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THE ARTISTS
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Jay Sacks plays recorder, cornetto, shawm, krummhorn, chalumeau, gemshorn, percussion and sings tenor. He has played with the Los Angeles Junior Philharmonic Orchestra, the UCLA Symphonic Band, the UCSD Wind Ensemble, the Merrye Windes and The Westwynde Consort. He has sung with the La Jolla Symphony Chorus, the San Diego Master Chorale, Musique Classique, Schola Pacifica and Full Measure Carolers. He presently plays with The San Diego Jazz Big Band and The Kearny Mesa Concert Band.
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Sandra Stram plays viola da gamba, vielle, recorder and krummhorn, and sings soprano. Sandra began playing early music in 1983 as a member of the Collegium at SDSU, playing violin and recorder. She later began viol studies with Peter Farrell and John Dornenburg. She completed a Master of Music Degree in Viol Performance in 1996. Sandra has recently retired from a 34 year teaching career teaching orchestral strings and recorder for several San Diego county school districts. She also has taught at Arrowbear music camp, conducted for Civic Youth Orchestra and the SDUSD elementary honor orchestra and ran the San Diego City Schools Recorder festival for many years. She is a judge for several music festivals and won outstanding educator awards from SDUSD Vapa department and Music Educator’s National Conference. She performs on violin and viol throughout the San Diego area, is a member of Kensington Baroque Orchestra, and plays fiddle with the Swamp Critters, Fiddle Cats and Judy Taylor’s Wild Oats.
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Vickie Jenkins plays recorder, cornamuse, krummhorn, harpsichord, percussion and sings soprano. She teaches music at The Child's Primary School and Gateways Summer School, and maintains a private piano studio. During the holiday season, she sings with Full Measure Carolers. Vickie has performed with ensembles at San Diego Mesa College, Scripps College and SDSU, and has a music degree from Scripps College. Other former groups include Pacific Camerata, Madonna non Papa, Melismata, Las Voces, and Schola Cantorum.
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Laury Flora started his musical career with piano lessons at age 5. He went on to study French horn and other brass, guitar and violin, and performed vocally with various choirs and madrigal groups, and founded several barbershop quartets. He plays recorder, krummhorn, rackett, psaltery, gemshorn, sacbut and cornetto, and sings. He also sings with Full Measure Carolers, an a-cappella ensemble which performs holiday music in San Diego and Orange Counties, and the La Jolla Renaissance Singers. Laury built the krummhorns and rackett that we use.
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Lissette Ryan is a mezzo soprano who plays harpsichord, lute, guitar, harp, recorders, percussion, and hurdy gurdy. While early music is her particular passion, she also performs other arts of long ago, including Morris dancing and traditional storytelling. She teaches music in Alpine, CA and performs regularly with various musicians at Society of Creative Anachronism events.
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Steve Hendricks started out playing saxophone. Since then, he has tried out recorder, viola da gamba, vielle, Renaissance guitar, shawm, sackbut, gemshorn, krummhorn, racket, dulcian, lute and cittern, some of them successfully. Steve has been making settings for tunes and songs for almost as long as he has been playing. He was an early member of the Purdue Renaissance Ensemble and has played with Early Music groups from California, Texas, and the DC area.
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Guest Performer
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Cathe Sobke holds degrees in music composition and music theory from SDSU. She grew up playing piano, clarinet, and guitar, and was introduced to early music during graduate studies about 25 years ago. Recently retired from teaching at Southwestern College, she continues to teach privately and enjoys performing in many early music groups including The Goliards, as well as Kensington Baroque Orchestra, Dolce Dolore, The Granada Consort, Musica Nova Anitiqua, and Ensemble Lonato.
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