AHJ, Vol. 7 No. 1, Summer 1979

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the Annual Christmas Concert on December 10, 1978,
at Trinity Lutheran Church, Palo Alto. Performers
were: Michaela Alioto, Amy Stone, Amanda McIntyre,
Mary Quinn, Heather Windes, Liest Mathis, Potts
Cahill, Laurie Dick, Reni~ Quinn, Judy Hernandez,
Beverly Sebanc, Peggy Osborne, Lynne Gruver, and
Lisa Pease. Lynne Gruver gave a premiere performance
of On the Banks of the Nile for Harp and Voice, by
Menlo Park composer, Frank Van West. Lynne Gruver
sang this song and When David Sang by Karl Carlson at
a meeting and fund raising Fair for Peace in Alto in
November. She and Heather Windes also played solos
as a part of the entertainment. Heather Windes played
for The King and I production in San Jose in February
and March.
Potts Cahill, Michaela Alioto, Laurie Dick, and
Reni~ Quinn, performed in recitals at the Institute in
San Francisco on February 4, 8 and 11th.
Pamela Stutzke has been appointed assistant to
Phyllis Schlomovitz by the Dean of Music and Arts Institute
of San Francisco.
Marjorie Chauvel has trained and directed several recent
concerts. On February 25, Stanford harp students
Marianne Stewart, Carol Littlefield, Jane Irwin, Ruth
Bonaparte, and Tamar Richards appeared in a program
that included flute, voice, and ensemble as well as solo
harp. At California State University of San Francisco
on March 11, a concert of aeolian harp duet; harp and
wind ensemble; harp and piano; and solo harp was
presented by Bennetta Heaton, Katherine O'Keefe, Linda
Berg, and Pamalia O'Shea. April 29th will see the
"19th Annual Spring Harp Concert" at Cubberly Performing
Theatre in Palo Alto. Leslie Weinfield, Cynthia
Stretch, Anna Marie Mendieta, Wendy Gamble,
Katherine Riley, Laura Gatlin, Tina Peratis, Gretchen
Hellman, and Nancy Oeth will present works by Salzedo
and Grandjany, as well as other compositions in the
standard repertoire.
Anna Marie Mendieta will be the soloist with the
California Youth Symphony in their spring concert,
performing the Suite from Childhood by Harl
McDonald.
The harp students of Deborah Ricks who performed
in a Christmas recital in Los Gatos were Tisha Sheeder­
Cheney, Dorothy Bowen, Donna Hunt, and Eileen
Walsh.
Patricia Wooster performed the Debussy Dances with
the Bellevue Philharmonic Orchestra in Bellevue,
Washington, on March 29 and April 1, 1979. Juliet
Olszewski, also from Bellevue, was selected for the All­
Northwest Orchestra for the M.E.N.C. Conference in
Montana in March. Karen Skinner, from Tacoma,
Washington, was appointed harpist for the All­
Northwest Band.
The Duo Reyns-Bonnet (Piet Reyns, flute; Alex Bonnet,
harpist) made an interesting tour of Iran in April
and May 1978. The Duo, played in Teheran, Shiraz,
Isfahan, Rezayeh, Gargan, Rasht, Rud bar, and Lahijan.
The last evening was a concert for the Dutch
amabassador, the Dutch colony and several guests. The
major part of all the audiences were young people, 12 to
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