tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83497161165745707402024-03-17T19:59:43.900-07:00Music Meets DramaKathleen Shimetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00366481142387911084noreply@blogger.comBlogger196125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349716116574570740.post-16904662056492767522024-03-08T18:39:00.000-08:002024-03-08T18:49:10.909-08:002024 Scholarship Announcement<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The Gena Branscombe Project</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">is</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">proud to announce that </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">applications for its</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">2024 scholarships </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">are now open!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Go to our website:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.thegenabranscombeproject.com">www.thegenabranscombeproject.com</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbc3GuwDFX85XutVX58nBRse_8xppS05rhSv7HRojev7h8QjR8GbhYBGKbasyiq5H6spUmaXAi-0ImYpOuYKzr3eeyM3Z7OAj7VDLCgZxQ8cJ-mlew8w3F9-6soiWEp2ziRDIU6H2TLC74YvsWp8fsvir2Z4rB7SJy4jJaB2eEt6bvuq7M_avGFnzu2NCI/s1243/The%20Gena%20Branscombe%20Project%20Scholarships.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1243" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbc3GuwDFX85XutVX58nBRse_8xppS05rhSv7HRojev7h8QjR8GbhYBGKbasyiq5H6spUmaXAi-0ImYpOuYKzr3eeyM3Z7OAj7VDLCgZxQ8cJ-mlew8w3F9-6soiWEp2ziRDIU6H2TLC74YvsWp8fsvir2Z4rB7SJy4jJaB2eEt6bvuq7M_avGFnzu2NCI/s320/The%20Gena%20Branscombe%20Project%20Scholarships.png" width="247" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>#BringingBackBranscombe</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.kathleenshimeta.com</div>Kathleen Shimetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00366481142387911084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349716116574570740.post-90603742173176221422024-03-04T05:33:00.000-08:002024-03-04T06:02:39.511-08:00Boston Landmarks Orchestra<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL0Y2ljKuSdY5zi2XmeWye8UYnZGJ5ueQr1OfePI6JmQhG4bHdGkvJyX8_enfE9ZZ7LSInp_YK4sHhDWDL-JkshEDQyy-DRKxNgCRnM5hEQk-dIBCm7aLpxqDasHX6fbekEByWAKNZUWXbysdiOERtVfLbNYgPYiuXMX4l-1Ayor7ybpAuTQn_bQIjigsS/s1640/Boston%20Landmarks%20Orchestra.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1640" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL0Y2ljKuSdY5zi2XmeWye8UYnZGJ5ueQr1OfePI6JmQhG4bHdGkvJyX8_enfE9ZZ7LSInp_YK4sHhDWDL-JkshEDQyy-DRKxNgCRnM5hEQk-dIBCm7aLpxqDasHX6fbekEByWAKNZUWXbysdiOERtVfLbNYgPYiuXMX4l-1Ayor7ybpAuTQn_bQIjigsS/s320/Boston%20Landmarks%20Orchestra.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>T<span style="font-size: medium;">hank you to the Boston Landmarks Orchestra for creating and making available this video about Gena Branscombe! Click on the hyperlink below. </span></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59uVv5awSQA"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59uVv5awSQA</span></a></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">With Miss Branscombe's close ties to Boston, I hope that some day the orchestra will program her "Pilgrims of Destiny." </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">#BringingBackBranscombe</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.kathleenshimeta.com</div>Kathleen Shimetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00366481142387911084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349716116574570740.post-54434994355080065612024-02-16T09:03:00.000-08:002024-02-16T11:14:05.397-08:00Colleges of the Fenway Orchestra - Festival Prelude/Festival March<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">On Monday, February 12<sup>th</sup>, the Colleges of the
Fenway Orchestra rehearsed Gena Branscombe’s 1914 piece, “Festival
Prelude/Festival March.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCpTsrOBz7pLACJATjF3LNP1f2ab5_PB6JUuAgWhWYQAaLesslWSzKidBivujmksYmRdnwm_iFihKm0LRRuQiseCWT573_6gS7XStH6q9c2H5u5E6bgzj7_gBpHSEU0JebY7HqNi2Re3Ux3J2e3aAaQrWIx0jGTP8NWkciMepnPmsd4KvCu5SgpLm9pSNj/s2619/20240212_201558.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2139" data-original-width="2619" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCpTsrOBz7pLACJATjF3LNP1f2ab5_PB6JUuAgWhWYQAaLesslWSzKidBivujmksYmRdnwm_iFihKm0LRRuQiseCWT573_6gS7XStH6q9c2H5u5E6bgzj7_gBpHSEU0JebY7HqNi2Re3Ux3J2e3aAaQrWIx0jGTP8NWkciMepnPmsd4KvCu5SgpLm9pSNj/s320/20240212_201558.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">What made this rehearsal special?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the first rehearsal and soon to be first performance
of the original orchestration of this piece in over 100 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, to add more to this explanation, the
original orchestral work is in Miss Branscombe’s manuscript at the New York Public
Library for the Performing Arts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From
scanned photos of the manuscript, the piece was transcribed into Finale,
note by note by note, for the rehearsal to happen!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYHtoRHQvIQUg-W_Ty7hfonqwlvnISjlX9sJDELpLgSyk2FNNF6sKLzPcdwwUhGqXBq2ugYWMBE6Kq6LniIQchn_htcSKjs3leVeXvPscXLaPQvB9FBqNhnD6w57DBrL83UqVgBDiX_2H2CtdC58q-yq3xZqY3kz585Atxfq5WJ_FO2wcP0jeeINmb-F2/s3353/20220323_142225%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3353" data-original-width="2990" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYHtoRHQvIQUg-W_Ty7hfonqwlvnISjlX9sJDELpLgSyk2FNNF6sKLzPcdwwUhGqXBq2ugYWMBE6Kq6LniIQchn_htcSKjs3leVeXvPscXLaPQvB9FBqNhnD6w57DBrL83UqVgBDiX_2H2CtdC58q-yq3xZqY3kz585Atxfq5WJ_FO2wcP0jeeINmb-F2/s320/20220323_142225%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="285" /></span></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5bpnreYLxw2zaJ6v4SKkGWc9fzh9C6HM7IYy1ITllF0yQIkHA5lizWCnzq6EGkdD40qmgqf5MNy7O2cT-_tGlhrNU5jcZNGc7_UollkfQUoXgjeZTQwERtrHJ17U_FphyEG7iOSxSw-P1UPsmtZfnl1zIgVi4R97mEilRj540bipO9F5RXjlMdPCHWem0/s3260/20220323_142240%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3260" data-original-width="2757" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5bpnreYLxw2zaJ6v4SKkGWc9fzh9C6HM7IYy1ITllF0yQIkHA5lizWCnzq6EGkdD40qmgqf5MNy7O2cT-_tGlhrNU5jcZNGc7_UollkfQUoXgjeZTQwERtrHJ17U_FphyEG7iOSxSw-P1UPsmtZfnl1zIgVi4R97mEilRj540bipO9F5RXjlMdPCHWem0/s320/20220323_142240%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="271" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p>Damali Willingham, The Gena Branscombe Project’s 2020 Composer
scholarship winner, took on the task of re-creating the score from its original
instrumentation. When a student at
Berklee College of Music in Boston, Damali arranged this same piece for wind
ensemble and conducted the performance in Spring 2022. Damali is one talented musician and a
wonderful, positive person! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAezjvd-Q_mpvRXYzffhfRcZLqLPp0IMTVox9gW0ASd_f3RX0GEXASbMhvhW1K5c6gwWREzGoQkdlQEJFtJ8Qgo2zKn__c8i3vcZLBntivAiBUf7jZQVOF9z_QUKnO5v_o4KRWJA3ZVnd1pHKOz6TbyULijYBBQBn13oC4m-843YeN95XEx4a7uwjCR9q4/s3296/Festival%20-%20page%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3296" data-original-width="2318" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAezjvd-Q_mpvRXYzffhfRcZLqLPp0IMTVox9gW0ASd_f3RX0GEXASbMhvhW1K5c6gwWREzGoQkdlQEJFtJ8Qgo2zKn__c8i3vcZLBntivAiBUf7jZQVOF9z_QUKnO5v_o4KRWJA3ZVnd1pHKOz6TbyULijYBBQBn13oC4m-843YeN95XEx4a7uwjCR9q4/s320/Festival%20-%20page%201.jpg" width="225" /></a><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHqpWxV5exzYI5-WHb_-6UCE5K8gXWwlOna2XGe-hU65mY0ZzAnpvEORfgCrEo0n-eI8yRgMhMSC3V8IBOK4_d6M6DPiFMyD3XYnLyI85pA09Bghix_21eKcqx8vIQfJhRxfzIoTQ27QAd8quNbXvoJvHnr16nPwQ-Sbn5-PLI5V4mJNfOsFyDrUdgMC63/s3119/20240212_201618.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3119" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHqpWxV5exzYI5-WHb_-6UCE5K8gXWwlOna2XGe-hU65mY0ZzAnpvEORfgCrEo0n-eI8yRgMhMSC3V8IBOK4_d6M6DPiFMyD3XYnLyI85pA09Bghix_21eKcqx8vIQfJhRxfzIoTQ27QAd8quNbXvoJvHnr16nPwQ-Sbn5-PLI5V4mJNfOsFyDrUdgMC63/s320/20240212_201618.jpg" width="308" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Thanks to Dan Ryan for programming Gena’s “Festival
Prelude/Festival March” for the Colleges of Fenway Spring concert on Wednesday,
March 27<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thanks also to
his orchestra for their dedicated work leading up to their performance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Klka7znxMIZoAv5o9yc3VULaotAltOU8A2lFl1sFGKDVKjmxXqqRRB9pEk26NwaJeBqdfHLyR4AThlvxg5lLkDyWssccu9DV9bFCJ7jARL2Es6diFLtbMTgVbrEAYIKjclAbSvcbVcb5u1woiSrXXlBXBuUDB0eN1ealXgDMv-f7dgTH5D4L-CdpNPkN/s1216/branscombe%20portait%20fixed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1216" data-original-width="795" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Klka7znxMIZoAv5o9yc3VULaotAltOU8A2lFl1sFGKDVKjmxXqqRRB9pEk26NwaJeBqdfHLyR4AThlvxg5lLkDyWssccu9DV9bFCJ7jARL2Es6diFLtbMTgVbrEAYIKjclAbSvcbVcb5u1woiSrXXlBXBuUDB0eN1ealXgDMv-f7dgTH5D4L-CdpNPkN/s320/branscombe%20portait%20fixed.jpg" width="209" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> <b><i>Gena Branscombe </i></b></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">#BringingBackBranscombe</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.kathleenshimeta.com</div>Kathleen Shimetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00366481142387911084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349716116574570740.post-48648398122894566652024-02-06T07:39:00.000-08:002024-02-06T14:18:18.383-08:00"Antonia: A Portrait of a Woman" - Antonia Brico<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1mJVfUGJ_vwjxi-36Z_KbL05RclEmIixchimgRxporQALisCIX1_UQeFCqxT6T5Rqsn7opp1XvfOhNFDR4o9WCf33S9q27W17R7ObVnr9U4ClLFT_qA0ceaDlt1v1NW2q9EUIS-stIB9_AylTEEP8_RA4y3Pa1YzSIY5-oGiSmlJV9OavEZYs-1vmT3Zw/s302/Brico_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="193" data-original-width="302" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1mJVfUGJ_vwjxi-36Z_KbL05RclEmIixchimgRxporQALisCIX1_UQeFCqxT6T5Rqsn7opp1XvfOhNFDR4o9WCf33S9q27W17R7ObVnr9U4ClLFT_qA0ceaDlt1v1NW2q9EUIS-stIB9_AylTEEP8_RA4y3Pa1YzSIY5-oGiSmlJV9OavEZYs-1vmT3Zw/s1600/Brico_2.jpg" width="302" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Writing about symphony orchestra conductor Antonia Brico (1902-1989)
for the second time is quite the honor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This past Saturday, February 3<sup>rd</sup>, at the Museum of Modern Art
(MOMA) in New York City, I attended a showing of the 1974 Academy Award
nominated documentary film, <span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"> “Antonia: A Portrait of a Woman.”</span> In the audience on
Saturday were the movie’s producers and directors, Judy Collins and Jill
Godmilow, who spoke of their experiences making the documentary.<o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">In the late 1970s, the movie was shown on PBS, which I
watched because I had met Dr. Brico in 1977 when she conducted a concert for a
summer string program at the conservatory in Cincinnati.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What you see of her in the movie is exactly
who she was in real life; a dedicated musician, exacting in rehearsals,
thoughtful and kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">“Antonia: A Portrait of a
Woman,”</span> has been remastered and is available to watch on YouTube.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After you click on the hyperlink, take 57
minutes to learn about this remarkable woman conductor who broke down barriers
in the 1930s and faced discrimination her entire career.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sHE9lLjUpuM" width="320" youtube-src-id="sHE9lLjUpuM"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: justify;">There is always a connection to Gena Branscombe
in my blog!</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> In the small world of classical music </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Miss Branscombe and Antonia
Brico’s lives crossed paths. Gena organized a meeting, gala concert and
dinner for the New York Matinee Musicale in December 1935.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">She engaged composers Amy Beach and Marion
Bauer as well as Antonia Brico as speakers for the event. </span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDrWbxW89Pn8jApIqCUTybqVQR-z71o6RFtvsP1hQ6hr5rG48hnpzUoIZX6xw9rbfNPvwz3D3FmM8cnND_bHW8YMnsmSW2dhWyMh3gC7_ijFNe-MAN9pqgf3ja3EZBGlfIi92ry-4YV3wzlZpBrsviYDTZqRKedLUTrlggmhcGJ-ToxrX_dHKpOiV9yJBf/s2048/Four%20woman%20composers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1463" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDrWbxW89Pn8jApIqCUTybqVQR-z71o6RFtvsP1hQ6hr5rG48hnpzUoIZX6xw9rbfNPvwz3D3FmM8cnND_bHW8YMnsmSW2dhWyMh3gC7_ijFNe-MAN9pqgf3ja3EZBGlfIi92ry-4YV3wzlZpBrsviYDTZqRKedLUTrlggmhcGJ-ToxrX_dHKpOiV9yJBf/s320/Four%20woman%20composers.jpg" width="229" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: justify;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: justify;">#BringingBackBranscombe</span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.kathleenshimeta.com</div>Kathleen Shimetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00366481142387911084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349716116574570740.post-27765719801603850642024-01-19T13:08:00.000-08:002024-01-19T13:08:25.954-08:00Charlotte Kay Russell<p> The Gena Branscombe Project and #BringingBackBranscombe congratulate our Board member, Regan Russell, and her husband, Howdy, on the birth of their beautiful daughter, Charlotte Kay Russell. Born on January 15, 2024, this bundle of joy weighed 7 lbs, 14 ounces. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjli4dufusmja8JMtSFvUXj29ZfFydQciLheo6whR_qARd6qMnVWldxRX2ko0nxNDT_B3_ANvfuDjVeoEP5xexjGH5ZqcI9oQcsFaNZXOIFdg4a97ggrp5Tx_stZba-zlqZ_iN-ulCEI3Ae9rQOeFShyphenhyphena77lDURXl71MwUOnK3Hk3cV4SUNwqagKpoWqHo9/s1800/Charlotte%20Kay%20Russell.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjli4dufusmja8JMtSFvUXj29ZfFydQciLheo6whR_qARd6qMnVWldxRX2ko0nxNDT_B3_ANvfuDjVeoEP5xexjGH5ZqcI9oQcsFaNZXOIFdg4a97ggrp5Tx_stZba-zlqZ_iN-ulCEI3Ae9rQOeFShyphenhyphena77lDURXl71MwUOnK3Hk3cV4SUNwqagKpoWqHo9/s320/Charlotte%20Kay%20Russell.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><p>Welcome to the world Miss Charlotte and we know you will be a big supporter and fan of Gena Branscombe's music. </p><p><br /></p><p>#BringingBackBranscombe</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.kathleenshimeta.com</div>Kathleen Shimetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00366481142387911084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349716116574570740.post-31864542546698772812023-12-28T14:39:00.000-08:002023-12-28T14:39:40.762-08:00Journal of the IAWM – International Alliance of Women in Music<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqI0ZJjtABkdmBa9s19SE_9Nydlge1dfLukU1XxjSfvO5BoiFuN5s8n7okBKZcKIdriJYHpS1Q-Y8ULuzIjXTbj3Fk4_5x0gKjohM1SQTg4PqKJ_kIg7BSTbyFKFsHZQ-77GXCaH2DKj3ObOnys610NsV2bdDD3TtqQHT_zn-xpcr2W4aMVclMJLyvkVya/s3296/IAWM%20-%20Cover%2012-23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3296" data-original-width="2544" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqI0ZJjtABkdmBa9s19SE_9Nydlge1dfLukU1XxjSfvO5BoiFuN5s8n7okBKZcKIdriJYHpS1Q-Y8ULuzIjXTbj3Fk4_5x0gKjohM1SQTg4PqKJ_kIg7BSTbyFKFsHZQ-77GXCaH2DKj3ObOnys610NsV2bdDD3TtqQHT_zn-xpcr2W4aMVclMJLyvkVya/s320/IAWM%20-%20Cover%2012-23.jpg" width="247" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br />This month’s Journal of the IAWM, International Alliance of
