MAY 2014
A
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
Fellow MPRO Members,
Our year of changes continues with the
departure of Leslie Pont from the Treasurer’s position at the end of this
season.
Sincere thanks to Leslie for her service on the MPRO Board these last five years, for her thoroughness and calm efficiency, for always having the financials updated and the figures at hand. Her work on the recent Leenhouts workshop in particular was exemplary, and was a great help in its planning.
LouAnn Hofmann has graciously
volunteered to assume the Treasurer’s position and has already begun
transitional activities with Leslie. Many thanks to LouAnn for assuming this
vital role for the orchestra.
With the recent availability of the Board
job descriptions to the membership, I’m hopeful we’ll have similarly smooth
transitions in the future when these vacancies occur. It’s been my experience
that people more readily pursue these types of responsibilities when they
understand them in detail.
Finally, with our Spring Concert only a
month away, we’re all working on our music. As challenging as some of the
pieces are, I’m finding that focusing on their more interpretive aspects helps
reduce the tension around getting the notes right. Even the trickier passages
can become easier that way.
Cheers, Dana
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CONDUCTOR’S CORNER
Dear members of the Mid-Peninsula
Recorder Orchestra,
Listed below is information regarding the final meeting, dress
rehearsal and performance that will conclude MPRO’s 2013-2014 season. Bassoon, bass viola da gamba and contrabass
recorder will be needed at the meeting on May 14. These instruments plus krummhorns, dulcien,
sopranino and great bass recorders will be needed for the dress rehearsal on
May 30 and concert on May 31. Please
note that the meeting on Wednesday, May 14, will take place at Trinity
Presbyterian Church, 1106 Alameda de las
Pulgas in San Carlos at 7:30 P.M. and that Friday, May 30, is the dress rehearsal for MPRO’s
spring concert, and this rehearsal will also take place at Trinity Presbyterian
Church at 7:30 P.M. The spring concert will be at Trinity Presbyterian Church on Saturday, May 31, at
4:30 P.M. As
in the past, small ensembles are encouraged to appear in the spring
concert. Those groups that intend to
perform at the spring concert on May 31 are asked to send me the following
information by May 16: the title(s) of
the music to be performed, the name(s) of the composer(s), the name of the
ensemble (if any) and the names of the ensemble's members.
Wednesday, May 14
Trinity
Presbyterian Church
1106 Alameda de las Pulgas, San
Carlos
7:30 P.M.
Telemann: Concerto in B flat Major
Albinoni: Adagio Op.
9, No. 8
Bach: Passepied I
and II
Friday, May 30
Dress Rehearsal
Trinity
Presbyterian Church
7:30 P.M.
Telemann: Concerto in B flat Major
Hotby: Quae est ista
Albinoni: Adagio Op.
9, No. 8
Anonymous: O lusty May, Wo worth the tyme,
How shuld my febill body fure
Bach: Passepied I
and II
Cowell: Birthday
Piece, Jig
Saturday, May 31
MPRO Spring Concert
Trinity
Presbyterian Church
4:30 P.M.
Telemann: Concerto in B flat Major
Hotby: Quae est ista
Cowell: Birthday
Piece, Jig
Albinoni: Adagio Op.
9, No. 8
Anonymous: O lusty May, Wo worth the tyme,
How shuld my febill body fure
Bach: Passepied I
and II
The
orchestra’s spring concert will offer a wide variety of exciting and attractive
music for recorders and other instruments that spans over five hundred years,
and I encourage you to invite your family and friends to attend this
performance. I would also like to thank
the members of MPRO for all of the time and effort that they have put in
preparing this season’s music, as well as the orchestra's
officers for seeing to the necessary tasks that make MPRO's programs
possible. Special thanks go to Greta Haug-Hryciw
for assuming the position of the orchestra’s Assistant Director and conducting
a portion of this season’s spring concert.
I wish all MPRO members the very best this summer and look forward to
seeing all of you again in September at our first meeting of the orchestra’s
2014-2015 season.
Sincerely, Fred
Palmer
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GRETA HAUG-HRYCIW, MPRO ASSISTANT
DIRECTOR
Workshop
assistant and teacher Greta Haug-Hryciw is frequently a guest
conductor for several chapters of the American Recorder Society.
She co-directed the American Recorder Orchestra of the
West (AROW) with Richard Geisler from 2005-2010 and is currently
co-director of the Barbary Coast Recorder Orchestra (BCRO) with Frances
Feldon, for which she also orchestrates repertoire. She is the founder of
the recorder ensemble SDQ and also performs with the Peralta Consort,
Ensemble Trecento, Gryphons Wild and the contemporary
ensemble Uncorked. She teaches recorder to students of all ages, produces
concerts and arranges music for small ensembles and recorder orchestra.
Although she considers herself primarily a recorder player, she also enjoys
singing, playing percussion and occasional didgeridoo accompaniment. In October
of 2013 she began assisting MPRO member Bill Lazar at his Early Music Shop in
Mountain View. Greta is honored to be asked to take on the assistant directorship of MPRO and hopes
that her contribution and style will be pleasing and beneficial to the
orchestra. Greta and her husband, Lloyd, live in Montara on the San Mateo
coast.
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UPBEAT IS TAKING A VACATION
Upbeat will begin its
traditional three-month summer break following the publication of this issue.
Noteworthy accomplishments during MPRO’s 51st season include the
Holiday Concert, the upcoming Spring Concert, and the January workshop with
Paul Leenhouts. MPRO also selected several new board members, created the
position of Assistant Music Director and appointed Greta Haug-Hryciw, and welcomed several new members and
guests.
Many thanks to Music Director Fred for
creatively and meticulously arranging music for the orchestra, as well as to
George Greenwood for compiling the music and making it available in print and
midi form.
Production of Upbeat will resume with the September 2014 issue. Best wishes for
an enjoyable summer.
