Friday, December 19, 2025

Courageous Performers - December 2025

 Dec. 6th, Hosted by Sylvia and Viktors 

Andrew Cowles-Heriot (piano)
Joachim Raff: La Fileuse, Op. 157, #2 (Swiss romantic, circa 1896)

Dave Leon Double (Bass) and Andrew Cowles-Heriot (Piano)
Henry Eccles: Sonata in G minor (English baroque, circa 1720)

Siyoung Sung (piano)
Mozart Piano Sonata No.4 2nd movement 

Sylvia Gray (piano) and Kevin Lilly (flute)
Giuseppe Carannante: Tre canzoni per flauto e pianoforte

Ginny Adelsheim (piano)
Chopin: Prelude #17, Op.28 

Katrina Hedberg (piano)
J.S. Bach: Praeludium 8 in E-flat minor, BWV853

Clark Green (flute) and Dave Leon (double bass)
J.S. Bach: Sonata for flute and continuo in Em, 1st mov. Adagio ma non troppo
J.S. Bach: Sonata for flute and continuo in E, 1st mov. Adagio ma non troppo..

Audra Sim (voice) and Katrina Hedberg (piano)
Franz Schubert: "Am Feierabend" from Die schöne Müllerin

Viktors Berstis (piano), Stacey Minkoff (viola) and Rachel Macke (violin)
J.S. Bach: Double Violin Concerto

Sylvia Gray (piano)
J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C# minor, #4, book I, BWV 849

Music Appreciators
Dave Harris
Judy Potts
Nancy Good

<<Next gathering>>

1/10/2026 @ Sylvia & Viktors' house:

  • 3:30 Lecture by Dr. Steven Lewis, "Hearing, Sight, Touch, and Proprioception:  Engaging the Four Senses of Piano Playing for Optimal Learning and Performing" (arrive 3:15 or later and bring $10.00 to help with a stipend);  
  • 4:00 PM (or directly after the lecture) begin playing Saturday, 1/10/2026 @ Sylvia & Viktors' house

Please fill out the form (click here) if you plan to attend Courageous Performers even if you are a guest, or not planning to play anything.

Future gatherings:
February 7
March 7
April 4
May 2
June 6


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Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Courageous Performers - November 2025

Nov. 8th, Hosted by Sylvia and Viktors 

4:10  Katrina Hedberg
JS Bach - Organ sonata No. 4 - BWV 528: 2. Andante

4:21  Jeff Jones
Schumann - Traumerei op 15, #7

4:27  Clark Green (Flute), Christopher Schindler (Piano)
Carl Maria von Weber - Sonata for Flute & Piano in E flat Major, Op. 10, IV

4:35  Sylvia Gray
Edvard Grieg - Gangar (Walking Dance)

4:49  Nancy Good (Clarinet), Clark Green (Flute), Christopher Schindler (Piano)
Mendolssohn - Autumn Song

4:53  Dave Leon (Double Bass)
JS Bach - Double to the Sarabande, Violin Sonata One

4:58  Steve Ware
Chopin - Ballade #3 in Ab, Op 47

5:08  Sylvia Gray
Greig - March of the Dwarfs from Peer Gynt


<<Next gathering>>
4 PM play on Saturday, 12/6/2025 @ Sylvia & Viktors' house (Arrive any time after 3:30PM)

Please fill out the form (click here) if you plan to attend Courageous Performers even if you are a guest, or not planning to play anything.


Future gatherings:
[our holiday party December 13]
January 10
February 7
March 7
April 4
May 2
June 6

Sunday, October 12, 2025

Courageous Performers - October 2025

Oct. 11th, Hosted by Sylvia and Viktors

4:06 Viktors Berstis
Chopin - Ballade in Gm, Op.23

4:18 Ginny Adelsheim
Mendelssohn - Venetian Boat Song #1, Op.19

4:21 Judy Potts
 Marcello | arr. by Bach - Oboe Concerto in Dm, 2nd Mvmt

4:26 Reiko Isono
Scarlatti - Sonata K27 in Bm
Chopin - Mazurka, Op.6 #1 in F#m

4:33 George Olsen
Mendelssohn - Song without words, Op.85 #4

4 :37 Satomi Sano
Scriabin - Feuillet d’Album, Op.45 #1

4:39 Alex Mayall (piano) and Haley Maddox (voice)
Berlioz - Absence

4:46 Corey Johnson (violin) and Dylan Walters (guitar)
Faure - Pavane

4:52 Corey Johnson (violin), Jim Wilson (viola) & Ben Rothfuss (cello)
Ernő Dohnányi - Serenade in C, Op.10, 1st 3 Mvmts:

