AHJ, Vol. 7 No. 1, Summer 1979

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Still time to sign up for the Harp Seminar and Tour with Phyllis Schlomovitz at the Yorkshire Music Festival Heslington, England July 22 - 30, 1979 Write to: Phyllis Schlomovitz 951 Blair Ct., Palo Alto, CA 94303 Harpress of California Student Materials that are comprehensive and sound! "Beginner's Harp Book" - Improvise" (in 3 Vol.) and others from your dealer or send for Catalogue 280 Stanford Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306 "Learning to 72 gave her Junior recital. In December, Guest Harpist Carrol McLaughlin presented a Young Artist Concert in Findlay, Ohio. Ms. McLaughlin also conducted a Jazz Workshop, during which she lectured on jazz performance and improvisation and played some of her own arrangements. We're looking forward to future activities. Nancy Glick will be performing for the Ohio State Gideon Convention. Our Chapter will be holding AHS Music Education Auditions for the younger students. Also, we will be traveling to Athens, Ohio for a mini-festival of harpists. MILWAUKEE President, Emmy Lou Krill, 1075 Wilson Drive, Brookfield, WI 53005. The Milwaukee Chapter held a combination business meeting and shower for Vice-President Linda Schottler, who was married in November. Music was provided by Ann Marie Lobotzke. Jeanne Henderson played for the Milwaukee Ballet Company's production of the Nutcracker Suite. Anita McKnight judged the harp entrants in the Wisconsin Federation of Music competition. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Women's Chorus performed Gesang au Fingal for chorus, harp, and horns. Ann Marie Lobotzke performed with them for a series of three concerts. Cindy Graff played with the UWM Chamber Orchestra. JUBAL President, Dorothy Dueis, 2416 S. Holly, Sioux Falls, S. Dak. 57105. Having hosted the 1978 A.H.S. conference, this is a year of tying up loose ends and winding down for us. We feel the A.H.S. conference in Sioux Falls has enhanced the value of our public school harp program, as well as expanded onto the collegiate level at Augustana College. In this connection we are endeavoring to establish the continuation of a harp program at Augustana. Our students continue to grow and learn serving their local schools and churches, as well as participating in the South Dakota Symphony, Augustana College Symphony, and South Dakota State University Symphony. OKLAHOMA CITY President, Theodora Owen, Rt. 1, Box 102-L, Choctaw, OK 73020. The Oklahoma City Chapter is sponsoring Music Education auditions February 23-24, and April 6-7. Charles Kleinsteuber, Harp Department Head, North Texas State University, will act as Advisor to over 25 students. Theodora Owen, Shirley Givens, Dixie Shilling, and Margaret Harkey are co-ordinating the auditions, theory test, and the welcoming covered-dish supper for Charles and his wife, Grace. Funds are being raised through sales by chairman, - John Fincher. Additional funds have been granted by the Oklahoma Arts and Humanities Council which assists non-profit, educational, community-enriching organizations. Eligibility requirements were '' non - profits, tax exempt" status; a detailed budget; and a statement of benefit to the community. Slashing through red tape was a chore, but of 25 applicants, ours was one of eleven receiving grants. The Chapter Christmas party, December 17, was a business meeting, recital, and social all-in-one. Christmas Music was provided by Doug Woodard, Sheila Stejskal, Nona Christi Hanna, Angie Collins, Vicki Beaty, Carol Ford, Julie Ives, Charlotte Owen, John Fincher, Cheryl Clark, Stephanie Givens, and the "Little Angels". The Little Angels, an ensemble of five Troubador harpists aged 8 to 12 years, Laura Wilson, Laura Zorn, Diane Harkey, Karen Hickner, and T. J. Sommers also appeared on local television playing Greensleeves, Patapan, Jingle Bells and the Little Drummer Boy. They are dir~cted by Theodora Owen. The Chapter has initiated a newsletter, "The Harpist'', to reach members in various parts of the state; the letterhead designed by Louise Cole. ABILENE President, Barbara Don Brooks, 542 Highland, Abilene, Texas 79605. AMERICAN HARP JOURNAL
