April
2024
NEXT
MPRO MEETING
The orchestra’s next meeting will be
held on Monday, March 18 at 7:00pm.
CONDUCTOR’S CORNER
Dear members of the Mid-Peninsula
Recorder Orchestra,
MPRO will be presenting its Spring
Concert on Saturday, May 11, in the Veterans Memorial Senior Center Theater at
2:00 P.M. Those playing in the concert are asked to be in the Sunset Room
(where the orchestra normally meets) by 1:30 P.M. on the day of the concert in order to warm up and tune before entering the Theatre for
the performance. In preparation for this concert an additional meeting of the
orchestra has been scheduled for Monday, April 29, in the Veterans Center
Theater at 7:00 P.M. Also, the meetings on April 15 and May 6, previously
scheduled in the Sunset Room at 7:00 P.M., have been moved to the Veterans
Center Theater and will take place there. Please mark these dates on your
calendar and note the changes of venue for the meetings on April 15 and May 6.
You will receive further information regarding the concert in April.
Listed below is the music for the
next five meetings of the orchestra. Please note that sopranino and contrabass
recorders as well as bassoon will be needed at all five meetings, great bass
recorders on March 18, April 1, April 15 and April 29,
and krummhorns at the meetings on March 18, April 1 and May 6. Please note as
well that these meetings will start at 7:00 P.M.
As a reminder for those who are
located too far to attend in person, the meetings will also be streamed via
Zoom. Ray White will be sending out invitations to all MPRO members with links
to the hybrid Zoom meetings.
Please contact him at <rayhwhite@yahoo.com>
if you do not receive an
invitation.
March 18
Dufay: Quel fronte signorille
Grieg: The Last Spring
Josquin: Mille regretz
Susato: Pavane Bittre Reue
Schein: Suite No. 15
April 1
Mesomedes:
Hymn to the Sun
Mozart: Ave Verum
Susato: Pavane Bittre Reue
Schein: Suite No. 15
April 15
Veterans Center Theater
7:00 P.M.
Dufay: Quel fronte signorille
Grieg: The Last Spring
Josquin: Mille regretz
Corelli: Sonata Op. 4
April 29
Veterans Center Theater
7:00 P.M.
Schein: Suite No. 15
Dufay: Quel fronte signorille
Mozart: Ave Verum
Mesomedes:
Hymn to the Sun
May 6
Veterans Center Theater
7:00 P.M.
Josquin: Mille regretz
Susato: Pavane Bittre Reue
Corelli: Sonata Op. 4
I encourage everyone to let any of
their friends who play early instruments know about
the orchestra’s activities this season and invite them to attend our upcoming
meetings. Also, please invite those you know to MPRO’s Spring Concert on May
11.
Sincerely,
Fred
Palmer
COMING
EVENTS AND ONLINE RESOURCES
The South Bay Recorder Society is
putting on a workshop on March 23, 2024 called My
Favorite Things. See the attached flyer below.
The San Francisco Early Music
Society has several events and workshops planned for the next few months. These
include the Berkeley Festival & Exhibition June 9-16, performance by
Ciaramella March 22-24, and Summer Workshops June 24-30, July 14 - August 3.
For more information see their web page < https://www.sfems.org/>.
Music
Director: Fred Palmer
The Board:
President: Kathrin Hoffnagle
Treasurers: Chantal Moser and Mary Ashley
Membership: Chris Flake
Publicity: vacant
Graphics: Mary Ashley
Newsletter Editor: Tom Granvold
Virtual Meeting Host: Ray White
Workshop Coordinator: vacant
Hospitality: vacant
Music Sales: Laura Gonsalves
Webmaster: Dan Chernikoff
MPRO website: http://www.mpro-online.org