Monthly Meeting Schedule
The monthly meetings take place on the second Friday of each month, from 7:30 - 9:30pm, unless otherwise announced. We meet at the Austin Mennonite Church, 5801 Westminster Drive, here in Austin. Here's a closeup satellite map to show you exactly where the most convenient parking is.
Go to past seasons: 2006-07 meetings ; 2007-08 meetings.
2008-09 Season
| Upcoming Meetings (to Past meetings) | ||
| September 12, 2008 | Program TBD - Your Name Here? Performers: TBD |
Group playing: TBD |
| October 10, 2008 | Program TBD - Your Name Here? Performers: TBD |
Group playing: TBD |
| November 14, 2008 | Program TBD - Your Name Here? Performers: TBD |
Group playing: TBD |
| December 12, 2008 | Christmas program! No group playing, but a potluck celebration after the program. |
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| January 9, 2009 | Program TBD - Your Name Here? Performers: TBD |
Group playing: TBD |
| February 6, 2009 (first Friday, not second) |
Program TBD - Your Name Here? Performers: TBD |
Group playing: TBD |
| "March" meeting, actually February 27, 2009 | We are hosting the National Board of the American Recorder Society for their semi-annual meeting! Performers: TBD |
Group playing: Led by member(s) of the ARS Board |
| April 3, 2009 (first Friday, not second) |
Program TBD - Your Name Here? Performers: TBD |
Group playing: TBD |
| May 8, 2009 | Annual meeting and end-of-year program! No group playing, but a potluck celebration after the program. |
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2007-08 Season
Go to current season.
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| September 14, 2007 | The Viols of Austin! playing William Simmes Phantazia #5, Christopher Tye 2 In Nomines, Thomas Weelkes Fantasia of 6 parts, Thomas Leetherland (attrib.) Pavan of 6 parts, and Antonio Bertali Sonatella Performers: Frank Shirley, Kate Bracher, Natalie Morgan, Martha Schreffler, Gerry Priest, Derek Wills, Bev Wills |
Group playing: Set of 3 Polish dances, Giovanni Bassano Deus qui beatum Marcum (double choir), Peter Philips Trio in Premiere Mode, Paul Lütkemann Paduana #1 (1597), Cristobal de Morales motet Regina Caeli Laetare |
| October 12, 2007 | Down and Dirty - music for low recorders
(and other instruments: what's the buzz?!) playing Catone Diomede Chromatic Fantasia, Crequillon Comment mes Yeux, Lassus Auditui meo (dulcian and rackett), Claude le Jeune Fuyons tous d'amour le jeu, Palestrina Kyrie, Morley Come Lovers, Follow Me, Loyset Compere O bone Jesu, and Hall/Kleinkauf Johnson Rag Performers: LaWare Pasciak, Frank Shirley, Kate Bracher (rackett), Susan Richter (dulcian) -- all recorders |
Group playing: Juan Bermudo Tientos #2 & #3, Motet #1 from Bamberg Codex Au Cuer, 2 Hoftänze (and Nachtänze) from Hessen, 3 Chansons from 27 Chansons Musicales Paris 1533 |
| November 9, 2007 | Desperate Measures - the Tuesday group playing Praetorius Ballet des fous ; Chestnut, or Dove's Figary from English Dancing Master ; Gardane Ces facheux sots ; Susato Bergerette: Sans roch ; Step Stately from English Dancing Master ; Greensleeves/What child is this/The old year now away is fled - traditional Performers: Jan Jackson, Wesley Norton, David Melanson (recorders); Susan Marshall (harp); Stephanie Stuart (vielle) |
Group playing: Robert Morton Il seram pour vous/L'homme armé and Paracheve ton entreprise, Josquin Adieu mes amours (from Amherst Odhecaton book), Cristofano Malvezzi Sinfonia - La Pellegrina, 1st Intermedium (1589), Roland de Lassus Un jour vis and La nuit froid et sombre |
