SPRING IS IN THE AIR

Spring is just several weeks away, so let's start planning for our March 15, 2023 Music Section Meeting.

The March meeting will be zoom hosted by Rochelle and programmed by Zorana with your contributions.

Our March 15th meeting will be organized around the theme of SPRING: all about colors, light, birds, blooms, renewed HOPE, and relationships between music and poetry, dance, cinema, and creative thoughts. This is also WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.

For March 15th, please "adopt" your favorite FEMALE ARTIST and say a few words about her contributions to the world; examples: artist, scientist, humanist, inventor, activist, poetess, composer, conductor, vocalist, actress, your mother -- and WHY.

March 12, 2023

Also, by March 15th, we will all know about OSCAR awards and the power of MUSIC in CINEMA. You may want to share your favorite film music with the group. 

MAY 17th is our last in-person concert in the 2022-2023 music season.
Our featured guest is NIKKA GERSHMAN.  At 15, she is an accomplished flutist, and among the youngest freshmen at the Juilliard School, a private performing arts conservatory in New York City. The recital will be held at the UCLA's Faculty Club -- Sherie Lounge  & Bar venue.
Nikka will be accompanied by Prof. Vivian Fan on a newly purchased piano, a generous gift by the Professors Sherie and Donald Morrison.

NIKKA GERSHMAN

I am sharing some of my favorite "spring" inspired art pieces, all from the J. P. Getty Museum where I spend considerable time in their Research Library, the gardens, galleries, fountains, and other spaces. 

A few of these pieces are posted here for you.

Spring by Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Spring by Manet

Another reminder that we are upon the spring season of 2023, here are the 

birds enjoying sun -- Santa Monica Beach

Watch the 95^th Academy Awards nominated TAR with Cate Blanchett and enjoy Mahler and Elgar! Calendar the OSCARS' night for Sunday March 12th.

Cate Blanchett has been nominated for the BEST ACTRESS in the film TAR

Question: You know the actor and film on the right?

May 17th will be our closing in-person concert at the Faculty Club≥

PREPARE FOR LOTS OF SURPRISES!! Also let me know if you wish to join in for a pre-concert lunch at the Club. Reservations are required. The event will be widely announced and seats are limited. So calendar the event for MAY 17th, Wednesday at 12 noon.

Planning ahead, please consider attending the 77th OJAI MUSIC FESTIVAL from June 8 to 11, 2023. I will remind you again and publish in the May-June issue of UPDATE.

What a great way it wold be to celebrate our tenth anniversary with music, fellowship, just 75 m NW of LA. Visit their website and let me know if you will be attending the Festival.

HAPPY NEW YEAR -- HAPPY MUSIC MADE BY HAPPY PEOPLE

May we all together enjoy wonderful music, continued fellowship, and talented our own members!

WISHING YOU ALL A HEALTHY, HAPPY, MUSIC-FILLED, PEACEFUL & PROSPEROUS YEAR

HAPPY HOLIDAYS
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2023

WHAT'S ON

Our first concert is on Friday, January 20, 2023 at the BroadStage in Santa Monica. The concert starts at 7:30 PM and tickets starting at $45.00 (310.434.3200). So hurry to get the best seats. 

Last night was another outstanding performance and the program of the TAKACS QUARTET.

Edward Dusinberre, first violin, Harumi Rhodes, violin, Richard O'Neill, viola, and Andras Fejer, cello -- the original one since 1975. The special guest was Jeremy Denk at the piano.

The Takacs Quartet is based in Boulder at the University of Colorado. Here is a photo of their rockies in the background.

Edward, Andras, Harumi, and Richard
What a treat to hear them perform the Program for us

The program included outstanding two string quartets, by J. Haydn (1732-1809) in F major Op. 77 no. 2., and another by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (1805-1847)  in E-flat major. After the intermission, we were delighted with a piano quintet in E-flat major, op. 44 by Robert Schumann (1810-1856).

The Takacs Quartet

Details are here https://broadstage.org/performances/2022-23/classical/takacsjeremydenk

Let us meet in the foyer of the BroadStage for CHEERS, CHAT, small bites, say around 6:30 PM.

Jeremy Denk, pianist, is winner of a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship
and the Avery Fisher Prize
https://jeremydenk.com

Denny's book, just published in 2022, is titled EVERY GOOD BOY DOES FINE B G B D F

Penguin Random House. 2022 packs lots of information
about the pianist, his music and piano education
annotated music pieces, and much more
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

SEE YOU THERE

Looking Back at 2022 -- Read our top stories from the last year

WE LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE MEMORABLE MOMENTS in 2023 and HOPE TO SEE YOU HERE: in-person, via zoom, at our members' residences, & concert halls DURING THE YEAR.

In anticipation to our February 15th zoom meeting, here's a poem by Carolyn Marie Rodgers (1940-2010) reminding us to think of love poems as evoking the passion of youth. Rodgers makes us think again.

NOTE: The poem SOMETHING INSIDE is perfect introduction to our month of February music gathering (via zoom); we will combine the BLACK HISTORY MONTH with Valentine's musical postcards.

I read this poem (Jan 5th 2023) at the Open Mic, the Playreading Section chaired by Rochelle Caballero

Some of the participants at the "Open mic" chaired by
Rochelle Caballero's Playreading Section

Something Inside 

Something inside doesn't get too old, to love

So, when I look at you, I still have to watch the catch in my breath.

Something inside still inside of me, 

hasn't gotten too old to love

a certain smell or smile,

or grab a certain look or laugh for my heart’s sake.

 

Something inside my heart gets glad

when I hear your voice, or sad, if sad is what you are.

 

When I think about you, 

I can still feel the way I did when I first met you,

almost fifteen years ago. 

 

Something inside people 

doesn’t get too old for love.