Courageous Performers November 7, 2026

 

• 4:01 Viktors Berstis & Sylvia Gray
• Gounod: Funeral March for a Marionette
• 4:09 Clark Green (flute) Janet Craswell (Piano) 
• Faure: Apres un reve
• 4:15 Richard Gellman
• Haydn:  Sonata #20 in C Minor 1st Mvt.
• 4:23 Nanae Terazaki
• A. Durand: Valse
• 4:30 Nancy Good, clarinet; Janet Craswell, Piano
• Ravel: Piece en Forme d’Habanera
• 4:38 Abigail Zhien Wang
• Bach JS: French Suite No. 6 (E major) , first three movements 
• 4:44 Katrina Hedberg 
• Rachmaninov: Etude-Tableaux  #8 in g-minor
• 4:50 Lisa Corcoran
• Haydn: Sonata in G Major, Hob. XVI:27, 3rd Movement (Presto)
• 4:54 Jeff Johnson:
• Op 10, no 3. Etude in E Major known as Tristesse.
• 5:02 Steve Ware
• Mozart: Sonata in Bb K 333 1st Movement
• 5:10 Christopher Schindler
• William Bolcom: The Dead Moth Tango

Appreciators:

• Sue (Abigail’s friend)
• Danny Bartlett
• Win Hall
• Matt Slick
• Stan Hoff

Next Meeting:  Saturday, Dec 5, 2026, Arrive 3:30 or later; playing starts 4:00

Courageous Performers October 3, 2026

• Drew Sato
• Scarlatti:  Sonata K1 d minor, K438 F Major, 1st Mvmt.
• Reiko Isono
• Scriabin.  Etude Opus 2, # 1
• Jeff Johnson:
• Tschaikovsky, Opus 39, #1 Morning Prayer (from Album for the the Young)
• Oksana Bartlett
• Nino Roti:  Love theme from Romeo and Juliet
• Bacharach + David:  Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head
• Danny Bartlett
• Handel:  Sarabande D minor
• David Studhalter
• Bach:  Prelude in G#min/Well Tempered Clavier Bk II, BWV 887/1
• Richard Gellman
• Haydn:  Sonata #20 in C Minor 1st Mvt.
• Nobue Kaite
• Bach:  Prelude BWV 846 
• Abigail Zhien Wang
• Schumann, Liszt:  Widmung (Dedication) from Myrthen op. 25
• Viktors Berstis
• Bach/Rachmaninoff:  Preludio
• Sylvia Gray
• Grieg:  Opus 54 # 1, Goatherd
• Grieg:  Opus 54 #5,  Scherzo

Appreciators:

• Yvoney (Abigail’s friend)
• Judy Potts
• Ginny Adelsheim

Next Meeting:  Saturday, November 7, 2026, Arrive 3:30 or later; playing starts 4:00

Courageous Performers Sept 5, 2026

  

• Sylvia Gray (Primo), and Viktors Berstis (Secondo)
• Mozart: Piano Duet K 521 1st Mvmt

• Clark Green (flute) Janet Craswell (Piano) 
• Edvard Grieg: Soljev’s Song
• Edward MacDowell: To a Wild Rose

• Katrina Hedberg
• Edvard Grieg: IOp. 54, No. 4

• Jeff Johnson
• Tchaikovsky: Album for the Young,  Op 39 #1 Morning Prayer

• Lisa Corcoran

• Zhang Zhao:  Hani Love Song

• Francine Goteiner

• Frederic Mompou: Scenes from Childhood 1. Cries in the Street 4. Young Children in the Garden

• Reiko Isono 
• Schubert:  Sonata G-major, D-894, 1st movement

• David Studhalter
• Bach:  Fugue in g# minor, from WTC Book II

• Anne Denis 
• Amy Beach:  Ballade Op 6 in Db

• Steve Ware 
• J.S. Bach: WTC 1 Prelude and Fugue c-minor BWV 847

• Nick Fontana
• Rachmaninoff 1st Sonata 3rd Mvmt 

Appreciators:

• Margaret Bloomfield
• Judy Potts
• Mark Schroeder 

Post-Meeting-Performance:

• Angela Powers, cello, and Sylvia Gray, piano
• Brahms Cello and Piano Duo in E minor,  Op. 38

Upcoming Courageous Performers Dates:

• October 3
• November 7
• December 5
• January 9
• February 6
• March 6
• April 3
• May 1 [May need a volunteer host or postpone to later in May]
• June 5

Courageous Performers August 1, 2026

 

