<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">---------- Forwarded message ---------</span><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Donna Messer</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:recorderdonna@gmail.com">recorderdonna@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Feb 20, 2024 at 10:17 AM<br>Subject: HPRS invites members of NFBNJ to its Irish Musical Concert</div><div dir="ltr">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">February 20, 2024</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Good evening, Linda, </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Highland Park Recorder Society
(HPRS) (<a href="http://www.hprecorder.org" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">www.hprecorder.org</a>) would like
to extend to the members, family and friends of NFBNJ an invitation to our
concert, “Irish Musical Traditions”, which will be held on Saturday, March 2,
2024 at the Reformed Church of Highland Park, 19-21 South Second Avenue, an ADA
accessible location. We are working to
have ushers to provide human guide assistance as needed to attendees who are
blind or visually impaired, and to get assistive listening devices for people
who are deaf or hard of hearing. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The concert will feature two world
premiers by Nathan Bishop, Music Director, violinist, performer on Irish fiddle,
conductor, composer, and music graduate, <i>Magna cum Laude,</i> of Mason Gross
School of the Arts. It will also feature some performances by Irish soprano Fiona
Tyndall & Friends, Midnight on the Water, and the students from Nathan’s
Irish Tune Class. It will be a lovely
pairing of Early classical – Purcell and Vivaldi, Irish traditional and modern
music. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The audience will be treated to songs
rooted in the Irish experience, by soprano Fiona Tyndall, whose music is broadcast
on both sides of the Atlantic. The performance will include the following
instruments – Irish Flute, Irish Tin Whistle, Uillean Irish Bagpipes, Bodhran –
an Irish Frame Drum, Acoustic Guitar, Violoncello and recorders.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The concert, Irish Musical
Traditions, that was performed by the HPRS on March 25, 2023, can be seen and heard
on their website at <a href="https://hprecorder.org/gallery/video/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">https://hprecorder.org/gallery/video/</a>
. Donna’s review of the concert can be found at <a href="https://hprecorder.org/events/2024-irish-musical-traditions/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">https://hprecorder.org/events/2024-irish-musical-traditions/</a>
. Pictures and the bios of Nathan Bishop and of Fiona Tyndall can be found at <a href="https://hprecorder.org/artists/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">https://hprecorder.org/artists/</a> by
clicking on their name. For reviews of the vocalist we will hear, click on <a href="https://fionatyndall.com/reviews" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">https://fionatyndall.com/reviews</a> .</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I will attach a concert poster and
a brief summary that could be posted on Facebook pages. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Edwardian Script ITC"">Sincerely,</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Edwardian Script ITC"">Donna Messer </span></b></p>
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Messer, M.Ed., CALT</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-family:Geneva,sans-serif">Founder and President</span></i></p>
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Avenue,</span></p>
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NJ 08904</span></p>
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732-828-7421</span></p>
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