The Power of Three Sunday, November 12, 2017, 3:00 PM

St. John’s Episcopal Church

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850-894-8700 www.beethovenandcompany.com

NEW LOCATION: 719 N Calhoun Street, #E Tallahassee, Florida 32303

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Today’s Program

Fantasia: Three Parts upon a Ground, Z731 Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Sonata 16 à 3 violini Giovanni Battista Fontana (1589-1630) Sinfonia nona à tre violini Marco Uccellini (c.1603-1680) Sonata a tre vioini Giovanni Batista Bounamente (c.1545-d. 1642) Capriccio cromatico in d minor Tarquinio Merula (1595-1665) Capriccio (Canzona) in g minor (La Loda) Sonata in ecco con tre violini Biagio Marini (c. 1587-1663) Sonata a tre violini Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (c.1623-1680) Canon & Gigue à 3 violini Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) Here is what the first published edition (1641) of the Fontana first violin part looks like:

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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.

The Tallahassee Bach Parley 2016-2017 Membership as of Nov. 5, 2017:

Bach Circle ($1000+) Dana M. Preu Dr. Stephen & Elizabeth Richardson

Handel Circle ($500-999) John & Nancy Barfield Bill Brubaker Lynda W. & Thomas S. McCaleb Lester Abberger & Dr. Amanda Stringer

Vivaldi Circle ($250-499) James Alves Nick Baldwin Melissa & Charles E. Brewer 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 Ralph V. Turner

Telemann Circle ($100-249) Barbara & Hector Aguirre Karl & Melissa Barton 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 Karen Wendland Dix Betty & Bob Dixon Diane & Jack Dowling Woody & Charlotte Dudley Christine Elizabeth Evans

Telemann Circle continued 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 Ermine M. Owenby Talbot D'Alemberte & Patsy Palmer 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 Stanley Gewanter Mary Anne Gray Miriam Gurniak Christine M. Hazelip Karyn King Hebert Nancy & Louis Hubener Diana V. Jenkins Valleria & Vladimir Kosmynin

Rameau Circle continued Joe Kraus Daniel & Arlene MacDonald Jim & Susan Mau Mr. & Mrs. E.K. Mellon Walter & Marian Moore Kathleen Oman Doris Partridge Louise Rill Hank Rosen Paula Saunders Danny & Mary Shuler Barbara Stansell Erica & Rob Thaler Mick & Trish Wilhoit Kayla Williams

Purcell Circle ($25-49) Paul Arons Ann L. Berlureau Tom & Cathy Bishop Dr. Carlos S. Boueres 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 Joanthan & Antje Lubach Marjorie Morgan Michael Buchler & Nancy Rogers Gerry Norden Smith Dr. Patricia Stanley Lori Strickland Katya & Tom Taylor Joanne Taylor Jane J. Watson

Today’s Musicians

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, 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 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.

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

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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.

WEBB WIGGINS, recognized and lauded internationally for his innovative and musical continuo realizations, has performed and recorded with many US ensembles. His collaborations with soloists, both vocal and instrumental, have earned him high respect among his colleagues in the world of baroque music and earlier.

Wiggins is also one of the foremost teachers of harpsichord as well as a coach for baroque chamber music and as musical director of baroque opera. He was on faculty of the Peabody Conservatory of Music and the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music for over thirty years. Webb has given concerts, classes, lectures, and coachings in Shanghai and Ecuador as well as in the US. His recordings can be heard on the Smithsonian, Dorian, EMI, Bard, and PGM labels.

Webb holds degrees in organ performance from Stetson University and the Eastman School of Music and has done additional harpsichord study at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam. He is perhaps the only harpsichordist in modern times to have given multiple performances on trans-Atlantic voyages.