Women in Music, featured an article about The Gena Branscombe Project’s 2023 scholarship winners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Congratulations to Brittney Benton, Hannah Nacheman and Roslinde Rivera.</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio-nSAkA-mg9iBK7E6USvQVmX648RdNn6-t8TvXlKwYfuLIhX6YgV0E47zjN5DK-D_tzrLF_TmOSIgJ7aOP-nqINyXeONkrKn134ra0RnpG79xJTzEXtnt-1LBTrjgdFt6sc5WPk-r5x-Gv4Y2Ivm6G9QT2MAxafwQmU5iNQnuXpzJOLlven_NyYux2uzw/s3296/IAWM%20-%202023%20winners.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3296" data-original-width="2544" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio-nSAkA-mg9iBK7E6USvQVmX648RdNn6-t8TvXlKwYfuLIhX6YgV0E47zjN5DK-D_tzrLF_TmOSIgJ7aOP-nqINyXeONkrKn134ra0RnpG79xJTzEXtnt-1LBTrjgdFt6sc5WPk-r5x-Gv4Y2Ivm6G9QT2MAxafwQmU5iNQnuXpzJOLlven_NyYux2uzw/s320/IAWM%20-%202023%20winners.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Keep watching for announcements of the 2024 Gena Branscombe Project scholarships!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAoD4yLUMx8s99_YP0gSyDso-tr3AChjJA600dYpYeTQYjLIBZJbFqjxO4VV3QuaCzD-Yj9StwK-wyCHaTLhJSLsJfLHR3BCHoi_d4Hhbe_ScIe7rH7cloXkqTi08wcIfmJGwxhxdwWf-F6-A0oWgGCKNyyxUpml_dc-dMUlOKLuE2o9CVAuh7y6Z-S2EW/s796/Gena%20Branscombe%20smile.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="644" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAoD4yLUMx8s99_YP0gSyDso-tr3AChjJA600dYpYeTQYjLIBZJbFqjxO4VV3QuaCzD-Yj9StwK-wyCHaTLhJSLsJfLHR3BCHoi_d4Hhbe_ScIe7rH7cloXkqTi08wcIfmJGwxhxdwWf-F6-A0oWgGCKNyyxUpml_dc-dMUlOKLuE2o9CVAuh7y6Z-S2EW/s320/Gena%20Branscombe%20smile.jpg" width="259" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">#BringingBackBranscombe</span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.kathleenshimeta.com</div>Kathleen Shimetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00366481142387911084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349716116574570740.post-67912297980746576452023-12-15T08:37:00.000-08:002023-12-15T08:37:58.414-08:00Hail Ye Tyme of Holie-dayes (A Chrystmasse Song)<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Chrystmasse seasons filled with joy, sadness, melancholy, sentimental
remembrances, thankfulness for gifts received, gatherings of friends and family
are what nearly every person experiences during their lifetime of Holie-dayes. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkPjfiKMiDNwRPBL6IqAtnnlrWwK0MRt7qPnYVX83z5I-9Hs8JGOsjuAHn-ihQvT-qGwL4XzgpDtXs44qyM5TOrvMckhBztmjQqbY1px_3u6JqdqH19tki9IU9zre3ZFkflCOE9G5h9hnaCAmpWAXO8OWtKuEmZVkGKP-VobxPrfna_3TP-BeECwxzpTke/s1216/branscombe%20portait%20fixed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1216" data-original-width="795" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkPjfiKMiDNwRPBL6IqAtnnlrWwK0MRt7qPnYVX83z5I-9Hs8JGOsjuAHn-ihQvT-qGwL4XzgpDtXs44qyM5TOrvMckhBztmjQqbY1px_3u6JqdqH19tki9IU9zre3ZFkflCOE9G5h9hnaCAmpWAXO8OWtKuEmZVkGKP-VobxPrfna_3TP-BeECwxzpTke/s320/branscombe%20portait%20fixed.jpg" width="209" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br />For Gena Branscombe there were many of those same experiences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In her December 14, 1917 letter to her
publisher Mr. Schmidt she wrote, <o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">“There is a foretaste of what the years will bring – this
Christmas – a poignancy that has never existed before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And just now we are waiting for later news of
my cousin Gerald – who was severely wounded and gassed a few days ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wish you could have seen the two older
babies frolicking in the snow – this afternoon with their cheeks like
peonies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’re both so huge that they
can hardly both sit on their used –to-be capacious sled – and when their wicked
mother would give an unexpected pull – one or the other would roll merrily
off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are great fun.”</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOlZor7IS-GuDLupan4ZBkodX4WNNYl8pxMmvi9BMTTjbznjXyBMIohLWRRNPpXlWwjdtsn4Czl6f3f8B3toloyjJtYaKVN43SAKpMnbXEXg3Rr0hUr4N7OX3azZ9XH6KwA8LO7NGhWw-rMZnYTddPAII4dsAkJ-EcNjeQfyL7cZlEmRI16Co26A43_SDj/s320/gbvatgtphoto3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="253" data-original-width="320" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOlZor7IS-GuDLupan4ZBkodX4WNNYl8pxMmvi9BMTTjbznjXyBMIohLWRRNPpXlWwjdtsn4Czl6f3f8B3toloyjJtYaKVN43SAKpMnbXEXg3Rr0hUr4N7OX3azZ9XH6KwA8LO7NGhWw-rMZnYTddPAII4dsAkJ-EcNjeQfyL7cZlEmRI16Co26A43_SDj/s1600/gbvatgtphoto3.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /> <o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Miss Branscombe wrote of her cousin who was fighting and was
wounded in Europe during World War I.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Concern, worry, sadness turns to her recounting of the joy she
experienced playing in the snow with her two oldest babies, Gena and
Vivian.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">In various other letters to Schmidt she wrote of Chrystmasse
travel to Methuen, MA to spend the holie-dayes with her husband’s family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or a Chrystmasse trip to Methuen was thwarted
due to “Gena had Grippe – and while she was able to be out a day or so before
Christmas – we didn’t dare risk it …”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>(December 26, 1915 letter).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another
letter explains she had no time to send out cards or have a picture taken of
daughter Gena because she was out of town playing concerts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Now why the two different spellings of the word
Christmas/Chrystmasse or the word Holie-dayes?<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1nV8er8XlSQwCqReRGIKb7FT6HSID4yE-Prm-o1lD24uYJ4l_lGzXd2arLthDh0tSYNz16kjQEUFit-iWwynK9kltJ3BPYdwG1laDK5iHlBDX1gwUs17JAkDo4C6ci-rmOdfq-Z28PZocNFDTvwJgHJM4ET5rH4oWSzvVCZYBeKMCoiOhSbY84seHrsJ8/s2289/HailYe%20-%20color.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2289" data-original-width="1968" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1nV8er8XlSQwCqReRGIKb7FT6HSID4yE-Prm-o1lD24uYJ4l_lGzXd2arLthDh0tSYNz16kjQEUFit-iWwynK9kltJ3BPYdwG1laDK5iHlBDX1gwUs17JAkDo4C6ci-rmOdfq-Z28PZocNFDTvwJgHJM4ET5rH4oWSzvVCZYBeKMCoiOhSbY84seHrsJ8/s320/HailYe%20-%20color.jpg" width="275" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br />As a composer, Gena Branscombe added her Chrystmasse song to
the published and performed repertoire in 1912.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With poet Kendall Banning the two combined talents to write “Hail Ye
Tyme of Holie-dayes.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Banning’s
poetry harkens back to olde English which I am sure delighted Miss Branscombe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A sprightly, upbeat tune acknowledging love,
laughter, fun, follie, garb worn by the poor and Noblesse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Encouraging songs of happiness will help rid
sorrow and madrigals for all because Chryst will be with ye alle!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">“Hail Ye Tyme of Holiedayes” published by the Arthur P.
Schmidt Co. of Boston sold well and was performed frequently by famous singers David Bishpham, Laurence Tibbett, <span style="line-height: 21.4667px;">Norman Joliffe, </span>Penelope Davis and many others. Miss Branscombe arranged the solo song for women’s chorus, SATB and TTBB. Even more sales were made. Royalties to help with Chrystmasse expenses were received with glee and thankfulness.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnMA6aBFqXz6zemzrU_-9KGFBNG44zToS3r2l6fyYgmjIHep3QTX48UvWKjkblpmOjRp5HVKppq8BV4-8lbmVF8Q-2nW88R8BeDLU4CPxzdbDFd0FlDqpqw5NztjOOmFkogXyWLrz-fg3lDWcwHVqr0p_8535QkfLSulyVe6d61NMqhjOlqHTFlFIyDPPa/s643/DavidBispham.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="643" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnMA6aBFqXz6zemzrU_-9KGFBNG44zToS3r2l6fyYgmjIHep3QTX48UvWKjkblpmOjRp5HVKppq8BV4-8lbmVF8Q-2nW88R8BeDLU4CPxzdbDFd0FlDqpqw5NztjOOmFkogXyWLrz-fg3lDWcwHVqr0p_8535QkfLSulyVe6d61NMqhjOlqHTFlFIyDPPa/s320/DavidBispham.jpg" width="199" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvbASL0jIVvRrqS3A_qeJnDlGD3YkgjxW1Lh2AWITl9hOgpoHXxe2f4CxjQGQA6_UVkIlE5fLf8rtV_-tZJrysfqE-np6QaviJl-Z_g0zkWEAfZgV_guvTLPu2IBL8e3CKWUjWJQmVgd1KooQH0TDLXSOzVtGrgCys-2MjwrS0V3QvnFvjhI2SW-CmCgol/s940/2_Lawrence-Tibbett.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="940" data-original-width="710" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvbASL0jIVvRrqS3A_qeJnDlGD3YkgjxW1Lh2AWITl9hOgpoHXxe2f4CxjQGQA6_UVkIlE5fLf8rtV_-tZJrysfqE-np6QaviJl-Z_g0zkWEAfZgV_guvTLPu2IBL8e3CKWUjWJQmVgd1KooQH0TDLXSOzVtGrgCys-2MjwrS0V3QvnFvjhI2SW-CmCgol/s320/2_Lawrence-Tibbett.jpg" width="242" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwNGtqtt8Y3AMeI1k6e6dzPhqp2uj4WdsiGxj0_ML9EU7-I8DIIt3oJOLlmU2BgI1LF2dnmx1PSRuqOKDm9mjEpRijuJZQTa24gAO1jnc-_Mf3H9-qxsgmKJjkjkqavnVuJEnRcX25Z4WN_OSH9pijdaGimU7gL4pnjerhPRuqtR813ZZmQLHViwAqu1vN/s571/norman%20joliffe%20-%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="571" data-original-width="450" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwNGtqtt8Y3AMeI1k6e6dzPhqp2uj4WdsiGxj0_ML9EU7-I8DIIt3oJOLlmU2BgI1LF2dnmx1PSRuqOKDm9mjEpRijuJZQTa24gAO1jnc-_Mf3H9-qxsgmKJjkjkqavnVuJEnRcX25Z4WN_OSH9pijdaGimU7gL4pnjerhPRuqtR813ZZmQLHViwAqu1vN/s320/norman%20joliffe%20-%202.jpg" width="252" /></a></div><br />While we have worked to bring Gena Branscombe’s music into
the 21<sup>st</sup> century, I want to express my my heart-filled thanks to the
Branscombe/Tenney/Phenix family for their gifts of support, kindness and
generosity.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Enjoy the sentiment of the Holie-dayes poem</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Hail Ye Tyme of
Holie-Dayes<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(A Song of Chrystmasse)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Kendall Banning,
poet,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>dedicated to David Bispham<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Hail Ye tyme of
holie-dayes,</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Mistletoe and Hollie;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Love and laughter,
feastings after,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Beckon fun and follie.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Simple folke in humble
garbe,<br />
Noblesse in their golde,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Hail to-day, in brave
array.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Chrystmasse as of olde.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Sing but songs of
happiness,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">‘vaunt ye thoughts of
sorrow;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Troublings cease in tyme
of peace,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Cares will seare ye-morrow<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Simple songs for lowlie
friends,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Madrigals for halle;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Reste ye, Chrysten
gentel-folke;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Chryst be with ye alle!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> #BringingBackBranscombe</span></o:p></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.kathleenshimeta.com</div>Kathleen Shimetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00366481142387911084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349716116574570740.post-38761751357193691562023-12-04T14:40:00.000-08:002023-12-04T14:42:10.726-08:00Micah Gleason, Conductor<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixdTBOeApvS85btR-nmjPT3ZUu_Gm0Znx1mMeyYNlyfp8nEN5hxJL1J8tilpuRi6rnUGocadxZKSkttTF07eac0rV3za99i9cA2wnEkcc7c8CTx1-mC8Am3TXP2pdhjv5iy6QQChYKLKQpQOCVm6eOLPfHxnbTqi15FWDQxIa2g6NMZtT-OM2caDFE3OEM/s6276/Copy%20of%20TGBP%20Logo%20White%20Background.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6151" data-original-width="6276" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixdTBOeApvS85btR-nmjPT3ZUu_Gm0Znx1mMeyYNlyfp8nEN5hxJL1J8tilpuRi6rnUGocadxZKSkttTF07eac0rV3za99i9cA2wnEkcc7c8CTx1-mC8Am3TXP2pdhjv5iy6QQChYKLKQpQOCVm6eOLPfHxnbTqi15FWDQxIa2g6NMZtT-OM2caDFE3OEM/s320/Copy%20of%20TGBP%20Logo%20White%20Background.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4pSvwCXkigz2wz7hFlafOYB1Fn6MMVkP8JcTRX3Uw-1iBX8FBW3lxDmuNHsUxT5TgALxbVVPcZUWBXXpJpqy0knW0VYf3MC2chVaz3D-wmZDTWur-BjYqS0DMFD0rz4Fgdoj9lfUT5KKuB4CBAooshJve9v_r9v83lSa1yweuDLlU5AaTknO-Tn50IAKm/s2048/Micah%20Gleason%20-%202023.jpg" style="clear: right; display: inline; float: right; font-size: large; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4pSvwCXkigz2wz7hFlafOYB1Fn6MMVkP8JcTRX3Uw-1iBX8FBW3lxDmuNHsUxT5TgALxbVVPcZUWBXXpJpqy0knW0VYf3MC2chVaz3D-wmZDTWur-BjYqS0DMFD0rz4Fgdoj9lfUT5KKuB4CBAooshJve9v_r9v83lSa1yweuDLlU5AaTknO-Tn50IAKm/s320/Micah%20Gleason%20-%202023.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The Gena Branscombe Project has been in existence for five
years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 2024 we will be awarding scholarships
to an up-and-coming arts administrator, conductor and composer for the fifth
consecutive year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has been an honor
to follow the career paths of our winners.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This past Saturday our 2021 Conductor’s Scholarship winner,
Micah Gleason, conducted her graduation concert at the Curtis Institute of
Music in Philadelphia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Choosing a
program of De Falla’s “Three Cornered Hat, Suites 1 & 2, Jessie Montgomery’s
“Coincident Dances” and the Sibelius Symphony No. 1, Micah led the orchestra
in a subtle and exciting performance of each of these works.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGo9_p2hsTVQot7nlIjkecdzcgNcqW1mh6YJ544C_QM59Bk2jXQJy9uPRNv9bnHF0DD_-uVa4Wxip09v5F6NP2mxDZIQ7j7mTt3MOTiLk-rzyT8jjY4RNNqpq4qMPpFUYBVonGdzq7VzBVsSR4MvIiRhpITJ-uZKvokhlmzNPVQJcFx3H__sFm3_tg0EJD/s199/3%20cornered%20hat.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="199" data-original-width="148" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGo9_p2hsTVQot7nlIjkecdzcgNcqW1mh6YJ544C_QM59Bk2jXQJy9uPRNv9bnHF0DD_-uVa4Wxip09v5F6NP2mxDZIQ7j7mTt3MOTiLk-rzyT8jjY4RNNqpq4qMPpFUYBVonGdzq7VzBVsSR4MvIiRhpITJ-uZKvokhlmzNPVQJcFx3H__sFm3_tg0EJD/s1600/3%20cornered%20hat.jpg" width="148" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwXjwzOcZ94YtmNUycf11vQHnGbrv4chqFyaQZGlsvqody3RYdyPxhDqIDlwRoCIQoRVuVtoKLXHTCOaagHmALFHhxkKGJR8MidKPeg1PbY_lLsHakplf9847g3FWRri75tkcwppJX6I7C3uTkzumQYuyhW4No9a7ac1Z00ESUFIyY-OanyB8aC0rrgksU/s1800/Coincident-Dances-cover-new.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1350" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwXjwzOcZ94YtmNUycf11vQHnGbrv4chqFyaQZGlsvqody3RYdyPxhDqIDlwRoCIQoRVuVtoKLXHTCOaagHmALFHhxkKGJR8MidKPeg1PbY_lLsHakplf9847g3FWRri75tkcwppJX6I7C3uTkzumQYuyhW4No9a7ac1Z00ESUFIyY-OanyB8aC0rrgksU/s320/Coincident-Dances-cover-new.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJyl_fApKvGD_KNonzDI9cAd3GFhFh17oGmm1dxQ4Y4cTyL6bBbcbQ4EtI_dv2dYpkX6IpPbN4VlMlITTCofLEqTnFT6hxa3k9rkIz747Hw53N9-qEP3K6anpj7gf3Yv_ag3DHO9sCCszjBG-vpiZzeQUI-l62flhqazM3sMGTLdidpDYiWrBeWaRgI8Ok/s1600/Sibelius%20No%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1250" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJyl_fApKvGD_KNonzDI9cAd3GFhFh17oGmm1dxQ4Y4cTyL6bBbcbQ4EtI_dv2dYpkX6IpPbN4VlMlITTCofLEqTnFT6hxa3k9rkIz747Hw53N9-qEP3K6anpj7gf3Yv_ag3DHO9sCCszjBG-vpiZzeQUI-l62flhqazM3sMGTLdidpDYiWrBeWaRgI8Ok/s320/Sibelius%20No%201.jpg" width="250" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;">Micah has carried on Miss Branscombe’s belief in education
that will further a career, mentoring those with whom she works and dedicated
