Portland Recorder Society September Newsletter

Vol.5 No. 1

September, 2011

The next playing session will be Friday, September 23rd, 2011 at 7:30pm.

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.

Links

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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.

Vicki Boeckman

Phil Neuman

Gayle Neuman

Kim Pineda

Bryce Peltier

Come play music with us! September 23rd (fourth Friday) at 7:30pm, Kennedy School Community Room.

PRS and ARS

Greetings and welcome to the fifth season of the Portland Recorder Society! I know your summer was a busy one, what with the Portland Recorder Orchestra at all the Sunday Parkways events, the Holborne Chicken marathon, summer music festivals, and all that practicing you did! This season promises to be exciting as well; we'll welcome a couple new conductors, enjoy socializing at the Columbia Gorge Early Music Retreat, and host the prestigious ARS Festival. Let us know what other activities or opportunities you'd like to see happen, and/or contact us to volunteer your time!

Spread the word! Anyone who plays recorder, strings, or soft renaissance reeds is welcome to come play at the monthly recorder orchestra sessions on third Fridays of the month (normally). September's session is delayed to accommodate our beloved music director, Vicki Boeckman, who is returning from her musical exploits in Denmark a few days earlier. I hear rumors that she is recording a new CD with her recorder ensemble, Wood 'N' Flutes.

Are you interested in past PRS newsletter content? Don't forget, we now have a Constant Contact archive! We have newsletters going back to the 2008 season! You can access the archive from our website, the menu to the left, or just follow this link:

PRS Newsletter Archive

Hope to see you soon!

Zoe Tokar

PRS chair

Upcoming Playing Sessions

September 23rd (FOURTH FRIDAY) - Vicki Boeckman conducts
October 21st - Bryce Peltier, conducts
November 18th - Vicki Boeckman conducts
December 16th - Phil Neuman conducts

ARS Festival in Portland, Oregon!

ARS logo

The Recorder: Past, Present & Future.

July 5-8, 2012

Reed College, Portland, Oregon

Enjoy three days of:

· Concerts · Recorder Orchestra · Master classes · Ancient Greek music · Coaches playing sessions · Training in improv, ornamentation & more · Jam sessions · Performance practice · World music · Teacher methodology · Chapter sessions and round table discussions ·

For more information, go to: americanrecorder.org

Web Link of the Month (send YOUR suggestions to newsletter@portlandrecordersociety.org)

Spotify.com

This is a new music listening service online. It is definitely worth checking out as the classical library is enormous and it's interface quite intuitive if you're used to using iTunes. Really easy and fun to share tracks with friends. Good search functions to find new artists as well. Fair warning...the ads on the free version are obnoxious, but I think it is still worthwhile and would consider paying $5/month for ad-free, or $10/month to listen on my smartphone as well.

We need YOU as a PRS Member!

Membership dollars pay our conductors, the Community Room rental fee, and sheet music copying costs. Please support our efforts to create a fun and educational non-profit organization!

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, or pick one up at the next playing session. Please make checks out to "Portland Recorder Society". You may mail your check and form if you choose to our treasurer, Robin Teitzel 9385 NW Murlea Lane, Portland, OR 97229.

If you are not a member, drop-in fees are $10 per playing session; your very first visit is free to try us out!

	Bringers of Snacks, Hear Ye, Hear Ye!
We'll send around that sign up sheet anew! If there are no signers, sadly, there will be no snacks...and what a pity that would be.

Upcoming Events

PRS members are welcome to submit recorder/early music related items for this column. Deadline is 7 days prior to the next PRS playing session. Submit events to: newsletter@portlandrecordersociety.org.
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Early Music Guild of Oregon Early Music Workshop - Early French and American Music: Saturday & Sunday, September 17 & 18, 2011. For intermediate and advanced players of recorders, early reeds and strings. Features music by Le Jeune, Loeillet, Billings, Hewitt, C. Pachelbel, and many others. Location: Oregon City, OR near Carver. For more information contact neuman@emgo.org.

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The Sackbutts of the Oregon Renaissance Band - Sackbutts and other renaissance instruments, voice, and trombones - Wednesday, September 28, 2011, 1:15pm. St. Anne's Chapel, Marylhurst University, south of Lake Oswego on Highway 43. Music by Heinrich Isaac, Pierre de la Rue, and some 20th century works for trombone quartet. Admission free.

Recorder Workshop in Switzerland, Sept. 2012

MEDIEVAL CROSSROADS OF EUROPE MUSIC WORKSHOP: SEPTEMBER 24TH - OCTOBER 1ST 2012

JOIN US FOR AN INTENSIVE SEVEN DAY RECORDER WORKSHOP IN SWITZERLAND. AMONG THE DIVERSE MUSICAL STYLES RANGING FROM MEDIEVAL TO RENAISSANCE TO BAROQUE AND BEYOND, THE WORKSHOP WILL ALSO FEATURE MUSIC THAT REFLECTS THE MEDIE-VAL HISTORY AROUND THE LAKE CONSTANCE REGION WHERE IT WILL BE HELD.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED RECORDER PLAYERS BUT VOICES, VIOLA DA GAMBAS, AND DOUBLE REEDS ARE WELCOME AS WELL.
APART FROM INTENSE MUSIC MAKING IN SMALL GROUPS AND LARGE ENSEMBLE, WE WILL EXPLORE THE REGION'S HISTORY, TAKE TRIPS TO MEDIEVAL TOWNS AND VILLAGES, ENJOY LOCALLY FOCUSED ORGANIC VEGETARIAN SWISS HOSPITALITY, AND ENGAGE IN ALL SORTS OF MERRYMAKING.

THE COMBINATION OF INTENSE MUSICAL WORK, THE BEAUTIFUL AND HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT SURROUNDINGS, SWISS HOSPITALITY AND SUPERB FACULTY WILL SURELY CREATE AN EXPERIENCE OF A LIFE-TIME.

OUR FACULTY FEATURES FOUR OF THE MOST BELOVED AND ACCOMPLISHED TEACHERS: VICKI BOECKMAN, GAYLE NEUMAN, PHILIP NEUMAN, AND CLEA GALHANO.

THE COST OF THE WORKSHOP IS $1650. THE PRICE INCLUDES LODGING, THREE MEALS A DAY, INSTRUCTION AND PLANNED EXCURSIONS.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING AND WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE DETAILED INFORMATION AND/OR REGISTRATION FORM, PLEASE CONTACT ESTHER SAULLE-SIMEK at esthersaulle@yahoo.com.

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