Sunday Worship Schedule 8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite I 9:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II with choirs 11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II with choirs 5:30 p.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II (Carter Chapel) 8:00 p.m. Compline (September – April)

The Lively Café Join us under the umbrellas in our indoor/outdoor café! Monday – Friday, 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

St. John’s Bookstore Monday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Sunday, 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Telephone 850.222.8814

211 North Monroe Street • Tallahassee, Florida 32301 850.222.2636 • www.saint-john.org

The Rev. David C. Killeen, Rector

St. John’s Episcopal Church Wherever You Are on Your Spiritual

Journey, St. John’s Welcomes You

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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

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.

— Music at St. John’s —

Celebrating the Arts in the Heart of Tallahassee

St. John’s Episcopal Church211 North Monroe Street • Tallahassee, Florida 32301

(850) 222-2636 • www.saint-john.org Betsy Calhoun, Director of Music

Music is an integral part of St. John’s outreach to the Tallahassee community. All are welcome to experience the musical expressions that come to life in our sacred space.

2017-2018 Highlights• Three Choral Evensong services with pre-service recitals• Halloween Organ Spooktacular – Silent Film “The

Hunchback of Notre Dame”• Four concerts by The Tallahassee Bach Parley• Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra Holiday Magic Concert

featuring the St. John’s Choirs• Advent Lessons and Carols• Featured concerts by Elisabeth Von Trapp and The

Capitol Bells• Weekly Sunday evening services sung by the Compline

Choir of menFor more information and dates, please visit our website.

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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

BachParley.org/StringAcademy bpstringacademy@gmail.com

(850) 792-2981

Give the gift of music lessons to enrich the life of a child!

We believe in the power of music to nurture our souls, and everyone benefits by learning a musical instrument. We're raising money to offer need-based music scholarships to children in our community.

We rely on your help to sustain our scholarship fund.

To donate, visit our website at

BachParley.org/StringAcademy

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Bach Parley String Academy Scholarship Fund

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.

2017-2018 Scholarship Donors (as of November 5, 2017)

James Alves Phil & Betty Ashler Ann L. Berlureau Barbara Bewerse Tom & Cathy Bishop Judy Burgert Rick Effinger Stan & Carole Fiore

Miriam Gurniak Glenn Hosken Shula’s at Hotel Duval John Knoblauch David & Rosa McNaughton Ermine M. Owenby Elizabeth Serow Ruth Sisson

2016-2017 Scholarship Donors

Hector & Barbara Aguirre James Alves Patricia Applegate Phil & Betty Ashler Nick Baldwin John & Nancy Barfield Stanton Beazley Ann L. Berlureau Barbara Bewerse Jeanie & Phil Beyer Peter & Brownyn Bigelow Tom & Cathy Bishop Charles E. & Melissa Brewer Michael Corzine & Betsy Calhoun Harriet R. Chase Jim & Mary Clark G. Kurt Piehler & Susan Contente Janice Dann Linda & Michael Dodson John & Dotty Eisenhour Stan & Carole Fiore Hilda Frazier Stanley Gewanter Sanford Safron & Penny Gilmer Miriam Gurniak Sue Hansen Linda Harkey Ken M. Hays

Fred & Linda Hester Nancy & Louis Hubener Ronald A Kanen John Knoblauch Joe Kraus Sally Kreimer James & Elizabeth Kummer David & Rosa McNaughton Bill & Cynthia Piotrowski Tom & Ava Prebys Dana Preu Julian & Betty Proctor Joan H. Raley Karl Scheuerman Elizabeth Serow Danny & Mary Shuler Francis & Karen Skilling Geraldine N. Smith Erica & Robert Thaler Dr. Ralph V. Turner Barbara Mason White Earl Bacon Insurance Agency St. John’s Episcopal Church Choir St. John’s Lively Café Outreach Tallahassee Youth Orchestras Tallahassee Trust for Historical Preservation

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.

For more information visit 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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2017-2018 Season

The Power of Three November 12, 2017

Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 William Porter, guest artist

January 28, 2018

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, Trinity United Methodist