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April Meeting Conductor

Andrew Levy

How Can I Keep from Singing?

We will play a selected set of dances by Michael Praetorius from his Terpsichore (1612);

the anonymous canon O Virgo Splendens from the Llibre Vermell de Montserrat (c.

1399); and the Quaker hymn How Can I Keep from Singing (harmonized by Randall

deBruyn). In addition, there will be a piece that many of us have heard but perhaps not

played on recorders: The Air from J.S. Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 3 (BWV 1068),

known today as the Air on the G String. Andrew also will bring an arrangement of

Samuel Scheidt’s Bruynsmedelijn, an allemande consisting of a theme and variations.

A Publication of the East Bay Recorder Society Volume 20, Number 8

http://www.eastbayrecorders.org April 2017

Monthly Chapter

Meeting

Friday, April 7, 2017

7:30 pm to 10:00 pm

Zion Lutheran Church

5201 Park Blvd.

Oakland, CA.

If your last name

begins with A-L,

please bring a snack

for break, if possible.

Everyone, bring a

music stand, a pencil,

and instruments

(SATB and lower if

you have them).

Please arrive in time to

set up and be ready to

play at 7:30 pm.

Andrew Levy grew up in Berkeley, California and studied music at the

University of California at Berkeley and the Royal Conservatory of

The Hague. He has performed in the United States, the Netherlands, and

Germany with ensembles including UC Berkeley's Baroque

Ensemble, Stanford Baroque Soloists, Ensemble Mirabile, Voices

of Music, the Royal Wind Music, and Philharmonia Baroque

Orchestra. He has taught recorder at the SFEMS Music Discovery

Workshop, the EBRS Marin Headlands Workshop, and the SFEMS Recorder

Workshop.

Hello everyone, as I write this I am looking forward to our member’s recital. I do not

know how many are participating but I hope we have a good turnout. The member’s

recital is one of the least intimidating events to perform at but even so I get nervous. I am

always relieved (and often exhilarated) when my turn is up.

On another note, Headlands registration is ready. It is the weekend of May 19 to 21,

which is fast approaching. You can use the form included in the newsletter or go to our

website to register and pay with PayPal. The staff this year is exceptional—some newer

faces and some we know well—but they are all superb conductors who choose satisfying music to play. Sign up

now!

Susan Jaffe

President

Click here to listen to

Andrew play Vivaldi’s

Recorder Concerto in C

Major and here to listen

to Bach’s Brandenburg

Concerto No. 4 in G

Major.

Conductors for 2017

April 7 Andrew Levy

May 5 Louise Carslake

June 2 Rebecca Molinari

MUSICA PACIFICA

BAROQUE ENSEMBLE

Judith Linsenberg, recorder

Elizabeth Blumenstock, baroque violin

Charles Sherman, harpsichord

Josh Lee, viola da gamba

Sunday, April 9, 2017, 4:30 PM. San Francisco Early Music Society at California Jazz School, 2087

Addison St., Berkeley, CA. Telemann and his Dresden court colleagues, including Veracini, Pisendel,

and CPE Bach. Commemorating the 250th anniversary of Telemann’s death with Telemann solo

fantasias for each instrument, including a newly rediscovered fantasia for viola da gamba! Buy tickets

now!

Headlands Weekend Workshop

May 19-21, 2017

EBRS has been running a highly successful

weekend workshop for more than 25 years in the

breathtakingly beautiful portion of the Golden

Gate National Recreational area known as “Marin

Headlands.” Our 2017 Headlands weekend

workshop will be held May 19-21. Click here for

further information or see the brochure attached

to this newsletter. Please register before May

1st as space is subject to availability and fees

increase by $10 after May 1st.

Rocky XII, “Springtime in the Rockies” Workshop

May 19-21, 2017, Estes Park, Colorado

Rocky XII is the twelfth running of the biennial spring workshop hosted by the Denver Chapter of

the American Recorder Society. The 2017 edition runs from Friday afternoon May 19th until Sunday

noon May 21st. This interval will be packed with a combination of serious instruction and fun

playing. Whatever your skill level, you will find this a worthwhile and enjoyable experience. Faculty:

Jennifer Carpenter, John Tyson, Mark Davenport and John Orth.

Online music sources So, your friend from out of town is dropping in on your 6-person consort this week, and you need to quickly find some 7-part music? Fear not! Online resources make this possible.

