perishable) to our January meeting. We will be giving these items to those in need. Thanks!
Also, for those of you who are ARS members and have received the winter edi-tion of the magazine, I would encourage taking the time to read and absorb the very informative and illuminating article on practicing by Tina Chancey. May it serve you well!
Newsletter Deadline for February Issue:
Tuesday January 15
SRS Meeting
Friday, January 4, 2019
@ 7:30 pm
Playing session led by Vicki Boeckman
All sizes of recorders and viols are welcome.
Back Room Gang led by Miyo Aoki
This is a great option for any-one who is less experienced or
would like a slower pace. If you plan to be there, please
let Miyo know so she can choose repertoire accordingly!
Please kindly bring a food do-nation (canned or non-
perishable) to our January meeting. We will be giving
these items to those in need. Thanks!
Content Highlights
Cléa Galhano comes to Seattle
Port Townsend Workshop
Events Calendar
2018/2019
SRS Meetings
Meetings are usually (but not always—see *’d dates below) held on the first Friday of each month, September to May, at 7:30pm,
Maple Leaf Lutheran Church, 10005—32nd NE, Seattle. Meetings often include a short performance of interest to recorder or viol players, en-semble playing for all levels of recorder players, and a begin-ning recorder ensemble.
A $5 donation is requested for non-members.
January 4 February 1
March 1 *April 12 *May 10
Refreshments (December)
Fruit
Carolyn Wallace
Veggies
Chris Zaleski
Baked goods
Michael Bancroft
Ellis Hillinger
Thank you
for volunteering!
Local Recorder Happenings
Wednesday, January 16, 2019 @ 7:00 PM: Paul Horn Tribute Concert Gary Stroutsos, Flute Plymouth Church 1217 6th Ave, Seattle
Sunday, January 27 @ 6:00 PM: Byrd Notes Please join us for a Renaissance recorder ensemble concert featuring the music of William Byrd and others. Vicki Boeckman, Charles Coldwell, Silke Harper, Jill Carl-sen, Laura Faber, and Mike Woolf. Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2531 Hoyt Avenue, Everett
Saturday Morning Play Date with Cléa Galhano February 2 at 10:00 AM to Noon “All That Jazz and More…!” Maple Leaf Lutheran Church Community Room (where the SRS meetings are held)
Please join Cléa for a delightful couple of hours, guaran-teed to warm your spirits on a cold February morning. The music will include works by Guillaume de Machaut, Gustav Holst, Tomas Luis de Vitoria and Johnny Mandel. Cléa will be in Seattle to play several concerts with Vicki Boeckman, Peter Maund and Jillon Stoppels Dupree (please check the concert calendar below!) and was delighted to be asked to lead our SRS members in a play date. For those of you who have not had the Cléa experience, make sure to have your morning coffee or whatever beverage wakes you up! She
is a spirited soul with a delightful Brazilian accent and we are thrilled to have her.
All levels from intermediate and up are welcome.
$20 per participant http://cleagalhano.com/
Southern Exposure In addition to the play date, Cléa Galhano will do a quick tour with Vicki Boeckman on recorder, Peter Maund on percussion (except on Feb 5), and Jillon Stoppels Dupree on harpsichord. Music by Falconieri, Castello, Durón, Jobim and others. Friday, February 1 at 7:30 PM at the Croatian Cultural Center in Anacortes. Saturday, February 2 at 7:30 PM at Queen Anne Christian Church in Seattle. Sunday, February 3 at 3:00 PM at Queen Anne Christian Church in Seattle. Tuesday, February 5 at 7:00 PM at Meier Hall, Peninsula College in Port Angeles.
Play the Recorder Month—Music From Around the World Sunday, March 10 Join us for a lively concert of recorder music. This annual chapter event will take place at the Third Place Commons in Lake Forest Park, just north of Seattle.
Come and hear a community concert featuring a variety of international music and various genres
Music performed by local recorder ensembles including mixed consorts, members of the Seattle Recorder Society and more!
SRS Board Members (2018/2019)
Music Director: Vicki Boeckman (206-985-9916)
[email protected] Music Director Emeritus: Peter Seibert (206-329-2774)
[email protected] Officers: President: Nancy Gorbman (206-852-4762)
[email protected] President-Elect: Michael Bancroft (206-523-6668)
[email protected] Past President: Molly Warner (206-523-5192)
[email protected] Newsletter: Mike Woolf (206-300-6623)
[email protected] Secretary: Kathleen Arends (425-649-9869)
[email protected] Treasurer: Richard Ginnis (206-633-1969)
* * * * Membership: Betty Swift (206-323-3879)
[email protected] Refreshments: Maja Eberhardt (206-525-4283)
[email protected] Librarian: Hanan Bell (206-695-2276)
[email protected] Webmaster: Charles Coldwell (206-328-8238)
Local Recorder Happenings (continued)
Join other recorder players at the beginning of the concert to play the composi-tion commissioned by the American Recorder Society for Play the Recorder Day, entitled “Fantasia on Faithless Nancy Dawson” by Phil Neuman.