work that leads to performing music with the highest standards possible.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>Below is the link to Micah’s concert.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Listen and you will understand why she won
The Gena Branscombe Project’s conductor’s scholarship in 2021. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq2EYcUODVM" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq2EYcUODVM</span></a></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>Congratulations, Micah!</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNAnh7GYGiEdzmRaE2OKjenRdADvL8g7IbzpT4PmC4rtJKR_FY_W6VjbPpbezNV5utJG7NYBCYZKsyJW68T9A0H3pabCggJBydnA8bwdM7Gw5QWematd4PZviVBQLJ_YjsAuUQFHxkybzX8KRcZK4XzpbUpoQFawFNOtmQBPpwyxaHfmUYn4BE7_nNKbvD/s366/Gena%20Branscombe%20Portrait.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="279" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNAnh7GYGiEdzmRaE2OKjenRdADvL8g7IbzpT4PmC4rtJKR_FY_W6VjbPpbezNV5utJG7NYBCYZKsyJW68T9A0H3pabCggJBydnA8bwdM7Gw5QWematd4PZviVBQLJ_YjsAuUQFHxkybzX8KRcZK4XzpbUpoQFawFNOtmQBPpwyxaHfmUYn4BE7_nNKbvD/s320/Gena%20Branscombe%20Portrait.jpg" width="244" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /><span>#BringingBackBranscombe<br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.kathleenshimeta.com</div>Kathleen Shimetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00366481142387911084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349716116574570740.post-19497077385414022122023-11-09T14:35:00.003-08:002023-11-09T14:37:20.338-08:00Musicians' Club of New York<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">n 1911 instrumentalists from the New York Philharmonic, singers from the Metropolitan
Opera, composers and church musicians organized and formed The Musicians’ Club
of New York. It is one of the oldest
such clubs in the United States. </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFt5EkRNUHKxm-_EEqK90Oq5zRxiLjaSw6BJNQgWG0t5GH5ZmxKqfrC7HgveQKl7F5OVhyphenhyphenusRJ_zbZBx5wQXgoOIPmVXCPnyslN_u1ai-F3HtAZq6wY1gsrSt1RAkHG6iAZNvAKRmKnsx0bJk3vgSU7JeY5NS1bvyv5-1YAl0o42zBqciVhw80AvHdui61/s850/Musicians%20Club%20logo2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="850" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFt5EkRNUHKxm-_EEqK90Oq5zRxiLjaSw6BJNQgWG0t5GH5ZmxKqfrC7HgveQKl7F5OVhyphenhyphenusRJ_zbZBx5wQXgoOIPmVXCPnyslN_u1ai-F3HtAZq6wY1gsrSt1RAkHG6iAZNvAKRmKnsx0bJk3vgSU7JeY5NS1bvyv5-1YAl0o42zBqciVhw80AvHdui61/s320/Musicians%20Club%20logo2.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /> <o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">"The organization was formed
to establish a higher standard of ethics in the various branches of the music
profession and to bring a better understanding and closer fellowship among
musicians."<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZp5GY00Qg4oYJT48MQYtwrQ0IwgBU45q5jQPygV7CkR_S1uwaoC4B6h3p81x7DG8kuSCm6r6gdj8hfMmdTWPNNB_7TlkntO3RdB_mKrh5_uitm7xFp5Kgn3jwCfn7FSGqCfWIF6T6ws5_t4oSXJd1PyRxuYW2NtR56gqFsAm7lURQZESSQXEh9ie-MLLU/s300/Damrosch.jpg" style="clear: right; display: inline; float: right; font-family: georgia; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="238" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZp5GY00Qg4oYJT48MQYtwrQ0IwgBU45q5jQPygV7CkR_S1uwaoC4B6h3p81x7DG8kuSCm6r6gdj8hfMmdTWPNNB_7TlkntO3RdB_mKrh5_uitm7xFp5Kgn3jwCfn7FSGqCfWIF6T6ws5_t4oSXJd1PyRxuYW2NtR56gqFsAm7lURQZESSQXEh9ie-MLLU/s1600/Damrosch.jpg" width="238" /></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">Two of the club’s presidents were
Walter Damrosch, </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">one of Gena Branscombe’s conducting teachers, and Olga
Koussevitzky,</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwVcK8HPyvRmKn-awHC7AuQBvv4RDm1fhNnzUeuuYqx0_jo8LSc31XwDHmIVhEfNhB2mkRdsi0-kdBo5YAA9Jh-oEB3aRBlTEOjHTbfoa8lbjuahxMMx0joB4j4nEU9VAUcnCiSSIqineasoszFmYlQIu4DgcY5H02uUFshD-BM6IsWzA73HrFv6ifJUaT/s270/Olga%20Koussevitzky.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="235" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwVcK8HPyvRmKn-awHC7AuQBvv4RDm1fhNnzUeuuYqx0_jo8LSc31XwDHmIVhEfNhB2mkRdsi0-kdBo5YAA9Jh-oEB3aRBlTEOjHTbfoa8lbjuahxMMx0joB4j4nEU9VAUcnCiSSIqineasoszFmYlQIu4DgcY5H02uUFshD-BM6IsWzA73HrFv6ifJUaT/s1600/Olga%20Koussevitzky.jpg" width="235" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br />wife of conductor Serge Koussevitzky.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Musicians’ Club of New York funds the
annual Young Artist Awards, a competition for living composers and an International
Recording Award.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Quite impressive!<span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">On December 12, 1954 at the prestigious Musicians’ Club of
New York, the Branscombe Choral led by Gena Branscombe performed Christmas
music on an afternoon concert.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEqVZXE9ytQ20nVuAsPiiLZlfiLHDLiXjdyLH9sD35aG1St6OJnYPw-OA4Uvy70GdJ85BDTOUaahGZpnWgfe5MOg59I6PDoayAtc_T8OqOA0FsF8ydWwuIBym8Fk2ks-HVLAWozj4py-abvbnj-Wn_vJPEpM4OBs5EzdrepVPGLbMAo0EzthRwV09sll21/s3159/Musician%20Club%201954%20program%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3159" data-original-width="1877" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEqVZXE9ytQ20nVuAsPiiLZlfiLHDLiXjdyLH9sD35aG1St6OJnYPw-OA4Uvy70GdJ85BDTOUaahGZpnWgfe5MOg59I6PDoayAtc_T8OqOA0FsF8ydWwuIBym8Fk2ks-HVLAWozj4py-abvbnj-Wn_vJPEpM4OBs5EzdrepVPGLbMAo0EzthRwV09sll21/s320/Musician%20Club%201954%20program%202.jpg" width="190" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br />They were
joined on that program by pianist Samuel Sorin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilbMljg7EqgB59LA8jfFD0mnKOoP_SjP_1EPgAZZ_ikJW_YdfIchMplxKyI_5oRmtXjc0OqAmR96twgjs1Cltat94SXjUn1jX0f2_Dc29ScTxgVOo7QUJ4DLVK3xQAjE1haPe30fP78JelDk3EDQNpLmynY_eR89SkjgtJHGdTJ_rRSLbQUj3huDAylpNP/s400/Samuel%20Sorin,%20piano%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="308" data-original-width="400" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilbMljg7EqgB59LA8jfFD0mnKOoP_SjP_1EPgAZZ_ikJW_YdfIchMplxKyI_5oRmtXjc0OqAmR96twgjs1Cltat94SXjUn1jX0f2_Dc29ScTxgVOo7QUJ4DLVK3xQAjE1haPe30fP78JelDk3EDQNpLmynY_eR89SkjgtJHGdTJ_rRSLbQUj3huDAylpNP/s320/Samuel%20Sorin,%20piano%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The Choral’s next concerts were on December 15<sup>th</sup>
at the National Opera Club and at the Broadway Tabernacle Church on December 19<sup>th</sup>. </span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivKH5nGef4SrE41_NOwGepamquDBwiCR4cf4fv9QBoamSNElHaYOwxOjN5dF1yRTkFiNsTkldQGbbZ4N5LXkTWTyALkN4yrrscFXsTCgoHNWcGosDZWFlRkWs3mY2AF_z5i9CK8nSfOgKlDjsThap_rfFsOErzj7meWQ1ZUB9YXhsXqgJTp5KXJWtED0U_/s1638/BranscombeChoral%201949.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1359" data-original-width="1638" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivKH5nGef4SrE41_NOwGepamquDBwiCR4cf4fv9QBoamSNElHaYOwxOjN5dF1yRTkFiNsTkldQGbbZ4N5LXkTWTyALkN4yrrscFXsTCgoHNWcGosDZWFlRkWs3mY2AF_z5i9CK8nSfOgKlDjsThap_rfFsOErzj7meWQ1ZUB9YXhsXqgJTp5KXJWtED0U_/s320/BranscombeChoral%201949.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br />December 1954 marked the final month that the Branscombe
Choral would perform after which they disbanded having left a deep impression on New
York City’s music scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Twenty years
had passed since the Choral had set up their charter, elected a Board of
Directors and began rehearsals with their conductor, composer, arts
administrator and marketing genius, Gena Branscombe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">During those twenty years Miss Branscombe organized concert
programs that impressed the New York critics, programs that featured American
composers and most important programs that included the music of American women
composers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The 60-75 members of the
Choral sang yearly concerts at Town Hall and the Broadway Tabernacle
Church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHzZNXjF-yHeIKZAon6RDMDafnn7xuxLMtp4S3osJLnr61BVTPc9uIOO3sGduUFMS_f5T8dbCeh1b0qckikfKJX74GTYkr015I9dj6P-rsTYLQ53WQszYZlyeRWk5ZZHQQ7Q2cmUBZ7dH6S3xML3RIf4XuxXaGf8t1VcCHs4mguBCGKAZNGhCfv4kc5pM/s2338/BC%20-%20no%20candles%20-%20Biscaye.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1700" data-original-width="2338" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHzZNXjF-yHeIKZAon6RDMDafnn7xuxLMtp4S3osJLnr61BVTPc9uIOO3sGduUFMS_f5T8dbCeh1b0qckikfKJX74GTYkr015I9dj6P-rsTYLQ53WQszYZlyeRWk5ZZHQQ7Q2cmUBZ7dH6S3xML3RIf4XuxXaGf8t1VcCHs4mguBCGKAZNGhCfv4kc5pM/s320/BC%20-%20no%20candles%20-%20Biscaye.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /> The Branscombe Choral sang at the first United
Nations in Lake Success, NY and on radio stations that broadcast across the
United States and Canada.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now their musical
journey would come to end with one of their final concerts at the Musicians’
Club of New York!<o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6zvQk-qNAAgGGnT9xIBo13mEezECViqKZUcBnu_m0GNxl7FLiUUwy4roF7EG8H4kELIfjLLVX3zUSpm-ZxxaZAemthsUVcMAQAPkjiWQpMVS6Q1gF0nmyf9JMrHuPLfeIMq7HG0mf5thmH5McRYjlDW4USOJqpAfFuk3n9Vsyw_HJJs07uhcvP9VVPgNp/s495/Gena%20Portrait2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="495" data-original-width="410" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6zvQk-qNAAgGGnT9xIBo13mEezECViqKZUcBnu_m0GNxl7FLiUUwy4roF7EG8H4kELIfjLLVX3zUSpm-ZxxaZAemthsUVcMAQAPkjiWQpMVS6Q1gF0nmyf9JMrHuPLfeIMq7HG0mf5thmH5McRYjlDW4USOJqpAfFuk3n9Vsyw_HJJs07uhcvP9VVPgNp/s320/Gena%20Portrait2.jpg" width="265" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">#BringingBackBranscombe</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.kathleenshimeta.com</div>Kathleen Shimetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00366481142387911084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349716116574570740.post-38518408387303724082023-10-11T08:59:00.003-07:002023-10-11T09:02:36.332-07:00Storied Stuff<p>Today the website, Storied Stuff, published an article I wrote about Gena Branscombe's baton and her autographed music which were gifted to me. Enjoy reading the article. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.storied-stuff.com/stories/kathleen-shimeta" target="_blank">https://www.storied-stuff.com/stories/kathleen-shimeta</a></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg19wvLJRpl4Mj1YSZn6jdnPwNmkjjBL3v9qZOeJTgDv6jQp8IAeD7NNU3cZJzrad_oPDAYIC1LAj6ssRcfbXfbGMwgESyGOalomGPoq2G4NyR0VcoIW6pxu5BbtvumTLhHrT4LEBoq-GtB5ydxrntjdx02C9wD748qxCejunOlZz_5SM-e3Qgb1_72drFX/s366/Gena%20Portrait2b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="279" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg19wvLJRpl4Mj1YSZn6jdnPwNmkjjBL3v9qZOeJTgDv6jQp8IAeD7NNU3cZJzrad_oPDAYIC1LAj6ssRcfbXfbGMwgESyGOalomGPoq2G4NyR0VcoIW6pxu5BbtvumTLhHrT4LEBoq-GtB5ydxrntjdx02C9wD748qxCejunOlZz_5SM-e3Qgb1_72drFX/s320/Gena%20Portrait2b.jpg" width="244" /></a></div> <div><br /></div><div>#BringingBackBranscombe<br /><p><br /></p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.kathleenshimeta.com</div>Kathleen Shimetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00366481142387911084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349716116574570740.post-53360629690479764202023-09-19T07:35:00.001-07:002023-09-19T07:35:30.741-07:00Scrapbooks, Part II<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Back in 2005 I received an e-mail from Elsa Jean Davidson
informing me she had in her possession the two Branscombe Choral scrapbooks
that dated from 1934-1954.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her
grandmother and mother had been members of the Choral and were <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>keepers of the scrapbooks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The scrapbooks were handed down to Elsa Jean
to preserve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgocxbTsFUwAB5eObE5d2JRih-2Hy5xfrCojO4Uxf9AGW5NhxUOoz40hNDcdgk_fEctC6_Inaxkf_LI8314pnoBeWG-r1bzZzi-JVpYB6CDoFLpWTi69hvyCKgCyvrzclUu4aoVyhdZ6wka_PecgdhjbXM-yJSJy5AREGVrCCKvX4VnsWfwMrrAIm5-3Ol3/s2640/scrapbook1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="2640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgocxbTsFUwAB5eObE5d2JRih-2Hy5xfrCojO4Uxf9AGW5NhxUOoz40hNDcdgk_fEctC6_Inaxkf_LI8314pnoBeWG-r1bzZzi-JVpYB6CDoFLpWTi69hvyCKgCyvrzclUu4aoVyhdZ6wka_PecgdhjbXM-yJSJy5AREGVrCCKvX4VnsWfwMrrAIm5-3Ol3/s320/scrapbook1.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The Branscombe Choral scrapbooks </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">reside with Gena Branscombe’s
collection at the New York Pu</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">blic Library for the Performing Arts. </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_r1Cq2Wnd4xt8g7AklV_8s8SSQqdgVEzr56YKH1WGvjchcr4VqmYa0sw66SHNPwf-ioLYewq7Ximy-Nt-poe5z85_7biiNBupENKc39gFS0j9mxu75j_btTJJ4oRwhR5hy8v_GRfczBHEUxw12INEbZmoktxmwpf7ggh8CAfTBjZZBJpI4J2HHYrL-BH4/s2640/scrapbook2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="2640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_r1Cq2Wnd4xt8g7AklV_8s8SSQqdgVEzr56YKH1WGvjchcr4VqmYa0sw66SHNPwf-ioLYewq7Ximy-Nt-poe5z85_7biiNBupENKc39gFS0j9mxu75j_btTJJ4oRwhR5hy8v_GRfczBHEUxw12INEbZmoktxmwpf7ggh8CAfTBjZZBJpI4J2HHYrL-BH4/s320/scrapbook2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Scrapbooks – books that hold mementos, pictures, documents, dried
leaves or flowers, postcards, letters, announcements and more.</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">They help us reach back to precious memories
of times gone by whether joy-filled, bittersweet or sad.</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Scrapbooking is personal storytelling!</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In 1872 Mark Twain, the author of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Adventures of Tom Sawyer </i>and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,</i> patented a self-pasting
scrapbook that had an adhesive grid pattern on each page.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who knew this famous author was also an
inventor?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Gena Branscombe’s daughter, Gena Tenney Phenix, kept a
scrapbook during her younger years including her years studying at the Royal
Conservatory in London.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The scrapbook is
in the possession of her son, Roger Phenix.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbhfDWxiqPrke4wb77Ciu6_cTvsxNT4YE6mVgme1iXhBwCY3Jn3kmGRM1xyOmbdIy6vC_96orlJsrLjCW1Te0UGFuysNKnFPEFE7yIItStYFbA1i6dvgwdrJt8h29nuzgZWBdrkOloHMu9KXS0AQy1x5tYKPqr2t4GVqlpB2zz8OS36KuM0Cnqrw0dw1uj/s4032/Cover.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbhfDWxiqPrke4wb77Ciu6_cTvsxNT4YE6mVgme1iXhBwCY3Jn3kmGRM1xyOmbdIy6vC_96orlJsrLjCW1Te0UGFuysNKnFPEFE7yIItStYFbA1i6dvgwdrJt8h29nuzgZWBdrkOloHMu9KXS0AQy1x5tYKPqr2t4GVqlpB2zz8OS36KuM0Cnqrw0dw1uj/s320/Cover.jpeg" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /> <o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Recently Roger shared pictures of his mother’s scrapbook
that included an article written by poet and author Katherine Hale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Miss Hale writes of Gena Branscombe's life, studies and her compositional goals. The article was published in
a Canadian newspaper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_VHfxdFhYvnLccSylAQ3dsFrJpx_0H315TzRgAX1r-TFHwrexC4iidtBI5iY_CENeCvnXxZ1HR8FULqID-_J_vC1sxR88rpscTJY0bAUuoDH6FmpYGGyHWhs5nMptJVW2nEG18srk1n9lVj1SR-vnInt9JAOQDrPOxdCR3yIt881dj0Rcysd3itLoA_Wr/s3718/E611BC61-B451-4D82-8BA5-04D4BB4ADFF9_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3718" data-original-width="1325" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_VHfxdFhYvnLccSylAQ3dsFrJpx_0H315TzRgAX1r-TFHwrexC4iidtBI5iY_CENeCvnXxZ1HR8FULqID-_J_vC1sxR88rpscTJY0bAUuoDH6FmpYGGyHWhs5nMptJVW2nEG18srk1n9lVj1SR-vnInt9JAOQDrPOxdCR3yIt881dj0Rcysd3itLoA_Wr/s320/E611BC61-B451-4D82-8BA5-04D4BB4ADFF9_1_201_a.jpeg" width="114" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">There is a partial