Our first stop is IMSLP http://imslp.org/The acronym stands for the International Music Score Library Project, and their byline is "Sharing the world's Public Domain music." Editors, arrangers, and composers upload music to this website, which then makes it available, free of charge, for download as a printable .pdf file. However, good citizens of the internet may choose to become a member of IMSLP for an annual fee of $22/year. This supports the site and gives you streaming access to an archive of recorded performances on the Naxos music label. If you're not a member, when you click a download link, you'll see a pitch for membership and a short timer. When the timer is done, you'll get a link to continue to the download. Although you can go to the IMSLP home page and use their various search tools (start with "Scores" in the menu bar at the very top of the page, which has sub-menus for Composer, Instrumentation, etc.), you can often accomplish your mission faster with a Google search. For example, to find music for 7 recorders, you can start with your browser's search bar and type something like "imslp for 7 recorders." Scan through the search results and you'll see many results directing to the IMSLP site. Because this is not a common grouping, some of the search results will bring you to IMSLP pages with no music listed

(there's currently no music uploaded "for 7 recorders, arranged," or "for 7 recorders, continuo , arranged") but in my search results, the second listing leads to the IMSLP page, "for 7 recorders," with links to two pieces: a handwritten score for a Marcello sonata scored for a combination of instruments, including recorders and strings (eh - less useful), and a piece titled Ostinato a 7 by Victor Eijkhout, with a beautiful score and individual parts. The fourth result in my Google search is a link to the well-known Schmeltzer Sonata á 7 Flauti. Clicking on this link brings you to the IMSLP page, "7 recorders, continuo," with a single listing - the Schmeltzer Sonata. Clicking on the link for the sonata opens a page where you will see that there are two uploaded editions of this piece: the first is a scan of an old handwritten edition, but the second is a modern typeset edition by Ulrich Alpers, including a score and parts. Bingo! As recorder players, we're generally happy to borrow vocal music, too, and you'd be right in suspecting that there's a larger group of music written for 7 singers. So, our second stop is CPDL http://www.cpdl.org/, the Choral Public Domain Library. CPDL also has a full-featured internal search system (click on the link for "Multi-category Search"), but a Google search for "cpdl 7 part choral music" will get you directly to the CPDL page, "Category: 7-part Choral Music," from which you may choose from among 306 pieces of music (!), by specific voicing or title/composer. One minor hitch: choral music is usually presented in score format, and with 7 voices, there are going to be lots of page turns - no problem for singers, but difficult for instrumentalists. This brings us to our third stop: Partifi http://www.partifi.org/. Partifi is an online tool which is a wonderful replacement for the painful process of printing a score, cutting it into strips, and pasting the pieces to create individual parts. To use Partifi, you must have a .pdf score -

which is perfect, because scores that you download from IMSLP or CPDL will be in this format. There's no need to print or scan them prior to using Partifi - just remember where you saved the downloaded file! In fact, if you need to separate a score that you've found on IMSLP, you don't even have to download it: while in IMSLP, just hover over the "gear" icon at the right edge of the listing, and click on "Extract Parts." This will send the score to Partifi and open it, ready for editing.

I strongly suggest that you start with the "Help" menu on Partifi, and watch the short video tutorials on how to use the website. It's very easy, but the videos will help you to fully use the features. Once you understand the process, you can:

• upload your .pdf file, • use the online tools to separate the part lines, • name the voices (Soprano 1, Soprano 2, etc.),

and • add measure numbers at the beginning of

each line.

You can even combine parts (print both soprano lines on the same part, for instance), and adjust spacing on the page. Then, download and print your parts and you're ready to go. The whole process takes a few minutes, depending on the length of the piece - maybe 10 or 20 minutes from start to finish, once you're familiar with the process. Just remember that Partifi really is an exact substitute

for physical cut-and-paste. Partifi doesn't do anything to make your original score prettier, or clearer. If the bar lines in your score go from the top of the system to the bottom, through all the parts, you'll see these extend above and below the part line, just as if you had cut them with a scissors. But in addition to the convenience of doing this digitally rather than physically, Partifi gives you the ability to have some text appear in all parts (tempo markings, rehearsal letters, etc.), if these markings don't overlap with one of the lines of music. And, if you login to Partifi using your Facebook login, you can access your library of previously Partifi-ed scores. Otherwise, be sure to download and save them on your computer, or bookmark the online access link. Music problem solved - have fun playing!

