Saturday, Jan.21, 2012 playing session CANCELLED !
- go to Playing Sessions or Meeting Notices for session music and more info;
Workshop/Meeting Notices
Hello Members,
Hazardous weather conditions predicted to begin after midnight warrant our decision to cancel our playing session tomorrow morning, Saturday, January 21st.
I'm sure we're all disappointed. One might say that, when Mother Nature plays her Instruments of Wintry Weather, we are wise to listen.
Experience has shown that it doesn't work to reschedule a cancelled meeting. Thus, we will meet again at our next playing session on Saturday, February 18th ... weather permitting.
Special message to our fellow player F.P. who is presently in Sarasota FL: "Wish we were there!"Here is a radio program of note: The Crossing Choir: Works by Kile Smith will be aired on Sunday, January 22, on Philadelphia's radio station WRTI-FM (90.1): "Be sure to join us from 3:00 to 5:00 pm on Sunday, January 22nd, for a special treat -- concert broadcasts of the 24-voice chamber choir The Crossing, led by Donald Nally. This month, you’ll hear performances of Kile Smith’s Vespers (with Piffaro, the Renaissance wind band), Where Flames a Word, and The Waking Sun (with Tempesta di Mare)."
Sarah and I hope you may enjoy a morning to relax and sleep late.
Janice A. and your PRS Board of Directors
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A Very Happy New Year to You All!
At our January meeting [at Cathedral Village, Saturday, January 21, 10:00-noon], we will start to explore music by Italian composers of the Renaissance. We will also continue to work on the Menuets and Airs of Lully's Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme that we started with in November. Please find the complete repertoire list below.
I look forward to seeing all of you at our next meeting!
Sincerely,
Rainer Beckmann
- Gasparo Zanetti (fl. 1645)
Il Ballo De Colla (Bernstein, The Consort Collection Vol. I, p. 38)
Il Spagnoletto (Bernstein, The Consort Collection Vol. I, p. 38)
La Mantovana (Bernstein, The Consort Collection Vol. I, p. 39)
- Luca Marenzio (1553-1599)
Che Fa Oggi Il Mio Sole (Bernstein, The Consort Collection Vol. II, p. 26)
- Orazio Vecchi (1550-1605)
Coppia Reale (Dialogho a 8)
I will have the music of this piece for you at the meeting.
- Jean Baptiste Lully (1632 - 1687) Music from the Comedie-ballet Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, 1670
Airs - parts for
Soprano players who wish to play a less demanding part, please play the tenor line.
from ARS: 2012 Play-the Recorder Month -- Recorder players from across North America celebrate March as Play-the-Recorder Month. Many ARS chapters plan special concerts and presentations to illustrate the versatility and beauty of this wonderful instrument.
Recorder Day! -- The third Saturday in March, 3/17/2012, is designated Recorder Day!, when individuals and chapters around the world are encouraged to play David and Mark Fischer's original composition "Reverie."
Play-the-Recorder Month Membership Special
ARS holds a Membership Special during "Play-the-Recorder-Month". New members, or members who have lapsed for more than two years, may join the ARS for $35. That's a 25% savings off the normal price of $45.
Find everything you need for Play-the-Recorder Month here: http://www.americanrecorder.org/events/ptrm.htm
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from our PRS Board: PRS members are invited to participate in an after-playing-session Board Meeting on Saturday, March 17th, starting at noon with a light lunch. During the year many of our business questions are discussed and resolved in virtual gatherings online. An agenda will be sent to PRS members prior to the face-to-face meeting. Please consider joining us on March 17th.
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"Recorder Quartet Resounds in Philadelphia Subway"
Dubbing themselves the Suburban Station Quartet, four recorder players seated in the Philadelphia PA Suburban Station subway heralded the Christmas season by playing holiday favorites for busy commuters. They gathered on three Tuesdays and Thursdays in December from 3:00-5:00 PM, intending only to broadcast good spirits and promote the recorder. But when listeners started dropping money into a basket, the group expanded their mission and chose to donate their proceeds to Philabundance, the region’s largest hunger relief organization. The Quartet is sending a check for $424.00 accompanied by a letter stating their purpose: "... spreading good cheer for the season and raising money for a local non-profit organization." Downingtown resident John Gangwisch, who has performed solo stints at this site, arranged this event with Molly Garrett (Philadelphia PA), Melissa Thomson (Rydal PA), and Dick Weber (Trevose PA). All four players are members of the Philadelphia Recorder Society. PRS meets monthly and welcomes visitors who play the recorder. See www.PhiladelphiaRecorderSociety.org.
see photo below: from left: Dick Weber, tenor recorder; Melissa Thomson, alto recorder; Molly Garrett, soprano recorder; John Gangwisch, bass recorder.
or, watch the YouTube video:
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from Deborah Booth, professional recorder player in NYC and occasional leader of a PRS workshop: "For those of you who own an I Phone and/or iPad, here is some terrific information. Larry Poleshuk (friend and student) has designed an APP called Recorder Fingering. It’s really wonderful to use and costs only $2.99. Larry gives the primary fingering for each note with easy access to alternate fingerings and then trills – half tone and whole tone. The app is a great source and I highly recommend it. I’m certain he will be continually updating it and the updates are free."
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Recorders To Borrow: With great appreciation, we acknowledge the recent gifts of three recorders: From Dick Weber, a Yamaha curved-neck bass and a Tudor tenor. From Mary McCubbin, a Yamaha curved-neck tenor. These recorders are available for six-month loans to members who would like to try out instruments. The bass is currently on loan until March 2012. Please contact Sarah West [west.sarah@comcast.net] to sign up.
