The next playing session will be Friday, January 15th, 2010 at 7:30pm.
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Be ready to play at 7:30pm in the Community Room of the Kennedy School, 5736 NE 33rd Ave., Portland, OR. Bring music stands and stand lights if you have them. For more information, go to our website.
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All our professional coaches are available for private lessons and ensemble coaching.
Please contact them directly for scheduling at the links below.
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Vicki Boeckman
Eileen Hadidian
Phil Neuman
Gayle Neuman
Kim Pineda
Bryce Peltier
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The King Küng Quartet is excited to
perform for PRS at it's January session. Its Seattle-based members are David Lawrence,
Molly Warner, Bill Stickney, and David Solet. All the members lead busy
lives in diverse professions other than music, their common bond being
the joy of playing great music on beautiful instruments.
King Küng specializes in sonorous
low-consort music played on tenor, "little" bass, great bass and
contrabass (over 6 feet tall), performed mostly with Küng Superio
instruments that blend well. Our Portland program includes a mix of
Renaissance and contemporary pieces, and we hope you enjoy it as much
as we do. See you soon! David, David, Molly, and Bill
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January 15th - Vicki Boeckman conducts
February 19th - Kim Pineda (Eugene, OR) conducts
March 19th - Vicki Boeckman conducts
April 2-5 - Columbia Gorge Early Music Retreat!
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Notes from our Music Director
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Greetings
everyone! I hope you have settled comfortably into the new year. May you all
have a year filled with lots of beautiful music, joy, and personal fulfillment.
Our New Year's
session will start with a short performance by Seattle's fabulous King Küng
quartet, so please arrive early enough so that you can be unpacked and in your
seats by 7:30. The members of King Küng will stay to play with us, so we will
have an abundance of lush basses.
For the
playing I would like to focus on J. S. Bach and his contemporaries. We will start
off by celebrating the 350 year anniversary of Alessandro Scarlatti's birth
with his 4 part Exultate Jubilate then segueway into a couple of versions of
the lovely hymn Befal du dine veje. The original melody of Befal du dine veje was
composed by Hans Leo Hassler and will be familiar to you all. Bach uses the
tune in the St. Matthew Passion and in many of the chorales in his church
cantatas. One of the most original settings that I'd like to share with you is
by the Danish jazz bassist, Niels Henning Řrsted Pedersen, or NHOP. We will end
the evening with an exciting arrangement of the last movement of Bach's 4th
Brandenburg concerto.
All Recorder
sizes from Soprano down to Contra will be needed, and all sizes of viols are
most welcome. Buzzies will not be needed for this session.
I am looking
forward to seeing you all again.
Vicki
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Clef Notes - The December PRS session in Review |
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This column needs volunteer writers...all styles, any point of view. Please contact Zoe at pdxrecorders@comcast.net or let me know at the next playing session!
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Web Link of the Month
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http://www.recorder-fingerings.com/en/index.php
This website is a comprehensive resource for recorder fingerings. Specific instrument makers, different sizes, different historical periods...all are categorized here! And probably more information than you ever wanted to know!
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Thank you Volunteers!
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Thank
you to all who signed up to bring snacks for enjoyment after our
playing sessions. We still have more slots to fill to keep our stomachs full! The sign-up sheet will go around AGAIN this month. Here's the friendly reminder to Donna Kegan and Jeanne Lynch - you're on for January 15th. Simple and healthy is ideal: juice, fruit, crackers, cheese, etc.
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We Need Your Membership!
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Portland Recorder Society membership includes:
~monthly playing sessions (Sept-May) coached by professionals
~Discount to Columbia Gorge Early
Music Retreat
~Monthly e-mail newsletters
~Networking opportunities with
like-minded musicians
Yearly dues are $40, additional donations welcomed and are tax deductible. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization!
Click HERE for a link to our membership registration form.
If you are not a member, drop-in fees are $10 per playing session; your very first visit is free to try us out!
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Upcoming Events
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PRS members are welcome to submit recorder/early music related items for this section. Deadline is 7 days prior to the next PRS playing session. Submit to pdxrecorders@comcast.net
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Friday, Jan. 29, 2010, 7:30PM 'The Ancestors of the Guitar'
Hideki Yamaya, Renaissance lute, vihuela, and Baroque guitar
Featuring the music of 16th-18th centuries from England, France, Italy, and Spain
The
guitar, one of the most common and beloved of instruments, has had a
varied and interesting history. In its 500+ years in existence, it's
been everywhere, and it has some fascinating stories to tell... stories
that most people don't know about. In this concert that aims to both
educate and entertain, Portland guitarist and lutenist Hideki Yamaya
will perform on historical replicas of a Renaissance lute, a vihuela,
and a Baroque guitar, all of which are beautiful both visually and
sonically. A Q&A session to follow the performance. A fascinating
presentation not to be missed!
The Little Church 5138 NE 23rd Ave.
Portland, OR
Admission: $12 general / $9 students and seniors
Mattias Maute Masterclass in Lincoln City! Thursday, March 11, 2010. 10am-Noon at the Sitka Center outside Lincoln City, OR. Participants and auditors welcome. Fees are $60 for participants and $10 for auditors. Registration and more information will be available soon at www.sitkacenter.org or contact the Oregon Coast Recorder Society at the link below. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our friends, the Oregon Coast Recorder Society, has a new website! Please visit http://www.coastrecorder.org/index.htm to see what your neighbors are up to!
"Vivaldi's Flauto Dolce"Mattias Maute with Portland Baroque Orchestra: Fri, Mar 12 & Sat, Mar 13 at 7:30pm (First Baptist); Sun, Mar 14 at 3:00pm (Reed).
In
Vivaldi's time, there were two kinds of
flutes - the transverse, held like the modern flute - and the "sweet
flute," or flauto dolce in Italian, which we call the recorder. Guest
soloist Matthias Maute from Germany will
explore the sweet tones of this ancient instrument
while dazzling us with some of the 18th century's most virtuoso
instrumental music. Monica will astonish us in turn with one of
Vivaldi's most bravura violin concertos, Il Grosso Mogul. |
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Classified Ads
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PRS members are welcome to submit recorder/early music related items for these ads. Deadline is 7 days prior to the next PRS playing session. Submit to pdxrecorders@comcast.net
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No items this month. But it is worthwhile to say that almost every instrument advertised in this space has found a new home!!
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