Our annual Yuletide Concert approaches on December 18. Please let Mark Dawson know if you would like to perform, and provide the name of the pieces, the composer, and the names of the members of your group. Please plan to bring food or drink to share. You can reach Mark at msjddawson@sbcglobal.net or call him at 773-334-6376.
Our December newsletter is now available here: december-2016
On Sunday November 20th at 2 PM Andrew Schultze will lead a Workshop on English 17th Century Music.
It will feature music from ca 1600-1695, and will include works by Lanneare, Wilson, Johnson, Ives and Henry Purcell.
Among the sources of the music to be performed are The Synopsis Of Vocal Music [1680] which includes songs in arrangements for 2 trebles and bass, Sabol’s Four Hundred Songs and Dances from the Stuart Masque, and Purcell’s Orpheus Britannicus and Bonduca. A complement of singers will add to our enjoyment of the repertoire!
I look forward to seeing you all there!
Join us on November 20th for our monthly meeting. Andrew Schultz will be leading the chapter.
The November newsletter is now available. Mark Dawson has written and excellent tribute to Louise Austin. The article is a short biography and many of our members memories of Louise. She was a remarkable woman.
Our next meeting will be held on Sunday October 16th. Lisette Kielson will direct us and continue work on this years theme, Pasticcio!
Details in our October newsletter: october-2016
Please note that our membership form is at the end of the newsletter. Please fill out and return with your dues.
*** There was an error in the Newsletter. Note that for the upcoming Music of the Baroque concert featuring Mirja Lorenz and Patrick O’Malley, the Sunday October 23 concert is at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Boulevard in Skokie. The Monday night concert, October 24, is in downtown Chicago at the Harris Theater, 205 East Randolph Drive. Both concerts are at 7:30 PM. In the newsletter, these locations were reversed.
Reason, Whimsy, and the Sublime
Lisette Kielson, Director
Saturday, September 10, 2016
9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts – 600 N East Street, Room 231, Bloomington, Illinois
Celebrate 10 years of workshops with Lisette in Bloomington (Illinois!). Explore music in which composers find inspiration and convey meaning through formal structure, whimsical gestures, and beauty that surpasses all. (Warning: these categories are not necessarily mutually exclusive!)
Details are here: Lisette’s workshop flyer-Sept 10, 2016
Make plans to join the West Suburban Early Music Society for their annual Summer Picnic and Playing Session, Sunday August 14 at 2 PM at the Friends Meeting House, 5710 Lomond Avenue in Downers Grove (http://www.dgquakers.org/).
Bring a piece of music and a dis
h to pass, if you like. If you have a PDF version of your music, a member of WSEMS can post your music to the chapter web site (http://www.westsubems.org/) where participants can download and print it before the meeting. Or plan to bring enough copies to distribute.
The Meeting House lacks cooking facilities, but food can be warmed up if needed, if you bring your own crock pot or other device. WSEMS will provide plates, cups, utensils, and beverages.
Everyone is welcome.
Our spring concert was very successful with some excellent playing by our members and friends of the chapter. Below are some pictures of the event.
Our annual spring concert is May 15 at 2 PM. We plan to hold the concert in the sanctuary of Covenant Presbyterian Church this year. Please help us promote the event by communicating with your friends, and with any musical groups of which you are a member.
If you would like to perform, please contact Mark Dawson at msjddawson@sbcglobal.net, and provide:
Don’t forget to bring treats to share!
Chapter music director Lisette Kielson along with viola da gamba player Phillip Serna performed during Bach Week!
Long time Chicago Chapter member Rudy Mundle passed away last week at the age of 95. Larry Johnson, Nancy Chabala, Karen Hayes, Lynette Colmey and Mark Dawson played a musical tribute at his wake. The group played some of the hand made tenors that Rudy had made.
Chicago Recorder Society 
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