  1. Marcia: Allegro
  2. Romanza: Adagio non troppo
  3. Scherzo: Vivace

5:10 Sylvia Gray (piano), Stan Stanford (clarinet) & Stacey Minkoff (viola)
Robert Kahn - Serenade in Fm, Op. 73

5:26  Anne Denis
Dora Pejacevic - Sonata No. 2

5:35 Jeff Johnson
Chopin - Etude in E, Op.10 #3

5:40 Che Yong
Mozart - Sonata #3  in Bb (K281)

5:47 Steve Ware
Chopin - Ballade in Ab, Op. 47 

5:50 Kim Chen
J.S. Bach - Italian Concerto

5:56 Margaret Bloomfield (piano) & Angela Powers (cello)
Mendelssohn - Song Without Words, Op.109

*** Intermission ***

Jeff Dutton
Liszt - Consolation #3

Danny Bartlett 
Mozart - Chorale. Nocturne, Op.37 #1

Clark Green (flute), Christopher Schindler (harpsichord & piano)
J.S. Bach - Sonata in Bm for flute & Harpsichord, Mvmt 1
Carl Maria von Weber - Trio in Gm for Piano, Flute & Cello, Mvmts 2 & 3


Music appreciators:
Nancy Good
Dave Becker
Nick Fontana
Mark Chernobelsky


<<Next gathering>>
4 PM play on Saturday, 11/8/2025 @ Sylvia & Viktors' house

Please fill out the form (click here) if you plan to attend Courageous Performers even if you are a guest, or not planning to play anything.

Future gatherings:
December 6
[our holiday party December 13]
January 10
February 7
March 7
April 4
May 2
June 6

Monday, September 15, 2025

Courageous Performers - September 2025

Sept. 13th, Hosted by Sylvia and Viktors

Lisa Corcoran
Bach - French Suite #6 BWV 817 – Allemande + Courante

Jeff Johnson
Chopin - Etude Op. 10 #3 in E

Danny Bartlett
Martha Meyer – Sugarloaf Mountain from Arkansas Suite

Siyung Sung
Mozart - Piano Sonata #2 in F K280/189e 1st Movement

Todd Lewis
The life to death of a person (drums)

Nicholas Fontana
Rachmaninov/Wild – Spring Floods

Jeff Detton
Freidrich Hollander – “Dog, Varum?”

Anne Denis
Florence Price – Memory Mist

Sylvia Gray (piano), Stacey Minkoff (violin), Angela Powers (cello)
Felix Mendelssohn - Piano Trio #1 (Op. 49), Andante con moto tranquillo

Audra YiHong Sim  (voice), Sylvia Gray (piano)
S. Donaudy - Venuto è l’Aprile

Sylvia Gray (piano), Stacey Minkoff (viola), Stan Stanford (clarinet)
Giuseppe Carannante - Zena's Song

Francine Goteiner
Jean-Philippe Rameau - Le Rappel des Oiseaux

Siyoung Sung  
Mozart - Piano Sonata No2. 1st Movement

Katrina Hedberg  
Edvard Grieg - Piano Sonata, Op 7: II. Andante molto.

Clark Green  (Flute), Angela Powers (Cello), Christopher Schindler (Piano) 
Carl Maria von Weber - Trio for Piano, Flute & Cello in G Minor Op. 63

Clark Green (Flute), Christopher Schindler (Piano)
Paul Hindemith - Sonata for Flute & Piano

Judy Potts
Scriabin - 2 Preludes, Opus 11, No. 13 and Opus 16 No 3 both in Gb

George Olsen 
Mendelssohn - The Fleecy Cloud, Op 53, No 2, Songs Without Words

Jacob Daniel Salzer 
Jacob Daniel Salzer - Into the Garden / Spring Prelude

Appreciators 
Oksana Bartlett
Margaret Bloomfield
Ginny Adelsheim

<<Next gathering>>
3:15pm door open, 3:30pm presentation, 4 PM play on Saturday, 10/11/2025 @ Sylvia & Viktors' house

Please fill out the form (click here) if you plan to attend Courageous Performers even if you are a guest, or not planning to play anything.

