Saturday, December 20, 2014


Courageous Performers

Saturday, Dec. 20th @ Sylvia and Viktors' house

Linda Woody:
Erik Satie - Flabby Preludes for a Dog
#1 Severe Reprimand, #2 Home Alone and #3 Play Time 

Sylvia Gray:
Bach - A minor, English Suite

Collin Murphy:
Debussy - Preludes Book II "La Terrasse des Audiences du Clair de Lune"


Francine Goteiner:
Scarlatti - K. 162 Sonata

Mihoko Kato:
Schumann  - Scenes from Childhood #1, #12 and #13

Marc Rose:
Chopin - Mazurka E minor and Nocturne C# minor

Viktors Berstis:
Mussorgsky - Selections from "Pictures at an Exhibition"

Susan Mosedale:
Reading "Out of Silence" by Susan Tomes

Satomi Sano:
Chopin - Etude Op. 10 #3, E Major


Next gathering: Saturday, Jan. 24th, 2015 @ Sylvia & Viktors' house


Saturday, November 15, 2014

Courageous Performers

Saturday, Nov. 15th @ Sylvia and Viktors' house


Sylvia Gray:
Chopin - Etude Op. 10 #12 - "Revolution"

Collin Murphy:
Messiaen - Preludes #1, 4, 7

Mihoko Kato:
C. Debussy - “Voiles” - Preludes Book 1 #2

Ardonna Manous:
J.S. Bach - 2 selections from French Suite #5

Mary Sinclair:
Tchaikovsky - "The Seasons" - November

Judy Potts:
Amy Beach - Menuit Thrush at Morn

Janet Liu:
Chopin - Waltz in A minor

Francine Goteiner:
Scarlatti - Sonata 162

Clay Davidson:
"Alone Together", Dietz & Schwarz

Viktors Berstis:
Mussorgsky - Selections from "Pictures at an Exhibition"

Satomi Sano:
Chopin - Nocturne Op. 9 #2

Next gathering: Saturday, Dec. 20th @ Sylvia & Viktors' house


Saturday, October 11, 2014

Courageous Performers

Saturday, Oct. 11th @ Sylvia and Viktors' house


Sylvia Gray and Viktors Berstis:
Bach - Sheep may safely graze (Two piano duet)
Sylvia Gray: 
Chopin - Etude Op. 25 #2 
Janet Liu:
Chopin - Waltz in A minor
Mary Sinclair:
Brams - Op.117 Intermezzo in B flat minor 
Amie Belisle:
Chopin - Etude Op. 25 #2 (Ocean Etude)
George Olsen:
Pablo Casals - Lullaby I & II
Judy Potts:
Amy Beach - Menuit Thrush at Morn
Mihoko Kato:
Schumann - Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood) #13
Kabalevsky - Op. 40, Variation in D
Barbara Brown & Ardonna Manous:
Duets by Pozzoli
Susan Mosedale:
Reading "Out of Silence" by Susan Tomes
Satomi Sano:    
Paderewski - Nocturne Op.16 #4
Nancy DeClark: 
"One Gift to Be Simple" (Shaker Tune)
Luciana Diniz:
Piazzolla - Tango Final
Ardonna Manous:
Bach - Aria & Valiation #25 from Goldberg Valiations
Viktors Berstis:
Schumann - First portion of 2nd movement of Kreisleriana played twice, once on each piano

Next gathering: Saturday, Nov. 15th @ Sylvia & Viktors' house





Sunday, September 7, 2014

Courageous Performers

Saturday, Sept 6th at Linda's house


Nancy DeClark:
  • "Take my life and let it be" arranged by David Nevue
Viktors Berstis:
  • Chopin - Polonaise No. 3 (Military Polonaise) 
Linda Woody:
  • Erik Satie – No.1 (Severe reprimand) and No. 2 (Home alone) from Three Flabby Preludes for a Dog 
Mihoko Kato:
  • Schumann - Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood) #1 "About Strange Lands & People"
  • C. Debussy - “Voiles” - Preludes Book 1 #2 
George Olsen:
  • Pablo Casals - Ballad 
Sylvia Gray:
  • Chopin - Etude Op. 25 #2 
Linda Allen:
  • G. Faure - Romance Sans Paroles #3 (Song Without Words) 
Linda Allen & Gail Gillespie (flute):
  • G. Faure - "Fantasie" Op. 79