- Ruth Seib, ARS Board member, Sarasota FL/Oakland

Reprinted from ARS NOVA email distribution.

The East Bay Recorder Society publishes The Mouthpiece. EBRS is a chapter of the American

Recorder Society and an affiliate of the San Francisco Early Music Society.

Please send information and photos for newsletter consideration to

mailto:EBRSnews@gmail.com

The deadline for the May issue is April 15, 2017

President: Susan Jaffe

Treasurer and Electronic Distribution:

Susan Merrill

Conductor Locator: Rachel Bradley

Newsletter Editors and Producers:

Carol Coon and Suzanne Siebert

Chapter Meeting Music: Linda Skory

Webmaster: Suzanne Siebert

Headlands Committee: Glen Shannon

(Coordinator); Merlyn Katechis

(Registration), Bill Stewart (Contract),

Patricia Wheeler (Publicity), Carol

Coon (Music)

Composer-in-Residence

/Secretary/Publicity/Librarian/: Glen

Shannon

Member Performances: Cindy Keune

One-day Workshop: Cindy Keune

and Jody Harcourt

Hospitality: Anna Lisa Kronman, Ray

White, Brenda Bailey

Members at Large: Britt Ascher, Kathy

Cochran, Brenda Bailey

David Barnett

Letitia Berlin www.tibiaduo.com

Tom Bickley

www.metatronpress.com/artists/tbickley/

Frances Blaker www.tibiaduo.com

Louise Carslake

www.sfems.org/musicsre-creation

Frances Feldon

Judy Linsenberg www.linsenberg.com

http://www.musicapacifica.org/

Rebecca Molinari

Hanneke van Proosdij www.hannekevanproosdij.com

East Bay Recorder Teachers

2016 – 2017

EBRS Board of Directors

presents the 2017

MARIN HEADLANDS WORKSHOPfor Recorders and Other Instruments

May 19-21, 2017 at YMCA Point Bonita Conference Center, MARIN HEADLANDS

A FULL WEEKEND OF MUSIC (intermediate to advanced levels) FEATURING:

Tish Berlin, Frances Blaker, Frances Feldon, Greta Haug-Hryciw Shira Kammen, Rebecca Molinari, and Derek Tam

an affiliate

of

SATurdAy PlAying Scheduleall instruments welcome everywhere

unless otherwise noted

TiMe BOThin rOOM

diScOVery rOOM

9:00 AM –

10:15

Tish Berlin Music from the court of

Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I (All Levels)

derek Tam Dufay’s

Missa L’homme armé (High Intermediate/Advanced)

10:30 AM –

11:45

derek Tam Selections from Hilton’s “Catch that Catch can”

(All Levels)

Tish Berlin Sweelinck,

the “Orpheus of Amsterdam” (High Intermediate/Advanced)

12:00 – 2:00 Lunch in the Dining Hall & Recreation Break

2:30 PM –

4:00

Frances Feldon 16th Century

Canzone & Ricercare 1 (All Levels)

rebecca Molinari Minimalism!

(High Intermediate/Advanced)

4:15 –

5:45

rebecca Molinari Chorales

Through Time (All Levels)

Frances Feldon 16th Century

Canzone & Ricercare 2(High Intermediate/Advanced)

6:00 – 7:00 Dinner in the Dining Hall (food served till 6:30)

7:15 –

10:00

greta haug-hryciw Schütz and Ladders:

Music to elevate your spirits (All Levels)

10:00 Rooms available for impromptu playing after hours

WEEKEND SCHEDULE

Friday Evening, May 195:00 PM-7:15 PM REGISTRATION and WELCOME PARTY

in the BOTHIN ROOM 6:00 PM Dinner in the Dining Hall

(food served till 6:30) NO ALCOHOL ALLOWED ON CAMPUS

7:30 PM-10:00 PM FRANCES BLAKER in the BOTHIN ROOM: “FRANCES’ FAvORITES”: Hassler, Lully, Bach

Saturday, May 207:00 AM Coffee & tea available in the Dining Hall7:45 AM-8:45 AM Breakfast served in the Dining Hall Registration for newcomers9:00 AM-10:00 PM See Saturday playing schedule (choice of sessions is completely voluntary)

Sunday, May 217:00 AM Coffee & tea available in the Dining Hall8:00 AM-8:30 AM Breakfast served in the Dining Hall9:00 AM-11:30 PM SHIRA KAMMEN in the BOTHIN ROOM:

“THE CACCIA” — 14th-c. Italian imitation12:00 PM Lunch served in the Dining Hall Fond Farewells!