article, a recital program with her mother's Violin Sonata in A Minor as the last piece and a typed out commendation.</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY571ASNiJ3EvyAvDIYQ7KKN7t9nVA5ZW74umghmjhR9iu5IyyFab8kFwIvYAi7RGLgLhc-El51u7OQcaiKbry4X5FE_LEXJomqwprq_ZgJT9_1OIdU78ULxaqtMdoiZomEIoa_xDjNzknIoWKM2un-4o-utPBskU0GcV_rHwQ29YMyQ1cP_5J7DTSYAN5/s4032/D9770EF3-A49C-46E1-8CB6-573D82C25E0E_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY571ASNiJ3EvyAvDIYQ7KKN7t9nVA5ZW74umghmjhR9iu5IyyFab8kFwIvYAi7RGLgLhc-El51u7OQcaiKbry4X5FE_LEXJomqwprq_ZgJT9_1OIdU78ULxaqtMdoiZomEIoa_xDjNzknIoWKM2un-4o-utPBskU0GcV_rHwQ29YMyQ1cP_5J7DTSYAN5/s320/D9770EF3-A49C-46E1-8CB6-573D82C25E0E_1_201_a.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; 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font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">What beautiful remembrances and a partial story of her mother’s life cherished by her daughter.</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span></p><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfbs14B7sBt4WsH7278A95SWnkT2WGKUPSiQpf3DVtvz2KzklekzDH0-Up09ZPpGnHkI8WKJdp71UCdG2dbzIWzYCjpl_zau8sZaB1B5_lVDG40KxAbXjwGdZAYxO22g0808ccIUoxcLHHAnXVVh3aOV751Xy0cmzG8xsKqcti3Qx8Srwl_pljhEeF7iK8/s1734/Gena%20and%20Gena%20at%20piano.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1197" data-original-width="1734" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfbs14B7sBt4WsH7278A95SWnkT2WGKUPSiQpf3DVtvz2KzklekzDH0-Up09ZPpGnHkI8WKJdp71UCdG2dbzIWzYCjpl_zau8sZaB1B5_lVDG40KxAbXjwGdZAYxO22g0808ccIUoxcLHHAnXVVh3aOV751Xy0cmzG8xsKqcti3Qx8Srwl_pljhEeF7iK8/s320/Gena%20and%20Gena%20at%20piano.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">#BringingBackBranscombe</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.kathleenshimeta.com</div>Kathleen Shimetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00366481142387911084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349716116574570740.post-55760874788778790442023-09-10T13:21:00.003-07:002023-09-14T07:17:09.438-07:00Four Years of The Gena Branscombe Project Scholarship Winners<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">Over the past four years through donations and the purchase
of The Gena Branscombe Project merchandise, the money we have received has
allowed us to award scholarships to an up-and-coming Arts Administrator,
Conductor and Composer. The first year we awarded a Conducting Honorable Mention and
the second year an Art Song Commission.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">These scholarships and awards have assisted our talented and
gifted winners with furthering their education and careers. As we get news of our winners’ achievements,
we post that update on Facebook. It has
been an honor to see our winners follow in Miss Branscombe’s beliefs that
education and hard work will open doors of opportunity. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">Our winners by the year:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>For 2020:</b></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirISs9177CDv8JY_ZWqj0sE9iBcN2r2Tgjt1xfHSx6qmKpuqyx5P1fJQb5hbVJq5QDOuGQv8fQmlvaoZMrHTnlZgzaVpXkTerExisZiuKOyu25UPYzbsiM-r43hjaNj7EHybv_uOxlaTrq-VrEQabklzEBnn8HxHAv3_SsKps4ecJ5QUiDyMmFhYatR9hL/s320/2020%20Winners.jpg" width="320" /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>For 2021:</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi779mYSFtqr447xuS_8aU9z5DXfjpuVB2UhpBlJhVZAGh9I0dcL9c-vOqPLVAxrgU8tyEQWm3dWw43NnlreiN4tI6jqXk0EVnocG9JNMM_0itYYMeINsBONcwNTaA--Q7MRYG30XCxbWc6yXSF677RyBS9Ln6qDDh6KYBIV3Ss5SO2vvN_zwYnEgmuX7sL/s1200/2021%20Scholarship%20winner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi779mYSFtqr447xuS_8aU9z5DXfjpuVB2UhpBlJhVZAGh9I0dcL9c-vOqPLVAxrgU8tyEQWm3dWw43NnlreiN4tI6jqXk0EVnocG9JNMM_0itYYMeINsBONcwNTaA--Q7MRYG30XCxbWc6yXSF677RyBS9Ln6qDDh6KYBIV3Ss5SO2vvN_zwYnEgmuX7sL/s320/2021%20Scholarship%20winner.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>For 2022:</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZkMwerpmmu41_FfVzUQtVmpVA8wPIwqidq8meTXQ52njsqnzcdobu1_K8_uH38w2Z4F-eySFZjGGNxsZj-7cimxsjstbt9r9SQmdEHGF7yJBdwYkm-DmoF2a36Z-6MZSunLh4ljGo3g9eVXv0nE8I2m8EuNFC_HXvjfyBfXg1FMZmJXcafIlK4DtBCuRt/s1200/Alexandra%20Bellhaven%20-%20Composer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZkMwerpmmu41_FfVzUQtVmpVA8wPIwqidq8meTXQ52njsqnzcdobu1_K8_uH38w2Z4F-eySFZjGGNxsZj-7cimxsjstbt9r9SQmdEHGF7yJBdwYkm-DmoF2a36Z-6MZSunLh4ljGo3g9eVXv0nE8I2m8EuNFC_HXvjfyBfXg1FMZmJXcafIlK4DtBCuRt/s320/Alexandra%20Bellhaven%20-%20Composer.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaXBT9qkL1Zged5YTrSO9YHC_UjKOgQOsvoy-3n9pS-SFith-DcrrNiOG_WnhPn4JJRip2v8lwOFD2ZIfPKovDaBiNseuFtfyC0wWeNLVo7JFsZU49PnCsHJw_WQh2M2KhAsGjklCaPAOnsInbSHH2cWNFgrAl4z47owdyWRM4rNmMGH3bdLHnGxZRnHsv/s960/Jacquelyn%20E.%20Johnson%20-%20%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaXBT9qkL1Zged5YTrSO9YHC_UjKOgQOsvoy-3n9pS-SFith-DcrrNiOG_WnhPn4JJRip2v8lwOFD2ZIfPKovDaBiNseuFtfyC0wWeNLVo7JFsZU49PnCsHJw_WQh2M2KhAsGjklCaPAOnsInbSHH2cWNFgrAl4z47owdyWRM4rNmMGH3bdLHnGxZRnHsv/s320/Jacquelyn%20E.%20Johnson%20-%20%202.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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purchase of our merchandise will help us grow our yearly scholarship fund. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Thank you for your continued support. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/the-gena-branscombe-project/general_support">https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/the-gena-branscombe-project/general_support</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.teepublic.com/user/the-gena-branscombe-project?utm_source%20=designer&utm_utm_campaign=PBZpaMBXqn0">https://www.teepublic.com/user/the-gena-branscombe-project?utm_source%20=designer&utm_utm_campaign=PBZpaMBXqn0</a> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">#BringingBackBranscombe</span></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.kathleenshimeta.com</div>Kathleen Shimetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00366481142387911084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349716116574570740.post-88679849131264997322023-09-06T05:44:00.003-07:002023-10-06T05:16:57.399-07:00The Gena Branscombe Project has MERCHANDISE!<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvSmVYkbVu97pmc1Th6SfgyilKIsi4kcHkP0-XHqdp44yoFi-t6UbamtWyd855zoXI4Q7kmcISyY-cn_Z8L5NIqvmErQfOzzY7Iy91K1hgkd-bd7Rlbf3RajmsbDppFHpuHf1kAvuljharuQmAptiKH0xuJqsrB5maKgnIRUhkXskA6m4zI4PDs_F3VbHf/s2366/GENA%20BRANSCOMBE%20AT%20PIANO.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2366" data-original-width="1680" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvSmVYkbVu97pmc1Th6SfgyilKIsi4kcHkP0-XHqdp44yoFi-t6UbamtWyd855zoXI4Q7kmcISyY-cn_Z8L5NIqvmErQfOzzY7Iy91K1hgkd-bd7Rlbf3RajmsbDppFHpuHf1kAvuljharuQmAptiKH0xuJqsrB5maKgnIRUhkXskA6m4zI4PDs_F3VbHf/s320/GENA%20BRANSCOMBE%20AT%20PIANO.jpg" width="227" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />The Gena Branscombe Project has merchandise!<span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">For sale is promotional merchandise that
supports our mission of #BringingBackBranscombe and increases our scholarship
funds.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Go to the hyperlink below and purchase t-shirts,
sweatshirts, mugs and stickers with our logo or pictures of Miss Branscombe
conducting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, we suggest musical
organizations program the music of women composers.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC2a_PzyTHs7eIG1hryVAN_aINSoJXkIappp1EsTacbqp4fYBEcgUoIvvtBdKyFOSTCf134qa-N2MRBwayAWygbV6pJedwe9hEmj69C7ZN8wR6I7zV3gjCGG2Z7itBGHKltZPGXFK6aF6enJx9m1tMqSk2ht8MwCkI5BOR3_421rXSiL32pGoewdCdL7W7/s1610/Keep%20Calm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1610" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC2a_PzyTHs7eIG1hryVAN_aINSoJXkIappp1EsTacbqp4fYBEcgUoIvvtBdKyFOSTCf134qa-N2MRBwayAWygbV6pJedwe9hEmj69C7ZN8wR6I7zV3gjCGG2Z7itBGHKltZPGXFK6aF6enJx9m1tMqSk2ht8MwCkI5BOR3_421rXSiL32pGoewdCdL7W7/s320/Keep%20Calm.jpg" width="229" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">For another 20 hours today, September 6<sup>th</sup>, we have a discount
sale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s back –to-school-time, the
holidays are a few short months away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Buy The Gena Branscombe Project merchandise as special gifts for friends
and family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Someone in your circle of friends and family needs a new coffee mug with an image of Gena Branscombe!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1XbrKs_fPZjdTd7cQAg6KT4gGr6gtLyp-tlsbX6jKpTwKNbW2gTLBKWRzvUvy3678g8BPB7ZNUvaL_-69v6e6YzqsdBjYUbdr99lEjygE0zu2mzQa4W0IvpbDuikeYavXxTobLa7KPgw8ye1AykZ6qyP_xNQ5e6IgHq26tYQyjU-kGAYjJwEKQ0nC-OUO/s1226/Merchandise.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1207" data-original-width="1226" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1XbrKs_fPZjdTd7cQAg6KT4gGr6gtLyp-tlsbX6jKpTwKNbW2gTLBKWRzvUvy3678g8BPB7ZNUvaL_-69v6e6YzqsdBjYUbdr99lEjygE0zu2mzQa4W0IvpbDuikeYavXxTobLa7KPgw8ye1AykZ6qyP_xNQ5e6IgHq26tYQyjU-kGAYjJwEKQ0nC-OUO/s320/Merchandise.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.teepublic.com/user/the-gena-branscombe-project?utm_source%20=designer&utm_utm_campaign=PBZpaMBXqn0">https://www.teepublic.com/user/the-gena-branscombe-project?utm_source%20=designer&utm_utm_campaign=PBZpaMBXqn0</a><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">By purchasing any of our items you are helping us fund our yearly scholarships granted to an up-and-coming
arts administrator, composer and conductor! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNqOWP3_Li5cuXnUEa0rE-QF_d1n5yGJUPS2YyKgZLWH6FyQihDC1-iklcA9bkzj0zcvjF3uNPN9Irvl4T_9VufuBLpgz9w3T8ZZwqPKpbAzvn7ObDGqd68cfW_ZBiyxQg-3E63WfqyhVZpvXSinpAOyrUivSSg_GR1cfDg-hYgJUWUK7a4tedtvFw-npF/s1216/branscombe%20portait%20fixed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1216" data-original-width="795" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNqOWP3_Li5cuXnUEa0rE-QF_d1n5yGJUPS2YyKgZLWH6FyQihDC1-iklcA9bkzj0zcvjF3uNPN9Irvl4T_9VufuBLpgz9w3T8ZZwqPKpbAzvn7ObDGqd68cfW_ZBiyxQg-3E63WfqyhVZpvXSinpAOyrUivSSg_GR1cfDg-hYgJUWUK7a4tedtvFw-npF/s320/branscombe%20portait%20fixed.jpg" width="209" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">#BringingBackBranscombe</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.kathleenshimeta.com</div>Kathleen Shimetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00366481142387911084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349716116574570740.post-81020413121284406062023-08-22T17:06:00.002-07:002023-08-23T09:08:58.746-07:00To my darling, Vivian<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Ir1Q8PDiQB9zneWsUsRGyMjBXOPSgCyUU9iMgzQtfXSDjPdOP8SLLivn4dzEi8fe9Yl7-CJZyOicvsAXD7tPXDsPJWv6lroZTy3WHWFAlPTtEqTVLO5PabrAfrUuIgPLJB_pco71oZwA229LRKawODpCM4DtpAaLrbUkzp3XrmqUG4cGTyFdObRweCj3/s1734/Gena%20Branscombe%20-%201938.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1734" data-original-width="1378" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Ir1Q8PDiQB9zneWsUsRGyMjBXOPSgCyUU9iMgzQtfXSDjPdOP8SLLivn4dzEi8fe9Yl7-CJZyOicvsAXD7tPXDsPJWv6lroZTy3WHWFAlPTtEqTVLO5PabrAfrUuIgPLJB_pco71oZwA229LRKawODpCM4DtpAaLrbUkzp3XrmqUG4cGTyFdObRweCj3/s320/Gena%20Branscombe%20-%201938.jpg" width="254" /></a></div><br /> At the University of Toronto is held a collection of Gena Branscombe's music, some in manuscript, some original published works. And, this photograph is in the collection. <p></p><p>Signed to her darling daughter, Vivian, the picture is dated May 17, 1938, Vivian's birthday. A beautiful photograph of an elegant, talented, dedicated mother and professional musician. </p><p><br /></p><p>#BringingBackBranscombe</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.kathleenshimeta.com</div>Kathleen Shimetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00366481142387911084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349716116574570740.post-20169981317941157582023-07-26T03:45:00.001-07:002023-08-03T06:02:31.996-07:00#BringingBackBranscombe - 2023<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj2QQLqwjepaju6Ch2_LIb168Hdci0WfElolhdKnwfupIFyvcyw90dJthXQelehhDjzjXaRlMCGpw3R9C7IsaOnP_CSa4d0H0i0STAEDWOuevd9nO4kbBvRfd2CsLJQqkz964-B4krkrRp8aB_iWUCZ4IgemF-IGv1_XBQTal3WCOdHNteRR8GOVkO9JQM/s3200/comnfirmation,GenaBranscombe.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3200" data-original-width="2563" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj2QQLqwjepaju6Ch2_LIb168Hdci0WfElolhdKnwfupIFyvcyw90dJthXQelehhDjzjXaRlMCGpw3R9C7IsaOnP_CSa4d0H0i0STAEDWOuevd9nO4kbBvRfd2CsLJQqkz964-B4krkrRp8aB_iWUCZ4IgemF-IGv1_XBQTal3WCOdHNteRR8GOVkO9JQM/s320/comnfirmation,GenaBranscombe.jpg" width="256" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Today marks 46 years since Gena Branscombe left this world
leaving behind two daughters, two grandsons, nieces and nephews, friends,
colleagues, beloved members of her Branscombe Choral and a collection of music
that resides at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">Luckily before Gena died Laurine Elkins Marlow met her,
interviewed her over 18 months and wrote her dissertation about her life and
music.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even with the gift of the
dissertation, Miss Branscombe slipped into a “woman composer forgotten”
category.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the ensuing 46 years there
were occasional performances of her songs and choral works then came a burst of
interest in the past 25 years. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">In 1998 Kathleen happened upon the name of Gena Branscombe
and her 150 art songs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rest is
history as told in my many blog postings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What a 25 year journey it has been #BringingBackBranscombe to the 20<sup>th</sup>
and now 21<sup>st</sup> century.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
homage we pay to her life and her music is deserved for a woman who was a
composer, conductor, leader of women, and arts administrator.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her exemplary life and music must be
recognized today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">Here is a timeline for #BringingBackBranscombe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">1980 – Dr. Laurine Elkins Marlow’s dissertation – “Gena Branscombe:
American Composer and Conductor: A Study of Her Life and Works<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">1998 – Kathleen discovers Gena Branscombe’s music at the New
York Public Library for the Performing Arts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She meets Gena’s eldest daughter, Gena Tenney Phenix and Dr. Laurine
Elkins Marlow.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">2000 – Kathleen performs several of Miss Branscombe’s songs
on recitals in New York City, Minnesota and Florida<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">2003 – Kathleen’s CD, “Ah! Love, I Shall Thee: Songs of Gena
Branscombe” is released on the Albany Records label.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">2004 – Premiere in New York City of “Life! Love! Song! A
Visit with Gena Branscombe” – one woman show.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Additional performances at the Festival of Women in the Arts - <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Elmira, NY, Women in the Arts Conference - St.
