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Sunday 2023-12-17 @ 10:00am-12:00pm NZDT
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SHERRY GRANT CHRISTMAS CONCERT
WITH 4 KIDS
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Dedicated to Joseph Patrych
Watch Sherry's Interview with Joe for 2022 International Scriabin 150 Festival
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Sherry Grant
presents
Woodwind Music
by NZ/French/German composers
with her 4 kids
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Celebrate 2023 Christmas​
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Katherine Mansfield's Centenary
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(banner made by Sherry)
Piano: Sherry Grant (NZ)​
Oboe/cor anglais: Eddie Grant
Clarinet: Daniel Grant
Bassoon/vocal: Aspen Grant
Flute/vocal: Zoe Grant
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* Programme *
Sherry will be performing woodwind works with her 4 kids (aged 9 to 17) to celebrate Christmas and Katherine Mansfield's Centenary. This concert is dedicated to Sherry's good friend in NYC Joseph Patrych.​
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Sherry's Poem 1: TBC
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1. Zoe (flute): Menuet by J.S. Bach (Germany)
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2. Zoe (flute): Cinq Sets by Guy-Claude Luyoaerts (France)
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3. Aspen (bassoon): Aria by Tansman (France)
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4. Aspen (bassoon): Piece by Faure (France)
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5. Daniel (clarinet): Clarinet Concerto No.3, 1st mvt by Stamitz (Germany)
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Sherry's Poem 2: TBC
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6. Eddie (oboe): Oboe Concerto, 2nd mvt by Vaughan Williams (UK)
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7. Daniel (clarinet): Clarinet Sonata by Saint-saens (all 4 movements) (France)
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8. Zoe (vocal): Chocolate by David Hamilton (NZ)
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9. Eddie (cor anglais): 2 Mansfield Poems by Edwin Carr (NZ)
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10. Daniel (clarinet): 4th, 5th & 6th mvts from Phantasy Suite by Thomas Dunhill (UK)
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Sherry's Poem 3: TBC
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11. Zoe (vocal): Castle on the Cloud (France)
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12. Zoe (vocal): Any Dream Will Do (UK)
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13. Zoe (vocal): Greensleeves (UK, traditional)
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14. Daniel (clarinet): Sonatina by Malcolm Arnold (all three movements) (UK)
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15. Eddie (oboe): Gabriel's Oboe by Ennio Morricone (Italy)
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Sherry's Poem 4: TBC
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16. Zoe / Aspen (vocal duet): Evening Prayer From Hansel & Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck (Germany)
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17. Zoe / Aspen (vocal duet): Peace Song by Dorothy Buchanan (NZ)
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18. Sherry (piano): The Christmas Song
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19. Sherry (piano): The Christmas Waltz
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20. Zoe (vocal): Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
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21. Zoe (vocal): Jingle-Bell Rock
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22. TBC
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23. TBC
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Sherry Poem 5: TBC
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(Encore)
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Scriabin: Etude Op.2, No.1
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The Carpenters: It's Only Just Begun
Welcome to Sherry Grant's
HSA Rengay Workshop
5-5:50pm, Sunday 13 June 2021 EDT
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Below are rengay written during this workshop.
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Many thanks to the participants that gave permission to share their rengay here.
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Rengay 1
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Reflections
by Maxianne Berger (Outremont, Quebec, Canada) and Karen Harvey, (Pwllheli, Wales, UK)
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empty buckets
at the end of the wharf
chatty fishermen
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we build castles made of sand
washed away by the next tide
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round-trip
on the island ferry --
honeymoon cruise
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yet another
swing around the sun ...
golden wedding
reflections of moon and stars
on our ebbing memories
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all is well
at the end of the day
hot chocolate
Rengay 5
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Yet to Meet
by Pippa Phillips
John Stevenson
and Shirley Metzler
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fingerprints
under my fingerprints
secondhand book - pp
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what we know
about Ötzi - js
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stones and amber
reveal more culture
mountain man - sm
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lipstick on the bathroom stall
"I was here" - pp
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the difference between
swipe left and
swipe right - js
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just a friend
I have yet to meet - sm
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Rengay 2
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Fading Away
by Bryan Rickert (br)
Carolyn Bell (cb)
Sidney Bending (sb)​
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new graffiti
over the old
light snow - br
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he shouldn’t have
touched my lace - cb
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daisy chain
under her veil
a pale face - sb
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gently together
our fingertips - br
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her shawl falls
worn tattoos
fleeing secrets - cb
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a letter's signature
illegible - sb
Rengay 6
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Summer Fun
by Susan K. Beard
M.R. Defibaugh
Susan Lee Roberts
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ups and downs
the amusement park
merry go round - mrd
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children screens
happy days - skb
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keeping cool
freshly cut
watermelon - mrd
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flute songs float
over giant lotus - slr
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thin-fat-thin-fat
mirrors distort
laughter - slr
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grandpa
is not amused - skb
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Rengay 3
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Fruit Salad
by Jacob Salzer (Vancouver, WA USA)
Wilda Morris (Bolingbrook, IL USA)
Alex Fyffe (Houston, TX USA)
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Sunday yogurt
a mountain
of strawberries - js
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blueberry salad
the stems - wm
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plucking
grape after grape
for my child - af
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biting into a ripe cherry
my chocolate dream - js
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eating peaches
sweet from the tree
pesticides - wm
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watermelon seeds
the salt in my spit - af
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Rengay 7
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Rainbow Bridge
by Christine L. Villa (USA)
Claire Vogel Camargo (USA)
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snow flurries
minute after minute
without her whimper
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ashes in the urn
a feather floats by
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wet pavement
on my evening walk
licking my wounds
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barks
from the rainbow bridge
new friends
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an evening star
keeps me company
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constellations
we are not really alone
but the loneliness
Rengay 4
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Secret Delights
by Adjei Agyei-Baah (aa-b)
Deda Kavanagh (dk)
Jill Lange (jl)
Mark Farrar (mf)
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doting mama
hiding meat
under my fufu - aa-b
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she secrets quarters
for ice cream sundaes - dk
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a new bag
cracking pistachios
all of them - jl
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Guylian seashells
melting in the mouth
sticky fingers - mf
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nudging the shoreline
summer moon - aa-b
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in dim light
crabs socialize...
wave music - dk
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