SRS Monthly Meeting

The November program welcomes the Maple Forest Duo, otherwise known to us as Toni Ameslav and Nancy Gorbman. This is how they describe themselves:

We will play "mostly" music of French composers including Couperin and others. We have played and performed together in various groups - as a duet, in small ensembles and chamber groups - for nearly 10 years. We met in a class taught by Tish Berlin at one of the Port Townsend Early Music Workshops (Seattle Recorder Society sponsored workshop) and have played together fairly regularly ever since. We have performed 1-2 times per year with the New Baroque Orchestra as orchestra members and soloists. Toni has a background in flute performance as well as recorder and has studied with Kim Pineda for five years. Nancy studied piano and received a degree in Music History from the Univ. of Wash., then taught privately for a number of years. More recently, she founded and directed a small recorder workshop at the Kyuquot Inn on the west coast of Vancouver Island and is an SRS Board Member. The "Maple Forest Duo" has performed recently at the Kline Galland Home in Seattle and at the 2011 Arts in Nature Festival in West Seattle.

Vicki Boeckman will conduct the playing session in November. She is planning some musical surprises, so bring your recorders and be ready for the experience! Although she lives and teaches in Seattle, Vicki is known internationally as a recorder soloist with a flourishing career. She travels widely to perform and has made several recordings both as a soloist and with Wood’N’Flutes, a trio in which the other players are Danish.

American Recorder Society Festival 2012: The dates are July 5 – 8 and the location is Reed College in Portland. As a long-time member and former officer of the ARS, it’s my hope that all SRS members will join this national organization that has nurtured the growth of recorder playing for over 70 years. As details of the Festival become available, they will be posted in this column.