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presents:
A Concert of Brass, Organ, and Percussion
The Menlo Brass
with Dr. Alison Luedecke,
Organist, and Beverly Reese-Dorcy, Percussionist
St. Bede's Episcopal Church
2650 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 854-6555
7:30 p.m., Saturday, October 7, 2006
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Fanfare for the Common
Man
Menlo Brass, percussion, organ |
Aaron Copland |
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Quintet
Menlo Brass |
Michael Kamen |
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Plinn
Gavotte
Montagne
Percussion, organ |
Traditional
arr. Etien Andre |
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Tales of
the Cultural Revolution
Menlo Brass, vocalist John May, percussion |
Brian Holmes |
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Triptych: iii. Hymn
Menlo Brass, organ |
David Ashley White |
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Festival Postlude
(Ite Missa Est Festliches Postludium)
Menlo Brass, percussion, organ |
Vinzenz Goller
arr. Richard Proulx |
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Rhosymedre
Organ |
Ralph Vaughan Williams |
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Alla Festiva
Menlo Brass |
Mark Fish |
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Hymn to the Night
Menlo Brass, organ |
Rameau |
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Ceathair
I. Tiarna Mhaigh Eo (Lord Mayo)
II. Dulámán (Sea Weed)
III. ‘S Umbó Aerá (Summer Carol)
IV. Banish Misfortune
Menlo Brass, percussion, organ |
John Karl Hirten |
Alison J. Luedecke, organ and
harpsichord, is a native of Galveston. She is active across the US as a solo
concert organist and has played in Canada and Germany. As an ensemble musician,
Dr. Luedecke has performed with the Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra, San Diego
Chamber Orchestra, and with other chamber ensembles. She received the Doctor of
Musical Arts degree in Organ Performance at the Eastman School of Music as a
student of David Craighead. As a recording artist, she is featured on numerous
CDs and has been heard on the nationally syndicated radio show Pipedreams. Her
most recent CDs on the Raven label feature four of the earliest organs in the US
and Canada built by Rudolph von Beckerath.
 Beverly Reese-Dorcy, timpani and percussion,
is a native of Minneapolis. She performs with the San Diego Symphony, California
Symphony, Opera by the Bay, Sun Valley Summer Symphony, and San Diego Chamber
Orchestra. Before moving to California in 1998, Ms. Dorcy was active in the
Seattle area, where she worked as principal percussionist with the Bellevue
Philharmonic, principal timpanist with the Tacoma Opera, and recorded
extensively with the Seattle Men's Chorus. She received the Master of Music
degree in Percussion Performance.
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