rogram: The March 4 SRS Pro-

gram will feature Big Byrds, an

ensemble of large recorders,

mostly made up of tenors,

basses, and big basses. In the

ensemble are Kathleen Arends, Tommy Ar-

ends, Anne Dennis, Jim Pilon, Gerrity Shupe

and Molly Warner. Their eclectic program

includes Fantasia by John Wilbye, an aria by

Bach, Kathleen‘s arrangement illustrating the

modern modes, and Sonata for Four Winds

and Continuo by Johann Georg Linike, a Ger-

man contemporary of Bach, Handel and Tele-

mann. Come enjoy the mellow sounds of low

recorders!

In the Playing Session I will conduct some of

the rich, six-part music of William Brade. The

recorder orchestra performed some works in

this genre recently, but these works have not

been performed. We will read Brade‘s Pa-

duana XIII, Galliard XIII and Galliard VII. If

there is time, we will look at other works in

this style.

A word about the Great Handel Play-in:

- Repertory: Water Music (all 3 suites) +

Royal Fireworks Music

- Where: St. James Cathedral, 804 Ninth Ave.,

Seattle

- When: Saturday, March 19, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.

- Bring: one or two recorders plus a music

stand

- Viols and other old instruments welcome

- Pitch: A=440

- Edition used: Brand new arrangements in

new keys! Other editions cannot be integrated.

(Leave them home.)

- Musical challenge: About 75% is intermedi-

ate level. 25% is more difficult.

- Play what you can and enjoy others tackling

the hard stuff.

- Participation is Free.

- This is not a performance – just a read-

through.

- It‘s great music. Be a part of it!

...from the Music D irector LAST ISSUE IF YOU HAVE NOT SENT IN YOUR MEMBERSHIP DJOINED! Peter Seibert

Recorder Notes

S E A T T L E R E C O R D E R S O C I E T Y March 2011

Vol. XLII, No. 6

SRS MEETING Fri., Feb. 4, 2011

(7:30pm)

Program:

Big Byrds: “Music for Large Recorders”

Playing*:

Peter Seibert, conducting

William Brade

Pavans and Galliards a6

Recorders SSATTB+ big basses

Viols (Welcome – with recorders or separately )

Pitch: A=440

Recorder Coach/

Ensemble*:

Sally Mitchell

*(Music Provided)

Classified 3

Concerts, Events, Workshops

2, 4

Meeting Notes 3

Membership/Board 6

Music Trivia 3

Recorder Teachers 3

Refreshments 3

What’s Happening –Library, Swap Meet, and Youth

5

Inside this issue:

...from the Music Director Peter Seibert

On March 5, the Early Music Guild International

Series presents Paolo Pandolfo, often referred

to as ―the Yo-Yo Ma‖ of the viol. He will ap-

pear with virtuoso lutenist Thomas Boysen at

Town Hall. SRS members have had a close rela-

tionship with local viol players for years, and

this is an opportunity to hear one of the greatest

viol players in the world. For information and

tickets, call (206) 325-7066 or visit the website

www.earlymusicguild.org€

***REMINDER***

Board Meeting

The final SRS board meeting of the sea-

son is Monday, March 21 at 7:30 p.m.

at the Seiberts’ house.

“Play the Recorder

Month”!

Recorder players from across North

America celebrate March as "Play-the-

Recorder Month". For more informa-

tion, see the American Recorder Society

web-site: www.americanrecorder.org

MARCH 2011

(TUE) 3/1/11 (7:30pm): Early Music Guild: First Tuesdays! Series: The Renaissance Singers: Music from the Eton Choir-book The Renaissance Singers: Music from the Eton Choirbook @ Trinity Parish Church, 609 8th Avenue, Seattle; $25/

$20/$10; (206-325-7066).

(FRI) 3/4/11 (7:30pm): Seattle Recorder Society: Meeting, Maple Leaf Lutheran Church, 10005 32nd NE, Seattle.