Louis, MO, Washington, DC, Long Island, NY, Hofstra University, Stoughton Music
Society – Quincy, MA, Texas A&M University – College Station, TX, Middle
Georgia State University – Macon, GA, Festival of Women Composers – Hartford,
CT <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and more. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">2005- 2020 – Articles about Gena Branscombe published in
various music journals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">CDs released with music of Gena Branscombe:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">1996 – “Le Souvenir” – Art Songs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">1999 – “By a Canadian Lady” – Piano Music 1841-1997<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">2005 – “Wishing You and I Were Young Maggie” – Art Songs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">2008 - <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Remembered
Voices” – Violin Sonata in A Minor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">2017 – “Nasty Women” – Piano pieces<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">2018 - “American Romantics III” – Orchestral work<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">Lecture Recitals given in Asbury Park, NJ, Library of
Congress - Washington, DC, Indiana University, Indiana, PA, Guildford, VT, St.
Louis, MO, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, and more. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">2018 - Copying Gena Branscombe’s “Pilgrims of Destiny”
original conductor’s at the Library of Congress.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Entering the score note by note into FINALE
to create a usable conductor’s score for performance..<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">2019- Dan Ryan conducts the first performance of “Pilgrims
of Destiny” in the 21<sup>st</sup> century at Clark University in Worcester,
MA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First performance of the work in 79
years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">2019 – Dan Ryan and Kathleen inaugurate The Gena Branscombe
Project and a Board is formed with Dan, Kathleen, Sydney Pepper and Regan
Russell. Website and Facebook pages created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>YouTube channel started.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fund
raising begins to make possible the awarding of scholarships. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">2020 – 2023 – The Gena Branscombe Project awards
scholarships to up and coming student composers, conductors and arts
administrators.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An art song commission
is awarded.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">2022 – Gena Branscombe Scholarship winner Damali Willingham
arranges Gena’s orchestral work, “Festival Prelude” for wind ensemble and
conducts the work at the Berklee College of Music.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">2022 – The Gena Branscombe Project sponsors its first
concert – “Bringing Back Branscombe” at Colleges of the Fenway in Boston.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Art song premiered composed by our art song
commission winner. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">2022 – Dr. Regan Russell defends her doctoral dissertation,
“Love in a Life: The Art Songs of Gena Branscombe” at Boston University.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">2022-2023 – Speeches presented – “Bringing Back Branscombe
to the National League of American Pen Women.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">2023 – The Ladies Speak podcast features composer Gena
Branscombe with Kathleen Shimeta as narrator.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">2023 – The Gena Branscombe Project sponsors the concert,
“Bringing Back Branscombe to the Upper West Side” in New York City at the New
York Society for Ethical Culture. Gena’s French Horn pieces, Violin Sonata,
songs, piano works and choral works are performed. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">2023 – Scholarship winners are performing at the 92<sup>nd</sup>
Street Y in New York City, Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia,
Glimmerglass Opera, 54 Below in New York City, conducting the Boston Landmarks Orchestra, and more. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">2023 – Gena accepted into the Canadian Music Centre. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">2023 – Gena’s Violin Sonata in A Minor is performed in
Latvia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">The future holds more good news….TBA!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">You may be gone from this earth, Miss Branscombe, but The
Gena Branscombe Project is indeed #BringingBackBranscombe!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know you are smiling down on all that is
happening in your name…..”MARVELOUS!”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.kathleenshimeta.com</div>Kathleen Shimetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00366481142387911084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349716116574570740.post-30642975379865792352023-07-20T14:22:00.001-07:002023-07-20T14:22:10.533-07:00The Gena Branscombe Project's 2023 Scholarship Winners<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQa4GeKnX3pFi48RSvgpV1D5Oofodeg6FMliaJ0XU_2m0C--4sbqN1kj-cPu8B5VBqIHd_fRy5UbzBPtZrjxGXAjQFIEJIxHV9LeUcSnn8M8BO4gGuhv7Ec47qZOB5QRMg1CPS8-FVTo09ZvW3UYD3lk0VwdOAisBQk5mKolVy3w-Fg4ZxAO2FRDAtc531/s2901/gena%20branscombe%201948%202.1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2901" data-original-width="1888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQa4GeKnX3pFi48RSvgpV1D5Oofodeg6FMliaJ0XU_2m0C--4sbqN1kj-cPu8B5VBqIHd_fRy5UbzBPtZrjxGXAjQFIEJIxHV9LeUcSnn8M8BO4gGuhv7Ec47qZOB5QRMg1CPS8-FVTo09ZvW3UYD3lk0VwdOAisBQk5mKolVy3w-Fg4ZxAO2FRDAtc531/s320/gena%20branscombe%201948%202.1.jpg" width="208" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Today The Gena Branscombe Project announced its 2023
Scholarship Winners.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Congratulations to
Conductor Hannah Nacheman, Composer Brittney Benton and Arts Administrator
Roslinde Rivera!</span></span></p>
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importance of education to further one’s career and life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are dedicated to professionalism, integrity,
being leaders and promoting inclusivity for composers, conductors and arts
administrators with whom they will have contact.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY7Ob72oAGsaaL2o4chyOXa3NOdwECw9SaDkZt2uEft22O9q2poxqVOjJh29eZLWnmEkhx9CuNIU6xMTGp4JuP1p197cwOPust-dKSqNz_Fa6aN_aVLBX40QtI2YLxrXh7eR2p96G3DT2ulxHOnO1lqx0Y-nGojieEUYxp2B9WQMY3qQAzV1JmT89U_kv7/s3300/Brittney%20Benton%20-%20Composer%202023%20-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2550" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY7Ob72oAGsaaL2o4chyOXa3NOdwECw9SaDkZt2uEft22O9q2poxqVOjJh29eZLWnmEkhx9CuNIU6xMTGp4JuP1p197cwOPust-dKSqNz_Fa6aN_aVLBX40QtI2YLxrXh7eR2p96G3DT2ulxHOnO1lqx0Y-nGojieEUYxp2B9WQMY3qQAzV1JmT89U_kv7/s320/Brittney%20Benton%20-%20Composer%202023%20-2.jpg" width="247" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;">It is an honor to keep Gena Branscombe’s legacy alive
awarding these yearly scholarships.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Applications for the 2024 scholarships will be accepted</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">in March 2024.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Keep watching for the official announcement.</span></span><p></p>
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to read more about The Project and this year’s scholarship winners.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> #BringingBackBranscombe</span></o:p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.kathleenshimeta.com</div>Kathleen Shimetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00366481142387911084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349716116574570740.post-23728165777441840872023-07-17T13:35:00.003-07:002023-07-19T04:23:09.987-07:00Sonata in One Movement for Violin and Pianoforte - Violin Sonata in A Minor<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpdgjXGnMWcR5I3wLtCWnxh7s50vgT7XhWb6RnyBe1AiNVow-No_twFsDdKXhBduIPm0WMBsS3Ytg1OwGDGmfVsjOPBv17gjoytDqrIu1AZbUCQUqUCHHqZaz0CPviSd-yKBIqpgwjpeckOz44NXWFwcQZentekQvKvc3oMEwJP8n2KgoQUN-8mswwb6lJ/s1060/branscombe1a.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="795" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpdgjXGnMWcR5I3wLtCWnxh7s50vgT7XhWb6RnyBe1AiNVow-No_twFsDdKXhBduIPm0WMBsS3Ytg1OwGDGmfVsjOPBv17gjoytDqrIu1AZbUCQUqUCHHqZaz0CPviSd-yKBIqpgwjpeckOz44NXWFwcQZentekQvKvc3oMEwJP8n2KgoQUN-8mswwb6lJ/s320/branscombe1a.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">For Gena Branscombe the years 1919-1920 were ones of deep
sorrow, depression and a time for her compositional creativity to be a healing
agent following the deep loss of her 3 year old daughter Betty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I have written in the past, her largest
work ever, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Pilgrims of Destiny</b>, was
composed during these years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Though Miss Branscombe’s 150 art songs lead the number of
compositions she wrote, there were also piano and choral works, chamber music
and instrumental pieces including her Sonata in One Movement for Violin and
Pianoforte.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a tour-de-force
piece that was denied publication because it was deemed too difficult by
publishers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The one movement sonata
opens restless seeming to seek out its development then settles into three
contrasting thematic groups. <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It is florid and extroverted based in the late German romantic
style. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Making its way to the concert stage, the sonata’s first performers
used the original manuscript loaned to them by Miss Branscombe with directions
to immediately return it to her post performance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The first known performance of the Sonata in A Minor for
Violin and Pianoforte was in 1920 at a concert of works presented by the
Women’s Arts Association of Canada in Toronto. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Following the Toronto concert, violinist Elena de Sayn, played
the sonata on a concert in Washington, DC.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In a letter exchange with Elena de Sayn, Branscombe wrote, <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“I’ll
gladly go over [the sonata] with you (fighting passionately for my own ideas as
to tempi!!!) … but you’re safe with your own pianist.” </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">(Letter held in the Library of Congress, De
Sayn collection - Box 1, folder 16).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhyc5RjV2bVGPjqwXS_gS-CR1bZWe_ZqJyLkTPHZhU7CqELy7SW66Cuu_5amCl4j4FNtOBK93xBv59TaSXHwrJK-5RJ4a5GDTPzASl_DRb0t7bFNWSIMCe2eFnkN8CHKbz88jEr-EiaBczy3jOu4Iu-q1QAIxIqY-aBMg20FNUBbJrupTBegrhJdYB37tT/s210/Elena%20de%20Sayn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="165" data-original-width="210" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhyc5RjV2bVGPjqwXS_gS-CR1bZWe_ZqJyLkTPHZhU7CqELy7SW66Cuu_5amCl4j4FNtOBK93xBv59TaSXHwrJK-5RJ4a5GDTPzASl_DRb0t7bFNWSIMCe2eFnkN8CHKbz88jEr-EiaBczy3jOu4Iu-q1QAIxIqY-aBMg20FNUBbJrupTBegrhJdYB37tT/s1600/Elena%20de%20Sayn.jpg" width="210" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Miss Branscombe was a detailed composer who painstakingly
marked every dynamic and variation of dynamic, tempo changes and more in every
measure of a piece.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">The sheer number of
these markings drives a performer crazy as they learn and practice her works, thus
her remarks to Elena that she would “fight passionately for my own ideas as to
tempi!”</span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJud6MfvrZPuOzo87hXetzjSPoxOL380OPF0XvxHKCRJ3zZC8SXKSaicUvbYenjwtf4mu50C9T7zx8OYXkD9vZIrqkF6QifBnU5WGD2nHmXkKtsCcVHWoOuhrLa0s6f1kwLHysK2z_18oOr9g4KtsKij7RchJzsEc9g1bDAsp-IZxVirUKcxajOy5EFcRY/s334/Olga_Rudge_(ca_1915).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="334" data-original-width="250" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJud6MfvrZPuOzo87hXetzjSPoxOL380OPF0XvxHKCRJ3zZC8SXKSaicUvbYenjwtf4mu50C9T7zx8OYXkD9vZIrqkF6QifBnU5WGD2nHmXkKtsCcVHWoOuhrLa0s6f1kwLHysK2z_18oOr9g4KtsKij7RchJzsEc9g1bDAsp-IZxVirUKcxajOy5EFcRY/s320/Olga_Rudge_(ca_1915).jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br />By 1934 Gena Tenney, Gena Branscombe’s oldest daughter, was
a composition and conducting student at the Royal College of Music in
London.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No doubt daughter Gena encouraged
the performance of her mother’s violin sonata on a “Concert of Works by
American Women,” on December 8, 1934.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
soloists were the acclaimed violinist Olga Rudge and pianist Jessie Hall. Other
composer friends of Gena Branscombe’s included on that program were Marion
Bauer and Ethel Glenn Hier.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2F-RaGbSKHR70ilEeOQfKKIKGfpY7S6QQd9HoPUsP--6_48NJxizqqT8YEuV3fUks4AjBohtXw1G-uKVV3V2bG0EJi-fOb98rMigpOrJccKCEjAjxNcPYrn56gIjNNGdbh7GfJesww1ecH_idWu3XSQ3g24O5mISouCa0IfX2CNLUPdZiaDOsPvXy39yA/s3963/London%201934%20Program.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3963" data-original-width="2623" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2F-RaGbSKHR70ilEeOQfKKIKGfpY7S6QQd9HoPUsP--6_48NJxizqqT8YEuV3fUks4AjBohtXw1G-uKVV3V2bG0EJi-fOb98rMigpOrJccKCEjAjxNcPYrn56gIjNNGdbh7GfJesww1ecH_idWu3XSQ3g24O5mISouCa0IfX2CNLUPdZiaDOsPvXy39yA/s320/London%201934%20Program.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br /> </span><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Time passes, music and composer are forgotten until in 2008
Ralitsa Tcholakova and Dr. Elaine Keillor release a CD, “Remembered Voices” on
which they performed Gena Branscombe’s violin sonata.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP1G9nhzz9pj1SIYTtH_WLKLR8C_NLfobXi5iPYiRSxum5mTtCP0vJYFl6ku3DRJ2Qk9Uq2GbjVTYNn9GsfPZoGtgYbNr_Kgu-euNe61O7RdhJN-0jG4HoTH4DFIj_8Lhuvccwj1OG544_d4465YkQzHfIjS90CyHt0ntmgRq-RXGHzyCwae54jUbOOUJQ/s200/Ralitsa-Tcholakova.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP1G9nhzz9pj1SIYTtH_WLKLR8C_NLfobXi5iPYiRSxum5mTtCP0vJYFl6ku3DRJ2Qk9Uq2GbjVTYNn9GsfPZoGtgYbNr_Kgu-euNe61O7RdhJN-0jG4HoTH4DFIj_8Lhuvccwj1OG544_d4465YkQzHfIjS90CyHt0ntmgRq-RXGHzyCwae54jUbOOUJQ/s1600/Ralitsa-Tcholakova.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl4zZ8jHWEgJOzucFYMEcqjbXTO4di-tS105iUzWfgAtqyhWK9Py6QRCAcitjuuZI_oUkvoGRpsnAJik1xq2nb_-R1UM-b2dtZPRRSIBssMoleG_Nkwu7pBkswsRrj3HLpCeNT-AeFqkhc2vag9nmpz51kX9DbCAFc8R6HZaDoCkb2Ml5DOkgoNHHdx5c0/s300/Dr.%20Elaine%20Keillor.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl4zZ8jHWEgJOzucFYMEcqjbXTO4di-tS105iUzWfgAtqyhWK9Py6QRCAcitjuuZI_oUkvoGRpsnAJik1xq2nb_-R1UM-b2dtZPRRSIBssMoleG_Nkwu7pBkswsRrj3HLpCeNT-AeFqkhc2vag9nmpz51kX9DbCAFc8R6HZaDoCkb2Ml5DOkgoNHHdx5c0/s1600/Dr.%20Elaine%20Keillor.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPcYhAGtqUT5AbJ2rpFJ0y5rVDgUWW8BXttrG1Op5uqSwKKmbB4Gwi1eLsFE5JgxCMkOzmZRLCB057Jz5ue-hSOCG-E9wggLlwyobCiKVsGmCxehGPoU0YJ5BCR194UnwRA2mEh-jE9gu40JDTVGgQM-CnAXvQGo5QpoA5IobEiL4oKZjGzF3MO57WMDzE/s640/Remembered%20Voices.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPcYhAGtqUT5AbJ2rpFJ0y5rVDgUWW8BXttrG1Op5uqSwKKmbB4Gwi1eLsFE5JgxCMkOzmZRLCB057Jz5ue-hSOCG-E9wggLlwyobCiKVsGmCxehGPoU0YJ5BCR194UnwRA2mEh-jE9gu40JDTVGgQM-CnAXvQGo5QpoA5IobEiL4oKZjGzF3MO57WMDzE/s320/Remembered%20Voices.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">November 2022, the sonata is again performed
at The Gena Branscombe Project inaugural concert performed by Aija Reke and Dr.