| December 14, 2007 | Christmas program! (Great turnout this year, including our small but growing San Antonio contingent! and plenty of goodies to munch on, too!) Viols of Austin, playing two Almains by Jenkins, and Regina Caeli Laetare by Morales Performers: Kate Bracher, David Martinez, Natalie Morgan, Gerry Priest, Frank Shirley, Bev Wills, Derek Wills (viols); Susan Richter (voice) Desperate Measures, playing A Christmas Medley in sonata form: Jesous Ahatonhia; Un flambeau, Jeanette, Isabella; Rorate coeli desuper; Il est né, le divin enfant Performers: Recorders: Jan Jackson, Kate Bracher, Wes Norton, David Melanson Two movements from Sonata Performer: Marianne Weiss Kim, alto recorder Star in the East (from Southern Harmony) -- arr. Will Ayton, #2 from Reflections on American Shape Note Hymns, set 4 Performers: Susan Richter, Muriel Lem, Cynthia Shelmerdine, Victor Eijkhout Czech Carols (arr. Ann McKinley) Performers: Kate Bracher, Cynthia Shelmerdine, Susan Richter Two movements from Sonata II for flauto senza basso (1997) by Matthias Maute Performer: Muriel Lem, alto recorder Waterloo Consort, playing 2 pieces for krummhorns by G da Nola and J Regnart Performers: Susan Page, Cynthia Shelmerdine, Kate Bracher Two movements from Sonata VI by Biber Performers: Bev Wills, violin; Victor Eijkhout, viola da gamba A Division for Two Trebles on a Ground, by Mr Robert Smith Performers: Bev Wills and Derek Wills, violins; Victor Eijkhout, viola da gamba Three movements from Duetto III by Telemann Performers: Jan Jackson and Frank Shirley, alto recorders Fantasia in d minor by J S Bach, BWV 542 (arr. Veilhan, further arr. Eijkhout) Performer: Victor Eijkhout, recorder Passing Measures, playing two songs from William Ballett's Lute Book, and We Wish You a Merry Christmas Performers: Jan Jackson and Victor Eijkhout, recorders; Stephanie Stuart, violin; John Walters, viola da gamba |
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| Saturday, January 12, 2008 at 4:00 pm (not our normal day or time)) |
Real music for krummhorns: Anonymous Assumpta est Maria and Beata est (from "MS Copenhagen 1842-8°", ed. Douglas Kirk 2005); Thomas Stoltzer Tertii Toni Melodia (phrygian mode) (from "Octo Tonorum Melodiae"); Francisco Guerrero Subiendo amor (from "Music for the Duke of Lerma"); William Brade Der ander Mascharada (XXXII) (from "Nine Masque Dances (1617)") Performers: Muriel Lem, Derek Wills, Kate Bracher, Cynthia Shelmerdine, Susan Richter -- krummhorns, rackett, kortholt |
Group playing: Johann Hermann Schein Suite 15 (Banchetto Musicale); Lobo (attrib) Ego vox clamatis in deserto (from "Music for the Duke of Lerma"); Michael East 1. I do not love my Phyllis for her beauty, 2. How merrily we live, and 3. Follow me, sweet love (from "The Second Book of Madrigals (1606)") |
| February 8, 2008 | The Waterloo Consort: Kate Bracher, Susan Page, Cynthia Shelmerdine, and Judy Weidow present a program that includes a solo on the ottavino spinet, and a new piece by Frances Blaker titled Perotinia | Group playing: led by Frank Shirley |
| March 14, 2008 | Bach for Recorders Performers: Frank Shirley and others |
Group playing: led by Kate Bracher. Dances of Praetorius, dances of Holborne, Capriol Suite of Peter Warlock |
| April 11, 2008 | No program this month! All group playing. (And coffee cake!) J S Bach: 2 chorales (Von Gott will ich nicht lassen and Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt); Obrecht: Hélas mon bien and Rompeltier (from the Web somewhere); Mouton: En venant de Lyon (ed. Tom Zajac); Clemens non Papa: Here, lieve Here (3-part, made high and low choirs); Nicolas Gombert: Mille Regres à 6 (ed. Eric Haas); Paul Peurl dances: VII Dantz, VIII Galliarda, IX Paduan (from 44 Dances, vol 1; ed. Gerrit Vellekoop, publ. IXYZET Amsterdam) |
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| May 9, 2008 | End of year program! (No group playing.)