(SAT) 3/5/11 (7:00pm) Pre-concert lecture; (8:00pm) Concert: Early Music Guild: International Series: French Baroque: music by Marin Marais and his teacher, Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe; Paolo Pandolfo, viola da gamba and Thomas Boy-sen, theorbo @ Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave. at Seneca St., Seattle; $40/$35/$25/$15; (206 -325-7066);

www.EarlyMusicGuild.org

(FRI) 3/11/11—3/27/11: American Handel Festival: (see web-site for details): http://www.americanhandelfestival.org/

(FOR MORE INFORMATION, SEE PAGE 4—most of the locally sponsored Handel Festival Concerts are also listed below)

(FRI) 3/11/11 (8:00pm): Early Music Guild: Early Music Fridays: The Lonely & Broken Cellist: Music for Unaccompanied Cello from and inspired by the Baroque; music by Antonii, Bach and others; Nathan Whittaker, cellist @ Northlake Unitar-

ian Universalist Church, 308 4th Ave. S., Kirkland; $20/$15/$10; (206-325-7066); www.EarlyMusicGuild.org

(SAT) 3/12/11: (2:00pm): Moss Bay Recorder Society Meeting, “The Music of Senfl”; music provided; Redmond Library;

15990 N.E. 85th, Redmond; for more info., contact Sally Mitchell @ 206-328-3381 or email: salmitch@earthlink.net

(SAT) 3/12/11 (8:00pm): Gallery Concerts: Handel’s Divas; Julianne Baird, soprano, Tekla Cunningham, violinist, Mar-griet Tindemans, viola da gambist, Jillon Stoppels Dupree, harpsichordist @ Queen Anne Christian Church, 1316 3rd Ave.

W., Seattle; $28/$24/$12/Ages 14 & under free w/ paying adult; (206) 726-6088; www.GalleryConcerts.org

(SUN) 3/13/11 (3:00pm): Gallery Concerts: Handel’s Divas (see 3/12/11 for more details)

(SAT) 3/19/11 (2:00pm): American Handel Festival: Seattle Recorder Society & Moss Bay Recorder Society “Play -In”; Handel’s Water Music & Music for the Royal Fireworks arranged for recorder, viol, baroque flute, etc. Players bring your

own instrument (pitch A=440) and music stand; Parts provided @ St. James Cathedral, 804 9th Ave., Seattle; (Free)

(SUN) 3/20/11 (2:00pm)-Pre-concert lecture (3:00pm)-Concert: Early Music Guild: Portland Baroque Orchestra: J.S. Bach: St. John Passion: Monica Huggett, director @ Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave. at Seneca St., Seattle; $40/$35/$25/$15;

(206-325-7066); www.EarlyMusicGuild.org

(SUN) 3/27/11 (2:00pm)-Pre-concert lecture (3:00pm)-Concert: Early Music Guild: Seattle Baroque Orchestra: Han-del’s Grand Concertos @ Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave. at Seneca St., Seattle; $40/$35/$25/$15; (206 -325-7066);

www.EarlyMusicGuild.org

APRIL 2011

(FRI) 4/1/11 (7:30pm): Seattle Recorder Society: Meeting, Maple Leaf Lutheran Church, 10005 32nd NE, Seattle.

(SUN) 4/3/11 (3:00pm): Sine Nomine: “David and Absalon”; Early Music Community Chorus @ Trinity Parish Church,

609 8th Ave., Seattle; free will offering

(SAT) 4/9/11: (10:00am—5:00pm): Moss Bay Recorder Society Meeting, “The Annual Meet”; Conductors: Larry Stark, Charles Coldwell, and Sally Mitchell; music provided for each playing session @ Kirkland Congregational Church,

106 5th Ave., Kirkland; for more info., contact Sally Mitchell @ 206-328-3381 or email: salmitch@earthlink.net

(SAT) 4/9/11 (7:30pm): Venetian Polyphony; “Music from St. Mark’s Basillica”; Renaissance Vocal Music @ Trinity Par-

ish Church, 609 8th Ave., Seattle; (206) 397-3627

(SUN) 4/10/11 (1:00pm): Early Music Guild: Early Music Discovery Series: Commedia; Opera preview production of

EMG’s opera “A Day on the   Town, A Night in Hell” @ Town Hall, 1119—8th Ave., Seattle; $10/$5; 206-325-7066

(FRI) 4/15/11 (8:00pm): Early Music Guild & Seattle Theatre Group: “A Day on the   Town, A Night in Hell”;based on

operas by Vecchi & Monteverdi @ The Moore Theatre, 1932—2nd Ave., Seattle; $90/$70/$40; 206-325-7066

(SAT) 4/16/11 (8:00pm): and (SUN) 4/17/11 (2:00pm): ―A Day on the  Town, A Night in Hell” (see 4/15/11)

(SAT) 4/23/11 (8:00pm) (pre-concert lecture (7:00pm): Early Music Guild: Seattle Baroque Orchestra: “Sound the Trumpet”; music by Purcell “The Fairy Queen”, Biber “Night-watchman’s Serenade and others; Kris Kwapis, trumpet @

Town Hall, 1119—8th Ave, Seattle; $40/$35/$25/$15; 206-325-7066

(SAT) 4/30/11 (8:00pm): Anonymous 4: Secret Voices,

“CONCERTS & EVENTS” (cont’d on page 4)

Concerts & Events Calendar Recorder Notes Vol. XLII, No. 6 Page 2

The program was presented by ‗Rockin‘ Re-

corders,‘ a quartet comprised of students of

Vicki Boeckman. They are Katie Faber, Allie

Goodman, Carolyn Lober and Isabella Pagel.