PLEASE rEgiStEr bEFOrE MAY 1 Registrations will be taken as long as

space is available but could close sooner if workshop is full. Call for availability

if registering after May 1.

The 2017 Headlands Workshop FacultyTish Berlin teaches in California and at workshops around the country, including the Amherst Early Music Festival and the Oregon Coast Recorder Society Winds and Waves workshop.

She directs the Hidden Valley Early Music Road Scholar workshop, the San Francisco Early Music Society Music Discovery Workshop and several small workshops for Tibia Adventures in Music. Ms. Berlin performs with the Farallon Recorder Quartet, Bertamo Trio and the Sitka Trio.

Frances Blaker is active around the country performing, teaching, and writing the “Opening Measures” column in the American Recorder Magazine. She teaches

privately and at workshops throughout the United States, including the San Francisco Early Music Society Baroque Workshop, Port Townsend and Amherst Early Music. Ms. Blaker is the author of the acclaimed The Recorder Player’s Companion and a collaborator and performer on the Disc Continuo series of recordings. She regularly appears with Tibia, the Farallon Recorder Quartet, and Ensemble Vermillian, and has performed as a soloist in the United States and Europe.

Frances Feldon is quite sure she was a troubadour in a former life; in her present existence, she performs on baroque flute and recorder, and is a conductor, educator, and arranger. She has

performed with American Bach Soloists, California Bach Society, Sonoma Bach, Ensemble Mirabile, and in conjunction with the Berkeley Early Music Festival. Ms Feldon was a recipient of the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology recorder residency. She is music director of baroque/contemporary chamber music ensemble Flauti Diversi, and a principal conductor for The Barbary Coast Recorder Orchestra. She teaches recorder and baroque flute privately, at Albany adult school, is a regular conductor and faculty member at recorder workshops throughout North America, and has also taught at UC Davis, Indiana University and The Greenwood School in Mill Valley. She directed the San Francisco Early Music Society’s Recorder Workshop for nearly twenty years. Ms Feldon has conducted her recorder orchestra arrangements of Gershwin and Ellington classics at the international recorder festival “Les Journées de la Flûte à Bec” (Montreal) and again at the International Congress of Recorder Orchestras (Holland). She writes about jazz and pop recorder players for American Recorder. Ms Feldon recently released her CD of Joseph Bodin de Boismortier’s complete Opus 37 trio sonatas for baroque flute, viola da gamba and chamber organ, which is available on CDBaby. She is currently having a blast studying jazz and Arabic music.

greta haug-hryciw is a frequent conductor at ARS chapter meetings around the greater Bay Area, co-directs the Barbary Coast Recorder Orchestra, and is assistant director with the Mid-

Peninsula Recorder Orchestra. A San Francisco native with musical roots in the Bay Area Classical and Early Music scene that span three generations, she is delighted to have such an active part in our recorder community. She is a founding member of the local recorder ensemble SDQ and currently serves on the ARS Board of Directors. Greta is known for introducing recorder groups to some unusual repertoire. She enjoys working seriously on pieces, but keeps the instruction light, up-beat, and fun.

Shira Kammen has spent well over half her life exploring the worlds of early and traditional music. A member for many years of the early music Ensembles Alcatraz and Project Ars

Nova, and Medieval Strings, she has also worked with Sequentia, Hesperion XX, the Boston Camerata, the Balkan group Kitka, the King’s Noyse, the Newberry and Folger Consorts, the Oregon, California and San Francisco Shakespeare Festivals, and is the founder of Class V Music, an ensemble dedicated to providing music on river rafting trips. She has performed and taught in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Israel, Morocco, Latvia, Russia and Japan, and on the Colorado, Rogue, Green, Grande Ronde, East Carson and Klamath Rivers.