• Sylvia Gray and Viktors  Berstis
• Schubert: Marche Militaire, Op. 51, D. 733: No. 1 in D Major
• Katrina Hedberg 
• Rachmaninov: Etude-Tableaux  #8 in g-minor
• Sarah Merten 
• Samuel Barber: Sonata Allegro Energetico (1st Mvmt.)
• Francine Goteiner 
• Ginastera: Danzas Argentinas Op 2 #1 Danza del Viejo Boyero 
• Margaret Bloomfield
• Horacio Salgan, comp; Pablo Estigarribia, arr.:Motivo de Vals
• Steve Ware 
• J.S. Bach: WTC 1 Prelude and Fugue c-minor BWV 847
• Clark Green 
• Chopin: Op 9 #2
•  Reiko Isono
• Scriabin: Prelude, Op 9 for the Left Hand Alone
• Ginny Adelsheim
• Albeniz: Iberia Evocacione
• Sylvia and Viktors Nocturne 
• Grieg Norwegian Dance, Anitra’s Dance 

Appreciators:

Courageous Performers July 11, 2026

•  Reiko Isono
• Scriabin: Prelude, Op 9 for the Left Hand Alone
• Judy Potts
• Bach:  Prelude and Fugue in C# from Book 1
• Jeff Johnson
• Op 10, no 3. Etude inn E Major known as Tristesse.
• Lisa Corcoran
• Zhang Zhao: 1. Kangding Love Song 2. Why Are the Flowers So Red
• Nanae Terazaki
• Burgmuller:  La Chevaleresque
• Linda Woody
• Bartok:  Bouree from Mikrokosmos Book #4
• US BAch:  Bouree from Frenchy Overture
• Janet Craswell, piano, and Nancy Good, clarinet:
• Paul Rede:  The Victorian Kitchen Garden Suite, IV. Exotic; V. Summer
• Clark Green
• Bach E Minor Partita:  Sarabande
• Nicholas Fontana 
• Rachmananinoff Sonata # 1, last half of last movement
• Siyoung Sung
• Mozart KV 309 Rondeau
• Danny and Oksana Bartlett
• Duet: Faure Pavane
• Duet: Shostakovich Waltz
• Viktors Berstis and Sylvia Gray
• Duet:  Mozart Symphony # 40, 3rrd and 4th movement

Appreciators:

• Ginny Adelsheim
• Margaret Bloomfield

Courageous Performers June 6, 2026

•  Lisa Corcoran
• Zhang Zhao: 1. Jasmine   2. Remote Xianggelila. 
• Katrina Hedberg
• Rachmaninoff: Moment Musical in D flat; Op 16, No. 5
• Clark Green, flute;  Katrina Hedberg, Piano
• Bizet:  2nd Menuet from L’Arlesienne
• Nanae Terazaki
• [Disney]  When You Wish Upon a Star
• Drew Sato
• Keyboard Sonata K.1 d minor
• Clark Green, Flute;  Chris Schindler, piano
• Mozart:  Flute Concerto in G Major, 2nd Movement, Adagio non troppo
• Audra Sim, Voice;  Elliot Patros, guitar
• Bart Howard:  Fly Me to the Moon
• Reiko Isono
• R. Schumann-F.Liszt: Widmung
• Nancy Good, clarinet; Janet Craswell, Piano
• Gabriel Fauré: Sicilienne in G minor, op. 78 
• Darius Milhaud:  Caprice
• Sylvia Gray
• Edward Grieg:  Elfentanz & Volksweise, Opus 12, Nrs. 4 & 5
• Janet Craswell
• Peter Nero:  Scratch My Bach
• Rachmaninoff:  18th Variation of Paganini

Appreciators:

• Margaret Bloomfield
• Viktors Berstis

Courageous Performers May 2, 2026

•  Anne Denis
• Chopin:  Barcarolle
• Kim Chen:
• Chopin:  Polonaise in C# Minor
• Francine Gotteiner
• Frederico Mompou: #4 Jeunes Filles Au Jardin from Scènes D’Enfants 
• Judy Potts
• Bach:  Prelude and Fugue in C# major, Book 1
• Drew Sato
• Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.1 op. 2, no. 1 mvt 1
• Ginny Adelsheim
• Isaac Albeniz:  Evocacion from Iberia
• Lisa Corcoran
• Bach: French Suite #6:  Sarabande & Polonaise 
• Audra Sim, voice;  Stephen Lewis, piano
• Messiaen:  Harawi, Nos. 1 and 2
• Sylvia Gray and Viktors Berstis, 
• Edward Grieg:  Norwegian Dance Op. 35 #2; Anitra's Dance Op. 46 # 3 both in duet form
• Linda Woody
• Robert Schumann:  Romanze Op. 28 No. 2
• Jeff Johnson
• Robert Schumann:  Children's Scenes Op 15 Nos 7 ,12 13.
• Setve Ware
• Rachmaninoff:   Prelude 23,4 in D

Appreciators:

• Reiko Isono

Courageous Performers April 4, 2026

• Viktors Berstis and Sylvia Gray
• Mozart:  Symphony # 40, in piano duet arrangement, 3rd movement
• Reiko Isono
• Liszt  Liebestraum #3
• Chris  Schindler
•  Smetana:  Macbeth and the Witches
• Francine Gotteiner
• Francois  Couperin:  Les Roseaux
• Clark Green (flute) and Chris Schindler (piano)
• Telemann: Sonata in F Major
• Hue:  Serenade
• Daniel Bartlett and Oksana in duets
• Susan Ogelman:  Curious Cats
• Stravinsky:  Polka
•  Leon d'Orville:  The Lake
• Win Hall
• Franz Liszt: Au lac de Wallenstadt 
• Daniel Bartlett  
• Bach:  Musette
• Steve Ware
• Chopin Ballade #3, Op. 47
• Rachmanninoff Prelude 23, 4
• Sylvia Gray, piano, and Angela Powers, cello
• Brahms:  Sonata # 1 for cello and piano, Op. 38, 1st and 2nd movements

Appreciator:

Ginny Adelsheim 

Courageous Performers, March 7, 2026

Viktors Berstis:  

Leonid Hambro:  Happy Birthday Dear Ludwig ---excerpt based on Moonlight Sonata

(for Sylvia's Birthday)

GinnyAdelsheim, piano

Chopin: Prelude op. 28 #17

Corey Johnson on piano

Berlioz:  Valse chantée par le vent dans la cheminée d'un de mes châteaux en Espagne

Audra Sim, Voice, and Katrina Hedberg, Piano

Pauline Viardot:  L'oiselet

Katrina Hedberg

J.S. Bach:  Prelude and Fugue XII in F minor, Book 1

Sylvia Gray, piano

Edvard Grieg:  Arietta and Waltz, Opus 12, # 1 & 2

Daniel Bartlett and Oksana Bartlett, piano duet

Geoffrey Shaw:  Valse (from Black Key Duets)

Daniel Bartlett, piano:

Edvard Grieg, Waltz, Opus 12 # 2

Clark Green, Flute, and Christopher Schindler, piano

Christoph Willibald Gluck:  Minuet & Dance of the Blessed Spirits

J.S. Bach:  Sonata in E flat major

Judy Potts

J.S. Bach:  Prelude and Fugue in C # Major

Appreciators:

Margaret Bloomfield

George Olsen

Win Hall

(briefly:  Nick Fontana)

Courageous Performers February 7, 2026

Viktors Berstis (piano)

Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto #3, Opus 61, 2nd Movement, Transcription by Berstis

Clark Green (flute) ;  Christopher Schindler (piano)

Mozart: Andante in C (KV 315)

Katrina Hedberg (piano)

J. S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in f  minor Book 1, XII

Katrina Hedberg (piano) and Nancy Good (clarinet)

Michele Mangani:  Romanza

Audra Sim (voice) Dave Leon (double bass) Bass

J.S. Bach: Komm in mein Herzenshaus

Dave Leon (double bass) Andrew Cowles-Heriot Piano

Robert Fuchs: Sonata for Double Bass, Mvmt. 1

Reiko Isono (piano)

Scriabin: Etude Op. 2 #1

Chopin: Etude Op. 10 #3 in E

 Sylvia Gray (piano)

Grieg: Scherzo from Lyric Pieces, Op. 54 No. 5

Steve Ware (piano)

Chopin: Etude Op. 25# 10 in b

Nick Fontana (piano)

Rachmaninov: Sonata #1 1st Movement

Chris Sindchler, (piano)

Shostakovich: Prelude and Fugue in f#

 

Music Appreciators

Michelle Chappel

Corey Johnson

Margaret Bloomfield

Sibyl Jarrett

Okasana and Danny Bartlett

Courageous Performers - January 2026

January 10, Hosted by Sylvia and Viktors

Pre-performance Lecture by Dr. Steven Lewis:

"Hearing, Sight, Touch, and Proprioception: Engaging the Four Senses of Piano Playing for Optimal Learning and Performing"  

Steve Lewis, piano

Johannes Brahms: Intermezzo in A

George Olsen

Mendelssohn:  Song without Words: Morning Star, Op. 62, No. 4 in G major

Jeffrey Johnson

Schumann:  Childrens' Scenes, Op. 15:  #7  Child Falling Asleep; #12, Child in Dreamland; #13, The Poet Speaks

Satomi Sano 

Chopin:  Nocturne Op. 9 #2

Katrina Hedberg, Piano

Rachmaninov:  Moment Musical in D-flat

Audra Sim, Voice and Stephen Lewis, Piano

Messiaen: Harawi, movement 1 (2)

Sylvia Gray, piano

Edvard Grieg: Notturno, Opus 54 #4 

Reiko Isono, Piano

Rachmaninoff:  Vocalise

Clark Green, Flute;  Christopher Schindler, Harpsichord;  Dave Leon Double Bass

J.S. Bach:  Sonata for Flute & Piano  

    1. Adagio ma non tanto; 2. Allegro 3. Siciliano; 4. Allegro Assai

Steve Ware

Chopin Etude Opus 25, #1 in A-flat major

Lowell Liebermann:  Gargoyles, Op. 29

Nick Fontana, Piano

Max Reger: Variations & Fugue on a theme of JS Bach, Opus 81

Theme and Variations 1 & 2

Appreciators:

Ginny Adelsheim

Margaret Bloomfield

Nancy Good