Category Archives: Meetings

Performance Meeting, April 2, 2025

Program

Program Leader: TBA

Song Leader: TBA Accompanist: TBA

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Solveig’s Song from “Peer Gynt” by Edward Grieg (1843-1907)

La Pastorella (The Shepherd Maid), Lieder D 528  by Franz Schubert (1797-1828)                                          

 La Danza (Tarantella Napoletana) by Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

Performed by Elise Ragland, soprano, and Angelica Lopez, pianist

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Allegro con brio from “Sonata in C Major, Op.53 (“Waldstein”)” by Ludwig van Beethoven  (1770-1827)

Performed by Melanie Richards, pianist

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Three Songs by Gabriel Faure (1845-1924): 

Les Berceaux, Clair de Lune, and Notre amour

Performed by Katharine Shields, soprano, and
Andrei Zimbalist, piano

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l Moderato and ll Vivace from “Sonata for Piano” by Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

Performed by Tim Woolsey, pianist

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Performance Meeting, March 5, 2025

Program

Program Leader: TBA

Song Leader: TBA Accompanist: TBA

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Concerto in C major for Four Violins by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
  l Grave, ll Allegro, lll Largo e staccato, lV Allegro

Performed by Dixie Addington, Catherine Van Zanten, Kay Mueller, Gregory Shields, violinists

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Sonata in A minor, Op. I, No. 4 by George Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
l Larghetto ll Allegro lll Adagio lV Allegro

Performed by Marianne Weiss Kim, recorder,
Angela Smith, cellist, and TBD, pianist

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Andante from ”La Ci Darem La Mano” by W. .A. Mozart (1756-1791)    

   Lullaby (German: Wiegenlied) Op.49, No. 4 by Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)
(Originally written for Soprano, Baritone, Piano, transcribed for violin and piano by Fabrizio Ferrari)

Performed by Gregory Shields, violinist, Katharine Shields, soprano, and
Andrei Zimbalist, pianist

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II Allegro from “Sonata” in A-Major for Flute (Violin) and Piano” by Cesar Franck (1822-1890) 

       Performed by Sheryl Goodnight, flutist, and Stephen Burnaman, guest pianist

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IV Allegro mosso from “Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor, Op. 19” by  Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1945)

Performed by Terri Freeland, cellist, and Brian Grothues, pianist

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Performance Meeting, February 5, 2025

Program

Program Leader: TBA

Song Leader: TBA Accompanist: TBA

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Spanish Dance No.1  and Spanish Dance No. 2 by  Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925)

Performed by Kathryn Govier and Marcia Edwards, pianists

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Three songs by George Gershwin (1900-1938):

Embraceable You 

Somone to Watch Over Me

Love is Here to Stay

Performed by Charles Palmer, tenor, and
Kathryn Govier, pianist

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Favorites from the Great American Songbook:   

       As Time Goes By by Herman Hupfeld (1931)    

   Lady’s A Tramp by Rogers & Hart (1937)    

                   Night and Day by Cole Porter (1932)   

                 There Will Never Be Another You by Harry Warren & Mack Gordon (1942)    

               Performed by Helen Young, pianist

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Home  from “Phantom” by  Maury Yeston (1945-    )

My House from “Matilda” by Tim Minchin (1975-     ) 

   My House from “Peter Pan” by Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

                 Wouldn’t It be Loverly?  from “MyFair Lady” by Frederick Loewe (1901-1988)

Performed by Elise Ragland, soprano, and
Angelica Lopez, pianist

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Performance Meeting, January 15, 2025

Program

Program Leader: TBA

Song Leader: TBA Accompanist: TBA

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Hold On  by Margaret Bonds (1913 -1972)  

                     Standing’ in the Need of Prayer and Sit Down Sister from “Songs of the Spirit” by Gwyneth Walker (1947-  )  

Performed by Elise Ragland, soprano, and Angelica Lopez, pianist

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Soul Journey by Melanie Richards (1946 – )