All events are free. Come for all or part of the program. New this year: for the “Warm Up and Playing Session”, we will rehearse the PTRD 2019 composition and play other pieces.
Thanks to all who have volunteered to play at this event. We have a full program, but if you are interested in performing next year, please do let me know!
1:00pm - 2:30: Warmup and Playing Session (new this year!) in the Stadler Room 3:00pm - 4:00pm: Concert on the Third Place Commons Stage
July 7—13, 2019 Save the Date!!! for the Port Townsend Early Music Workshop At the lovely campus of the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma. We are especially excited to welcome the composer Sören Sieg from Germany. Check the website to see our stellar faculty lineup.
Concerts and Events Calendar
Sunday, December 30 @ 7:00 PM: Byron Schenkman & Friends: Baroque String Extravaganza Celebrate the season with our “Baroque Big Band” and an evening of all-time favorites including Winter from Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons featuring Ingrid Matthews, the Telemann Viola Concerto with Jason Fisher, and Bach’s A Major Harpsichord Concerto, plus rare delicacies by Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello and Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre. Benaroya Recital Hall, Seattle. Details Here
Friday, January 4 @ 7:30 PM: Pacific MusicWorks Underground: Corelli Goes Global Elvis Presley. Duke Ellington. Ludwig van Beethoven. Revolutionary musicians who disrupted the very fabric of the artistic world around them. Add to the list Arcangelo Corelli, the true first celebrity violinist who truly went viral. Renowned baroque violinist Ingrid Matthews joins harpsichordist Henry Lebedinsky for a program of works by Corelli and the composers he influenced, including music from Mexico, Sweden, China, and Russia. Naked City Brewery in Greenwood. Details Here
Saturday, January 5 @ 1:30 PM: Seattle Historical Arts for Kids: Family concert! Medieval Music for Everyone Discover instruments and songs of long ago in this friendly discovery concert for adults and children of all ag-es! The concert lasts less than an hour — and kids are invited to come up and try our instruments at the end! University Heights Center – 5031 University Way NE, Seattle. Details Here
Sunday, January 6 @ 3:00 PM: Pacific MusicWorks Underground: Corelli Goes Global Same as January 4 listing, but at Resonance @ SOMA Towers, Bellevue.
Sunday, January 6 @ 8:00 PM: Pacific MusicWorks Underground: Corelli Goes Global Same as January 4 listing, but at the Royal Room in Columbia City.
Tuesday, January 8 @ 7:30 PM: Pacific MusicWorks Underground: Corelli Goes Global Same as January 4 listing, at Naked City Brewery in Greenwood.
Saturday, January 12 @ 2:00 PM: Moss Bay Recorder Society Meeting Conductor TBD. Bellevue Library, 1111—110th Ave NE, Bellevue . Details Here
Wednesday, January 16 @ 7:00 PM: Paul Horn Tribute Concert Gary Stroutsos, Flute Plymouth Church 1217 6th Ave, Seattle
Saturday, January 26 @ 7:00 PM: Seattle Baroque Orchestra: Music and Medicine Guest conductor Henry Lebedinsky leads the Orchestra on a journey into the world of early modern medicine, from the humorous to the terrifying. Music includes Marin Marais’ Tableau of a Gallbladder Operation, selec-tions from Lully’s The Love Doctor, and works by Charpentier, Geminiani, Farina, and Zelenka. Seattle First Baptist Church, Details Here
Sunday, January 27 @ 6:00 PM: Byrd Notes A Renaissance recorder ensemble concert featuring the music of William Byrd and others. Vicki Boeckman, Charles Coldwell, Silke Harper, Jill Carlsen, Laura Faber, and Mike Woolf. Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2531 Hoyt Avenue, Everett
Friday, February 1 @ 7:30 PM: Southern Exposure Cléa Galhano and Vicki Boeckman recorders, Peter Maund percussion, Jillon Stoppels Dupree harpsichord. Music by Falconieri, Castello, Durón, Jobim a.o. Croatian Cultural Center, Anacortes
Saturday, February 2 @ 10:00 AM: Saturday Morning Play Date with Cléa Galhano Maple Leaf Lutheran. Details Here.
Saturday, February 2 @ 7:30 PM: Gallery Concerts—Southern Exposure Same as February 1, but at Queen Anne Christian in Seattle. Details Here.
