Cutting Edge Harp Concert!
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players present the second SFCMP Players Show of the 2013-14 season, featuring harpist Karen Gottlieb accompanied on percussion by Artistic Director Steven Schick and Andrew Myerson (of local duo The Living Earth Show).
The Players Show is a new occasional concert series that casts a spotlight on our ensemble members and their various musical activities around the Bay Area with informal, pop-up events. The ground rule in putting together the Players Show is that SFCMP musicians share the kinds of activities, collaborations, and repertoire they are exploring in their careers and in the Bay Area, and let them curate an hour-long concert. SFCMP sees these events as another way to bring listeners — from the deeply devoted, to the casual, to the total newcomer – into the arc of new-music creation, performance, and appreciation.
Also on the program: a solo performance by Mills College MFA student Stephan Haluska, who seeks to “push the harp into new territories by extending the harp’s vocabulary” and a performance by Oakland harpist Destiny Muhammad (a.k.a. The Harpist from the Hood) with bass and drums. Her self-described genre ‘Celtic to Coltrane’ is “cool and eclectic with a touch of storytelling to round out the sonic experience.” Gottlieb, with Schick and Myerson, will perform Lou Harrison’s Music for Harp.
Thursday, October 17, 2013 – 7:30 p.m. Center for New Music, 55 Taylor Street
Tickets $15 at the door ($10 for CNM members).
BACAHS elects new Board of Directors for 2013-2015 term
The Bay Area Chapter of the American Harp Society is pleased to announce that a new Board of Directors has been elected. According to the by-laws of the chapter, an election will take place bi-annually, in odd numbered years (i.e. 2013). Following is a listing of the new Board Members and their positions:
President: Alice Yothers
Vice President:Susie Spiwak
Secretary: Henry Heines
Treasurer: Melinda Chinn
Website/Advertising/Promotion: Erica Messer
Facebook Administrator: Mitch Landy
The board members serve to represent the interests of all members of the chapter. They serve in a volunteer capacity to promote the harp and harp community through events, concerts, scholarships, etc.
In addition, Karen Gottlieb, Dominique Piana, and Jessica Siegel have volunteered to serve in an advisory capacity.
We would like to thank the outgoing Board who served over the past two years, particularly our departing President, Dominique Piana, for her vision and passion for the Bay Area Chapter of the American Harp Society.
Lost Harps: Help Lisa Stine recover her harps that were stolen
UPDATE TO STOLEN HARPS:
Nevada City Woman’s Harps Recovered After CBS13 Story On Their Theft – CBS Sacramento
sacramento.cbslocal.com
Several harps stolen from a local woman’s home are back where they belong, thanks to a tip from a CBS13 viewer who saw them at a farmers market.
The only one not recovered was her Dusty Strings in Wenge (a dark African wood).
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FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO RECOVERY OF HARPS AND JEWELRY
Stolen between August 23 – 28
Contact: (530) 265-5599 or Nevada County Sheriff (530) 265-1471
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Lisa Stine has been a loving and giving member of the Nevada County community for decades. She has played for many non-profit groups and youth, cancer survivor and educational events. This is a tragedy for her. Let’s help her restore her spirits and faith. Below are her precious harps. She also lost family heirloom jewelry and favored jewelry with harp motif. |
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James Rydecki Harp, 40 strings Luthian model Walnut carved, electric pick-up. Signed inside bottom. |
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Dusty Strings FH36s, (Left) Serial Number 8046 Similar to this picture but is Wenge (dark brown almost black) wood with a Koa (caramel color) wood soundboard (chocolate/caramel) 36 strings has electric pick-up 6 small lap harps in green cases, (Right) 22 strings, levers on f,c,b heart cutouts on soundboard |
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