The next playing session will be Friday, October 21st, 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.
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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
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Message from our Guest Conductor...
Hey folks,
Here we are again for another rousing and jazzy PRS reading session. I'll start by saying this has been a very interesting first year with my baby son. He is almost walking!. It is interesting learning to keep up with your young child. It keeps you on your toes!
Anyway, with kid in mind, I just turned 41 and I am working very hard to sort out my meandering career. Am I a jazzer, early musician, or modern symphonic player? Am I a trombonist, recorderist, composer, teacher, or just a dad with too many musical hobbies? Well! Maybe I am all of them, but not a composer. This is a life conundrum. However, I have been throwing around ideas and been trying to write because I think that there needs to be more accessible and published jazz and contemporary music for recorders. I didn't make it this time, but I hope to have the next time I come, a few NEW pieces.... just not this time. Maybe like me, you will look forward to it in a year.
This time though, I have a few more Stan Davis tunes that are very good. I have been enjoying getting to know his arrangements and every one of them has something to keep the ensemble grooving along. They are so fun! The three that I have picked this time are ones you might have heard of: Singin' In The Rain, Handful of Keys, and Hallelujah - a Vincent Youmans tune from his 1927 show Hit the Deck. Handful Of Keys, just in case you are not aware, is another Fats Waller tune which has a couple of serious tunes in it that keep the top three lines busy. But hey, the basses don't get off easy! They have to practically carry the weight of the whole song. In other words, they also stay very busy. The syncopation in this tune is plentiful but the flow feels very natural. That is the first part of the fun! Next, Hallelujah has two sections and will challenge your time feel a bit. This is a very different style of tune from Handful but still just as playful and just as fun. The last tune, Singin' In The Rain, will be our latin tune for this session. It is in the beguine style and will constantly keep you stretching. Halelujah and Handful Of Keys are both AATB and Singin' is SATB.
All right, enough for now. You all be good now and I'll see you next Friday at the school.
Bryce
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| Upcoming Playing Sessions | |
October 21st - Bryce Peltier, conducts
November 18th - Vicki Boeckman conducts
December 16th - Phil Neuman conducts
January 20th - Vicki Boeckman conducts
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Web Link of the Month (send YOUR suggestions to newsletter@portlandrecordersociety.org)
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www.groups.yahoo.com Search "recorder" and you'll find a very well established discussion list about recorder playing. If you sign up to become a member of the group, you will receive posts from recorder players all over the world. I recommend setting preferences to a daily digest form, so your inbox doesn't become flooded with individual posts. The archive is also useful to search if you have questions that have likely been discussed before. |
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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!
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| Bringers of Snacks, Hear Ye, Hear Ye!
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We'll send around that sign up sheet again. October had no signers, so sadly, there will be no snacks....
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| Upcoming Events
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The Toronto Consort: The Da Vinci Codex - Vocal works, dances and fantasias from the time of Leonardo de Vinci. Thursday, October 13th, 2011, 8pm. Location: St. Anne's Chapel, Marylhurst University, on Hwy 43 just south of Lake Oswego. Admission $20; for tickets go to www.marylhurst.edu/torontoconsort
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Catherine Olson and Hideki Yamaya: How to Woo a Woman: A 17th-Century Guide. Lute songs from early 17th-century England and Italy on the subject of finding, winning, and losing love. The concert will include pieces by Campion, Dowland, Caccini, d'India, Monteverdi, and Peri. Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011, 4pm. Community Music Center, 3350 SE Francis St., Portland, OR 97202. Suggested donation $12 general/ $9 seniors and students --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Oregon Renaissance Band Christmas/New Years Concerts 2011 are scheduled for Thursday Dec. 29 at 7:30pm, Friday Dec. 30 at 7:30pm, and Saturday Dec. 31 at 2pm. All at the Community Music Center, 3350 SE Francis, Portland, OR 97202. Directed by Philip and Gayle Neuman. Musicians: David Bryan, Sharon Cheney, Daphne Clifton, Ben Fitch, Lori Fitch, Polly Gibson, Andrew Harris, Kathy Langley, Cindy Markham, Kathryn Richer, and Hideki Yamaya. Voices and instruments including recorders, violin, viols, lute, sackbutts, racketts, corna musen, and others. |
| ARS Festival in Portland, Oregon! | |
The Recorder: Past, Present & Future.
July 5-8, 2012
Reed College, Portland, Oregon
· 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
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| Recorder Workshop in Switzerland, Sept. 2012
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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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| Classified Ads
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For Sale: 415 Prescott Bressan alto recorder. Handmade out of boxwood in 2004. Revoiced by Prescott himself in Aug. 2008. Excellent condition, plays easily, used in many recitals. Price reduced to $1300.
Contact Zoe Tokar: tabbycatz@comcast.net
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For Sale: Matched set of 5 Zenon recorders, SSATB - with the sopranino and soprano in Camilla wood, the alto in pear, and the tenor and bass in cherry. The instruments are in perfect condition. I no longer have the boxes, but use a custom padded roll-up bag for all of my instruments. I also have assorted sheet music for solo, duet, trio, as well as 4 and 5 part arrangements. There is also an oak wall mount as seen in the picture. Please contact Perry EauClaire at perryjoni@kalama.com or call:(360) 261-3163. 
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