AHJ, Vol. 4 No. 3, Spring 1974

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BAY AREA CHAPTER
President, Inez E. Stafford, l 345-l 6th A venue, San
Francisco, California 94122.
The Bay Area Chapter is a very active one, drawing
its membership of about 60 from San Francisco, Marin,
Alameda, and San Mateo counties. We hold four meetings
a year in various homes, at which we cover Chapter
business, followed by a program and social get-together.
Each Spring, we have a Student Recital. Last year's
was held in March at Calvary Presbyterian Church,
and over a hundred harp enthusiasts attended. Eight
teachers presented 25 pupils in a varied and enjoyable
program.
At the first meeting of our new year held at the home
of Elvira Cassell in Mill Valley-with about 25 members
present-Elizabeth Bacigalupi and our President
reported on the Conference at Montclair. Anne Adams
gave an interesting account-with humorous details
included--of her experiences with the San Francisco
Symphony Orchestra while on tour in Europe, last
summer.
At our November meeting held at the home of Phyllis
Schlomovitz, we were introduced, through Suzanne
Balderston, to the Salvi harp. Suzanne gave details of
the manufacture of this beautiful instrument and answered
questions regarding it. Later, Phyllis' husband,
Ken, showed interesting slides of the Holy Land. Phyllis
had been invited by the Government of Israel to attend
the Fifth International Harp Contest as a "Guest of
Honor," last September.
Our first meeting of 1974 was held on
January 20 at the Music & Arts Institute of San Francisco,
with the young people in charge of the program
and refreshments.
We expect to hold our last meeting, in May, at the
lovely home of Anne Adams, in Alameda.
We are looking forward to many interesting events:
The Bay Area Chapter will host a reception for Mildred
Dilling after her recital at Grace Cathedral, on February
17, and also one for Zabaleta after his recital at the
Veterans Auditorium, on February 23. March 17 is the
date of our Spring Student Recital, which will again be
held at Calvary Presbyterian Church.
Our member, Alice Lawson Aber, has been commissioned
to write approximately 50 articles, for the Sixth
Edition of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians,
on harpists of the 1 8th, 19th, and 20th centuries.
Through her effort, a number of harpists will be in-
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LOS ANGELES
President, Elizabeth Ershoff Hamburger, 3352 Longridge
Ave., Sherman Oaks, Ca. 91403.
The Los Angeles Chapter of the American Harp Society
started the year with a concert in September featuring
local jazz harpists Verlye Mills and Stella Castellucci
performing original compositions from their
new book, Rhythm for Harp. Dorothy Ashby, a pop
harpist new to the area, completed the program with a
series of her own arrangements of contemporary tunes.
Our yearly Christmas boutique, highly successful as
always, featured an all-Ravel concert by harpists Stanley
Chaloupka and Paula Schertzinger Chaloupka. Delightful
arrangements for two harps were by Stanley
Chaloupka.
In January, we heard a program put together entirely
by faculty and students of California Institute of the
Arts, featuring Elaine Seeley on harp, and Gilbert
Seeley conducting the California Arts Women's Chamber
Choir.
The November scholarship concert was given by
Randall Pratt prior to his appearance at Carnegie Hall.
This proved to be a very successful venture for our
scholarship fund.
SEATTLE
President, Mary Beth Duncan, 19609 27th Ave., N.W.,
Seattle, Washington, 98177.
Members of our Chapter are eagerly looking forward
to greeting you here in Seattle in June at the Eleventh
National Conference.
As well as spending our meetings in Conference planning,
time has also been taken for some memorable
harp events. Lynne Palmer played her composition,
Classical Suite for Harp Alone, for a large, appreciative
audience at the October meeting. The Chapter's
growth to sixty-four members was in evidence also at
the December meeting. Twenty-nine young harpists,
(some members and the others students of members),
played holiday-inspired music on an impressive collection
of twenty-four harps. Also of special interest to
harp admirers was an exhibit of a new design of
"Bardic" harp by Seattle harp maker Ken Bastard. Joan
Clark demonstrated it by playing several selections.
Please plan to travel to Seattle in June and, by your
presence, help us to have a truly successful Conference.
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