Performed by Melanie Richards, pianist

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II Cantilena and III Presto Giocoso from “Sonata for Flute and Piano” by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

Performed by Pat Yingst, flutist, and Brian Grothues, pianist

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Chanson d’Orkenise, Hôtel, Fagnes de Wallonie, and Sanglots from “Banalités” by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963), Poetry by Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918)

Performed by Bethany Ammon, mezzo soprano, and
Benjamin Dia, pianist

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The Irish Washerwoman  Traditional

I Allego and II Adagio from “Sonata for Violin and Viola in C Major, MH 335”  by Michael Haydn (1737-1806)

Performed by Ruby Jane Smith, violinist and fiddle 1, and
Gregory Shields, violist and fiddle 2

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Holiday Celebration, December 4, 2024

PROGRAM

Program Leader: TBA Song Leader: TBA Accompanist: TBA

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Allegro Molto and Rondo from “Christmas Festival” (comp. 1899) by Carl Buttshardt (unknown dates)

Meditation – Ave Maria by Bach/Gounod (1685-1750) / (1818-1893)

Performed by Kathryn Govier and Marcia Edwards, pianists

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Allemande and Corrente from “Partita in A minor for Solo Flute” by J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

Performed by Pat Yingst, flutist

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My Christmas Song For You Music by Hoagy Carmichael (1899-1982), Lyrics by Furniss Peterson (1890-1956)

I’ll be Home for Christmas by Walter Kent (1911-1994)

White Christmas by Irving Berlin (1888-1989)


Performed by Charles Palmer, tenor, and Kathryn Govier, pianist

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    Opening of 2024/2025 Season, November 6, 2024

    PROGRAM

    Program Leader: TBD

    Song Leader: TBD Accompanist:TBD

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    III Adagio and II Scherzo from Sonata for Flute and Piano, Op. 64  by Melanie Bonis (1858-1937)

    Performed by Sheryl Goodnight, flutist, and Stephen Burnaman, guest pianist
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    Transcendental Etude by Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

    Performed by Grace Huang, pianist

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    Three Short Pieces from Salon Violin Gems Collection:

        Romanze in F by Carl Busch(1862-1943)  / arr. Theo. Moses-Tobani 

            Sarabande   by Carl Bohm (1844-1920) / arr. Paul Alverez

                       La Brunette (Valse de Concert) by Edmund Severn (1862-1942 )

    Performed by Dixie Addington, violinist, and Carolyn McColloch, pianist

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    Lia’s Recitative and Aria from “L’Enfant Prodigue” by Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

    Performed by Katherine Shields, soprano, and
    Andrei Zimbalist, pianist

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    Four Mazurkas by Frederic Chopin (1810-1849):

    Op. 56, No. 22 in C minor

    Op. 59, No. 1 in A minor

    Op. 30, No. 3 in D-flat Major

    Op. 30, No. 4 in C# minor

    Performed by Tim Woolsey, pianist

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    Chamber Music and Friends, March 6, 2024

    Program

    Program Leader: Janie Keys

    Song Leader: Deborah Hammons Accompanist: Gena Tabery

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    Avec douceur  and  Gai Largo from Concerto for Two Violas by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1712)

    Performed by Ruby Jane Smith and Gregory Shields, violists, and Gena Tabery, pianist

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    Declaration​​​​​​​​​​​,  September Nocturne, ​​​​​​​​​​​and Danse from Sonata for Flute and Piano*​​​​​​  by  Neil Flory (1970- )              

    Performed by Sheryl Goodnight, flutist, and Stephen Burnaman, guest pianist

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    Wir Wandelten, Op.96, No. 2

    Vergebliches Ständchen, Op. 84, No.4        

    Treue Liebe dauert lange, Op.33, No.15

    By Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) 

     Performed by Katharine Shields, soprano, and Andrei Zimbalist, guest pianist

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    Allegretto quasi Minuetto​​​​​​​​​ and Allegro from Sonata in e minor, Op. 38, No.1​​​​  by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) 

    Performed by Terri Freeland, cellist, and Brian Grothues, pianist

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    *commissioned in 2019 by Sheryl Goodnight, honoring the 21 years that she and Stephen Burnaman have collaborated.

