Calendar
Guest Conductors for
2022-2023 September 17 - Cathe Sobke October 15 - Stephen Sturk November 19 - Steve Hendricks January 21 - Dan Ratelle February 18 - Marianne Pfau March 18 - Brian Lustig April 15 - TBA May 20 - TBA June 17 - TBA Unless otherwise indicated, monthly meetings are the third Saturday of each month from September through June. Recorder players of all skill levels are invited to attend. We spend a fun and educational session with our guest conductor from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. |
All meetings subject to Covid concerns.
Dan Ratelle earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology at Santa Clara University, and a Master's in Conducting and Early Music from San Diego State University. As an undergraduate he sang in choirs and opera productions, and later in a number of local choirs, including the San Diego Master Chorale, where he also served for eight years as Associate Conductor. He also directed the Chalice Choir of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego for 37 years. He played trombone in the SDSU Concert Band and Mid-City Community Orchestra, and recorder and krumhorn in the SDSU Collegium Musicum and the Fayrfax Consort. He has led orchestras for musical theater productions with Covenant Ark Theater and the Mesa College Drama Dept, and was the founding director of two early music vocal groups, Bacchanal Baroque (1984-89) and Pacific Camerata (1994-2014), as well as the New City Sinfonia, a 35-member community chamber orchestra, which he continues to lead. Mr. Ratelle was also on the Music Faculty at San Diego Mesa College for 35 years, teaching Introduction to Music and other classes.
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LOCATION
NOTE CHANGE OF MEETING PLACE—FOR THIS FEBRUARY 18, 2023 MEETING ONLY
FELLOWSHIP HALL at NORTH PARK COMMUNITY CHURCH
3702- 29th St., San Diego, CA 92104. Find directions at https://www.npcchurch.org/.
When coming in from the church parking area on the Granada St. side of the property, go through the porch area and use the glass doors. If coming in from the 29th St. side, there are glass doors to come in and go straight into the Fellowship Hall.
NOTE CHANGE OF MEETING PLACE—FOR THIS FEBRUARY 18, 2023 MEETING ONLY
FELLOWSHIP HALL at NORTH PARK COMMUNITY CHURCH
3702- 29th St., San Diego, CA 92104. Find directions at https://www.npcchurch.org/.
When coming in from the church parking area on the Granada St. side of the property, go through the porch area and use the glass doors. If coming in from the 29th St. side, there are glass doors to come in and go straight into the Fellowship Hall.