On October 25, 1978, the Abilene Chapter met at the home of Shana Norton for a harpwarming party. Ann Mattern, Barbara Don Brooks and Shana Norton played. On November 21, 1978, the chapter met at the home of Mrs. Adrian Allen for a preview of Shana Norton's recital. DALLAS President, David S. Williams, 10125 Cromwell, Dallas, TX 75229. The February 11th meeting was a luncheon buffet at Brookhaven Country Club. A short program of Irish music was sung and played by Mary Emily Mitchell. Henning Christiansen was the guest speaker. The annual Student Harp Recital is scheduled for April 21, 1:00 P.M., at Whittle Music Co. WICHITA President, David Dillon, 1938 Marion, Wichita, Kansas. The Wichita Chapter was pleased to host Ms. Kathy Kienzle in a Young Artist Series Concert on October 29. Following the concert a dinner was held in her honor at the home of Nancy Hercher. The fall meeting was held on November 4 at the home of Mary Bickford. The program was presented by Van Rey Morgan, Eileen Jones and Ron Mason, all Wichita State University students. LOS ANGELES President, Wanda Crockett Jones, 935 Cresthaven Drive, Los Angeles, California 90042. Our November 19th meeting featured Carmen Carroll who was assisted by violinist Stefan Krayk, flutist Toby Caplan, and organist Arthur Buckingham. The meeting fell on the 150th anniversary of the death of Schubert. As a tribute to the composer the program opened with Schubert's Ave Maria. Also on the program were the Serenade #10 by Persichetti, Entr'acte by Ibert, and Fantasie by Saint-Saens. January's Board Meeting was followed by a luncheon at the Brown Derby Restaurant in Hollywood honoring Clifford Woolridge who is leaving us and moving to London. At the January 28th meeting Rebecca Reinhard Foreman performed Siciliana by Respighi-Grandjany, Sequenzen by Holliger, and Impromptu Caprice by Pierne. Amy Shulman performed a group of Faur~ songs and Three Sephardic Songs by Tedesco with soprano Joan Collopy; and the Berceuse by Faur~ and The Fog is Lifting by Neilsen with flutist Dave Sherr. We look forward to a recital by Carrol McLaughlin who will perform at our spring scholarship concert in May. On March 18th there will be a Champagne Brunch at the home of Lillian Macedo to raise money for the Young Artist's FUJ1d and the Harp Literature Committee. In May we will cap off the season with a pot-luck dinner at the home of Dorothy Victor. SUMMER/ 1979 SANTA CLARA VALLEY President, Christine Holvick, 34 Barry Lane, Atherton, California 94025. The season began with our first meeting centering on the topics "Tension in Performance" and "Psychology of the Harpist". We were honored to have Tiah Foster, M.D., and Margaret Osmond-Smith, nurse in mental health, speak on these subjects. Also at this meeting President Christine Holvick shared her experiences from the International Harp Week of summer '77 including a recorded concert performance of Hymns and Conversations for 28 Harps by Heppener. At our Spring meeting Anne Adams was the guest speaker. She spoke about her teacher Marcel Grandjany, and gave us an insight into his life, his personality, and his music. Having studied both the hand techniques of Salzedo and Grandjany, she was in the interesting position to speak comparatively of both. We were also fortunate to have her perform some of Grandjany's compositions. EUGENE President, Jeanne Manela, 1975 Tyler, Eugene, OR 97405. This Fall was very busy with Harp Festival '78, sponsored by the Harp Society and directed by Sally Maxwell. The fifteen harpists performed to a capacity crowd at the University of Oregon concert hall. We were happy to have Jack Nebergall in Eugene for an informal workshop and performance in November. In January we were fm:tunate to have Henning Christiansen from Lyon-Healy give a two-day harp repair workshop. Spring plans include a workshop by Mildred Dilling in April and a Young Artist Concert by Linda Warren in May. SEATTLE President, Camille Peterson, 1208 Summerhill Pl., Wenatchee, WA 98801. Our Christmas meeting program featured our younger student members, Laura Hall, Amy Griffin, Michelle Bradford, Jeanine Johnson, Beth Wooster, Wendy Peterson, Lydia Strom, Andrea Mickelson, Bryndis Jonsson, and Ellie McIntosh, playing seasonal works. In February we were fortunate to hear Michelle Brennan and Bronn Journey perform some pop harp selections and share the experiences they had while attending the "Jazz and Pop Music for Harp Festival" in Santa Barbara last summer.. Pat Jaeger also introduced the Wilfred Smith pedal harp to our chapter and described its background. Our April program will feature performances by students who have completed both phases of the Music Education Auditions. We were happy to have 32 students participating in the first phase in February. Our adjudicator was Beverly Statler. There will also be a video-taping opportunity for the members this spring, arranged by Pat Wooster, which we think will be very helpful in improving stage presence and performance in general. 73
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