Painting by Eyvind Earle
Monterey County Composer's Forum
Painting
by Eyvind Earle
The Monterey County Composer's Forum is an organization for local composers who are interested in sharing their music with the community. It was created by Steve Ettinger as a group that would allow any composer to have a piece performed in an inclusive and non-judgmental way. The forum welcomes individuals of many different ages and musical styles. Current members of the forum include individuals composing in the classical, popular, and folk styles.
Mission Statement
The Monterey County Composer's Forum is committed to providing quality opportunities for local composers from a variety of backgrounds and presenting their works in a supportive and non-judgmental environment.
The Forum meets once a month to discuss issues in composition as well as to plan three concerts throughout the year. Any individual who would like to join the group and have his/her piece on the next concert should come to our next meeting. For more information about the composer's forum, contact Steve Ettinger by phone- (831) 385-0973 or by e-mail: dallapiccolo@msn.com
Listen to the interview Steve did with KAZU on Feb. 2, 2002.
MCCF's next concert will be in:
Salinas on Sunday, March 2nd 2008, at 3 pm.
at the First United Methodist Church (404 Lincoln St.)
(corner of Lincoln and W San Luis.)
Here is the schedule for the next Monterey County Composers Forum meetings and concerts in 2008. All of the meetings are on Mondays at 7 PM (see schedule) at Rick Yramateguis house in Salinas at 19 Hawthorne St. You don't have to be a resident of Monterey County to contribute works in these concerts, and meetings are not mandatory, but highly recommended for the brilliant conversations that occur ;-) All concerts will be at the First United Methodist Church in Salinas at the corner of Lincoln and San Luis. For more information, please contact Steve Ettinger at dallapiccolo@msn.com (831) 385-0973 or me (Dale Victorine).
2008
03/02/08 Sunday 3:00 CONCERT
04/14/08 Monday 7:00 Meeting
05/12/08 Monday 7:00 Meeting
06/30/08 Monday 7:00 Meeting
07/13/08 Sunday 3:00 CONCERT
08/18/08 Monday 7:00 Meeting
09/15/08 Monday 7:00 Meeting
10/06/08 Monday 7:00 Meeting
10/26/08 Sunday 3:00 CONCERT (Featuring VOCI, a subgroup of I Cantori di Carmel)
11/17/08 Monday 7:00 Meeting
For more information on becoming a member and including your music in one of our concerts, please contact Steve Ettinger at dallapiccolo@msn.com (831) 385-0973 or Dale Victorine at dvic56@aol.com
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Steve Ettinger, the founder of the Monterey County Composer's Forum, has a Master's Degree from the University of Oregon and a Bachelor's Degree from UCLA, both in the areas of music composition. For the past three years he has been the Strings Instructor in the King City Union Elementary School District, where he has started the South Monterey County Youth Orchestra, the South County Student Mariachi Ensemble, and the King City Artist in Residency Program. Steve founded the Monterey County Composer's Forum as a place where composers of many different styles could present their music in a supportive. environment. e-mail |
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Jack Bradshaw holds a Bachelor's Degree from Oklahoma City University and an Master's Degree from Northwestern University, both in piano performance. He is an active ragtime performer and has appeared at the West Coast Ragtime Festival in Sacramento, with his wife, Chris. |
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Chris Bradshaw earned a B.A. from San Francisco State and an M.A. from the University of Iowa, both in organ performance. She is both active in the American Guild of Organists and in the Sacramento Ragtime Society. Jack and Chris perform regularly for festivals and events as a ragtime piano duo. |
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Bruce Graham,
grew up in Anaheim, Ca. and received his Bachelor of Music and Master of
Music from Brigham Young University. He currently teaches in King City
where he has lived for the past 29 years. He has written music for school
and community plays and has performed with various groups in the area.
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Mary Lesher studied music both at Hartnell College and CSUMB and was a music instructor at Gadsby's Music Co. and Hartnell College for many years. She's written dozens of songs and has performed them at various concerts in Monterey County . Mary has published a songbook entitled "Creator of Unicorn's Gift" and her CD "We Are All Stardust" is soon due for release. |
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Ed Mercurio: I have been a composer of both instrumental and vocal rock and folk music for over 40 years. My own unique style and most of my creative inspiration emanate from my adventurous lifestyle. I have done little public performing, however, I organized a band called Time Traveler composed of MCCF members for a Monterey Music Videos appearance. This is my 31st year of teaching biological and atmospheric sciences at Hartnell College. I also have a successful biological consulting business and I do research on climate change. My hobbies include photography of natural phenomena and the breeding of horticultural varieties of plants and types of pet animals. I am also an outdoor endurance athlete and I love hiking, backpacking, mountain bicycling, rollerblading and running. |
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Ed Moncrief is a singer songwriter who has performed on the Central Coast for the past 27 years. He was an original member of Camerata Singers of Monterey County and has recently rejoined that distinguished choral group. Ed, with his wife Judi, was a founding member of Amadeo, a quintet that performed at numerous concerts, fairs, and churches from 1977 to 1993. During its many years together, Amadeo developed a broad repertoire of musical styles and songs including Renaissance madrigals, sacred music, and original compositions. Ed's original songs a rooted in folk music and its expressions of hope for a better tomorrow: yet Ed's melodies and chord structures push beyond the traditional simplicity of the folk song. |
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Allison Passell has been a 2nd grade teacher since 1989 and has been musically active as performer and composer since early childhood. She holds a degree in music composition from UCSB and has played cello in the Hartnell community Orchestra and other local groups since 1990. She also enjoys playing piano, guitar, flute, and recorder. |
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Almost a California native, Dennis Seese acquired an interest in the violin at the age of 4 years. Before studying the violin he learned piano for a brief period of time. The violin study was dropped in high school and soon after he learned guitar which was his first composing tool and he learned jazz briefly under the guidance of the late Warren Nunes, one of the SF Bay Area's foremost jazz guitar players. In college the violin was added, again as another instrument, and swing jazz was the emphasis. While living in Salinasin the 80's composing on the piano began. |
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Rick Yramategui received his BA in Music Education from Whitworth College in Spokane, WA and his M. Div. from United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities in New Brighton, MN. Rick has been composing and arranging since his high school days and is currently involved in writing musical settings of the Psalms, the Odes of Solomon, and the Gospel of Thomas. He is the Pastor of Carmel Valley Community Chapel. He also teaches Ragtime for Elderhostel and does vocal coaching for the drama department at Monterey Peninsula College. |
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Dale Victorine began composing in High School and studied composition at Hartnell College. He's written a variety of compositions, including piano and organ works, songs, choral settings, a symphony for concert band, a violin and piano sonata, and a string quartet. His inspiration comes from the greats of Classical music.
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Directions to the First United Methodist Church in Salinas, Ca
