Concerts A-Zed: Maria

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The Alphabet Concerts started as a 2 year project. We presented 23 concerts in 2010-2011 with composers names representing every letter of the alphabet (ok, 2 months will double-up).

The fun was finding more repertoire than we had known before, and just putting more music on the map! It stared in January, 2010, with composers whose last name (or lack of one, Anon) starts with "A".

And......everyone who came to that got a card with a lovely "A" on it. In February a "B" card.... The cards are designed by different local artists starting with Andree MacColl, Bonnie Boren......and Bonnie is also designing the "U" card. "V" was designed by Victoria Ehrlich, and "W" by Emily Roeder. "XY" was by Elly Lichenstein and David Bowes supplied the last card;"Z".

At the final concert and party, we ate alphabet soup and zwetschendatschi, drank wine from the A-Z winery, and gave prizes for the best collections of letter cards. In April, Roger and Eileen Weeks, Paul Besco and Gary Shepard were our guests for a very enjoyable lunch at Chez Panisse. VERY enjoyable!

It was all so much fun that we decided to continue the frivolity with A-Zed through the centuries. This time we are collaborating with Cinnabar Theater and we very much appreciate their support! After the September concert, all others will be held at Cinnabar Theater. We look forward to seeing you there!

Alphabet Players

David Abel, violin

Cynthia Albers, violin

Erin Ashe, chorister

Greg Barber, bassoon

David Barnett, recorders, chalumeau

Terrie Baune, violin

Letitia Berlin, recorders

Frances Blaker, recorders

Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin

David Bowes, viola

Kelley Boyer, cello

Peggy Brady, violin

Bonnie Brooks, soprano

Maria Caswell, violin, viola, kazoo, drum

Karen Clark, contralto

Phebe Craig, harpsichord

Gwyneth Davis, cello and viola da gamba

Rachelle Davis, violin

Sally deLormier, supernumerary

Poppea Dorsam, cello

Joe Edelberg, violin

Victoria Ehrlich, cello

Adam Farmer, supernumerary

Jeff Fields, baritone

Leighton Fong, cello

Aja Gianola-Norris, soprano

Dan Gianola-Norris, trumpet

David Goldblatt, cello

Nancy Hayashibara, piano, chorister, comedienne

Corey Head, tenor

Beth Heid, viola

Carrie Hennessey, soprano

Natalie Herman, chorister

Lynda Higson, mezzo-soprano

Judiyaba, cello and dragon

Kathleen Kraft, baroque flute

Kati Kyme, violin

Ruth Lane, cello

Molly Larsen, chorister

Tyler Lewis, violin

Elly Lichenstein, reader

Bonnie Lockett, flute

Betsy London, viola

Larry London, clarinet

Leslie Ludena, violin

Carol Menke, soprano

Eileen Morris, soprano

Rufus Olivier, bassoon

Hilary Powers, violin

Kathleen Reynolds, flute

Richard Riccardi, piano

Wayne Roden, viola

Marion Rubenstein, recorder, harpsichord

Beni Shinohara, violin

Mariko Smiley, violin

Zachariah Spellman, tuba

Mary Springfels, viola da gamba

Julie Steinberg, piano

Yuko Tanaka, harpsichord

Marilyn Thompson, piano, tambourin

Karen Van Sant, violin

Heidi Wilcox, violin

David Wilson, violin

Roy Zajac, clarinet

Charlie Lucke, photographer

Margaret Lucke, program editor

Dru Simms, archivist

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