rebecca Molinari is known for her powerful sound and personality on stage coupled with praise for her phrasing and interpretation. Equally comfortable on the Recorder as well as the Baroque Oboe,

she completed her studies at McGill University in Montreal, Canada with Matthias Maute, Matthew Jennejohn, and Washington McClain. Rebecca has performed across the United States, Canada, Italy and China including the Montreal Baroque Festival, Montreal Recorder Festival and the Berkeley Early Music Festival. She has also taught at the SFEMS Music Discovery Workshop and as guest conductor for the Junior Recorder Society. In addition to her early music career, Rebecca has collaborated with several composers to write new works for Recorder and live electronics pushing the creative boundaries of the recorder to new heights.

derek Tam is in demand as a conductor and historical keyboardist, and performs regularly in the Bay Area and elsewhere. Praised for his “deft” conducting (San Francisco Chronicle), Recent

engagements include collaborations with Ars Minerva, Bay Pointe Ballet and Oakland Ballet. A specialist on historical keyboards, Tam has been lauded as “a master of [the harpsichord]” (San Francisco Classical Voice). In addition to performing as a soloist, Tam is a founding member and the harpsichordist of MUSA, a San Francisco-based Baroque ensemble. He has also served as principal keyboardist for the symphonies of Merced, Modesto, Napa Valley, Santa Rosa, and Santa Cruz.

The 2017 Headlands Workshop Faculty(continued)

The 2017 Headlands Workshop Class Descriptions (by conductor)

Tish Berlin - Sat. AM1. Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I

All LevelsHoly Roman Emperor Maximilian I (1459-1519) was a seminal figure in the arts, boasting a renowned musical establishment at his court. Among the many composers who worked for Maximilian are Jakob Regnart, Heinrich Isaac, Heinrich Finck, and Paul Hofhaimer. Revel in the glory of Maximilian’s court by playing music of all genres from the time, including tenorlieder, mass movements, motets and instrumental fantasies.

2. Sweelinck, the “Orpheus of Amsterdam” High Int/AdvancedJan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) straddled the end of the Renaissance and the beginning of the Baroque, and composed music for Catholic, Calvinist, and Lutheran liturgies, as well as secular music. He is best known today for his keyboard works, though he was a skilled composer for voices as well. This class will explore his beautiful and varied vocal works, including psalms, chansons, and madrigals

Frances Blaker - Fri. Night Frances’ Favorites

All LevelsKick off the weekend right! We’ll enjoy fabulous music including Ad Dominum by Leo Hassler, a Chaconne by Lully, and Contrapunctus III by JS Bach.

Frances Feldon - Sat. PM 16th Century Canzone & Ricercare

In Italian, canzona literally means “song”. The canzona is an instrumental form of the 16th and 17th centuries that was based on Franco-Flemish polyphonic songs (chansons), then later independently composed, eg the ensemble canzoni of Giovanni Gabrieli and the keyboard canzoni of Girolamo

Frescobaldi. It differs from similar forms called ricercare and fantasia with their lively, rhythmic material and separation into distinct sections. The canzona form influenced the later fugue.

1. Canzone & Ricercare 1 All Levels The All Levels class will feature fabulous

pieces by Gabrieli and “La Pompanazza” by Banchieri.

2. Canzone & Ricercare 2 High Int/Advanced

DIFFERENT SELECTIONS THAN ABOVE for more advanced players. The High Intermediate/Advanced class will feature music by Banchieri, Jacob Buus (1500-1565), Frescobaldi and Scheidt’s amazing and demanding “Nachbar Roland”.

greta haug-hryciw - Sat. Night Schütz and Ladders: Music to elevate

your spirits All LevelsClimb out of the evening blahs after a long day of music, with music referencing Jacob’s Ladder plus a rare non-liturgical Schütz piece. We’ll also enjoy some Russian music, a William Billings piece about Modern Music, and some other musical oddities that refer to ladders.

Shira Kammen - Sun. AM The Caccia

All Levels(caccia, Italian: “hunt,” or “chase”) One of the primary musical forms of the trecento, consisting of two voices in strict melodic imitation, and often of a non-canonic third part, made up of longer notes that underlay the imitative voices. Caccia texts often depicted scenes such as the hunt or marketplace, and horn calls, bird calls, shouts, and dialogue frequently animated the musical settings. Good wholesome fun!

