CALL FOR RECORDER TEACHERS: We are trying to identify recorder teachers who would like to be listed in our newsletter and on our website. Requests for instruction and support in learning the recorder come from both beginning and experienced players. If you would like to be listed with us, please tell us of the levels of players you would like to work with and include your telephone number, e-mail address and street address. (Sometimes, your location makes a difference to those inquiring.) Please e-mail your information to pcs.srs@gmail.com.
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We welcome back the members of the Trinity Consort to provide our March program. This will be part of a larger program they plan to present during April. Jo Baim, director of the consort, offers the following description:
Members of the Trinity Consort will present a program of music for recorders and voice. Larry Stark, Tomo Morita, Peggy Monroe, Molly Seibert, and Jo Baim will present favorite pieces by Josquin, Senfl, and Wonhart. Two pieces from their April concert at Trinity Church will also be featured -- Weelkes' Cease Sorrows Now, and a set of fun variations on Les Bouffons. The April concert, Chromatic Fantasy Island, will take you on a tour of music that...well...wanders around a bit harmonically. The Consort hopes you'll join them, and promises to set you back on solid harmonic ground before sending you home! (Trinity Parish, April 25, 1:30 p.m., in the Church)
The playing session will feature two overtures by Henry Purcell, both multi-movement works. The overture to Hail, Bright Cecilia, also known as the Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day (1692), has several movements, and my arrangement includes parts for sopranino as well as drums. The other overture is from his opera, King Arthur (1691). Purcell is one of the giants of the baroque period, but one that we seldom play because of the abundance of continental music from this period. This will be an opportunity to experience both the brilliance and the harmonic daring of one of England’s giants.
Recorder Orchestra: Wednesday rehearsals start March 17 at 8:00 p.m. We need lead time in order to prepare materials for each player. If you plan to play in the orchestra but have not registered yet, now is the time to do so. Please be in touch with Richard Ginnis, our treasurer, to let him know that you intend to play. We need to receive all applications by Thursday, March 11, but it would help our planning if you could let us know your plans earlier than that. Although the fee is listed as $65, the SRS will be flexible in these difficult times. Pay what you can. No one will be denied membership because of finances. If you have lost your registration form, you can download another one by clicking here.
Board meeting: The final SRS board meeting is on Monday, March 22 at 7:30 p.m.
Peter Seibert, conducting
Purcell Overtures
Recorders Si,SATB + big basses
