March 2025

 

NEXT MPRO MEETING

 

The orchestra’s next meeting will be held on Monday, March 3rd at 7:00pm.

 

 

CONDUCTOR’S CORNER

 

Dear members of the Mid-Peninsula Recorder Orchestra, Listed below is the music for the orchestra’s meetings in March. Please note that great bass and contrabass recorders as well as bassoon will be needed at both meetings, keyboard on March 3 and krummhorns on March 17.

 

March 3

 

Purcell: Suite from The Double Dealer

Dowland: Lachrimae

Handel: Worthy is the Lamb

 

March 17

 

Anonymous: Planctus quem Virgo Maria facit

Mozart: Allegro K. 219

Passereau: Il est bel et bon

Debussy: Sarabande

 

I look forward to seeing you at these upcoming meetings and working on this music with you. Please let any of your friends who play early instruments know about the orchestra’s varied activities and invite them to attend an MPRO meeting or concert.

 

Sincerely,

 

Fred Palmer  

COMING EVENTS AND ONLINE RESOURCES

 

Registration is now open for  SFEMS’ week long summer workshops. They will be held at First Church Berkeley (First Congregational). For information see https://www.sfems.org/workshops.

 

Baroque Workshop: June 16–22

Medieval/Renaissance Workshop: July 13–19

Recorder Workshop: July 20–26

Classical Workshop: July 27–August 2

 

 

San Francisco Early Music Society is putting on a Baroque Workshop with Lindsey Strand-Polyak, on Saturday March 8th, 10:30 AM to 3:30 PM at St. Mary Magdalen Church, Magdalen Hall, 2005 Berryman, Berkeley. This is for instruments playing at A=415.

See https://www.sfems.org/workshops for information.

 

The South Bay Recorder Society is putting on a workshop with Greta Haug-Hyrciw on March

22, 2025 at the Foothill Community Presbyterian Church, San Jose.

Email sbrs.recorders@gmail.com for information.

 

The East Bay Recorder Society is putting on a Member’s Recital on Saturday, March 22, 2025

at Hillside Church, 1422 Navellier St., El Cerrtio.

 

 

 

 

 

Music Director: Fred Palmer

 

The Board:

President: Kathrin Hoffnagle

Treasurers: Chantal Moser

Secretary: Francie Souza

Membership: Chris Flake

Publicity: vacant

Graphics: vacant

Newsletter Editor: Tom Granvold

Virtual Meeting Host: Ray White

Workshop Coordinator: vacant

Hospitality: vacant

Music Sales: vacant

Webmaster: Dan Chernikoff

 

MPRO website: http://www.mpro-online.org