A business meeting including a financial report, a vote to raise dues
to $15/yr (from our long-held $10/yr), election of officers,
and discussion of plans for the coming year, which is
the 50th year of the chapter's existence! Then, on to the music:
William Byrd Fantasia No. 1 for six viols Performers: Viols of Austin: Derek Wills, Gerry Priest, Natalie Morgan, Kate Bracher, Dave Martinez, Bev Wills G P Telemann Fantasia #4 in E-flat major ; G Frescobaldi Canzona #1 (from "Il primo libro delle canzoni") Performer: Marianne Weiss Kim (recorders) Laurentus Lemin Conuerte nos ; Pierre Certon Je nose estre content Performers: Valerie Chen and Jan Jackson (recorders) R Johnson "The Third of the Prince's" ; Adespoto Tente Allora ruzenenta ; M Praetorius Ballet des Baccanales and Ballet des Matelotz Performers: Desperate Measures: Jan Jackson, Valerie Chen, David Melanson, Wesley Norton (recorders); Susan Marshall (harp) Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi, 3 pieces for two instruments Performers: Derek Wills, Bev Wills (recorders, violins) J S Bach 2-part inventions #9 (f minor) and #13 (a minor) Performers: Muriel Lem, Kate Bracher (recorders) J B Loeillet Sonata in G Op 2 #6 Performers: Jan Jackson (recorder); Bev Wills (bass viol) M Maute "How I Love You, Sweet Follia!" Performer: Victor Eijkhout (tenor recorder) G P Telemann Sonata #5 in d minor Performers: Frank Shirley, Jan Jackson (recorders) Thomas Tallis, 4 Psalm Tunes Performers: Waterloo Consort: Susan Page, Kate Bracher, Cynthia Shelmerdine (recorders & percussion), with Gerry Priest (cello), Susan Richter (voice) Agostino Soderini Canzona La Scaramuccia (recorders, viol) ; Sebastian Festa L'ultimo di de maggio (krummhorns, rackett) ; M Pesenti Dal lecto me levava (recorders, viol) Performers: Passing Measures: Kate Bracher (rec + racket), Victor Eijkhout (viol + krumm), Jan Jackson (rec + krumm), Cynthia Shelmerdine (rec + krumm) |
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2006-07 Season
Go to current season.
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| September 8 | Viols of Austin: Music of Brade, Ward, and Purcell. Performers: Derek Wills, Gerry Priest, Martha Schreffler, Kate Bracher, Carol Hopkins, Frank Shirley, Dave Martinez, Natalie Morgan, Bev Wills |
Group playing: double choir pieces (viols vs. recorders, mostly) |
| October 13 | Down and Dirty, low recorder consort: Music for Basses and Great Bass (and some Tenor) by Anonymous, del Enciño, East, Telemann, Sweelinck, Kleinkauf, and Ruhl Performers: Kate Bracher, LaWare Pasciak, Susan Richter, Frank Shirley |
Group playing: several SAT and SSAT pieces, using TBGb or TTBGb as a low choir for contrast |
| November 10 | Contemporary recorder music: Music for 2 recorders by David Dorward, Hans Keuning, and Harald Genzmer Performers: Victor Eijkhout, Frank Shirley |
Group playing: Holborne dances, Bach Contrapunctus 10, Schein Suite 15 from Banchetto Musicale, G. Gabrieli O che felice giorno (double choir) |
| December 8 | Christmas program! (No group playing. Plenty of goodies to munch on, though!) Viols of Austin, playing Praetorius and Tomkins Performers: Kate Bracher, Victor Eijkhout, Carol Hopkins, Heather Irons, David Martinez, Natalie Morgan, Gerry Priest, Frank Shirley, Bev Wills, Derek Wills Viols & Recorders Double Choir, playing Canzona Decimasettima by Giacomo Filippo Biumi Performers: Recorders: Susan Page, Cynthia Shelmerdine, David Melanson, Kate Bracher. Viols: Gerry Priest, Derek Wills, Carol Hopkins, Bev Wills Three 16th & 17th century Christmas songs Performers: Abby Green, voice and lute; David Melanson, tenor recorder; Jan Jackson, bass recorder Prelude & Trait in g minor, by Hotteterre Performer: Marianne Weiss Kim, alto recorder Gemshorn quartet, playing Isaac, Modena and Waelrant Performers: