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Our last concert was a chance for us all to remember and talk about, and offer music in honor of Sandra Nixon, one of our members who passed away. Follows is the text from the program, written by our conductor, Patty Sikorski.
March 17, 2016
8:00 p.m.
In Remembrance of Sandra Carter Nixon
Sandy Nixon has been a fixture in the Culver City Flute Choir, almost since its inception. She played with us for 28 years, having joined us in 1988. Back then, she played the C flute exclusively, but over the years, she acquired more instruments of the flute family, due to her unceasing desire to learn and grow as a musician. She played the piccolo, alto flute and bass flute, along with her C flute, always cheerfully and efficiently covering any part that was asked of her.
Along with her talents on the flute, Sandy was also an accomplished pianist, having played that instrument even longer than the flute. And, as a school girl, her first instrument was the string bass. Coming from a family of eight children who all studied instruments, she clearly took her music very seriously.
Back in 1991, the Culver City Flute Choir began doing performances at the retirement home(s) of Sandy’s mother, Mrs. Willie Carter. Wherever she went, we followed, with Sandy performing for her mother and friends, both on flute and piano. It was always a treat for all of us.
Sandy is missed by all of us in the flute choir for so many reasons. Not only was she a dedicated, accomplished musician, but she was an amazing woman of great character, in ways too numerous to mention here. Though she can no longer be seen or heard here with us, she definitely lives on in our hearts.
Our performance pieces tonight reflect her great love of the classic composers, as well as some classic hymns. When left to choose the music, such as during Summer Flute Choir at my house, Sandy would almost always go for the tried and true. Fitting for Sandy, to be sure.
Program
American Hymn Medley (Traditional, arr. Jicha)
Intermezzo (Brahms, arr. Davis)
Menuet and Ballet from Petite Suite (Debussy, arr. Ben-Meir)
Just a Closer Walk with Thee (Traditional, arr. Carter)
Were You There (American Folk Hymn, arr. Holcombe)
“The Magic Flute” Overture (Mozart, arr. Nourse)
Air from “Suite in D" (Bach, arr. Christensen)
Culver City Flute Choir
Conductor:
Patty Sikorski
Piccolo:
Irene Palma
C Flute:
Nina Bradley, Sara Fields, Loretta Gaffney, Carol Inge, Howard Lichtman, Elaine Miller, Judy Miller, Irene Palma, Roberta Rohwedder, Ronna Shpall
Alto Flute:
Julie Gelfand, Charlotte Hansen, Carol Inge, Howard Lichtman, Michael Okamoto, Roberta Rohwedder
Bass Flute:
Julie Gelfand, Marilyn Holmes
Many thanks to Patty for all her hard work with us, and to Michael Okamoto for the audio recording. And, special thanks to Lee Miller for his many years of dedication to filming our concerts.
You can listen to this flute concert at https://soundcloud.com/groups/culver-city-flute-choir.