They played a varied program of music from

three centuries that included some well-

executed choreography, beginning with Ich

sachs ayns mals den lichten Morgenstern from

the ―Glogauer Liederbuch”. The group played

the opening phrase from memory in a proces-

sion up the center aisle to the front of the

room, where they continued playing this

lovely, melodious piece. The next piece, called

Strobinel, by Anonymous and arranged by

Shira Kammen, included Vicki on drum and

some fancy footwork by the four recorder

players. Briefly, the group played the melody

through, and then a series of rotations began,

with each player picking up a different instru-

ment — an alto, then a soprano followed by

two sopraninos — and taking a different place

in the row of players. All this went on while

the tune was played at a faster and faster

tempo, with a drone and ornaments added.

Their next selection, also by Anonymous,

Ballo, was introduced as ―a piece we love and

have played for years!‖ A trio played a sonata

by Johann Mattheson, reportedly ―our most

loved piece,‖ with ―the best!‖ chaconne. It

featured three movements – a gracefully

played Adagio, a lively Allegro and the lovely

Chaconne. Last, but surely not least, the group

played two movements from Matthias Maute‘s

Concerto for 3 Flutes. According to Vicki,

Maute said he wanted to include as many dis-

sonances as possible. I think he succeeded and

‗Rockin‘ Recorders‘ played them with confi-

dence. All in all, this was a delightful pro-

gram, played with energy, charm and very

good technique. It was a pleasure and an in-

spiration to hear this ‗next generation‘ of re-

corder players!

There were two groups for playing, one of

them led by Sally Mitchell. She led a group of

8 players, most of them new to the recorder,

with Laura Faber sitting in as a second coach.

Sally had written 5 pieces for the group to

play, using the notes they had already learned

in Laura‘s ―Class for Beginners‖, adding only

the quarter rest as a new item. The group

played all five pieces well, demonstrating the

good posture and relaxed fingers [that all

teachers ask for]. There was even time to play

some of the pieces over again, as requested.

Several players told me they had a good time,

too. Note: These are people from the class

sponsored by SRS, who began playing the

recorder last month. Good for them! Thank

you, Laura and Sally.

Meeting Notes: Feb. 4, 2011 Carolyn Wallace

Recorder Notes Vol. XLII, No. 6 Page 3

Music Trivia

What is the name of the

late Italian renaissance

composer most famous for

his madrigal comedies, in

particular L'Amfiparnaso. ?

(Answer—see below)

ANSWER: Orazio Vecchi

Refreshments

Cookies:

Katie Roe, Ellis Hillinger

Veggies:

John Vandermeulen

Fruit:

Carolyn Wallace

Thank you for bringing treats

to our Membership Meeting!

SEATTLE:

Vicki Boeckman

(206-985-9916)

vickiboeckman@comcast.net

Intermediate & above private lesson,

ensemble coaching, children at any level

Laura Faber

(206-517-5739)

laurafaber@msn.com

Beginning students of all ages

Jerry Kohl

(206-328-1413)

jeromekohl@comcast.net

All levels

Sally Mitchell

(206-328-3381)

salmitch@earthlink.net

All levels

KIRKLAND AND EAST SIDE:

Mary Whittington & Winifred Jaeger

(425-822-4933)

mkw@eskimo.com

BELLINGHAM:

Debbie McMeel

(360-647-9606)

doiremama@gmail.com

Recorder Teachers: Western Washington

The larger group, led by Peter Seibert,

played Suite 3 by Schein, Padouana,

Gagliarda, Courente, and Allemande. We

had the usual contingent of SATB record-

ers, plus a great low bass section that

included a dulcian. We worked on the

Suite movement by movement, beginning

with the Padouana, including playing it

with fewer parts, such as bass, alto and

soprano, and then paying attention to

phrasing. Peter‘s tips: look for skips in

passages of notes and make a break in the

line to add clarity; bring out syncopations

when your part has them, the alto part, for

example; bring out the line (Tenor 1);

everybody – let the quarter notes ‗roll‘

and agree on the pitch! Since the third

strain was a bit more difficult, Peter asked

us to speak our parts ‗with great gusto‘

once, then to whisper them and then to

play. As it has in the past, this technique

helped. We moved on to the Gagliarda,

where we were urged to make the first

beat long, play beats 2 and 3 a bit shorter

and to couple the quarter notes. When we

actually played that way, this section was

much livelier. The Courente posed its

own challenges, not the least of which

was playing all the (cont‘d on page 6)