Muriel Lem, Kate Bracher, Derek Wills, Bev Wills Duetto I, by Telemann Performers: David Price and Jan Jackson, alto recorders Two Ricercate from El Dolmicelo, by Virginiano Performer: Victor Eijkhout, alto and soprano recorders Recorder duets of Daquin and Rameau Performers: Mahrya Dakubu and Jan Jackson, recorders Waterloo Consort, playing 13th & 17th century Christmas music Performers: Kate Bracher, Susan Page, Cynthia Shelmerdine, recorders; guest artist Gerry Priest, cello Five selections from "A Baroque Christmas" and "Joyeux Noel" by DeLoach Performers: Victor Eijkhout and Frank Shirley, recorders |
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| January 12, 2007 | No program this month -- it's all group playing, all the time! Led by Frank Shirley; will include some double choir pieces. | |
| February 9 | Program: Recorder Quartet No. 1 of Glen Shannon -- Introduction,
Dance,
Reflection,
Fugue (listen to sound files) Introductory remarks by Derek and Muriel Performers: Susan Richter (soprano), Muriel Lem (alto), Derek Wills (tenor), Kate Bracher (bass) |
Group playing: (roughly in chronological order) Loyset Compére O genetrix gloriosa; Agostino Soderini Canzona: La Scaramuccia; G Frescobaldi Canzona "detta la Sardina"; William Byrd, set of Pavanes and Galliards; some Bach chorales; Paul Clark Irish Suite (The Goroum) |
| March 9 | Passing Measures plays 5-part Italian Canzonas and Sonatas: Canzona of Claudio Merulo; Canzon prima (1615) of Giovanni Gabrieli; Sonata La Marinona of Giovanni Legrenzi Performers: Jan Jackson, David Price, Susan Richter (recorders), Stephanie Stuart (violin, viola, vielle), Gerry Priest (cello) |
Group playing: some Bach chorales; Giovanni Picchi Canzon Decimasettima á 8; Paul Clark Irish Suite (The Goroum, The Banks of the Suir, Time of Day) Gagliarda: El tu tu(?) and Saltarello Torza from LPM DM2 Italian Dances of the 16th century; |
| April 13 | Program: Waterloo Consort (with Cathy Bartoli "on vocals") will perform music of Tallis, Campion and Purcell. | Group playing: |
| May 11 | End of year program! (No group playing.)
Canzona for double choir, by G Frescobaldi Pavan No. 6 and Alman No.4, by A. Ferrabosco Performers: Viols of Austin (Kate Bracher, Victor Eijkhout, Carol Hopkins, Dave Martinez, Natalie Morgan, Gerry Priest, Frank Shirley, Bev Wills, Derek Wills) Serve bone (duo no. 10), by Orlando de Lassus Performers: Charles Walker and Jan Jackson, recorders Three Canons, by Blow, Purcell and Clarke Performers: Wesley Norton, David Melanson, Jan Jackson, recorders Variation No. 4 from the Goldberg Variations, and Gavotte II and Bourree from the Suite in D, by J S Bach Performers: Dorothy El-Kareh, Muriel Lem, Derek Wills, Bev Wills (recorders), Victor Eijkhout (percussion) Duet Sonata #4, by Telemann Performers: Frank Shirley and Jan Jackson, recorders Recorder Trio No. 1, by A Corelli Performers: Kate Bracher, Muriel Lem, Derek Wills, recorders Sonata no. 6, by Telemann Performers: Jan Jackson, Mahrya Dakubu, recorders Bravade, by J van Eyck Performer: David Melanson, recorder Three Canzonets - La Morosa, La Brosse, La Cortese Performers: Jan Jackson, Victor Eijkhout, Mahrya Dakubu (recorders), Stephanie Stuart (violin) Something showy and difficult, by H I F von Bibert Performer: Bev Wills, violin Sonata VI in d minor, by G Sammartini Performers: David Price, Jan Jackson (recorders), John Walters ('cello) Sonata for recorder (Wq 132), by C P E Bach Performer: Victor Eijkhout, recorder This program is in commemoration of National Music Week, May 6 - 13, sponsored by the National Federation of Music Clubs. |
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Announcements
Annual dues ($10.00) are accepted at any meeting; pay the treasurer, Derek Wills.
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