SBRS News and Announcements

January 2012

January Meeting

Hanneke van Proosdij will be returning to South Bay to direct our first chapter meeting of 2012 at 7:30 PM on Friday, January 13th, in the Choir Room of San Jose Congregational Church, Hanneke performs regularly as soloist and continuo specialist and is principal early keyboard player with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Festspiel Orchester Goettingen and Voices of Music. She has appeared regularly with Hesperion XX, Concerto Palatino, Magnificat, American Bach Soloists, Concerto Koln, Chanticleer, Orchestre dAmbronnay, Gewandhaus Orchester, and the Arcadian Academy. She received her solo and teaching diplomas from the Royal Conservatory in The Hague where she studied recorder, harpsichord and composition.

Together with her husband David Tayler, Hanneke cofounded and codirects Voices of Music. With over seven million viewers worldwide, Voices of Music is the most popular Early Music ensemble in the United States. Hanneke is a cofounder of the Junior Recorder Society in the East Bay and directs, together with Rotem Gilbert, the SFEMS Recorder Workshop. She has recorded over fifty discs for Magnatune, BIS, Koch, Musica Omnia, Carus, AVIE and Delos. Hanneke teaches recorder at UC Berkeley and has been guest professor at Stanford, Oberlin, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, University of Wisconsin and the University of Vermont.

Hanneke writes: "The renaissance has always had a special place in my heart. We will enjoy four master pieces from Germany, Spain, England, and Italy written by the best of the best.

I have included instrumentation after each piece. We will not need big basses, but there are two pieces without sopranos, so I’d like people to be aware of that. Looking forward to seeing you all soon!" Hanneke President’s Message

Our Holiday Party at Georgiana Rudge's was grand! Her friend, Bob, played the cello and Laura brought a nice collection of holiday music which featured some nice bass parts. The food was good with a great variety of cheeses and baked goods. Thank you, Georgiana for hosting.

We look forward to 2012 with our wonderful guest conductors. In January we welcome Hanneke van Proosdij. Do join us the second Friday of month. Start practicing for the Members' night on March 9th. It is always a highlight of the year. See you on January 13th.

Lois Ario and Rick and I attended a free concert by the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra. "I like Ludwig" was the theme. This all-Beethoven concert consisted of: the Overture to Coriolan, Op 62; the Symphony #2 in D Major, Op. 36; and the Violin Concerto in D major, Op 61. Robin Sharp, the concertmaster, was soloist for the Concerto. The conductor Benjamin Simon also described the pieces very well! It was a superb concert! The San Francisco Chamber Orchestra believes strongly that classical music need not be boring, stuffy or expensive. Since 1953 they have performed over 700 admission-free concerts. Their next concert will feature Bach's Goldberg Variations for String Orchestra (as arranged by Dmitry Sitkovetsky). It will be held at St Mark's Episcopal Church in Palo Alto, Saturday Feb. 25 at 8pm, as well as performances Feb. 24 in San Francisco, and Sunday afternoon Feb. 26 in Berkeley. To obtain tickets contact web site sfchamberorchestra.org Liz Brownell

HARPER’S HALL at St. Joseph’s Cathedral. South Bay member Margaret More also plays harp with a group of Celtic harp players, Harper’s Hall, who presented a concert as part of St. Joseph’s Season of Hope series. The program for the evening included

DEANZA CIRCLE AT THE SAN JOSE LIBRARY: On the afternoon of December 10th, DeAnza Circle – Anne-Marie Wiggers, Margaret More, Adelheid Levi, Laura Gonsalves, Fidele Galey, and Liz Brownell played seasonal recorder music at the West San Jose Branch Library. Anne-Marie’s husband, Hans, used his cell phone to make a video which you can view by clicking on this link: http://www.youtube.com/user/HansWiggers

The San Francisco Recorder Society (ARS chapter and SFEMS Affiliate) will be presenting its winter concert at 2:00 PM Sunday, January 15 at Christ Church Lutheran in San Francisco’s Sunset District.

We produce a concert each year for two reasons: because we love to play music together, of course, but also to help sustain the chapter and pay our professional conductors for each month’s meetings. This year we have decided to donate half of our proceeds to this wonderful church, without whose help we would not have a place to meet, perform and hold our workshops.

As always, we will have guest musicians who are not necessarily recorder players, so there will be plenty of variety. Our theme this year is "Love Stories." (See flyer/poster attached.)

We sincerely hope you will come to fill the seats, hear the unusual music the performers have chosen and help support the chapter as well as the church. Please share this announcement and flyer with your friends, family, neighbors, fellow members of your organizations – whether or not they happen to be musicians. All are invited to attend the reception following the concert.

For directions to the church:

http://www.christchurchlutheran.org/ctc_main.shtml

For any other information, please contact me by phone or by email. See you at the concert. And Thank you! Greta Haug-Hryciw President, SFRS (415) 377-4444 gr8asf@yahoo.com

January 13th – Chapter meeting at 7:30 PM in the Choir Room of First Congregational

Hanneke van Proosdij directs.

January 15th – Concert – San Francisco Recorder Society - see inside.

January 21st – MPRO Workshop with Glen Shannon – see inside

February 10th – Chapter meeting – David Hogan Smith directs.

Newsletter Editor: Laura Gonsalves

4946 Manitoba Drive, San Jose, CA 95130

e-mail: lauraagonsalves@yahoo.com

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