Recorder Notes Vol. XLII, No. 6 Page 4

2011 WORKSHOPs (spring/summer)*

(March 25-28, 2011) Columbia Gorge Early Music Retreat (Menucha Retreat, near Portland, OR) Portland Recorder Society

(Apr. 29-May 2, 2011) Winds and Waves Recorder Workshop (Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, near Lincoln City, OR) Ore-

gon Coast Recorder Society

(July 10-16, 2011) Port Townsend Early Music Workshop (University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA) Seattle Recorder Society

*For more listings and details, see the American Recorder Society web-site: www.americanrecorder.org/events/workshop.htm

Wednesday, March 2 6:00pm Special Film Screening: Tous les matins du monde

Saturday, March 5 8:00pm Paolo Pandolfo, viola da gamba and Thomas Boysen, theorbo: French Baroque

Sunday, March 6 5:00pm BACH at ST. STEPHEN‘S

Monday, March 7 12:00pm Master Class with Thomas Boysen 6:00pm Master Class with Paolo Pandolfo

Friday, March 11 8:00pm Seattle Symphony: Songs of Cleopatra (American Handel Festival) 8:00pm The Lonely & Broken

Cellist: Music for Unaccompanied Cello from and inspired by the Baroque (Early Music Fridays)

Saturday, March 12 8:00pm Handel‘s Divas, with Julianne Baird (American Handel Festival) 8:00pm Seattle Symphony: Songs

of Cleopatra (American Handel Festival)

Sunday, March 13 3:00pm Handel‘s Divas, with Julianne Baird (American Handel Festival) 3:00pm Orchestra Seattle and Seat-

tle Chamber Singers: Chamber Music by Handel and Mozart (American Handel Festival)

Monday, March 14 7:30pm Handel and Fielding: Italian Opera and English Song (American Handel Festival)

Wednesday, March 16 12:00pm The Man in the Mirror (American Handel Festival) 7:30pm The Man in the Mirror (American

Handel Festival)

Thursday, March 17 2:00pm The Man in the Mirror (American Handel Festival)

Friday, March 18 7:30pm Our Lady of Fatima Chamber Choir and Baroque Orchestra (American Handel Festival) 9:30pm The

Man in the Mirror (American Handel Festival)

Saturday, March 19 2:00pm Seattle Recorder Society and Moss Bay Recorder Society: Handel Play-In (American Handel Festi-

val) 8:00pm Seattle Pro Musica: Dixit Dominus and Coronation Anthems (American Handel Festival)

Sunday, March 20 2:00pm Handel's Organ Concerti and Italian Duets (American Handel Festival) 3:00pm J. S. Bach: St. John

Passion 8:00pm Seattle Pro Musica: Dixit Dominus and Coronation Anthems (American Handel Festival)

Monday, March 21 7:30pm Concert Spirituel: A Handel Celebration for Bach‘s Birthday (American Handel Festival)

Thursday, March 24 10:00am Seattle Early Dance (American Handel Festival) 6:00pm Opening Reception For Final Weekend

with Maxine Eilander (American Handel Festival)

Friday, March 25 12:00pm Janet See, Baroque flute (American Handel Festival) 8:00pm Acis and Galatea (American Handel

Festival)

Saturday, March 26 12:00pm Concert by Handel Chorus Workshop 8:00pm Handel: the Oratorio Esther from 1720 (American

Handel Festival)

Sunday, March 27 3:00pm Handel‘s Grand Concertos

Sunday, April 3 3:00pm Sine Nomine: David and Absalon

Saturday, April 9 7:30pm Venetian Polyphony: Music from St. Mark's Basillica 8:00pm Trio Paradies

Sunday, April 10 1:00pm Commedia 3:00pm Trio Paradies

Friday, April 15 8:00pm; A Day on the  Town, A Night in Hell

Saturday, April 16 8:00pm A Day on the  Town, A Night in Hell

Sunday, April 17 2:00pm A Day on the  Town, A Night in Hell

Saturday, April 23 8:00pm Sound the Trumpet

Saturday, April 30 8:00pm Anonymous 4: Secret

FOR MORE DETAILS, SEE THE EARLY MUSIC GUILD AND HANDEL FESTIVAL WEB-SITES.

