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sunshine in our eyes during the Newman. At the end of the concert our President, Simon Oswell, announced the winner of the "Name the Newsletter" contest: "Inner Voice," sub mitted by Pamela Goldsmith. The prize: two bow rehairs donated by Kyozo Watanabe of the Cremona Violin Shop. After all announce ments were made, we adjourned to the serious business of enjoying our potluck supper, al fresco. Children played by the fountain, Simon and his tireless crew set up percussion and stand lights, and everyone enjoyed animated conversation in the afterglow of the music. Performances began again at seven, and the audience was immediately swept up in Piotr Jandula's heartfelt and seamless interpretation of Schumann's "Adagio and Allegro" (with Janet Kocyan, piano). Following that, Simon Oswell and Bryan Pezzone treated us to a warm and eloquent performance of Nigel Butterley's complex "Forest I," based on a Giacometti sculpture. I'm not able to charac terize my performance of Daniel Troob's "Jan uary Sonata'' (for obvious reasons), but I can speak to the lyricism, color, and drama of this

work and to the composer's polish and musi cality as a pianist. In charming, energetic style, Andrew Picken and Keith Greene chased each other through Andrew's "Canonic Duo" (a perfect quarter note apart), and Marcy Vaj gave a vibrant reading of Helmut Braunlich's "Prelude." Carolyn Osborne and Cynthia Morrow concluded the Bird portion of the concert with a lovely performance of the rarely heard Milhaud "Sonatine" for violin and viola. The day ended with the haunting strains of Max Raimi's "Elegy'' for 12 violas, harp, percussion, and celeste, a moody and languorous sunset event conducted compell ingly by Jeffrey Schindler and led by Pamela Goldsmith, with her characteristic style and grace. And so the evening drew to a close, sweet sounds evaporating into the starry night, leaving a filigree of violas, harp, and bells etched onto the sky. Many thanks to all those who contributed time, energy, and financial assistance to make this day such a wonderful community event.F.l -jennie Hansen SCVS Secretary

Steven McCann Maker of Violas · Violins · Cellos

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