Next gathering: Saturday, Oct. 11th @ Sylvia & Viktors' house



Monday, July 28, 2014

Courageous Performers

Saturday, August 2nd at Sylvia & Viktors' house

  • Viktors Berstis: Chopin - Ballade #1 in G minor
  • Clay Davidson: Thelonius Monk - Round Midnight,  arr. by Clay Davidson
  • Barbara Brown: Granados – Epilogo (Epilogue) from "Escenas Romanticas" (Romantic Scenes)
  • Linda Woody: Erik Satie – No.1 from 3 Truly flabby preludes for a Dog
  • Satomi Sano: Chopin – Nocturne Op. 27 #1 in C# minor
  • Mihoko Kato: Tchaikovsky – Old French Song,  Debussy – “Voiles” from Preludes Livre 2
  • Ardonna Manous: Canon from JS Bach “Goldberg Variations”
  • Francine Goteiner: Debussy - "Little Shepherd" from Children's Corner
  • Cynthia Smith: “Grass Hopper”, “Like Rain”
  • Marc Rose: Chopin – Etude Op. 25 #7 in C# minor
  • Sylvia Gray: Chopin – Etude Op. 10 #4 in C# minor
  • Arvo Schoen (Visitor)


Next meeting: Saturday, Sept. 6th



Sunday, June 29, 2014


Courageous Performers

June 28th, 2014 hosted by Nancy and Jim

  • Jim and Nancy DeClark: Pete Seeger - Turn, turn, turn (There is a season)
  • Linda Woody: Beethoven - Bagatelle #5 Op. 126
  • Mihoko Kato: Tchaikovsky - Morning Prayer, Scarlatti - #466 F minor
  • Sylvia Gray: Chopin - Etude Op. 10 #3
  • Viktors Berstis: Chopin - Ballade #1 in G minor
  • Clay Davidson: Bethoven - Sonata in G, Op. 49, 1st and 2nd movements
  • Francine Goteiner: Albéniz – España
  • Satomi Sano: Albéniz – Prelude from Cantos de España, Op. 232 "Asturias"



Saturday, May 31, 2014



Courageous Performers

May 31st, 2014 hosted by Linda

  • Nancy DeClark: Twila Paris - Lamb of God
  • Linda Woody: Kovalevsky - Prelude Op. 38 #8
  • Sylvia Gray: Chopin - Etude Op. 10 #3
  • Viktors Berstis: Chopin - Ballade #1 in G minor
  • Judith Potts: Rachmaninoff - Elegie Op.3 #1
  • Clay Davidson: Chick Corea - "Crystal Silence" (1972)
  • Francine Goteiner: Albéniz – España
  • Satomi Sano: Chopin – Nocturne Op. 9, #1
  • Mihoko Kato: Tchaikovsky - Morning Prayer, Scarlatti - #466 F minor