    All That Jazz, April 3, 2024

    Program

    Program Leader: Katharine Shields  Song Leader: Elise Ragland. Accompanist: Marcia Edwards. Song: This Little Light of Mine

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    Two Piano Rags  ​​​​​by Scott Joplin (1868-1917) arr. by Denis Agay 

    Gladiolus Rag​​​​​​​​​​​                  Scott Joplin’s New Rag

    Performed by Kathryn Govier and Marcia Edwards, duo pianists

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    Heartaches by the Number​​​​   by Harlan Howard (1927-2022)

    One Fork Man (composed 2023) by Ruby Jane Smith and Gregory Shields

    Fiddle Contest, three tunes in contest style​​​​  – Traditional

    Performed by Ruby Jane Smith and Gregory Shields, vocals, violin, and guitar

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    Poem for Flute and Piano by Charles T. Griffes (1884-1920)

    Performed by Pat Yingst, flutist and Brian Grothues, pianist

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    Two Movie Duets

         I Remember It Well, from Gigi ​ by  Frederick Loewe (1901-1988)                                People Will Say We’re in Love, from Oklahoma  by  Richards Rodgers (1902-1979)

    Performed by Elise Ragland, soprano, Charles Palmer, tenor, and Kathryn Govier, pianist

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    Piano and Friends, February 7, 2024

    Program

    Program Leader: Pat Yingst Song Leader: Carol Brannon. Accompanist: Melanie Richards

    Song: “Tis the Gift to be Simple”

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    Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15  by Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

    Nos. 1-8, 13:  Of Foreign Lands and People; A Curious Story; Blind-Man’s Bluff; Pleading Child;  Happy Enough; An Important Event; Dreaming; At the Fireside; The Poet Speaks   

    Performed by Felicity Coltman, pianist

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    Allegro non troppo  from Sonata in e minor, Op. 38, No.1​​​​  by  Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)  

    Performed by Terri Freeland, cellist and Brian Grothues, pianist

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    Vier Klavierstücke, Op. 119 by  Johannes Brahms  (1833-1897)

    Nos. 1,2,3,4: Intermezzo in b minor​​​​​​​​​​;  Intermezzo in e minor​​​​​​​​​​;              Intermezzo in C major​​​​​​​​​​;    Rhapsodie in E♭ major​​​​​​​​                   ​​​​​​​​​           

    Performed by Tim Woolsey, pianist

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    Song and Melody, January 17, 2024

    Program

    Program Leader: Suzy Gallagher Song Leader: Katharine Shields Accompanist: Brian Grothues

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    Four Lieder from Shakespeare, Op.31 by Erich W. Korngold (1897-1957)

    “As You Like It:” Desdemona’s Song , Under the Greenwood Tree, Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind, When the Birds Do Sing

    Performed by Elise Ragland, soprano, and Angelica Lopez, pianist

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    Etude, Op.15, No.9 by Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877-1952) 

    Rondes des Fantomes (the Ghost’s Dance) from 12 Etudes d’Execution Transcendante Op.11 by Sergey Lyapunov (1859-1924)       

    Performed by Grace Huang, pianist

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    Sonata in A major for Flute and Piano (original, violin) by Cesar Franck (1822-1890)               

    Performed by Sheryl Goodnight, flutist, and Stephen Burnaman, guest pianist

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    Nocturne in E major, Op. 62, No.2​​​ by Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

    Performed by Melanie Richards, pianist

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    Three Lieder:

      Heidenröslein, D.257         

      Frühlingsglaube, D.686            

      Die Forelle, D.550

    By Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

    Performed by Deborah Scott Hammons, voice, and Brian Grothues, pianist

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