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UPCOMING WORKSHOPS:
March 24, 2012 (Saturday): Princeton Recorder Society Spring Workshopin Princeton NJ -- Alison Hankinson and Anna Laufenberg are putting together another great workshop. Alison has lined up stellar conductors, including Rainer Beckman, Wendy Powers, Richie Henzler, Deborah Booth and Daphna Mor. Registration opens in January.
June 9, 2012 (Saturday): Seventh Annual Central PA Early Music Festival -- at Mellinger Mennonite Church, Lancaster PA. More information on the festival is forthcoming in February 2012.
October (?), 2012 (Saturday): Philadelphia Recorder Society
ARS 2012 Meeting To Be Held in Washington D.C.: ARS will go to Washington D.C. for their annual meeting in the fall of 2012. The Washington D.C. Recorder Society will host the meeting. In response to the ARS request to PRS, there were a number of us who offered to help host their meeting, so please be advised that we will not be undertaking this task.
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PRS October 1st, 2011 Workshop Review: The following article, submitted to ARS for publication in the next issue of "American Recorder," says it all (and please see three photos below):
Tom Zajac led the October 1st, 2011, Workshop of the Philadelphia Recorder Society at Cathedral Village Retirement Community, Philadelphia.
Because Tom was in Philadelphia to perform with Piffaro in their first concert on this year's series, the PRS workshop theme he chose, "Music in the New World," echoed Piffaro's musical theme, "Spanish Pipers in the New World."
About their concert, Piffaro wrote: "Nearly 200 years after its discovery and conquest by the conquistadors, the New World (today's Central and South America), was a thriving amalgam of Old World cultures combined with the varied indigenous peoples of the region. Throughout the 17th Century, many great composers were drawn to the New World and taught the native people to play instruments and dance. Spanish composers like Gaspar Fernandes drew inspiration from the vast culture surrounding them, and over time developed a unifying sound that defined the New World. The indigenous people of the Americas became wonderful purveyors of music, both in practice and instrument-making. This concert is an all-instrumental homage to the music of Spain that was brought from the Old World, interspersed with music that was developed in the New World."
This description could also apply perfectly to our Saturday workshop, in which we played through an abundant collection of New World pieces with European, Indigenous and even African influences, arranged in three to five parts and also including three double-choir pieces of eight parts each. Tom made the unusual rhythms and sounds characteristic of this music enjoyable for the twenty-five participants.
Comments from the group include these insights: "He chose the music well: some easily within everyone's range and some to grow on." ... "I'm grateful to Tom Zajac for guiding us to the New World. I was amazed and even awed to find the fact that music traveled to new lands with people and that it assimilated marvelously with the natives' music. What a beautiful, peaceful and interesting evolution it is!" ... "Tell Tom the music was especially interesting and fun to play. He's a first class leader and teacher, and very patient with us!"
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[A complete collection of the Workshop feedback comments is available by reply-request.]
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UPCOMING WORKSHOPS:
March 24, 2012 (Saturday): Princeton Recorder Society Spring Workshopin Princeton NJ -- Alison Hankinson and Anna Laufenberg are putting together another great workshop. Alison has lined up stellar conductors, including Rainer Beckman, Wendy Powers, Richie Henzler, Deborah Booth and Daphna Mor. Registration opens in January.
June 9, 2012 (Saturday): Seventh Annual Central PA Early Music Festival -- at Mellinger Mennonite Church, Lancaster PA. More information on the festival is forthcoming in February 2012.
October (?), 2012 (Saturday): Philadelphia Recorder Society
ARS 2012 Meeting To Be Held in Washington D.C.: ARS will go to Washington D.C. for their annual meeting in the fall of 2012. The Washington D.C. Recorder Society will host the meeting. In response to the ARS request to PRS, there were a number of us who offered to help host their meeting, so please be advised that we will not be undertaking this task.
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PRS October 1st, 2011 Workshop Review: The following article, submitted to ARS for publication in the next issue of "American Recorder," says it all (and please see three photos below):
Tom Zajac led the October 1st, 2011, Workshop of the Philadelphia Recorder Society at Cathedral Village Retirement Community, Philadelphia.
Because Tom was in Philadelphia to perform with Piffaro in their first concert on this year's series, the PRS workshop theme he chose, "Music in the New World," echoed Piffaro's musical theme, "Spanish Pipers in the New World."
About their concert, Piffaro wrote: "Nearly 200 years after its discovery and conquest by the conquistadors, the New World (today's Central and South America), was a thriving amalgam of Old World cultures combined with the varied indigenous peoples of the region. Throughout the 17th Century, many great composers were drawn to the New World and taught the native people to play instruments and dance. Spanish composers like Gaspar Fernandes drew inspiration from the vast culture surrounding them, and over time developed a unifying sound that defined the New World. The indigenous people of the Americas became wonderful purveyors of music, both in practice and instrument-making. This concert is an all-instrumental homage to the music of Spain that was brought from the Old World, interspersed with music that was developed in the New World."
This description could also apply perfectly to our Saturday workshop, in which we played through an abundant collection of New World pieces with European, Indigenous and even African influences, arranged in three to five parts and also including three double-choir pieces of eight parts each. Tom made the unusual rhythms and sounds characteristic of this music enjoyable for the twenty-five participants.
Comments from the group include these insights: "He chose the music well: some easily within everyone's range and some to grow on." ... "I'm grateful to Tom Zajac for guiding us to the New World. I was amazed and even awed to find the fact that music traveled to new lands with people and that it assimilated marvelously with the natives' music. What a beautiful, peaceful and interesting evolution it is!" ... "Tell Tom the music was especially interesting and fun to play. He's a first class leader and teacher, and very patient with us!"
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[A complete collection of the Workshop feedback comments is available by reply-request.]
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