Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 William Porter, harpsichord

Sunday, January 28, 2018, 3:00 PM St. John’s Episcopal Church

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This program sponsored in part by the City of Tallahassee/Leon County/Council on Culture & Arts (COCA); and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.

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Today’s Program

Concerto Grosso in F major, Op. 6 No. 9 Arcangelo Corelli Preludio: Largo (1653-1713) Allemanda: Allegro Corrente: Vivace Gavotta: Allegro Adagio, Minuetto: Vivace Sonata No. 6 in G Major, BWV 1019 Johann Sebastian Bach Allegro (1685-1750) Largo Allegro (harpsichord solo) Adagio Allegro Chaconne in A major Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello (1690-1758) Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050 J. S. Bach Allegro Affettuoso Allegro

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The Tallahassee Bach Parley 2017-2018 Membership as of January 17, 2018:

Bach Circle ($1000+) Michael & Kelly Beck Dana M. Preu Dr. Stephen & Elizabeth Richardson Handel Circle ($500-999) John & Nancy Barfield Bill Brubaker Linda Hester Lynda W. & Thomas S. McCaleb Cheryl & Patrick Meighan Lester Abberger & Dr. Amanda Stringer Vivaldi Circle ($250-499) James Alves Nick Baldwin Melissa & Charles E. Brewer Sue Hansen Ken Hays Ronald A. Kanen Dennis G. King Esq. Mary & Ben Lawson Tom & Ava Prebys In memory of Curtis & Trudy King Jeanne & William Ryder Ruth Sisson Francis & Karen Skilling Ralph V. Turner Telemann Circle ($100-249) Barbara & Hector Aguirre Karl & Melissa Barton Stanton Beazley Bob & Wings Benton Betty Boop

Ernie Brock Judy Burgert Michael Corzine & Betsy Calhoun Harriet R. Chase Jim & Mary Clark G. Kurt Piehler & Susan Contente Tim & Sue Cross Grace & Alan Dakan James & Rochelle Davis Karen Wendland Dix Betty & Bob Dixon Diane & Jack Dowling Woody & Charlotte Dudley Christine Elizabeth Evans Jan & Larry Everett Nancy Fischer Patricia J. Flowers Anna Marie Friars Sanford Safron & Penny Gilmer Patricia Gosen John & Leigh Watson Healy Al & Laura Huff Barbara & Fred Jones Jane Kennedy John Knoblauch Joe Lama Gudrun Gaar & Robbie Laub Jim, Julie & Anne Leftheris Shanah Luhmann Emoryette McDonald Kate Muldoon & Bill Miller Patricia Yancey Martin & Gayle Nelson Ermine M. Owenby Talbot D'Alemberte & Patsy Palmer Julian & Betty Proctor Joan H. Raley Betty Serow

Jean T. Souter Lawrence & Robyn Stevenson Diane L. Stuart Susan & Stephen Turner Kent Putnam & Paula Walborsky Tamara Alagova & Georges Weatherly John & Linda Williams Rameau Circle ($50-99) Patricia Applegate Karen & Bruce Bickley Peter & Brownyn Bigelow Susan Cerulean & Jeff Chanton Stan & Carole Fiore Ben & Beth Fusaro Stanley Gewanter Mary Anne Gray Miriam Gurniak Christine M. Hazelip Karyn King Hebert Nancy & Louis Hubener Diana V. Jenkins Valleria & Vladimir Kosmynin Joe Kraus Daniel & Arlene MacDonald Jim & Susan Mau Mr. & Mrs. E. K. Mellon Walter & Marian Moore Kathleen Oman Doris Partridge Louise Rill Hank Rosen Tony & Janice Salinero Paula Saunders Danny & Mary Shuler Jeanette Sickel Barbara Stansell Erica & Rob Thaler Mick & Trish Wilhoit Kayla Williams

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Purcell Circle ($25-49) Paul Arons Ann L. Berlureau Tom & Cathy Bishop Dr. Carlos S. Boueres Mary Lama Cordero Patricia A. Curtis Stephanie Daniels Ginny Densmore Laura Dunaway Martha A. Fenner

Sue Gross Carla Connors & Timothy Hoekman Dwight Kingsbury Dr. Toni Fuss Kirkwood-Tucker Christiane LeClair Robert Faucett Lide Bruno & Cecelia Linder Chris Livaudais Jonathan & Antje Lubach Marjorie Morgan