Regan Russell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWQWRHnbeQ8yausN4cBuOmOY4YsRvlzG-shn-hWDdJNL7KoLtKF7Pvm1cWglBDlPbGKiPRX0yVSXp-rn_PtmWYz2G_l-iYC6dnh_EFAAYRpFL5I2X9T1yFEWv3CaMWNeq-E5e313N-Q2TVt3-oIjq6zOUpOzx0_bfL0XGQFdM_mPRuk2XvE4azS2kj4Fj9/s130/aija%20reke.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="130" data-original-width="130" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWQWRHnbeQ8yausN4cBuOmOY4YsRvlzG-shn-hWDdJNL7KoLtKF7Pvm1cWglBDlPbGKiPRX0yVSXp-rn_PtmWYz2G_l-iYC6dnh_EFAAYRpFL5I2X9T1yFEWv3CaMWNeq-E5e313N-Q2TVt3-oIjq6zOUpOzx0_bfL0XGQFdM_mPRuk2XvE4azS2kj4Fj9/s1600/aija%20reke.jpg" width="130" /></span></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB-DlKBbvrAKQLaPZC1FtyzswlVeYZeXHoFnp3kgM-RKy4Ga92ATzBrcIgT3JsULgluKTz6L_ZD04_3f98tgLO6FQLu6-WglHAkE8HUryVCA5Jj8Ww8UJHRYJ6iamlXgGEDUEVCYdcNzge7jnzf1hDPeUgNkx4xkqTzCdZskS87_3YyG2BEJHG8GcMgpyn/s2314/regan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2314" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB-DlKBbvrAKQLaPZC1FtyzswlVeYZeXHoFnp3kgM-RKy4Ga92ATzBrcIgT3JsULgluKTz6L_ZD04_3f98tgLO6FQLu6-WglHAkE8HUryVCA5Jj8Ww8UJHRYJ6iamlXgGEDUEVCYdcNzge7jnzf1hDPeUgNkx4xkqTzCdZskS87_3YyG2BEJHG8GcMgpyn/s320/regan.jpg" width="207" /></span></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2NrS7S5xl33zkGBFedmMLMHirT0JQYFb1nZMoe2feIxnAdvr0kjuL4GzLpX0d-99Ut2vQtNJXO_Nm8ukq3jN4zYLbVf7ZRRlPcRPihdDx0Sv0a7OoXSBbjZdg_JcGW-jEYfK4uiM7_B_Hw3tgIAVqV4NzlAdscHR3OrcX_ZBYAqWaP8CxPm2bdyTvex_7/s4159/Deborah%20-%20Nelson%20-%202.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="4159" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2NrS7S5xl33zkGBFedmMLMHirT0JQYFb1nZMoe2feIxnAdvr0kjuL4GzLpX0d-99Ut2vQtNJXO_Nm8ukq3jN4zYLbVf7ZRRlPcRPihdDx0Sv0a7OoXSBbjZdg_JcGW-jEYfK4uiM7_B_Hw3tgIAVqV4NzlAdscHR3OrcX_ZBYAqWaP8CxPm2bdyTvex_7/s320/Deborah%20-%20Nelson%20-%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br />On May 6, 2023 at the “Bringing
Back Branscombe to the Upper West Side” concert Deborah Nixon, violin and
Nelson Ojeda Valdes, piano, performed the sonata….just blocks from where Gena
composed the piece in 1920.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Thanks to Deborah Nixon, the sonata has made its way to
London once again and is being considered for study and performance…..only 89
years later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And, today, May 17, 2023, Aija Reke is performing Gena’s
sonata in her home country of Latvia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Back to 1925, Gena wanted to change the title from Violin
Sonata in A minor to “The Crusader.” When you listen to the sonata you will
understand why!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We continue our work of #BringingBackBranscombe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the help of recent performers who have performed
a tour-de-force violin sonata by an American woman composer….a composer whose
music was forgotten but is now in the 21<sup>st</sup> century, these violinists
and pianists are telling her story, telling of her beautiful music. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">#BringingBackBranscombe</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">photo of Deborah Nixon and Nelson Ojeda Valdes courtesy of Gary Schoichet</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.kathleenshimeta.com</div>Kathleen Shimetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00366481142387911084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349716116574570740.post-35066820334337550452023-07-04T14:38:00.005-07:002023-07-06T08:29:03.054-07:00Canadian Music Centre honors Gena Branscombe <p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Recently the Canadian Music Centre honored Miss Branscombe by naming
her an Associate Composer.
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://on.cmccanada.org/earmark-gena-branscombe/">https://on.cmccanada.org/earmark-gena-branscombe/</a><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://collections.cmccanada.org/final/Portal/Composer-Showcase.aspx?lang=en-CA">https://collections.cmccanada.org/final/Portal/Composer-Showcase.aspx?lang=en-CA</a><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Miss Branscombe lived most of her life in the United States,
but, she was first and always a Canadian.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">She was born in Picton, Ontario in 1881 where she began her musical training. During her adult life she returned to her beloved home frequently performing concerts and
visiting with friends and family.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The
Bay of Quinte was her place of inspiration for water calmed her and allowed her
musical creativity to bring forth her beautiful music.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Canada was in her heart. Gena composed works that honored the
country of her birth; its history, culture, nature's beauty</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">and military.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Congratulations, Miss Branscombe…..a well-deserved honor.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy8B83BtZB6PJ95HosvkvmlZnynMS87l6EY60AgkzBk_-jBl3PA9Vp0Cy4psFgWvJVoEFy8Emi85ZQ0ztR0aRy0wlbvkZNbV65e_iXFu2pbXjdYJHaEoebtR5mUVUAlvELGtcnD5gZwDeSaOMsaO7WVBUVgGBuumBMSCXlGkSmNV0M3ked_JQwJxadvPrc/s775/Gena%20644x775%20photo%20contrast%20size%203.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="644" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy8B83BtZB6PJ95HosvkvmlZnynMS87l6EY60AgkzBk_-jBl3PA9Vp0Cy4psFgWvJVoEFy8Emi85ZQ0ztR0aRy0wlbvkZNbV65e_iXFu2pbXjdYJHaEoebtR5mUVUAlvELGtcnD5gZwDeSaOMsaO7WVBUVgGBuumBMSCXlGkSmNV0M3ked_JQwJxadvPrc/s320/Gena%20644x775%20photo%20contrast%20size%203.jpeg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">#BringingBackBranscombe </span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.kathleenshimeta.com</div>Kathleen Shimetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00366481142387911084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349716116574570740.post-42846099819318323582023-06-19T12:19:00.007-07:002023-06-19T12:28:43.443-07:00It Only Took Three Years<p> <span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif"; font-size: large;">It only
took me three years to complete this particular Gena project. Three years, yet, I kept at it even though I
did take extended breaks at times to work on other Gena projects that needed attention. Three years……</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif";">Yes, for
three years I transcribed Gena Branscombe’s letters to her publisher, The
Arthur P. Schmidt Co. of Boston.</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif";">Held at
the Library of Congress, the Schmidt business books, letters to/from all
composers they published, photos and more are in the stacks available for
research.</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif";">Five years ago I photographed
every letter Gena Branscombe wrote to Mr. Schmidt, Miss Emery, Miss Allen,
Mr. Austin and others at the company.</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHc5Pr9XqEfqfeXJnDKN4WeRJE6OJuystubcYJVhzWGZ1pnef04io6aum1UAr5aAZfw5o-t1umPfdHXUPAkOeL11HKOImPcUMI_7zHdCvwvPdLRPkYY1r9qpvEhfFebjuIrYZgdEyVNq6bAeskkUC6SIcRBaxiUX_8GZYJSKkkfQczqp4KzJbPp-Wjmxoa/s1060/branscombe1a.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; float: left; font-family: trebuchet, "serif"; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="795" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHc5Pr9XqEfqfeXJnDKN4WeRJE6OJuystubcYJVhzWGZ1pnef04io6aum1UAr5aAZfw5o-t1umPfdHXUPAkOeL11HKOImPcUMI_7zHdCvwvPdLRPkYY1r9qpvEhfFebjuIrYZgdEyVNq6bAeskkUC6SIcRBaxiUX_8GZYJSKkkfQczqp4KzJbPp-Wjmxoa/s320/branscombe1a.jpg" width="240" /></span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />From
December 1910 to December 1951 Gena wrote hundreds of letters to these people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Forty-one years of handwritten letters almost
impossible to decipher at times because of her terrible penmanship and she
always wrote in haste….even she admitted that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsdWUZ85FK0KC3MmH2DLBlmOMhqTQ4OHImUjlZOVs-9ULgKrvgbxL45xw35j9ZgGX74CL_GvIUoMRjT-45LcaddPn3V1c58EJNpfi30e7k8d_jLiNwt8J1A39tb4pAPC6h7k16m0FRthY0yB70t7s5MY79ifM4KlUmZ5_00TG6hxDEmsFFrWSFLL1bgLLF/s1771/clara%20-%202.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: trebuchet, "serif"; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1771" data-original-width="1359" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsdWUZ85FK0KC3MmH2DLBlmOMhqTQ4OHImUjlZOVs-9ULgKrvgbxL45xw35j9ZgGX74CL_GvIUoMRjT-45LcaddPn3V1c58EJNpfi30e7k8d_jLiNwt8J1A39tb4pAPC6h7k16m0FRthY0yB70t7s5MY79ifM4KlUmZ5_00TG6hxDEmsFFrWSFLL1bgLLF/s320/clara%20-%202.jpg" width="246" /></span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div>In two
different letters she expressed the thrill of receiving Mr. Schmidt’s gift of a
Richard Wagner letter and later a Clara Schumann letter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her excitement jumps off the pages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wrote of her deep admiration for Richard
Wagner and his place in music history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDbZHtzrwhRB75Ev5o0vSRHI8XvQ0YaHee0frZRObKc0a20-ZEjuUUhoKcP5WQW3HIHqzD1dT3fJji3Fi6avpQZCQ43UNdFUPBb32Yk-mysg23QPCtcJaDOEiVo-R4Jb5LFUPQ7jeisgxhjHo921iBHdD6WcFqA1S7c2qnsHjz0KL1Vg2sJEQcLweF2C87/s2610/Wagner%201.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1690" data-original-width="2610" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDbZHtzrwhRB75Ev5o0vSRHI8XvQ0YaHee0frZRObKc0a20-ZEjuUUhoKcP5WQW3HIHqzD1dT3fJji3Fi6avpQZCQ43UNdFUPBb32Yk-mysg23QPCtcJaDOEiVo-R4Jb5LFUPQ7jeisgxhjHo921iBHdD6WcFqA1S7c2qnsHjz0KL1Vg2sJEQcLweF2C87/s320/Wagner%201.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi26VQ4chKSTUZIUfLSDI26YUPpwLjCBcEUgxVoO9lQyjuxtgycBrooeZy01KvWwtxcrq4D3if8IpolkJE9tgznzfUVqk5Rim9VNXzcA6R4lkpHPoxju3Cnrzpbnv8cIkkLxhXzI9eMQ9Ov4jlFB7Z7mBW801R-GDI71Q97qVao3GMccbzaKAoGZ896Zbhf/s2724/Wagner%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2724" data-original-width="1871" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi26VQ4chKSTUZIUfLSDI26YUPpwLjCBcEUgxVoO9lQyjuxtgycBrooeZy01KvWwtxcrq4D3if8IpolkJE9tgznzfUVqk5Rim9VNXzcA6R4lkpHPoxju3Cnrzpbnv8cIkkLxhXzI9eMQ9Ov4jlFB7Z7mBW801R-GDI71Q97qVao3GMccbzaKAoGZ896Zbhf/s320/Wagner%202.jpg" width="220" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4nrdvl-YQkycTGTQLxUxNwv1LokN8GcVp_mwCFimQqnrSAloYPFmStNKF-Z2_iMvZ2nyoEf5-elpgpqlE8TqUenMC_DK7whuhv_re7w9ntut8UWn2M2mAppvUAVyxassIM6xMxAycUIK2QqOOUWFMni9fd5bEiUgi46r7uHYD3e6O9FYWXq1xGml28Zoc/s1263/NLAPW%20-%20combined%20pages2.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; float: left; font-family: trebuchet, "serif"; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1263" data-original-width="933" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4nrdvl-YQkycTGTQLxUxNwv1LokN8GcVp_mwCFimQqnrSAloYPFmStNKF-Z2_iMvZ2nyoEf5-elpgpqlE8TqUenMC_DK7whuhv_re7w9ntut8UWn2M2mAppvUAVyxassIM6xMxAycUIK2QqOOUWFMni9fd5bEiUgi46r7uHYD3e6O9FYWXq1xGml28Zoc/s320/NLAPW%20-%20combined%20pages2.jpg" width="236" /></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: medium;">Her
narrative of being invited to join, as one of the first women composers, the
National League of American Pen Women….an honor that she describes as being
“thrilled as a child at Christmas.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif";">Her
frustrations of not having time to write a piano sonata or a piano concerto or
a major symphony nearly broke my heart.</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif";">
</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif";">Her children’sillnesses, the deaths of family members, her daughters’ school
triumphs and their careers appear with an emotional honesty that is at times
shocking considering the era.</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif";"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif";">Gena
moved headlong into balancing her career, marriage and family life. </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif";">I read as she described days of nervous
illness, needing rest, financial woes, worry that her husband would enlist
during WWI leaving her with two daughters to care for on her own.</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif";"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif";">Countless
letters requested copies of her music be sent to singers, coaches and
conductors many of whom were famous in their day. </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif";">Gena wrote of her meetings with these
musicians – networking in hopes that performances of her music would happen!</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif";">In a 1941
letter Gena requested a copy of one of her songs be sent to her two small
friends, Pierre and Peggy Biscaye.</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif";">I had
the pleasure of meeting Pierre and Peggy a few years ago when they gifted me
that autographed song and one of Miss Branscombe’s batons. </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span><span style="font-size: medium; mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9gNzizDBMNPvxqxzF_klwITvmROnek-4I6qiHHcQtdOkDbbZuxE_LdS4DohdpPLEFxS7eM-zwODkwp9IUKYM6TPIGOL4mPhO5PPVACmKGJA61T2H7zLwNUaSj0IkSrbygl94B5tvzmFZQ4ZfTafIGl58grynaV76XbqnHluzrSOpQuBYFYLWeKcG65o3L/s1994/Pierre%20and%20Peggy%20Biscaye%20-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1217" data-original-width="1994" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9gNzizDBMNPvxqxzF_klwITvmROnek-4I6qiHHcQtdOkDbbZuxE_LdS4DohdpPLEFxS7eM-zwODkwp9IUKYM6TPIGOL4mPhO5PPVACmKGJA61T2H7zLwNUaSj0IkSrbygl94B5tvzmFZQ4ZfTafIGl58grynaV76XbqnHluzrSOpQuBYFYLWeKcG65o3L/s320/Pierre%20and%20Peggy%20Biscaye%20-2.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif";">Self-promotion
was one of her great strengths.</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif";">This was
her day-to-day life – her entire life.</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif";">An
admirable women - </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif";">a woman composer in an
age where women were thought to be second class music citizens!</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif";">What did
I learn most of all about Miss Branscombe ? – perseverance, determination, generosity,
self-promotion, graciousness, strength of character for no matter the ups and
downs and frustration.</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif";">All these
attributes she maintained as a professional </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif";">inspiring optimistic influence on herself then
sharing these with her family, friends, colleagues and anyone who walked into
