AHJ, Vol. 7 No. 4, Winter 1980

Mile-High (Denver, Colorado)
President, Donald C. Hilsberg, 1211 Vine, No. 901,
Denver, CO 80206
Vice President, Aryce Sporer
Secretary, Suzann Davids
Treasurer, Mona Barsotti
- Business meeting, election of officers at home of
Don Hilsberg.
- Reception for James Pinkerton after his recital at
Arvada Performing Arts Center.
- Meeting featuring Tammy Hiatt, Paraguayan
harpist newly arrived in the area.
- Reception for Lucile Lawrence after masterclass
and ensemble recital conducted by her at the
University of Denver.
Oklahoma City
President, Carol E. Ford, 8305 S. Indiana, Oklahoma
City, OK 73159
Vice President, Pat Grennan
Secretary, June Ives
Treasurer-Historian, Shirley Givens
17 November - A successful fund-raising steak dinner
put the chapter on a self-supporting basis. Previous
financial assistance had been obtained
through a grant from the Oklahoma Arts and
Humanities Council (1978- 79).
15 December - General Business Meeting and
Christmas Recital.
29 March - Music Education Auditions. Evaluations
by James Anthony Carson of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Participation by 17 students.
26 April - Second phase of Music Education Auditions
and Evaluations completed by 15 students.
St. Vrain (Longmont, Colorado)
President, Melanie Iszler, 9199 Aljan Avenue, Longmont,
co 80501
President-Elect, Everyn Shields
Secretary, Suzann Davids
Treasurer, Merl Yaeger
14 May - Business meeting, election of officers, recital
by local harp students. Performers used new
Salvi harp purchased by the public schools.
NEW ENGLAND REGION
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont)
Boston
President, Susan Allen, 185 Chapel Street, Newton, MA
02158
Vice President, Carl Swanson
Secretary, Adele Trytko
Treasurer, W.O. Risinger, Jr.
29 November - Recital, Faye Seeman. Grace Church,
Newton.
18 May - Student recital (six performers). Grace
Church, Newton.
Connecticut
President, Diane MacGregor, 30 Spoonwood Lane, Wilton,
78
CT06897
Vice President, Desmond McCarthy
Secretary-Treasurer, Edith Floyd
Corresponding Secretary, Dolores Crego
Public Relations, Margaret Barnett, Ruth Lampland Ross
4 November - Chapter student recital (eight harpists),
Trina Berkowitz, chairman. Trumbull Public
Library.
2 December - Christmas Open House with music
provided by five Chapter-member harpists.
Lockwood House Museum.
23 March - Harp Festival sponsored by the Chapter
and the Community Division of Hartt School of
Music. Included: Student recital (16 harpists),
luncheon, lectures on Folk Harp (Susan Davis),
the Harp in Orchestra (Emily Oppenheimer),
Basic Harp Maintenance (Rebecca Flannery).
Concluded with harp ensemble-everyone invited
to join in-using Jane Weidensaul's
"Songs and Carols for Two."
27 April - Chapter meeting, election of officers,
music by Wendy Kerner. Home of Dolores
Crego.
17 May - Chapter Scholarship Competition. Award of
$50 to Lori Corarito. Hamden Plains Methodist
Church.
1 June - Fourteenth Annual Scholarship Concert:
Hye Yun Chung, soloist (Young Artists Fund
concert). Silvermine Guild Of Artists, New
Canaan - galleries open for New England
Exhibition.
NEW YORK REGION
(New York State and Ontario, Canada)
Central New York
President, Barbara M. Irish, 26 Dart Drive, Ithaca, NY
14850
Vice President, Meredith Bocek
Secretary, Clare Lilholt
Treasurer, Myra Kovary
Historian, Helen Ellis
27 October - Annual Membership Tea, Tenth Anniversary
Celebration with harp recital. Ithaca.
20 April - Gail Lyons Student Ensemble. Everson
Museum, Syracuse.
24 May - Conference planning. Owego Treadway,
with Meredith Bocek, dinner music.
20 July - Picnic, Theater. Papalia home, Cortland.
Metropolitan New York
President, Bernard Grandjany, 235 W. 71st St., New York,
NY 10023
Vice President, Nina Dunkel
Secretary, Lucien Thomson
Treasurer, Josephine Colville
Program Chairman, Pearl Chertok
18 November - Fall meeting and program. Salvi Harp
Salon. After a moment of silence in tribute
to Georgette Grandjany, President Bernard
Grandjany presented his mother's bequest to the
AMERICAN HARP JOURNAL