Next gathering: 28th of June @ Nancy's house

Sunday, April 27, 2014


Courageous Performers
April 26th, 2014 hosted by Sylvia & Viktors

  • Mihoko Kato: Beethoven – Contra Dance #1
  • Nancy DeClark: Chopin – Nocturne in C minor, Posthumous
  • Barbara and Ardonna: Sandra Clark Duet “Pentatempo Waltz”
  • Barbara Brown: Granados – Spanish Dances #9
  • Cherry Britton: Ravel – A la maniere de... Borodin
  • Satomi Sano: Chopin - Etude Op. 10 #3
  • Sally and Linda: Beethoven Sonata in D Major for four hands
  • Linda Woody: Kovalevsky - Prelude Op. 38 #8
  • Ardonna Manous: Bach - Partita #6 Sarabande
  • Sylvia Gray: Bach – Well-Tempered Clavier Book II, Prelude & Fugue in F minor, BWV881
  • Glenda Chaite: In the Bleak Midwinter / Angelina Baker
  • Viktors Berstis: Schumann – Novelette #1
  • Judith Potts: Chopin - Scherzo OP. 31 B-flat minor
  • Francine Goteiner: Scarlatti – Sonata K461
  • Sally Thrmon: Brahms - Intermezzo Op. 118 #2 in A Major
  • Marc Rose: Social time entertainment: Chopin Prelude Op. 28 #15 and others
  • Jodi Krohn (Listening ^_^)
  • Arvo Schoen (Visitor)

Next Gathering: May 31st



Saturday, March 15, 2014

Courageous Performers
March 15th, 2014 @ Barbara's house
 
Francine Goteiner
Scarlatti – Sonata K461

Mihoko Kato

Bach – Partita No 1, Sarabande
Gustav Merkel - Butterfly

 
Satomi Sano
Chopin Valse Op 64 #2 C# minor
 
Nancy DeClark
Schumann - Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childfood) #1
 - "About Strange Lands & People"

George Olsen
Shostakovich - Three Fantastic Dances, Op. 5
 
ArDonna Manous
Bach - Partita #4 Sarabande
 
Janet Liu
Chopin - Waltz Op 69 #2 in B minor

Barbara  Brown
Granados- Spanish Dance # 5
 
Reiko Kato
Schumann "Carnival" - "Chopin"
Rachmaninoff- Preludes in E Op. 32, # 3
 
Viktors Berstis
Bach-Busoni: "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" BWV 659
Chopin - Fantasie Impromptu

Arvo Schoen (Visitor)

Next gathering: April 26th, 2014 @ Viktors & Sylvia's house




 

Sunday, February 16, 2014

Courageous Performers 
Feb 15, 2014 @ Sylvia & Viktors

Viktors Berstis
Chopin - Ballade #1

Judith Potts
Chopin - Nocturne D flat

Linda Woody
Beethoven - Bagatelle Op 126 No 4

Mihoko Kato
Prokofieff - "Evening" from "Music for Children"
Bach – Partita No 1, Sarabande

Clay Davidson
Thelonius Monk - Round Midnight

Amie Belisle
Bach – Partita No 1 B flat

Nancy DeClark
Down by the Sally’s Garden arranged by David Nevue

Francine Goteiner
Scarlatti – Sonata K461

Sylvia Gray
Bach – several Little Preludes


Thank you, Mihoko for data entry and Sylvia for proofreading!

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Courageous Performers 
Jan. 18th, 2014 @ Sylvia & Viktors
 

Viktors Berstis
Chopin - Ballade #1

George Olsen
Penta Metrics by Libby Larsen
 
Judith Potts
Rachmaninoff - Elegie Op.3 #1

Amie Belisle
Beethoven - Sonata #15 "Pastoral" Op.28, Andante and Scherzo

Mihoko Kato
Prokofieff - "Waltz" and "Evening" from "Music for Children"
 
Janet Liu
Chopin - Waltz in B minor
 
Satomi Sano
Grieg - Sonata in E minor Op. 7, 2nd Movement
 
Nancy DeClark
"Take my life and let it be" arranged by David Nevue
 
ArDonna Manous
Bach - Partita #4 Allemande 

Francine Goteiner
Scarlatti - Sonata

Cynthia Smith
“Minuet"

Marina Smith
Waltz Pantomime and Roman Holiday

ArDonna Manous and Barbara Brown
Debussy - Reverie (Duet)

Sylvia Gray
Chopin - Ballade #4

Arvo Schoen (Visitor)
 
 
Next gathering: Feb. 15th, 2014