The 2017 Headlands Workshop Class Descriptions cont’d (by conductor)

rebecca Molinari - Sat. PM1. Explore Minimalism

High Int/AdvancedMinimalism is a remarkable musical form: there may not be that many notes to play, but things can get tricky when you put it together with other people. Explore the world of modern recorder music with pieces by Frans Geysen, Matthias Maute, and more!

2. Chorales Through Time All LevelsImmerse yourself in chorales! Explore the rich textures and beautiful harmonies as we focus on intonation and ensemble skills. We will enjoy chorales from the time of J.S. Bach to the present. Recorders of all sizes and all playing levels welcome.

derek Tam - Sat. AM1. Dufay’s Missa L’homme armé

High Int/Advanced“L’homme armé” (The armed man) was one of the most popular tunes of the Renaissance, and it was also incorporated into over 40 known settings of the Mass ordinary. One of the most influential settings was by the Franco-Flemish composer Guillaume Dufay (c. 1397-1474), known throughout Europe for his mastery of the forms of the day, as well for his melodic and contrapuntal gifts.

2. Selections from “Catch that Catch can” All LevelsCatches (or rounds at the unison) were popular in England from the Renaissance through the 18th century. With lyrics ranging from the reverent to the bawdy, these tunes were sung by princes, paupers, and everyone in between. We’ll explore selections from John Hilton’s “Catch that Catch can”, which contains some of the most popular catches from the early 17th century.

Marin Headlands Workshop, May 19-21, 2017REGISTRATION FORM

❏ Check here if this is a change of address or phone from previous registrations

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Please register before May 1, 2017 BEFORE MAY 1 AFTER MAY 1 (space available)

$ Full Weekend (Friday - Sunday) $280 $290 2 nights lodging, dinner Friday, 3 meals Saturday, 2 meals Sunday, conference costs (including music and conductors).

$ Full Weekend, No Lodging (Friday - Sunday) $210 $220 Dinner Friday, 3 meals Saturday, 2 meals Sunday, conference costs (including music and conductors).

$ Partial Weekend (Friday-Saturday) $190 $200 1 night lodging, dinner Friday, 3 meals Saturday, conference costs (including music and conductors).

$ Partial Weekend (Saturday-Sunday) $190 $200 1 night lodging, 3 meals Saturday, 2 meals Sunday, conference costs (including music and conductors).

$ Saturday only $120 $130 3 meals Saturday, conference costs

(including music and conductors).

$ Donation Please indicate any additional amount you’d like to contribute for scholarships.$ Total — make check payable to “EBRS” and mail with this completed form to: Merlyn Katechis, 2923 Adeline Street, Berkeley, CA 94703

❑ I paid with PayPal on the EBRS Website[ ] Vegetarian meals, please. [ ] I am interested in being a mentor. Mentors volunteer to sit with less experienced players and help them play their parts.

Your cancelled check or PayPal receipt is your confirmation of registration. Full refund for cancellations before May 1, partial refund deducting expenses after that. Registrations will be taken only so long as space is available. For further information, contact Merlyn Katechis at 510-593-4679 or e-mail (preferred) merlynk@berkeleymusic.com

Please indicate your probable selections for Saturday (not binding, but we’d like a general idea)

an affiliate

of

AM 1:❍ Berlin 1: Emperor Maximilian (All levels)❍ Tam 1: Dufay’s L’homme armé (Hi Int/Adv)AM 2:❍ Berlin 2: Sweelinck (Hi Int/Adv)❍ Tam 2: Catch that Catch can (All levels)

PM 1:❍ Feldon 1: Canzone and Ricercare 1 (All levels)❍ Molinari 1: Minimalism (Hi Int/Adv)PM 2:❍ Feldon 2: Canzone and Ricercare 2 (Hi Int/Adv)❍ Molinari 2: Chorales Through Time (All levels)

regiSTer eArly!

PleASe regiSTer BeFOre MAy 1. Registration for the full weekend includes all meals through Sunday lunch. Saturday registration includes breakfast, lunch, dinner and evening play. You may attend whatever portion you wish. For further information about registering, contact Merlyn Katechis at 510-593-4679 or e-mail merlynk@berkeleymusic.com.