her path of life.</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif";"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4V40iI8H_SG49Qr1GUmrZv2codD1vo8kBOnWWPXrYCfi12hxoqM9q9f6h93KKoF91ZwHgzJfKHA08cHw6kVkMXZynS3Z5Ns06HGrYwp0wXBP_N2ceUrzlJx1btFIZMj4NviHKt6kBsF2CVxT50am7avzGpZUHnSVkW8jNpRjcWO19Xtcc5_oVY0TEYa9b/s1187/Mr%20Schmidt.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; float: left; font-family: trebuchet, "serif"; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1187" data-original-width="1108" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4V40iI8H_SG49Qr1GUmrZv2codD1vo8kBOnWWPXrYCfi12hxoqM9q9f6h93KKoF91ZwHgzJfKHA08cHw6kVkMXZynS3Z5Ns06HGrYwp0wXBP_N2ceUrzlJx1btFIZMj4NviHKt6kBsF2CVxT50am7avzGpZUHnSVkW8jNpRjcWO19Xtcc5_oVY0TEYa9b/s320/Mr%20Schmidt.jpg" width="299" /></span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif"; font-size: large;">In the final
paragraph of Gena’s March 9, 1918 letter to Mr. Arthur Schmidt, she expresses </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif"; font-size: large; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif"; font-size: large;">her thoughts and admiration for his dedication
to American composers …..</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> “There
has been something on my mind for some time – and I hope you won’t think me a
very – meddlesome – sort of person – to be thinking about it
even. But it’s this – you published American compositions long
before other people. You’ve published more <u>big things</u> –
with no hope of financial return – you’ve published more American women’s
things than anyone else - and all this in the days when it wasn’t fashionable
and patriotic – and all that to boost American music! I feel that
that thing should be recognized and known and advertised in a strong
way. You’ll probably just think I’m – very fresh – but I know I’m
right. I think it would be most interesting to know – to have a
complete record – of all the American compositions of your catalogue published
long before the tide began to turn in favor of giving the American composer a
chance. Forgive me if I rush in.”</span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: trebuchet, "serif";"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXU_JG8PYwk3DucTxb1w9c5YPZE6PqbrItvdV-AHo4HZwT6IM1liqmrggLkhPzIQt0zNoV5GFEEbEsNL3P6kkPCIQ_SrtfsMGNSqCFlHOvCQDW2NVZ4tyH-N3R7f2H8PQ8AfzOFo6EHFNqCw4-OPtg4Ggn6B51Ie9EdvpWlR3Nj5b1eavVSSVZ7qnDM-Tt/s687/GB%20%20smiling%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="530" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXU_JG8PYwk3DucTxb1w9c5YPZE6PqbrItvdV-AHo4HZwT6IM1liqmrggLkhPzIQt0zNoV5GFEEbEsNL3P6kkPCIQ_SrtfsMGNSqCFlHOvCQDW2NVZ4tyH-N3R7f2H8PQ8AfzOFo6EHFNqCw4-OPtg4Ggn6B51Ie9EdvpWlR3Nj5b1eavVSSVZ7qnDM-Tt/s320/GB%20%20smiling%202.jpg" width="247" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: trebuchet, "serif"; font-size: medium;"><span>Ever thankful for having a publisher who understood the importance
of our country’s musical talent, Gena wrote hundreds of letters to Mr. Schmidt
and his employees grateful for their support, appreciative of their hard work promoting
her music and always sending those all-important royalty checques!</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet, "serif"; font-size: large;">#BringingBackBranscombe</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.kathleenshimeta.com</div>Kathleen Shimetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00366481142387911084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349716116574570740.post-71418956129068543872023-06-12T12:01:00.002-07:002023-06-15T10:10:16.231-07:00Library Cards<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">Imagine you are in a 19<sup>th</sup> century public library where
you are about to check out a book you are most anxious to read. You approach
the checkout desk, but first, the librarian retrieves a large ledger book,
opens it to the page where your name appears.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The librarian then begins to enter the title of the book and author,
date checked out, date due back and eventually the date you returned the
book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now you may leave the library with
the book you are excited to read. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
process takes about 10 minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Compare
that to today's world where the book checkout takes less than one <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>minute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnyikpUq9qJcKO94vKhFaByN9d-HlTQzGbvQbpO4QV7MVeeQMGFvP3z7ST9Z0wDkpknk3rDHY5-F_qD_WLZimefBTDu9wv9iA3m8CpeQpgX93tzLM0orTEj1oJB5J-7LjRIFEgNnSg-3MpQfxq1VEJBD6eBySLs86lFERNer7urt9X73tkvQvMFWUncA/s754/Ledger%20-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="566" data-original-width="754" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnyikpUq9qJcKO94vKhFaByN9d-HlTQzGbvQbpO4QV7MVeeQMGFvP3z7ST9Z0wDkpknk3rDHY5-F_qD_WLZimefBTDu9wv9iA3m8CpeQpgX93tzLM0orTEj1oJB5J-7LjRIFEgNnSg-3MpQfxq1VEJBD6eBySLs86lFERNer7urt9X73tkvQvMFWUncA/s320/Ledger%20-2.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
<o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">Originally libraries were non-circulating meaning you went
to the library to read and could not check out books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Private libraries at the YMCA, membership
libraries or Sunday schools began to issue library cards allowing their members
the honor of taking books out of the building. The 19<sup>th</sup> century
public library movement enabled the everyday person the ability to register and
then borrow books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The scenario above
was the check-out process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">Eventually, the ledger book became a thing of the past with
the early 20<sup>th</sup> century development of personal library cards which
over the years created today’s electronic checkout systems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We continue to use library cards identifying
us as the borrower!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1DpB7gkxUTZ5_1FOw3-PFeZKm9Pi7wAa_IePEAkbukmPf0DeOZCK0Sm5BcbAiaWhZDU1GfBNZ-1mOF9H-Ns6op3N3G6pxVC8O9K8TPxpVZ0f5-8NjlKTXtWM-Kf61tl43OeJRRhaSmGql1WDUG5zTaZYuHSuhtkFjzkSGLO-m_1EC1uXFMSXwD-N_UA/s1008/Library%20Card%20April%201947%20-%202.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1008" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1DpB7gkxUTZ5_1FOw3-PFeZKm9Pi7wAa_IePEAkbukmPf0DeOZCK0Sm5BcbAiaWhZDU1GfBNZ-1mOF9H-Ns6op3N3G6pxVC8O9K8TPxpVZ0f5-8NjlKTXtWM-Kf61tl43OeJRRhaSmGql1WDUG5zTaZYuHSuhtkFjzkSGLO-m_1EC1uXFMSXwD-N_UA/s320/Library%20Card%20April%201947%20-%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />There are collectors in our world whose hobby is collecting
old library cards and particularly old library cards of famous people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Recently, Gena Branscombe’s 1944 library card
came up for sale on E-bay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her name at
the top is – BRANSCOMBE, GENA, then below that typed in red is – <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">TENNEY, GENA BRANSCOMBE (MRS. JOHN FERGUSON)</span></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Married women had to be identified by their husband’s names.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was 1944.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her address and phone number are listed, her
occupation – Conductor & Composer, Employer – Freelance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg19fn5YkCCrl0BrX-dbxftiaazFZ4HUokTxc7C_cpFXBODOS1i7b6VJeB7pWMgBRNmfLXG6zLzjqH9QA4GNz9r2aLp7oUFd8LeuHwV_YKkd9wSJZ1LwfeT4S0AurEX8ZjRqXoUUfy8ridmdhHkgRY8POPQAfknnYVuCKhJS9Mc8pSpbOSacgqmDyHdQQ/s800/Harry%20Belafonte%20Library%20W%20115th.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg19fn5YkCCrl0BrX-dbxftiaazFZ4HUokTxc7C_cpFXBODOS1i7b6VJeB7pWMgBRNmfLXG6zLzjqH9QA4GNz9r2aLp7oUFd8LeuHwV_YKkd9wSJZ1LwfeT4S0AurEX8ZjRqXoUUfy8ridmdhHkgRY8POPQAfknnYVuCKhJS9Mc8pSpbOSacgqmDyHdQQ/s320/Harry%20Belafonte%20Library%20W%20115th.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />The question then is – what library did Gena frequent while
living at 611 West 114<sup>th</sup> Street?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A little research into New York City public libraries in that area and I
found the 115<sup>th</sup> Street branch which in 2017 was renamed the Harry
Belafonte Library.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Built in 1907 – 1908
with funds provided by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, it is a three story
building made of limestone and in the Neo Italian Renaissance style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> <br /></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmpmOQj7V1TzTzGPrBS5L_Vgu2S-zQXWc7IXFvTRv-0heD_olDZYq6GQxswVDBVar6_9N1m-yz4kcwFthYtnSC3t3Zx49fwlEwGv5ZjZbCFByv2tWRxTMivylFUbT9jKfIU7_W_hgKBb5IlbQXrZoRNv0m6a8BxDCfSM4bprbtMHA4ugRoFsUJFTbUPA/s3992/gb%20with%20fur%20%20full%20shot.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3992" data-original-width="2728" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmpmOQj7V1TzTzGPrBS5L_Vgu2S-zQXWc7IXFvTRv-0heD_olDZYq6GQxswVDBVar6_9N1m-yz4kcwFthYtnSC3t3Zx49fwlEwGv5ZjZbCFByv2tWRxTMivylFUbT9jKfIU7_W_hgKBb5IlbQXrZoRNv0m6a8BxDCfSM4bprbtMHA4ugRoFsUJFTbUPA/s320/gb%20with%20fur%20%20full%20shot.jpg" width="219" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">Walking three or four blocks from her home at 611 West 114<sup>th</sup>
Street to the 115<sup>th</sup> Street Public Library branch was her journey to
reading material, borrowing music, and enhancing her view of the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">Everyone should have a library card, visit libraries, check
out books, do research and find items not on the internet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Introduce yourself to a librarian who will
guide you to materials you didn’t know existed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We all need our public libraries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Get a library card and explore!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXezYNFNuZFpOUUC8Cn8cCgw-Dw80GbcBfl6t1paqN_TDmDUjCmxWjTWUlazsiSSXyaqouT9vE1TLJ_dMPiiwFCtekPk9E5emVShkg0oVoVeHNpqVvP621scgxLGe87gCQy1zKCyqHEQPGpCzklBrL5YlLlvblcrIH17rIAlg4WQvycgn9o9CgydhFMg/s1640/Collage%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1640" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXezYNFNuZFpOUUC8Cn8cCgw-Dw80GbcBfl6t1paqN_TDmDUjCmxWjTWUlazsiSSXyaqouT9vE1TLJ_dMPiiwFCtekPk9E5emVShkg0oVoVeHNpqVvP621scgxLGe87gCQy1zKCyqHEQPGpCzklBrL5YlLlvblcrIH17rIAlg4WQvycgn9o9CgydhFMg/s320/Collage%201.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">#BringingBackBranscombe</div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.kathleenshimeta.com</div>Kathleen Shimetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00366481142387911084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349716116574570740.post-85464897306958208142023-06-01T09:05:00.003-07:002023-06-11T13:30:02.434-07:00Bringing Back Branscombe to the Upper West Side - Part 2<p><span style="font-size: large;">We ended the weekend of The Gena Branscombe Project’s
concert </span><span style="font-size: large;">attending
a performance of Alexandra Bellhaven’s song cycle, “Diary of a Payphone,” at 54
Below in New York City. Ally is The Gena
Branscombe Project’s 2022 Composer Scholarship winner. Honored to have been at this performance with
Gena’s great niece, Allison, and Dr. Laurine Elkins Marlow. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtZ__I556dcxj8Z4Blg28EMnhnwu0oiR152S6SobnZsGwuitIRm0oMZ7SxAcQMEN_I-0hM6B8_uOZBqPSAVfSL1PJMXemA3sbcmhlcYwx-2tcg8aBSI-OhXeSS98tuCBj8m5z20kD64dl7IZPkF4OiM8bquOmaH--GMeEowQ9tGbGCYHbdBZQT4BUlvA/s2600/54%20Below%20-%20Ally%202%20-%20names.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1354" data-original-width="2600" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtZ__I556dcxj8Z4Blg28EMnhnwu0oiR152S6SobnZsGwuitIRm0oMZ7SxAcQMEN_I-0hM6B8_uOZBqPSAVfSL1PJMXemA3sbcmhlcYwx-2tcg8aBSI-OhXeSS98tuCBj8m5z20kD64dl7IZPkF4OiM8bquOmaH--GMeEowQ9tGbGCYHbdBZQT4BUlvA/s320/54%20Below%20-%20Ally%202%20-%20names.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">And, a picture of Dr. Laurine Elkins Marlow and Kathleen with the concert poster outside of The New York Society for Ethical Culture. Gena, we brought you back to your beloved Upper West Side!. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPyepHMTzuytiCE6W09lWoNq8SqFP8kjJb9FltO5lJzxbSUNm47QAaCCUODMSAQ8HRnMgHBsXjFNV-GleJf2fLdHaDc-qIy3CJa6N_Shxs27YXs2nLuS-y5J-wKM37k_N3kMvSkW8ss55kqlnOOr8B_aa04J23DE1fGaj74-8Ec5XIL0BA_pIYuWHPxg/s1600/Poster%20picture%20-%20GenaSis.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPyepHMTzuytiCE6W09lWoNq8SqFP8kjJb9FltO5lJzxbSUNm47QAaCCUODMSAQ8HRnMgHBsXjFNV-GleJf2fLdHaDc-qIy3CJa6N_Shxs27YXs2nLuS-y5J-wKM37k_N3kMvSkW8ss55kqlnOOr8B_aa04J23DE1fGaj74-8Ec5XIL0BA_pIYuWHPxg/s320/Poster%20picture%20-%20GenaSis.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">#BringingBackBranscombe</span></div></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.kathleenshimeta.com</div>Kathleen Shimetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00366481142387911084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349716116574570740.post-40833853079554388332023-06-01T08:42:00.006-07:002023-06-15T10:10:44.700-07:00Bringing Back Branscombe to the Upper West Side Concert - May 6, 2023<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><i>The Gena Branscombe Project's May 6<sup>th</sup> concert </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><i>at
the New York Society for Ethical Culture</i></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Brush Script MT"; font-size: xx-large;">Bringing Back Branscombe to the Upper West Side</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Brush Script MT"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Program:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghIaf1rXCVz1Ip8QdOFVzo16TZNCrBdRH4YjogaXO5JrsntpwTBkLFk9jtjEPoxpWQbgdcxss3w6b9r-b6Eed-vaQwxBrdvLSLI5BhX6LzmX_91FVqRmMsXg8HN4CGsHAVqGBwGp1goPCQHQecGBkdiblfMrOJoi2rgioBngWjo-bDSExiAZ_OPLe3eQ/s4200/0001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="4200" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghIaf1rXCVz1Ip8QdOFVzo16TZNCrBdRH4YjogaXO5JrsntpwTBkLFk9jtjEPoxpWQbgdcxss3w6b9r-b6Eed-vaQwxBrdvLSLI5BhX6LzmX_91FVqRmMsXg8HN4CGsHAVqGBwGp1goPCQHQecGBkdiblfMrOJoi2rgioBngWjo-bDSExiAZ_OPLe3eQ/w286-h194/0001.jpg" width="286" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">#BringingBackBranscombe</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Brush Script MT"; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.kathleenshimeta.com</div>Kathleen Shimetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00366481142387911084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349716116574570740.post-69899757167880679932023-05-24T12:44:00.003-07:002023-05-30T05:21:50.897-07:00Christian Sinding, Kirsten Flagstad, Gena Branscombe <p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">“Composing is nothing, but writing letters is tedious
business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you compose music your
intentions are mostly understood, but when you write you are never sure how
your meaning will be construed<span style="line-height: 115%;">.”