Russell Pfost Michael Buchler & Nancy Rogers Gerry Norden Smith Dr. Patricia Stanley Lori Strickland Katya & Tom Taylor Joanne Taylor Jane J. Watson

Today’s Musicians

Widely known as a performer in the United States and in Europe, WILLIAM PORTER has also achieved international recognition for his skill in improvisation in a wide variety of styles, ancient and modern. He has performed at major international festivals and academies, including the North German Organ Academy, the Italian Academy of Music for the Organ, the Smarano Organ and Clavichord Academy, Organfestival Holland, the Göteborg International Organ Academy, the Dollart Festival, the Lausanne Improvisation Festival, the Festival Toulouse les Orgues, the Boston Early Music Festival, the Oregon Bach Festival, the McGill International Organ Academy, Eastman’s Improvfest, and the National Convention of the American Guild of Organists. From 2002 until 2013 he was Professor of Organ, Harpsichord, and Improvisation at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York; he has also been a member of the music faculty at McGill University in Montreal, the New England Conservatory, Yale University, and Oberlin College. Now residing in Rochester, New York, he returned to the Eastman School of Music in 2015 as part-time Professor of Organ. He has recorded on historic instruments, old and new, for the Gasparo, Proprius, BMG, and Loft labels. BRIAN ARSENAULT began playing viola in third grade, because the music program of the Milford (Massachusetts) Public Schools offered lessons, and he went on to study with Roberto Diaz and Burton Fine. He was selected to perform at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute for three years, earned a BM in viola performance from the New England Conservatory (where he studied counterpoint with Willam Porter), and also earned an MLIS from the Florida State University. He began playing violin in Tallahassee as a fiddler, playing traditional Irish music in sessions and with the groups Barley Thar and The Ned Devines. He has performed with the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, the Tallahassee Community Chorus Orchestra, and the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra. Brian works as a web

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developer for the Center for Information Management and Educational Services at FSU, studies voice with Carla Connors, and sings bass in the St. John’s Episcopal Church adult and Compline choirs. VALERIE PREBYS ARSENAULT has two favorite musical activities: teaching the violin and playing baroque music. She is the President and Music Director of the Tallahassee Bach Parley, and she maintains a thriving studio of violin and viola students at the core of the Bach Parley String Academy. As Visiting Assistant Professor at Florida State University she directs the Baroque Ensemble (on period instruments), teaches music history, and has taught violin and directed the Irish Ensemble. She is a member of the Tallahassee Symphony and the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra. She studied violin at the New England Conservatory (BM), violin pedagogy and baroque violin at the Indiana University School of Music (MM, Early Music), and earned her doctorate from the Florida State University College of Music. At the Bach Parley String Academy, Arsenault uses a synthesis of Suzuki and traditional pedagogy, tailored to suit the strengths and learning styles of each student. Her approach is positive and compassionate, but also demanding, and she enjoys helping her students find creative solutions to technical and musical challenges. MIRIAM BARFIELD began studying the violin at age six with Melissa Brewer. She received her Bachelor of Music from Florida State University, where she studied with Dr. Pamela Ryan, and completed a Master of Music in Viola Performance at The Boston Conservatory under Patricia McCarty. She was a state winner for the ASTA National Solo Competition in 2010 (Massachusetts) and in 2008 (Florida) and has performed in master classes for Joseph Silverstein, Robert Spano, James Dunham, and Thomas Dumm. She has been a member of many orchestras, including the Tallahassee Symphony, the Columbus (GA) Symphony, the Albany (GA) Symphony (as principal), the Mobile Symphony, and the Cape Ann Symphony (MA). Miriam has attended the Lucerne Festival Academy in Switzerland, Brevard Music Festival, Schlern International Music Festival in Italy, and the Meadowmount School of Music, where she was a teaching assistant for four summers and performed with violinists Joseph Silverstein and James Ehnes. She teaches violin and viola at the Bach Parley String Academy. KARL BARTON is Professor of Music and Chair of Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies at Thomas University in Thomasville, Georgia. He is also coordinator of Arts for Community at Thomas University (ACTU, “Act Two”), which includes the Sundays at Four and Fridays at Noon concert series that he programs. Additionally, he serves on the Board of Trustees for the Thomasville Entertainment Foundation concert series as Production Coordinator. A native of Pittsburgh, PA, he earned his Doctorate in flute performance, a Master's degree in Historical Musicology and certificates in early music and world music at Florida State University, where he studied flute with Charles DeLaney, early music with