AccOMMOdATiOnS And OTher AcTiViTieSLodging at YMCA Pt. Bonita is dormitory style in semi-private rooms of 4-12 beds. Bring bedding, pillow, towel, soap, flashlight, and warm clothes. Pt. Bonita has a large, new Dining Hall with salad bar and vegetarian offerings on request. The location is up the hill from Headlands Institute, a short walk from Pt. Bonita Lighthouse and a spectacular overlook to the Pacific Ocean, Rodeo Beach and Lagoon, and San Francisco Bay. Rooms will be available for impromptu ensemble playing, so be sure to bring your own music. There will be time to relax and explore the many natural wonders of Marin Headlands.

PArKingThe main parking lot can accommodate 40 cars. Full-weekend participants are invited to move their cars to the side lot after registering and getting settled in, to help make room for later arrivals and partial-weekend participants.

neW: 5-MinuTe Tunnel ShOuld Be OPenDriving directions on the next page indicate the TUNNEL ROUTE, which is scheduled to re-open after repairs on May 5, 2017. Alternate route provided if it is still closed.

Point Bonita YMCA Outdoor Education Teacher Packet Page 21 of 29

PPPPoint Bonita YMCAoint Bonita YMCAoint Bonita YMCAoint Bonita YMCA DRIVING DIRECTIONSDRIVING DIRECTIONSDRIVING DIRECTIONSDRIVING DIRECTIONS

From South of the Golden Gate Bridge:From South of the Golden Gate Bridge:From South of the Golden Gate Bridge:From South of the Golden Gate Bridge: Going North on Highway 101 from San Francisco, cross the Golden Gate Bridge. Go past the Vista Point exit and take the Alexander Avenue exit. Bear right and proceed slowly for approximately 500 feet, take the first left to the Marin Headlands onto Bunker Road. Ahead, you will come to a one-way tunnel. You may have as much as a five-minute red light here. At the green, continue through the tunnel. Continue straight on Bunker Road for approximately 2 miles. After you see the horse stables on the left, continue around the corner and bear left onto Field Road. Follow the signs up the hill heading to the Point Bonita Lighthouse, Nike Missile Site, AYH Hostel, and the Point Bonita YMCA. The YMCA will be a little past the Nike Missile Site on the right. From North of tFrom North of tFrom North of tFrom North of the Golden Gate Bridge: he Golden Gate Bridge: he Golden Gate Bridge: he Golden Gate Bridge: Head South on 101 to the last Sausalito exit, Alexander Ave. (after the Waldo Tunnel and just before the bridge). At the exit stop sign, turn right and double back under 101 to a stop sign. Proceed slowly, after 500 feet, take the first left to the Marin Headlands onto Bunker Road. Ahead, you will come to a one-way tunnel. You may have as much as a five-minute red light here. At the green, continue through the tunnel. Continue straight on Bunker Road for approximately 2 miles. After you see the horse stables on the left, continue around the corner and turn left onto Field Road. Follow the signs up the hill heading to the Point Bonita Lighthouse, Nike Missile Site, AYH Hostel, and the Point Bonita YMCA. The YMCA will be a little past the Nike Missile Site on the right. From the East Bay:From the East Bay:From the East Bay:From the East Bay: Take 580 West towards San Rafael. Continue on 580 to the Richmond/San Rafael Bridge. ($5 portions toll) Take the Sir Francis Drake Blvd. exit off the bridge. Continue on Sir Francis Drake past San Quentin and the Larkspur Ferry Terminal to 101 South. Take the left ramp onto 101 South towards San Francisco. Continue on 101 to the last Sausalito exit, Alexander Ave. (after the Waldo Tunnel and just before the bridge). At the exit stop sign, turn right and double back under 101 to a stop sign. Proceed slowly, after 500 feet, take the first left to the Marin Headlands onto Bunker Road. Ahead you will come to a one-way tunnel. You may have as much as a five-minute red light here. At the green, continue through the tunnel. Continue straight on Bunker Road for approximately 2 miles. After you see the horse stables on the left, continue around the corner and bear left onto Field Road. Follow the signs up the hill heading to the Point Bonita Lighthouse, Nike Missile Site, AYH Hostel, and the Point Bonita YMCA. The YMCA will be a little past the Nike Missile Site on the right.

Point Bonita YMCA Environmental Education & Retreat Center,

A Branch of the YMCA of San Francisco

THINGS TO KNOW FOR VISITING GROUPS (Please copy and distribute)

LOCATION: Point Bonita YMCA Environmental Education & Retreat Center is located in the Marin Headlands

section of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA). We are on bluffs overlooking the Pacific

Ocean and San Francisco, 15 minutes from the Golden Gate Bridge.