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Christian Sinding, composer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Musical
America</i>, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>March 25, 1910)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaEzGIr5MFOe086xzwwM1Ziye3eQNphwacuuQJ_YfMkInHGSUbfVEbAKJQRVbufKz1aCE7NsK_EiecTI2SI4urOHDniJaqIMnt3A5qy7ION-ZEfg5IQwllzfLpu1U2k1FY4ZmojUgff8jXhBv6olRFmzkp7tHltipcbLmxkg2bAcEBHfrgDb7ef5-STw/s3392/Musical%20America%20photo%202.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3392" data-original-width="2610" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaEzGIr5MFOe086xzwwM1Ziye3eQNphwacuuQJ_YfMkInHGSUbfVEbAKJQRVbufKz1aCE7NsK_EiecTI2SI4urOHDniJaqIMnt3A5qy7ION-ZEfg5IQwllzfLpu1U2k1FY4ZmojUgff8jXhBv6olRFmzkp7tHltipcbLmxkg2bAcEBHfrgDb7ef5-STw/s320/Musical%20America%20photo%202.jpg" width="246" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">In that same March 1910 <i>Musical America </i>article with
Sinding’s quote was a review of a salon concert presented by Gena Branscombe at
the American Women’s Club of Berlin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
was a well-reviewed concert of her songs performed by Belle Forbes and A.C.
Jackson. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Christian August Sinding (1856-1941) is not well-known in
today’s music world. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Born in Norway, he
eventually studied and lived in Germany coming under the influence of Wagner
and Liszt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In his era, he was
internationally acclaimed much like his fellow country man Edvard Grieg. His
compositions included lyrical piano and chamber music works, symphonies, violin concerti, songs and choral works.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzLOfd9-h3G1Tt9IF2MiYT7o2wmwxkL--CXLRXGDogdbsK5PXi9ujoNXX1gAwqqHJBhd4zS4s8kWTATruktIGJkQyDiqEqq8Ek8V9M0qFn9GndstvMlLVAP89s6q5FR-4arl9F7D4gsWaix-_zGPTAbf8FfZZhKVqCdRS6vex7DAtDABQoiH57x7xrNw/s348/Christian_Sinding.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="348" data-original-width="239" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzLOfd9-h3G1Tt9IF2MiYT7o2wmwxkL--CXLRXGDogdbsK5PXi9ujoNXX1gAwqqHJBhd4zS4s8kWTATruktIGJkQyDiqEqq8Ek8V9M0qFn9GndstvMlLVAP89s6q5FR-4arl9F7D4gsWaix-_zGPTAbf8FfZZhKVqCdRS6vex7DAtDABQoiH57x7xrNw/s320/Christian_Sinding.jpg" width="220" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /> <o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Branscombe and Sinding were residing in Berlin in March
1910.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Did they know each other or met
one another in the small music circle of Berlin?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe Sinding was in the audience for Gena’s
concert.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both composers would be leaving
Berlin within a few months – Sinding traveling to experience, once again, Norway’s beautiful Spring
and Gena to return to the United States. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQRpEiFmNe2ZRGSvS1SkVXyhhmDt0TxJE9Uqh5byPBfD0SJpkaYetZ0SbyA1jJYyoh_YtpuKQadj6NFApdQ3vuAOHeLrGx4ni5AVSc8vlHrCga1QEHE_dOSo7zU5U-XD-h0LLgaxzivvOs7hqAgSlLJOuCS6mU38lguFi-Gj5SoXf7dKo8rRmXD7B3Zw/s1236/branscombe4a2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="698" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQRpEiFmNe2ZRGSvS1SkVXyhhmDt0TxJE9Uqh5byPBfD0SJpkaYetZ0SbyA1jJYyoh_YtpuKQadj6NFApdQ3vuAOHeLrGx4ni5AVSc8vlHrCga1QEHE_dOSo7zU5U-XD-h0LLgaxzivvOs7hqAgSlLJOuCS6mU38lguFi-Gj5SoXf7dKo8rRmXD7B3Zw/s320/branscombe4a2.jpg" width="181" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Twenty eight years later Gena wrote of Sinding in her November
11, 1938 letter to her publisher, Arthur P. Schmidt Company of Boston: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCiqXXPezDxC2isRXq_T9kSW1uuq2mRkw_4WBYc2mQhXBNSbHYgAWkP-vq4RejdqyIEhWBfIA63O_VtgAhYbnldrHab1OfcZ_HpkiaIxxmIjhIxyf6KNCxa_fRy2j5ljHZX-Lg__LzH1tVtV0Ya4ofjkiH1UXRBlTntPU5OqQq8KZatuT_9Z6Tg7ovZg/s736/sheet%20music.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCiqXXPezDxC2isRXq_T9kSW1uuq2mRkw_4WBYc2mQhXBNSbHYgAWkP-vq4RejdqyIEhWBfIA63O_VtgAhYbnldrHab1OfcZ_HpkiaIxxmIjhIxyf6KNCxa_fRy2j5ljHZX-Lg__LzH1tVtV0Ya4ofjkiH1UXRBlTntPU5OqQq8KZatuT_9Z6Tg7ovZg/s320/sheet%20music.jpg" width="278" /></a>“Last Sunday evening, (which was November 6, 1938), on the
Ford Hour, Mme. Flagstad sang my arrangement for solo and chorus of Sinding’s
“Sylvelin” and made a great hit with it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>People who didn’t know it was mine, said they had enjoyed that number –
particularly.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">(Arthur P. Schmidt Collection held at the Library of
Congress)<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">This Ford Hour performance of her arrangement came as a
surprise to Gena, then, to have Madame Kirsten Flagstad, the great Wagnerian
soprano, perform it was quite the honor. Though not given credit in the program, Gena knew it was her arrangement!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkazy8e2zXymjCTTNyYDtdgRTj0skdBQ_LmpfzmIgJh4aLzyF2qUjraIvj0NTvzLhkfKmwS9UxKP0jm7vb0kWF0wb5CjNCcbaU6G1Rcr_CFg5SZeGF2bWr5fe3GCSbPe_z5F2hdJjCC8nTYdCoUCDQNquFB28zL-9ptn7Lb5nkptmDKIcb_vG37FDsGg/s3300/0001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="3300" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkazy8e2zXymjCTTNyYDtdgRTj0skdBQ_LmpfzmIgJh4aLzyF2qUjraIvj0NTvzLhkfKmwS9UxKP0jm7vb0kWF0wb5CjNCcbaU6G1Rcr_CFg5SZeGF2bWr5fe3GCSbPe_z5F2hdJjCC8nTYdCoUCDQNquFB28zL-9ptn7Lb5nkptmDKIcb_vG37FDsGg/s320/0001.jpg" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br />The Ford Sunday Evening Hour was a radio program sponsored
by Ford.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From 1934-1942 and from
1945-1946 audiences heard the Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Ford Symphony
Orchestra perform with guest stars and singers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The show was broadcast live nation-wide on CBS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></o:p></p>
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Flagstad’s accompanist. Gena understood Sinding’s
musical intention for his song “Sylvelin” and created an arrangement. Maybe Gena showed the piece to McArthur who
then brought the arrangement to Flagstad’s attention who suggested it to the
conductor, Jose Iturbi! All of this is
surmising, yet, Madame Flagstad performed Gena’s arrangement of Sinding’s “Sylvelin”
on the Ford Hour!<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdwsP23DYDnotYW1IJZdxGngLijqPgz7uqHlPB-DyKzwiZqekiN5FEIAfXRs4ypdEbV6uTYYDJ6VPpHnpd80iqZ9E-DTjlj4PgO3MauuGxsdAlk_Yn1JiV32Aj2RAWxWq4-gSo8TO-7uR_K3MYtF-rziMRLnVkUXTODpwDK9NoXQwn6WW270hiFQSYsg/s328/Flagstad.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="328" data-original-width="250" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdwsP23DYDnotYW1IJZdxGngLijqPgz7uqHlPB-DyKzwiZqekiN5FEIAfXRs4ypdEbV6uTYYDJ6VPpHnpd80iqZ9E-DTjlj4PgO3MauuGxsdAlk_Yn1JiV32Aj2RAWxWq4-gSo8TO-7uR_K3MYtF-rziMRLnVkUXTODpwDK9NoXQwn6WW270hiFQSYsg/s320/Flagstad.jpg" width="244" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">With thanks to the Ford Archives for a copy of the November
6, 1938 program.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">#BringingBackBranscombe</span></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.kathleenshimeta.com</div>Kathleen Shimetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00366481142387911084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349716116574570740.post-88424718262580941202023-04-08T07:48:00.002-07:002023-04-08T07:48:36.973-07:00Bringing Back Branscombe to the Upper West Side - a concert of Gena Branscombe's Music<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdBr_uCgSu5MXIxR_FZB5X1oEP_Gtq2W34BcsHi9qRrtpLCYe8G4XmY36-XkumIEmjNf1MMg1jrYP7zS1pA7CaKWNyS8oypyMsbZGsc-syXgWJGm2RR4ER8OVUMGCruZzo_paLMwo9eQKKrRhkRmEmG4-YV15hxwQ_Z4lsjxXbGeQFQcqjo9syRPOGNg/s940/Concert%20advertisement.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="940" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdBr_uCgSu5MXIxR_FZB5X1oEP_Gtq2W34BcsHi9qRrtpLCYe8G4XmY36-XkumIEmjNf1MMg1jrYP7zS1pA7CaKWNyS8oypyMsbZGsc-syXgWJGm2RR4ER8OVUMGCruZzo_paLMwo9eQKKrRhkRmEmG4-YV15hxwQ_Z4lsjxXbGeQFQcqjo9syRPOGNg/w394-h218/Concert%20advertisement.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The Gena Branscombe
Project is proud to announce the "Bringing Back Branscombe to the Upper
West Side" concert on Saturday, May 6th, 5 PM at the New York Society for
Ethical Culture - 2 West 64 Street. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bringing-back-branscombe-to-the-upper-west-side-tickets-604023088317?fbclid=IwAR3eFBJj4LJlVVqVclHp_Q5EJQGKUa5YQtXArITy3juBnsNrzKCQQ8VhtzY" target="_blank"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: blue; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://www.eventbrite.com/.../bringing-back-branscombe...</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We hope you will join
us for a concert of French Horn pieces, a violin sonata, piano works, song and
choral pieces all representing Miss Branscombe's ties to the Upper West Side.
Below is the Eventbrite link for purchasing tickets. See you May 6th.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bringing-back-branscombe-to-the-upper-west-side-tickets-604023088317?fbclid=IwAR0E1n0beqHmjHzOxFU5NAd990fp2mDH3l4p9STsH51s7nnpw6AJS8vVjaY" style="font-family: "inherit", "serif";" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: blue; padding: 0in; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">https://www.eventbrite.com/.../bringing-back-branscombe...</span></span></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=748027290443048&set=a.468517091727404&__cft__%5b0%5d=AZW6BEJ_kPTUmCin8oPmC6HS2CmHN6p4ptbd4q1T4tWYcN7w2YposJle-uON_ukPXR3o6H3GUlFuVYS3Qr2sXXYsrlRy9BmDnbt6s2IwlRRcoaBtbbVYut6lsRXq1kkXusprwz60ZR092JU0h59cBcZcCcHtDWr7qBwxss0P5p-dLdk5FvHIwrbsVoF4puBT6Vw&__tn__=EH-R"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></a></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.kathleenshimeta.com</div>Kathleen Shimetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00366481142387911084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349716116574570740.post-52556731900710923122023-04-06T11:56:00.000-07:002023-04-06T11:56:09.559-07:00Lawrence Tibbett<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">……”Mr. Lawrence Tibbett sang “Hail Ye Tyme (of Holiedayes)”
last Tuesday and they say it went gloriously.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I missed it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope you can use
the publicity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It would seem worth
using.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">(December 26, 1935 letter from Gena Branscombe to Mr. Austin
at Arthur P.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Schmidt Company, Boston,
MA. – AP Schmidt Publishing Company collection at the Library of Congress)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9tIpx1_2zsLwWfP_0CoTov6LDNDk2KosZt9TZlQZKBvf-Co1uVtJCbQMxtayMPZ2v5xxuyT9O93kI2D5eU-91UTGZddOY5lWiKfj734p5XJoDMxpC_4PcunV8QuzdsIKxddZbhFTSOmBkKHoPfv-wW1ZrkrL0_7Xu_6OWb8y8gUdqWuWZeBZEz2XJnw/s940/2_Lawrence-Tibbett.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="940" data-original-width="710" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9tIpx1_2zsLwWfP_0CoTov6LDNDk2KosZt9TZlQZKBvf-Co1uVtJCbQMxtayMPZ2v5xxuyT9O93kI2D5eU-91UTGZddOY5lWiKfj734p5XJoDMxpC_4PcunV8QuzdsIKxddZbhFTSOmBkKHoPfv-wW1ZrkrL0_7Xu_6OWb8y8gUdqWuWZeBZEz2XJnw/s320/2_Lawrence-Tibbett.jpg" width="242" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br />Yes, the famous Metropolitan Opera baritone, Lawrence Tibbett
(1896-1960) performed Gena Branscombe’s Christmas song, “Hail Ye Tyme of
Holiedayes” in December 1935.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether on
radio or concert is not known.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tibbett an
operatic baritone was also a star of movies and sang on the radio.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has a Hollywood Star of Fame.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, he was the first singer of his era who
was wholly American trained!<o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">In her letter Gena asks Mr. Schmidt if he can use this
information for publicity knowing it would be worth using.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To have someone as famous as Lawrence Tibbett
perform one of your songs and have that advertised could raise curiosity and sales
of all of her songs and that means royalties paid to the composer.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglxGTPgwWUeR2AkC6w0SSRnIhqrACTu9qQ_mUSbFnI4_kwOdWfpRmwjb1KQH-T-h2VoYkDwPqTbKagswUlSpDbDRf7g0EYiKYaX-2E2s4V8k0CNKbCJeRwLA8alirhn3mpP_eoMjyLVituevZM_tEYWflAK7NHIPnbxRXjcXurSeymqNKnxEiTB4qwZg/s2338/HailYe%20-%20color.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2338" data-original-width="1700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglxGTPgwWUeR2AkC6w0SSRnIhqrACTu9qQ_mUSbFnI4_kwOdWfpRmwjb1KQH-T-h2VoYkDwPqTbKagswUlSpDbDRf7g0EYiKYaX-2E2s4V8k0CNKbCJeRwLA8alirhn3mpP_eoMjyLVituevZM_tEYWflAK7NHIPnbxRXjcXurSeymqNKnxEiTB4qwZg/s320/HailYe%20-%20color.jpg" width="233" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Frank La Forge was one of Tibbett’s teachers. La Forge was a well-known New York City teacher,
accompanist and coach. In 1917 Gena
instructed her publisher, Mr. Schmidt, to send multiple copies of her songs to
La Forge. No doubt that is how Mr.
Tibbett came to know Gena’s songs.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFI403e29SYeEzYx7ctzqlq1hUim56Tz3F0KnpB_XjAz4D3kL3dUo5UFVZ-iXKoB_bOi9wGxlulQXiWfdFWa12oNHrd34yt2mM8yisnSN5PZ_7fQegVhhI00x6Hg2qUtCHyVT-DsZil1pXZ_SC54aXzqz9-umx5TbKfUfqgYXMEw-TnL6NZUFw3JFFIg/s936/FraFrank%20La%20Forge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="707" data-original-width="936" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFI403e29SYeEzYx7ctzqlq1hUim56Tz3F0KnpB_XjAz4D3kL3dUo5UFVZ-iXKoB_bOi9wGxlulQXiWfdFWa12oNHrd34yt2mM8yisnSN5PZ_7fQegVhhI00x6Hg2qUtCHyVT-DsZil1pXZ_SC54aXzqz9-umx5TbKfUfqgYXMEw-TnL6NZUFw3JFFIg/s320/FraFrank%20La%20Forge.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The music world is a small world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is assumed to be only six degrees of
separation in life - in the music world the degrees of separation are three or
less.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT50dOqLayzfK47whQCvc6wxDU8J4VXzSDLGu03VtWJn-7X3U2sylatmwrXUccgCTvakUmegxeR31LGYe4gMNl_JyZQzgm2309OWdA2XW5kYIp2AUu37Hzl-cs4_NbbLN91ghyCN_mrDrKKC3v6ap9gm0JGhfUnER1dFeR65-h2nq7dAU-piyLlEf-5g/s2157/gb%20wi-%20fur%20cropped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2157" data-original-width="1967" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT50dOqLayzfK47whQCvc6wxDU8J4VXzSDLGu03VtWJn-7X3U2sylatmwrXUccgCTvakUmegxeR31LGYe4gMNl_JyZQzgm2309OWdA2XW5kYIp2AUu37Hzl-cs4_NbbLN91ghyCN_mrDrKKC3v6ap9gm0JGhfUnER1dFeR65-h2nq7dAU-piyLlEf-5g/s320/gb%20wi-%20fur%20cropped.jpg" width="292" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.kathleenshimeta.com</div>Kathleen Shimetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00366481142387911084noreply@blogger.com0