Fireside Social Orchestra Quartet led by Phil and Gayle Neuman
Free
Program:
An ecclectic selection of 19th Century music including:
two songs with lyrics by two of Oregon’s famous suffragists, Abigail Scott Duniway and Eva Emery Dye
an advertising jingle for a fish restaurant in Baltimore
3 traditional Irish tunes
a song about the wreck of the USS Peacock in the mouth of the Columbia written by one of the survivors (we believe we’re the only people who have this historical song, and we can explain the unusual circumstance about how we came to have it)
a song about John Adams being disgruntled about losing his bid for reelection
General Taylor’s Gallop (1846) by early black composer Aaron Connoran
an early ragtime piece
All pieces will be performed with authentic instruments and voice.
About Phil Neuman
Phil Neuman, a performer on recorder, sackbutt, and numerous other wind and stringed instruments, co-founded and co-directs the Oregon Renaissance Band, which has performed for the Regensburg Early Music Festival, and recorded the CDs Carnevale and Now make we joye. He has produced and recorded seven CDs for Pandourion Records including French Music of the 14th Century, Music of the Ancient Greeks, and The One Horse Open Sleigh. He appears in the recent award-winning film Buddymoon directed by Alex Simmons, and recorded music for the recent remake of Ben-Hur. He has written and recorded music for Oregon Public Broadcasting. He has played for audiences on three continents, including performances at several ancient theater sites in Greece. He teaches Recorder, Renaissance Winds, and Loud Band classes at the Community Music Center in Portland. Phil is a member of The Trail Band, has performed under the direction of Christopher Hogwood and Nicholas McGeegan, recorded with the American Bach Soloists, and has played in the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, The Chicago Chorale, Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra, Mercury Chamber Orchestra and Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado. He has composed, arranged and transcribed over a thousand works for recorder ensemble, brass ensemble, and symphonic wind ensemble, including 'Theme and Variations' that won first place in the San Francisco Recorder Composition Competition.