Future gatherings:

  • November 8
  • December 6
  • [our holiday party December 13]
  • January 10
  • February 7
  • March 7
  • April 4
  • May 2
  • June 6

 

Sunday, August 3, 2025

Courageous Performers - August 2025

August 2nd, Hosted by Sylvia and Viktors

Viktors Berstis and Sylvia Gray
Mozart - Symphony #40 (K550) in Gm, 4 hand arrangement,1st Mvmt 

Sylvia Grieg
Grieg - Hirtenknabe (Shepherd's Boy), Opus 54 # 1 of the Lyric pieces

Jacob Salzer (Guitar)
Jacob Salzer - The Sea

Jerry Bobbe (Cello)
Christina Perri - 000 years
JS Bach - Solo Cello Suite in Cm (BWV 1011) Gavotte I & II

Katrina Hedberg
Shostakovich - 3 Fantastic Dances ,Op. 5

Satomi Sano
Liszt - Ave Maria IV (S.545)

4:44  Siyoung Sung
Mozart - Sonata #2 (K280) in F, 3rd Mvmt

4:48  Jeff Johnson
Chopin - Etude Op10 #3 in E

4:53  Nancy Good (sing)
The Carpenters - "Sometimes"

4:58  Nick Fontana
Rachmaninov - Elegie Op.3 #1

5:04  Anne Denis
Mel Bonis - Barcarolle

Steve Ware
Brahms - Intermezzo Op117 #1 in Eb

5:20  Drew Sato
Beethoven - Sonata Op2 #1 in Fm,1st Mvmt

5:26  Clark Green (flute) Angela powers (cello)
Handel - Sonata in Am (HWV 374)
1. Grave
2. Allegro
3. Alla Siciliana
4. Allegro


Music Appreciators
Danny Bartlett
Oksana Bartlett
Margaret Bloomfield


<<Next gathering>>
3:30 PM chat, 4 PM play on Saturday, 9/13/2025 @ Sylvia & Viktors' house

Please fill out the form (click here) if you plan to attend Courageous Performers even if you are a guest, or not planning to play anything.

Monday, July 14, 2025

Courageous Performers - July 2025

July 12th, Hosted by Sylvia and Viktors

 "Classical Beauties & Stan"
 Sylvia Gray (Pf), Stacy Minkoff (Vla) & Stan Stanford (Cl)
Carl Reinecke - Trio, Op.264, 1st mov.

Clark Green, Angela Powers, & Christopher Schindler
B Martinu - Trio for flute, cello and piano

George Olsen
Debussy - Prelude #12, "Minstrels"

Reiko Isono
Chopin - Nocturne, Op15, #1

Jeff Johnson
Chopin - Etude in E, Op10, #3

Lisa Corcoran
Handel - Sonata #17 in G, Allegro con Brio 

Francine Goteiner
Ravel - Oiseux Tristes from Mirrors

Judy Potts
Bach - Prelude & Fugue in B♭ from WTC I 

Jerry Bobbe (Vc) and Margaret Bloomfield (Pf) 
Piazolla - Escualo

Steve Isaacson
Bach - Three-part invention in F

Victor Berstis
Scarlatti - Sonata in Bm

Katrina Hedberg
Scriabin - 2 Poemes, Op.32, #1


Music appreciator
Nancy Good 


<<Next gathering>>
3:30 PM chat, 4 PM play on Saturday, 8/2/2025 @ Sylvia & Viktors' house

Please fill out the form (click here) if you plan to attend Courageous Performers even if you are a guest or not planning to play anything.


Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Courageous Performers - June 2025

June 7th, Hosted by Sylvia and Viktors

4:05  Viktors  Berstis
Chopin - Fantasie Impromptu

4:09  Alex Mayall
Kosenko - Raindrops
Grieg - Aria

4:12  Jacob Salzar
Tabla Drums

4:19  Satomi Sano
Monpou - Variations on a Theme of Chopin (Theme, I, II, III, X & Coda)

4:28  Jeff Johnson
Chopin - Op.10 #3

4:34 Judy Potts
J.S. Bach - Prelude & Fugue in B♭ from WTC I 

4:38  Corey Johnson (Vn) and Dylan Walters (guitar)
Manuel de Falla - Selections from "Siete Canciones populares Españolas"
 - Nana (Berceuse)
 - Asturiana

4:47  "Classical Beauties & Stan"
 Sylvia Gray (Pf), Stacy Minkoff (Vla) and Stan Stanford (Cl)
Reineke - Sonata Op.264, 3rd mov. “Legend”

4:54 Chris Schindler and Clark Green
J.S. Bach - Flute Sonata in Gm, #1 + #2  (BWV1020)

5:10  Steve Ware
Mozart - Sonata in F (K332) 1st mov.
Chopin - Etude Op.25 #1
Lowell Leibermann - Gargoyles 1st mov.