FOOD/SNACKS: Meals will be provided during regular dining hall hours only. Coffee and tea is available

outside the dining hall from 7:00 am to 9:00 pm each day for residential guests only. Day-use guests

may purchase additional food and/or beverage services for an additional fee.

EMERGENCY INFORMATION: YMCA staff will be available at all times to assist during an emergency. Group

leaders will be provided information on how to get assistance, even during the night. National Park

emergency services—including Park Police, fire-fighters, and EMTs—are on duty, and will respond

promptly during an emergency. Call 911 or Park Emergency Dispatch at (415) 561-5656.

COMMUNICATIONS: Guests will not be immediately available by land-line phones in individual rooms. Most

cellular phones have some coverage, although not in all locations. Important phone numbers:

YMCA main office (M-F, 10 am – 5 pm): (415) 331-9622

Golden Gate Hall pay phone: (415) 332-9728

Farallon Hall pay phone: (415) 332-9743

SUGGESTED ITEMS TO BRING: (Weather is very unpredictable.)

Sleeping Bag/Linens Change(s) of Clothes Warm Jacket

Pillow w/pillow case 2 pairs of shoes Raincoat

Pajamas/Sweats Extra socks! Hat/Gloves

Towel & Wash-cloth Toiletries Soap/Shampoo

Sunscreen (#15 or higher) Sunglasses Flashlight

Day Pack Water Bottle Camera

Shower Shoes Padlock

Personal items such as toiletries are not available for sale on site. Purchase of such items can be

done in Sausalito, approximately 15 minutes away by car.

Mid-size lockers can be provided; however the YMCA assumes no responsibility for loss of or

damage to personal property; please do not bring unnecessary items of value. Alcoholic beverages, illegal

substances, fireworks, pets, and weapons (of any kind) are not allowed on the premises.

FURTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

1) We ask that everyone help keep the community by depositing trash and recyclables in appropriate

containers, cleaning up after yourself during meals, and straightening up your dormitory room on the

last day of your visit.

2) Point Bonita YMCA is a smoke-free campus. You may smoke offsite, but please deposit butts in

appropriate containers, and not in trash cans or on the ground.

3) Alcoholic beverages, illegal substances, fireworks, pets, and weapons (of any kind) are strictly

prohibited.

4) Please remember that you are sharing the YMCA with others. Respect the quiet hours of 10:00 pm to

7:00 am, and refrain from noisy activities until after breakfast.

5) If your group’s stay coincides with the visit of a school participating in Point Bonita YMCA’s Residential

Outdoor Education Program, ALL adults must shower before 7am, after 10pm, or possibly in the middle

of the day if the OE group is offsite. For shower times during quiet hours, please keep noise to a

minimum. You will be informed by YMCA staff if this applies to your group’s visit.

6) As visitors to a National Park, take the opportunity to explore the beauty and resources that are

available. Littering and removal or destruction of any Park resource is prohibited.

Point Bonita YMCA Outdoor Education Teacher Packet Page 28 of 29

Kiwanis Room

15

Discovery Room

North

Dining Hall

Main Entrance

Office

Field Road

Staff

Parking

32

1

4

Holsinger Room

6#

6

Resident Staff

Housing

(Private)

44 5

Guest

Parking

6

6

8

13

11

97

#

11

10

810

68

7

12

Campfire

Amphitheatre

Organic Garden

Kitchen

(Staff Only)

First Aid &

Restroom

South

Dining Hall

Lobby

4

Restroom

Entrance

4

6

4

234

Lobby

Restroom

4

7

Golden Gate Building: 66 7 #

7#

9

4

4

Bothin Room

11

Fire Alarm Pull Station

Number

of Beds

in Room

Tetherball

8

7

Meeting

Circle

Farallon Building:

Sports Court

(also Evacuation Site)

Volleyball Court

KEY

Point Bonita YMCA - Environmental Education, Meetings & Retreats

981 Fort Barry, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Sausalito, CA 94965

(415) 331-9622 www.pointbonitaymca.org

Meeting

Circle

Room

Number

6

(Map not to scale)

Fire Extinguisher

Emergency Phone

First Aid Kit

AED (A

utomatic External Defibulator)