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Jeffery Kite-Powell and Karyl Louwenaar, and ethnic flute traditions with Dale Olsen and Ming Li. He also earned a Master of Music degree in flute performance at the University of Akron and a Bachelor of Music degree in jazz performance at Duquesne University. MELISSA BREWER began her professional studies in violin and viola at the University of Miami, studying with George Zazofsky and Victor Stern and with David Becker at the University of Wisconsin Madison. She has performed with groups as diverse as the Florida Philharmonic, Miami Chamber Orchestra, West Palm Beach Opera Company, Tallahassee Bach Parley, and the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra. The breadth of her repertoire stretches from symphonic to chamber, opera to popular, and she has performed with artists as varied as Perlman and Sinatra. On period instruments, she has performed with the FSU Baroque Ensemble, Baroque Southeast, the Apollo Ensemble, and is Principal Violist with the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra. She plays on a 1760 Locky Hill viola. MINYOUNG CHO, a native of Seoul, South Korea began to play the violin at the age of ten. She attended the Dankook University where she studied with Daesik Kang and received her Bachelor’s degree in Violin Performance. She moved to the United States in 2005 and earned her Master’s and Doctor’s degrees at the Florida State University where she studied with Karen Clarke and Corinne Stillwell. As a winner of American Fine Arts Festival, she played a solo performance at the Weill Recital Hall at the Carnegie Hall in 2012. She has also given solo and chamber recitals at Jacksonville, Marianna, Tallahassee, Thomasville and Seoul in Korea. As a leading orchestral musician, she has served as an associate concertmaster for the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra and Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra, and guest assistant concertmaster for the Sinfonia Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra. Also, she is a player for the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, Valdosta Symphony Orchestra and Albany Symphony Orchestra. She has been awarded the prizes in numerous competitions such as the Korea Music Competition, the Chungbu Conservatory Competition, and the Music World Newspaper Company’s Competition in Korea. CAROLINE HOLDEN has played with many orchestras across the country, including the Grand Rapids Symphony, the Louisiana Philharmonic, the Mississippi Symphony, and the West Michigan Symphony. She currently serves as Assistant Concertmaster of the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, and is also a member of the Mobile Symphony Orchestra. She performs chamber music as a violinist in the Purple Martin String Quartet, and is a founding member of the Argot Trio with her husband, Dr. Jonathan Holden. Caroline is a native of Kalamazoo, Michigan, and earned degrees from Hope College in Holland, MI and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She resides in Tallahassee with her husband and two young children. Outside of music, she enjoys gardening and stained glass projects.

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MARNIE KIM JONES, violoncellist, holds a Bachelors in Music degree and an Artist Diploma from McGill University (studio of Antonio Lysy) and a Masters in Music degree from the Eastman School of Music (studio of Steven Doane). While at Eastman she also studied string pedagogy with Louis Bergonzi and Baroque performance practice with Paul O'Dette and Christel Thielmann. Kim is originally from Calgary, Alberta, where she studied with John Kadz; she has also performed in masterclasses for Anner Bylsma, Bernard Greenhouse, Franz Helmerson, Desmond Hoebig, Steven Isserlis, Laurence Lesser, Siegfried Palm, Aldo Parisot, Fred Sherry, Janos Starker, and Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi. Previously a tenured member of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, she now serves as associate principal cellist with the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra and maintains a private studio of over thirty students. MELANIE PUNTER is Associate Professor of Double Bass at Florida State University. As a member of the Juilliard Music Advancement Program faculty, she coached chamber music and bass ensembles and taught double bass. She is a member of New York's prestigious Orchestra of St. Luke's performing at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center and is principal bassist of the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra. She has performed with the American Symphony Orchestra, the Opera Orchestra of New York, Joffrey Ballet, New York City Ballet and the American Ballet Theatre. She performs regularly at the Caramoor International Music and has participated in Festival of Two Worlds in Charleston, SC and in Spoleto, Italy. An active chamber musician, she is a member of the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra performing on period instruments. AARON KING VAUGHN is currently a master's student at the Florida State University where he studies Orchestral Conducting with Dr. Alex Jimenez. Before starting his master's degree he was Director of Orchestras at Manatee High School in Bradenton, FL. During this time he worked as a String Specialist with the Sarasota Youth Orchestra and served as the Orchestra Consultant for Manatee County. He also has taught at multiple summer music camps including FSU string music camp. As a violinist he has studied with Dr. Valerie Arsenault, Eliot Chapo, and Dr. Shannon Thomas. Aaron has played with the Bach Parley in past concerts and is grateful to join in on this concert.