5:21  Reiko Isono
Chopin - Etude Op.25 #1


Music Appreciators:
Margaret Bloomfield
Eric (Guest of Clark Green)



<<Next gathering>>

3:30 PM chat, 4 PM play on Saturday, 7/12/2025 @ Sylvia & Viktors' house

Please  fill out the form (click here) if you plan to attend Courageous Performers even if you are a guest, or not planning to play anything.

Thursday, May 22, 2025

Courageous Performers - May 2025

May 10th, Hosted by Jeff

Alex Mayall
Stephan Heller - Tarantella

Nick Fontana
Beethoven - Sonata in Bb, Op.2, 1st mov. Allegro con brio

Kim Chen
J.S. Bach - Italian Concerto, 1st mov.

George Olsen
Erik Satie - Gymnopédies 1

Steve Ware 
Mozart - KV 332 in F, 1st mov.
Chopin - Etude, Op.25 #1 in Ab

Anne Denis
Pejacevic - Rembrance
Bonis - Desdemona

Jeff Johnson
Chopin - Etude, Op.10 #3


<<Next gathering>>
3:30 PM chat, 4 PM play on Saturday, 6/7/2025 @ Sylvia & Viktors' house

Please fill out the form if you plan to attend Courageous Performers (click here) even if you are a guest, or not planning to play anything.

Thursday, April 24, 2025

Courageous Performers - April 2025

April 12th, Hosted by Sylvia and Viktors

4:00 Viktors Berstis
Bach/Busoni - "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland"

4:06 Alex Mayall
Steven Heller - Tarantella 

4:08 Jeff Johnson
Chopin - Etude Op.10 #3 in E
Chopin - Etude Op.25 #9 in Gb

4:21 Katrina Hedberg
Franz Liszt - Sancta Dorothea
Alexander Scriabin - Prelude Op.11 #4

4:26 Judy Potts 
Brahms - Ballades Op.10 #1 + #2

4:39 Lisa Corcoran (Pf) & Nancy Good (Cl)
Schuman - Fantasie for Clarinet + Piano Op 73 Mvmt #1

4:45 Margaret Bloomfield
Francisco Cantera - Nuevo Puntos Arr. Pablo Estigarribla

4:51 Reiko Isono
Scriabin - Etude Op 2 #1

4:54 Sylvia Gray (Pf), Adam Eason (Vc), and Stacey Minkoff (Vn)
Fanny Mendelssohn - Trio #1, 1st mvmt

5:12 Anne Dennis
Dora Pejačević - Song without Words, Op.10
Bonice - Desdimona
Bonice - Barcarolle

5:24 Peter Sullivan
Liszt - Poetic and religious harmonies: Miserables

5:30 Steve Ware
Chopin - Etude Op 25 #1 in Ab

5:34 Ginny Adelsheim
Rachmaninoff - Variations on a theme of Corelli,  var 14 & 15


<<Next gathering>>

3:30 PM chat, 4 PM play on Saturday, 5/10/2024 @ Jeffs' house

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Courageous Performers - March 2025

March 22nd, Hosted by Sylvia and Viktors

Sylvia Gray (Pf) and Stan Stanford (Cl)
Scott Joplin arr. by Dieter H. Forster - Entertainer, The Favorite, Chrysanthemum

George Olsen
Pulanc - Impromptu #2

Nancy Good (Cl), Charity Jedeilein (Bsn), and Clark Green (Fl)
Rick Sowash - Impressionist Suite I and II 

Alex Mayall
Steven Heller - Tarantella

Jacob Salzer
Journey (composition)

Katrina Hedberg
Mozart - Fantasie in Dm (K397)

Jeff Johnson
Chopin - Etudes Op.25 #8 and #9

Steve Ware
Schubert - Impromptu in G♭, Op.90 #3

Ann Dennis
Mel Bonice - Impromptu, Carillon Mystique

Peter Sullvan
Debussy - "Fireworks" from Preludes Book II, #12

Jerry Bobbe (Vc) & Lee Melaugh (Pf)
Rachmaninov - Cello Sonata in Gm, Op.19, IV. Allegro mosso


<<Next gathering>>
3:30 PM chat, 4 PM play on Saturday, 4/12/2025 @ Sylvia & Viktors' house

Please fill out the form if you plan to attend Courageous Performers (click here), even if you are a guest, or not planning to play anything.