DEC
JANUARY
2019
FEBRUARY
Concerts and Events Calendar—Continued
Sunday, February 3 @ 3:00 PM: Gallery Concerts—Southern Exposure Same as February 2.
Tuesday, February 5 @ 7:00 PM: Southern Exposure Cléa Galhano and Vicki Boeckman recorders, Jillon Stoppels Dupree harpsichord. Music by Falconieri, Castello, Vivaldi Durón, Jobim a.o. Meier Hall, Peninsula College, Port Angeles
Friday, February 8 @ 7:30 PM: Pacific MusicWorks—Leading Ladies Burning passion, tender desire, and fierce jealousy come to life in the music of Barbara Strozzi- the best known of a small number of women who found success in the male-dominated world of 17th century professional musicians- and her contemporaries. Sopranos Tess Altiveros and Danielle Sampson join Stephen Stubbs and the Pacific MusicWorks House Band for a journey into the world of love gone right, love gone wrong, and love just plain gone. Trinity Lutheran, Lynnwood. Details Here
Saturday, February 9 @ 7:30 PM: Pacific MusicWorks—Leading Ladies Same as February 8, but at First Baptist Church in Seattle.
Sunday, February 10 @ 3:00 PM: Pacific MusicWorks Underground—Will Power: Shakespeare in Song William Shakespeare’s incomparable poetry and powerful insights into the human condition have influenced artists and musicians for over 400 years. Tenor Zach Finkelstein joins the Underground House Band for a program of Baroque music with words written by and inspired by the Bard, featuring works by Henry Purcell, Ignatius Sancho, Thomas Arne, and more. Resonance at SOMA, Bellevue. Details Here
Sunday, February 10 @ 8:00 PM: Pacific MusicWorks Underground—Will Power: Shakespeare in Song Same as above, but at The Royal Room in Columbia City, Seattle.
Tuesday, February 12 @ 7:30 PM: Pacific MusicWorks Underground—Will Power Same as February 10, but at Naked City Brewery in Greenwood.
Saturday, February 23 @ 7:30 PM: Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater Seattle Baroque Orchestra and Seattle contemporary dance company Whim W'Him join forces to pre-sent Pergolesi’s enduring masterpiece Stabat Mater, the ancient hymn portraying Mary during the Crucifixion. Inspiration overflows in this fusion of art forms. Details Here. Town Hall, Seattle
Sunday, February 24 @ 2:30 PM: Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater Same as February 3.
FEBRUARY
December Meeting Notes (Kathleen Arends)
President Nancy Gorbman asked for folks who were new to our meetings or had been away for a while, and Elyse, Donna, Adam, Rachel, and Barbara were welcomed accordingly.
Our opening program this month was given by viol players Koren Wake (treble), Ellen Seibert (tenor), and Amy Warren (bass), with soprano Marian Seibert, a.k.a. "Three Viol Babes and a Soprano". This being a concert of English music, the Babes began with short dances by William Drew, Alfonso Ferrabosco II, and John Dowland, all of whom were writing during the reign of Elizabeth I. Dowland's tune was so fetching, I wished for words so that I could sing it.
The viols then gave us two Fantasias by William Byrd, followed by a pair from Orlando Gibbons. These are free-wheeling, wonderfully inventive pieces; in fact, Byrd was reprimanded at least once for over-ornamentation of his polyphony.
Finally, Marian Seibert joined the viols to sing Dowland's lovely and familiar "Now, Oh Now, I Needs Must Part". "Die, I do/To part with you", she lamented.
And the finale was the livelier "Come Again, Sweet Love Doth Now Invite", with its breath-catching, dramatic series of rising fourths: "I sit, I sigh, I weep, I faint, I die . . ."
The performers were warmly applauded. Thank you, ladies, for sharing these beauties with us!
Those members interested in a slower pace and an emphasis on support then went to "The Back Room" with Miyo Aoki, where they enjoyed playing some more of the beloved English repertoire.
In the main room, Music Director Emeritus Peter Seibert distributed his newest suite of Christmas tunes, these from the "Piae Cantiones" ("Pious Songs") published in Finland in 1592. By then "Christianity had reached the Vikings", and the Cantiones were collected by students. Peter created an SATB setting of each tune, then added optional great bass and contrabass parts, which were also used by the viols.
The first was the familiar "In dulci jubilo", of 14th-century German origin. We improved on our initial reading by mak-ing the piece more legato, with "a nice even sound". Listening specifically to align the eighth notes across all the parts furthered the excellent effect.