The Tallahassee Bach Parley Board of Directors Lester Abberger, Chair Nancy Barfield Susan van Hoeij Erica Thaler, Vice Chair Charles E. Brewer Carla King Richardson Julie Leftheris, Treasurer Deborrah Brodsky Stephen Richardson Denise Williams, Secretary Michael Corzine Ava Prebys Jim Alves Rick Effinger Brian Schaper

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As always, the Tallahassee Bach Parley provides accommodations for persons with disabilities. Please notify the music director by calling 850-459-3195 or by email at musicdirector@bachparley.org at least five working days prior to a concert if accommodation for disability or if a program in an alternative format is needed.

Concert: Saturday, March 3, 2018, 3:00pm Maguire Center, Westminster Oaks

Auditions: Feb. 17, FSU College of Music

For the eighth consecutive year, the Bach Parley will organize Kids Go for B’roque, a competition and recital featuring talented young musicians playing pieces from the Baroque era. With the permission of his or her music teacher, any child age 18 or younger may audition playing on strings (violin, viola, cello, bass), guitar, wind instruments, or piano; vocalists and small chamber ensembles are also welcome to participate. All students audition for and receive written feedback from three judges who are professional musicians and educators. The highest scoring students perform at the final performance for the public.

Deadline to enter: February 7, 2018

BachParley.org/KGFB

The Tallahassee Bach Parley thanks all of our donors and volunteers for support, especially St. John’s Episcopal Church, Betsy Calhoun, and Lindsay Hardy for hosting this concert and the Bach Parley String Academy. Thanks also to the Tallahassee Democrat, WFSU & WFSQ radio’s Tom Flanigan and Dan MacDonald, Erica Thaler for help with publicity, Patty Herrington for distributing posters, and First Presbyterian Church for housing our library and archives.

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Our Mission is to cultivate in young people an appreciation for and achievement in music, nurture positive character development, and bridge cultural divisions through the common language of music. Valerie Arsenault, violin & viola Private Lessons Miriam Barfield, violin & viola Performances Carrie Holden, violin Chamber Music Megan Sahely, violin & viola Masterclasses William Sahely, ukulele Workshops Zlatina Staykova, cello Ukulele classes

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Bach Parley String Academy Scholarship Fund 2017-2018 Scholarship Donors (as of January 17, 2018)

James Alves Patricia Applegate Phil & Betty Ashler Ann L. Berlureau Barbara Bewerse Tom & Cathy Bishop Judy Burgert David Campbell Harriet R. Chase G. Kurt Piehler & Susan Contente Stan & Carole Fiore Sanford Safron & Penny Gilmer

Miriam Gurniak Linda Hester Glenn Hosken Hotel Duval Nancy & Louis Hubener Ronald A Kanen David & Carol Killeen John Knoblauch Joe Kraus Robert Faucett Lide David & Rosa McNaughton Ermine M. Owenby Tom & Ava Prebys Julian & Betty Proctor

Joan H. Raley Karl Scheuerman Elizabeth Serow Danny & Mary Shuler Ruth Sisson Jean Souter Erica & Robert Thaler Susan & Stephen Turner Earl Bacon Insurance Agency Hotel Duval St. John’s Episcopal Church

Thank you to everyone who has donated to our scholarship fund! With your support, young students who would not otherwise be able to take private lessons will now get a chance to develop their talents.

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String Academy Spotlight April 8, 2018

Bach Parley Chamber Singers & Annual Reception

June 3, 2018

Sundays, 3pm, at St. John’s Episcopal Church $10 suggested donation, free childcare available

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Bonus Concert Event Iain Quinn, FSU Organ Scholarship Benefit

February 18, 2018, 3pm, Trinity United Methodist