(2025 Schedule: May 10, June 7)

Monday, February 24, 2025

Courageous Performers - February 2025

February 22nd, Hosted by Sylvia and Viktors

4:00     Viktors Berstis 
Bach - RH rendition (from Symphonic Suite)

4:06     Katrina Hedberg
Lysenko - Elegy, from "The Summer of 1902" Op.41 #3

4:11     George Olsen
Shostakovich - Fugue No 1, op 87 in C major

4:16     Francine Goteiner
Mozart - Adagio from a Mozart Sonata (K282), 1st mov 

4:22     Steve Ware
Lowell Liebermann – Gargoyles 1st mov

4:31     Jacob Salzer
Original Composition - “Winter Solstice” 

4.37     Jerry Bobbe
Jerome Kern - Old Man River
Bach – Suite in D, Gavotte
Rimsky-Korsakov – Flight of the Bumblebee

4:50     Sylvia Gray (Pf) & Stacey Minkoff (Va)
Tchaikovsky – Reverie from "Album for the Young"
Schubert - Ballet Music from "Rosamunde"
Dvorak – Larghetto from Sonatina Op.100

5:03     Kim Chen
Dvorak – Piano Quartet in Eb, 2nd mov

5:16     Anne Dennis
Dora Pejacevic - Sonata #2

5:26     Lisa Corcoran
Handel – “Harmonious Blacksmith” Aria and Variations

5:33     Jordan Shabazz (Fl)
Astor Piatzolla - Tango Etude for Flute

5:40     Ginny Adelsheim
Cesar Franck – Prelude from "Prelude, Fugue and Variations" Op.18

5:46     Nick Fontana
Rachmaninoff – Sonata #1 in Dm, Excerpt from 1st movement

Attendees:
Kate Milette


<<Next gathering>>
3:30 PM chat, 4 PM play on Saturday, 3/22/2025 @ Sylvia & Viktors' house
Please fill out the form if you plan to attend Courageous Performers (click here), even if you are a guest, or not planning to play anything.

(2025 Schedule: April 12, May 10, June 7)


Monday, January 13, 2025

Courageous Performers - January 2025

January 11th, Hosted by Sylvia and Viktors

1. Vicktors Berstis 
Chopin - Polonaise F#m, Op.44

2. Satomi Sano
Mussorgsky, arr. Rachmaninoff - Hopak from Sorochinsky fair

3. Peter Sullivan
Ravel - La vallée des cloches from Miroirs

4. Classical Beauties and Stan
    Stacey Minkoff (Va), Sylvia Gray (Pf)、Stan Stanford (Cl)
Mozart - TRIO for Clarinet, Viola, & Piano in E♭ “Kegelstatt” (K498), III Rondeaux: Allegretto

5. Corey Johnson (Vn) & Lisa Corcoran (Pf)
Mozart - Violin Sonata #4 E minor

6. Francine Goteiner
Debussy -  Prelude Book 1, #3 "La vent dans la plaine" 

7. Kim Chen
Schumann - Arabesque

8. Andrew Cowles-Heriot
Amy Beach - Nocturne Op.107

9. Corey Johnson (Vn) & Andrew Cowles-Heriot (Pf)
Elfrida Andree - Two Romances

10. Jerry Bobbe (Vc)
JS.Bach - Prelude in G
John Lennon - Imagine
San Martini - Allegro in G

11. Nancy Good (Cl) and Lisa Corcoran (Pf) 
Michele Mangani - Pagina d'album

12. Margaret Bloomfield
Pedro Laurenz, arr. Pablo Estigarribia - Milonga de mis amones

13. Drew Sato
Paul Desmond - Take Five
Edvard Grieg - Lyric Pieces (Op.71) #3 "Småtroll" or "Puck"

14. Marcus Eivers
MacDowell - At an old trysting place

15. Ginny Adelsheim
JS.Bach - WTC I Prelude #3 in C# Major

16. Happy Birthday to Stacey Event!!



Music Appreciators
Judy Potts


<<Next gathering>>
3:30 PM chat, 4 PM play on Saturday, 2/22/2025 @ Sylvia & Viktors' house

(2025 Schedule: March 15, April 12, May 10, June 7)