"Angelus emittitur" featured a countermelody along with the original Scandinavian tune. Noting that the melody is present throughout, Peter called his counterpoint "specious". I admit that I had to look that word up, and of course it proved to be a witticism: it's "superficially plausible, but actually wrong". Asking us not to rush, Peter instructed, "Think mellow thoughts".
I had an entire evening's worth of fun playing the setting of a late 15th century Bohemian tune, "Omnis mundus Ieucundatur". Rests, it turns out, can be very witty.
The fourth in the set was "Congaudeat turba fidelium". Its provenance is medieval French.
Peter's introduction for "Resonet in laudibus" (14th century, Bohemian) featured the familiar tune turned upside down. We made the first of each quarter note/eighth note pair long, to avoid any "marching" effect.
And finally, we played Peter's arrangement of a “well known seasonal bon-bon”. Except for the finger-busting bridge, it was straightforward, and cheerfully dispatched.
Thanks to Peter for the seasonal cheer!
Lake City Waits at the Meadowbrook Community Center—Linet Henry
SRS member Janice Klain recently brought the joy of the recorder to the children of Meadowbrook Community Center. During the summer she brought most of her ensemble, The Lake City Waits, to perform for the children, who were so enthralled by the music that they asked for more! So, with the support of the ensemble, and other community mem-bers, enough money was raised to give 50 children each their own Yamaha YRS-24B along with simple instructions and music for two songs.
Just before Thanksgiving three of the four Lake City Waits: Janice Klain, Paola Del Sol, and Linet Henry took the record-ers to the community center and after a brief concert handed them out to the enthusiastic children, who could be heard playing, through the gentle cacophony, the first 2 measures of that perennial favorite “Hot Cross Buns.”
The first thing communicated to the eager young ears, before they even got the recorders, was the importance of breath, thus preventing the sound of a room full of overblown whistles. And it worked. There was noise, but it was restrained and full of intent.
Even the children determined to play to the rhythm of their own heart were not just randomly making noise but were thinking and applying what they had been told. One particular young man, whose focus could not be drawn from his instrument was actually working the “cold” and “hot” breath on each of his own fingerings. He was intentionally, and successfully, changing the pitch with his breath.
We have been told that some the children are still carrying the recorders around with them in their backpacks!
Many thanks to all the contributors, particularly our fourth Lake City Wait Jherek Swanger; long time Meadowbrook resident Robert Mora; Director of Music Emeritus, St. James Cathedral, Dr. James Savage; and Executive Director of the King County Housing Authority, Stephen Norman.
And special thanks to Laura Faber, without whom the Lake City Waits would not have met and would not have discov-ered the children’s favorite song “Hermosa Catalina.”
Paola Del Sol working with children from Meadowbrook Community Center on mastering the recorder.
Report on November 30 Concert with Gary Stroutsos and Vicki Boeckman (Mike Woolf, photos Bill Stickney)
On November 30, we were treated to an unusual and wonderful concert by Gary Stroutsos, Vicki Boeckman, and David Rev-elli. The first thing I noticed upon walking in was the simple yet colorful and inviting set-up on the stage. A chair covered with a Native American rug, a small lighted “tree”, a backdrop; the effect was of someone’s front porch at twilight. On one side of the stage (clearly Vicki’s corner) was the famil-iar collection of recorders. Gary’s corner on the opposite side held a colorful collection of Native American flutes. Between them on the floor lay David’s collection of percus-sion, with three clay pot drums arrayed prominently in the center.
When the performers arrived on stage and stationed themselves next to their instru-
ments, it became clear that those clay pots were not decorative sculpture, but rather our percussion for much of the evening. The concert started when Gary picked up Vicki’s bass recorder, blew into it experimentally a couple times, looked it over a bit, then sat back comfortably in his chair and played a drone while Vicki performed the beautiful Armenian folk song “Sirt im Sasa-ni” accompanied by the eerily gorgeous bubbling sounds of the clay pots. This segued directly into an improvisation between Gary and Vicki, with Gary memorably playing a pentatonic flute that provided its own drone.
Then Gary stood up, told us stories about the instruments and songs he was playing, clearly wanting to tell far more stories, then treating us to the haunting sounds of the Hopi Rim flute and several of the better known Na-tive American flutes, sometimes solo, sometimes with improvised accompa-niment by Vicki. Interspersed in these mesmerizing sounds, Vicki also per-formed several solo pieces. Both were mostly accompanied by David on a variety of percussion. They ended with a Cuban dance tune featuring both. Gary’s music otherwise all came from
Native American tradition. Vicki’s was a mix of Ar-menian folk music and contemporary compositions, including one (“For Sis”) by local Seattle composer Del Wade.
These two very different cultures of sound and per-formance styles met, complemented, and ultimately swirled through each other.