CONCERTS AND EVENTS CALENDAR

MARCH — APRIL 2011

(continued from page 2)

Recorder Notes Vol. XLII, No. 6 Page 5

Vicki Boeckman’s ―Young Students‖

Performing Playfully at SRS

Recorder group of ―young students‖ playing at the SRS Membership Meeting on Feb. 4, 2011

(left to right: Carolyn Lober, Allie Goodman, Katie Faber, Isabella Pagel, and Vicki

Boeckman, recorder teacher) Photo by William Stickney

Music for Beginners: With the gener-

ous supply of newly donated music we

have left over from the Swap Meets, a

portion of this music will be sorted and

added to the SRS Music Library under a

new section entitled: ―Beginners‖. This

music has been selected by our very own

Vicki Boeckman and Laura Faber espe-

cially for those of you who are just start-

ing to play. Come and browse!

New Boxes: Smaller boxes will be

available at our March meeting to make

transporting the heavy boxes of the mu-

sic library into more manageable ones.

Library music may be transferred to

these boxes before or after the meeting.

Library open for business: At our next

membership meeting, our library returns

on a monthly basis. Boxes are set up in

the back of the room on tables with mu-

sic available for borrowing. Everyone

who has library boxes (you know who

you are), please bring them to the next

SRS meeting on Mar. 4.€

SRS Library News: Beginning Recorder Section Nancy Gorbman

...more news around town

SWAP MEET—A SUCCESS!

Thanks to the generosity of our member-

ship and meeting attendees, we raised over

$120 at our February meeting, bringing

our total for the two Swap Meets to more

than $280!

Music remaining from the sale will dis-

tributed to our library, music teachers,

other recorder groups and music organiza-

tions.

Nancy Gorbman, Swap Meet Coordinator

Photo by William Stickney

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www.seattle-recorder.org

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2010-11 Meetings

Meetings are usually held on the first Friday of each month, October to May, at 7:30 p.m., Maple Leaf Lutheran Church, 10005 32nd N.E., Seattle. Meetings include a short performance or lecture of interest to recorder and viol players, ensemble play-ing for all levels of recorder players, and a coached viol consort. A $5.00 donation is

requested for non-members.

October 1, 2010

November 5, 2010

December 3, 2010

January 7, 2011

February 4, 2011

March 4, 2011

April 1 , 2011

May 6, 2011

1815 Federal Ave. E., Seattle, WA 98102 (206-329-2774) pcs.srs@gmail.com

Music Director, Peter Seibert (206-329-2774) pcs.srs@gmail.com Board Members (2010-11)

Officers: President, Jill Shupe (206-364-7509) jill.shupe@gmail.com President-elect, Tomo Morita (425-255-1983) tomotomom@hotmail.com Past President, Ruth Pattison (206-525-9878) ruth.pattison@hotmail.com Secretary, Molly Warner (206-523-5192) mollyw@eskimo.com Treasurer, Richard Ginnis (206-633-1969) rginnis@ginnisandchalhoub.com Mailing, Tomo Morita (425-255-1983) tomotomom@hotmail.com Membership, Cathy Lacefield (206-528-6121) cathylacefield@hotmail.com Newsletter, Nancy Gorbman (206-362-7326) ngorbman@hotmail.com Refreshments, Gerrity Shupe, (425-820-2003), gshupe1@mindspring.com Viol Rep., Ellen Seibert, (206-329-2774), ellen415@comcast.net Webmaster (Member-At-Large), Charles Coldwell (206-328-8238), cpcoldwell@zipcon.net

Editor, Nancy Gorbman

U N I V E R S I T Y O F W A S H I N G T O N

(cont‘d from page 3) notes and managing to stay together as an ensemble. Although it took a couple of times through at slower tempi, we

finally played this movement up to tempo with nice phrasing. The last movement benefitted from the tips and experience playing the previ-

ous movements. Although we were a bit rocky going from the first section in duple meter to the tripla section the first time, Peter‘s re-

minder to remember that a measure counted in two beats = a measure counted in three beats in the tripla helped us make the transition better

the second time. When we played the Suite all the way through, it sounded much better, with each of the movements having the ‗feel‘ of its

dance.

We finished the evening with refreshments and conversation. Thanks to all!€