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December 2006
December Meeting
Wednesday, December 13, 9:00 a.m.
Extravaganza Recital: Teachers present Latin music at the home of Ann Bunyan. A potluck Christmas luncheon will follow; please plan to stay, and bring your favorite dish!
Directions to Ann's house: 1749 Stove Prairie Circle, Loveland
On Wilson, take first street (marked 18th St. on the east side) west, north of Eisenhower. Follow road west around past the sculpture to Stove Prairie Circle. Number 1749 is a few houses in to the right.
January Meeting
Christine Schumann will give a program on "developing tools and styles for composition," January 10, at the home of Kay Broughton.
Sonatina Festival
Twenty students have signed up to participate in the Sonatina Festival in January. Please contact Ruth Hale for more information.
Enjoy a relaxing night out!
Bill Popp
An invitation is extend to LAMTA members and friends to enjoy a night of "Old World" charm. Beginning January 8, 2007, Vicky Loran and I will be performing every Monday evening, from 5:30 to 7:30, at Cipoletti's Italian Restaurant in old town Loveland (124 E. 4th Street). Come join us for a good time including fine Italian food and music from our "European Accents" collection. Happy Holidays, Bill
Friends of Chamber Music
Ruth Hale
Friends of Chamber Music will present their winter concert on Saturday December 16, 7:30 p.m., at the Loveland Good Samaritan, 2101 South Garfield Ave. The program will include a Mozart Horn Quartet, a Fibich Quintet and two string quartets: Beethoven Grosse Fugue and the Shostakovich First String Quartet. No reservations are required for this event. The program will be repeated on Sunday, December 17, 3:00 p.m., at the Aldrich residence. Call 663-7928 for Sunday reservations.
Loveland Orchestra
Debbie Rickard
The next Loveland Orchestra concert, titled "Home for the Holidays," will be Saturday, December 9, 7:30 p.m. at Loveland High School. On the program will be more from "Scheherazade," some Leroy Anderson and a Christmas favorite, "Swan Lake." For more info call Debbie at 669-48l0 or visit www.lovelandorchestra .org
Metro State Piano Celebration
Metro State will hold its Fourth Annual Piano Celebration February 9-10, 2007. It will feature two jam-packed days of master classes, lectures on pedaling, practicing tips, interdisciplinary arts topics, music technology, vendor exhibits and receptions. For more information call 303-556-5715 or go to wwww.pianocelebration.com. Judy and Sandy went down to this event a year ago and were very pleased with the presentations!
Music & Arts Special
Sonia Haxton
Wednesday, December 13, all statuettes and Disney music 35% off for teachers only!
Unusual "Piano-Forte For Sale
Richard Frederick, Piano Technician, 484-9360
A number of years ago, I modified a 64 note spinet to sound like a harpsichord or perhaps a piano-forte. (The piano-forte was the primitive piano with no metal frame and small diameter strings. Tuning stability was, like the harpsichord, quite unstable.) The redesign included a thinner, solid wood (vs. plywood) soundboard and much smaller diameter strings. New hammers were made to produce the desired tone
The result was an instrument with the piano-like feature of control of dynamics, stable tuning as a result of the metal frame, and light tone rather like a harpsichord.
I enjoyed this instrument for some time but put it aside for other interests. Now I need to reduce some of my un-needed "toys" so I am offering this instrument for sale. It is about 36" tall and two octaves shorter than the modern piano. It is finished in red enamel which, I believe, is appropriate to its tone. It includes a sturdy matching bench.
Of course, no established market exists for such an instrument so I have priced it at just $300. I hope someone will buy it and enjoy it as I have.
Wednesday, December 13, 9:00 a.m.
Extravaganza Recital: Teachers present Latin music at the home of Ann Bunyan. A potluck Christmas luncheon will follow; please plan to stay, and bring your favorite dish!
Directions to Ann's house: 1749 Stove Prairie Circle, Loveland
On Wilson, take first street (marked 18th St. on the east side) west, north of Eisenhower. Follow road west around past the sculpture to Stove Prairie Circle. Number 1749 is a few houses in to the right.
January Meeting
Christine Schumann will give a program on "developing tools and styles for composition," January 10, at the home of Kay Broughton.
Sonatina Festival
Twenty students have signed up to participate in the Sonatina Festival in January. Please contact Ruth Hale for more information.
Enjoy a relaxing night out!
Bill Popp
An invitation is extend to LAMTA members and friends to enjoy a night of "Old World" charm. Beginning January 8, 2007, Vicky Loran and I will be performing every Monday evening, from 5:30 to 7:30, at Cipoletti's Italian Restaurant in old town Loveland (124 E. 4th Street). Come join us for a good time including fine Italian food and music from our "European Accents" collection. Happy Holidays, Bill
Friends of Chamber Music
Ruth Hale
Friends of Chamber Music will present their winter concert on Saturday December 16, 7:30 p.m., at the Loveland Good Samaritan, 2101 South Garfield Ave. The program will include a Mozart Horn Quartet, a Fibich Quintet and two string quartets: Beethoven Grosse Fugue and the Shostakovich First String Quartet. No reservations are required for this event. The program will be repeated on Sunday, December 17, 3:00 p.m., at the Aldrich residence. Call 663-7928 for Sunday reservations.
Loveland Orchestra
Debbie Rickard
The next Loveland Orchestra concert, titled "Home for the Holidays," will be Saturday, December 9, 7:30 p.m. at Loveland High School. On the program will be more from "Scheherazade," some Leroy Anderson and a Christmas favorite, "Swan Lake." For more info call Debbie at 669-48l0 or visit www.lovelandorchestra .org
Metro State Piano Celebration
Metro State will hold its Fourth Annual Piano Celebration February 9-10, 2007. It will feature two jam-packed days of master classes, lectures on pedaling, practicing tips, interdisciplinary arts topics, music technology, vendor exhibits and receptions. For more information call 303-556-5715 or go to wwww.pianocelebration.com. Judy and Sandy went down to this event a year ago and were very pleased with the presentations!
Music & Arts Special
Sonia Haxton
Wednesday, December 13, all statuettes and Disney music 35% off for teachers only!
Unusual "Piano-Forte For Sale
Richard Frederick, Piano Technician, 484-9360
A number of years ago, I modified a 64 note spinet to sound like a harpsichord or perhaps a piano-forte. (The piano-forte was the primitive piano with no metal frame and small diameter strings. Tuning stability was, like the harpsichord, quite unstable.) The redesign included a thinner, solid wood (vs. plywood) soundboard and much smaller diameter strings. New hammers were made to produce the desired tone
The result was an instrument with the piano-like feature of control of dynamics, stable tuning as a result of the metal frame, and light tone rather like a harpsichord.
I enjoyed this instrument for some time but put it aside for other interests. Now I need to reduce some of my un-needed "toys" so I am offering this instrument for sale. It is about 36" tall and two octaves shorter than the modern piano. It is finished in red enamel which, I believe, is appropriate to its tone. It includes a sturdy matching bench.
Of course, no established market exists for such an instrument so I have priced it at just $300. I hope someone will buy it and enjoy it as I have.
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