Rehearsal Schedule

May 11 (M) 7:00 – 9:00
May 15 (F) 1:00 – 3:00
May 16 (Sa) 2:00 – 4:30
May 17 (Su) 10:00 – 12:30 Dress
May 20 (W) BPC program

 

 

 

The Fringe at BFX
Sunday, June 7, 2026
12:00 noon
Berkeley Piano Club
2724 Haste Street
Berkeley, CA 94704

Phone number for event: 510-697-3657

$20 suggested or pay what you can

 

The AWRY Ensemble, division of Harmonia Felice
Rachel Durling, violin
Wendy Clymer, viola
Amy Brodo, cello
Yuko Tanaka, fortepiano

From Six Trios a deux violons et violoncello oblige by
Madame Maddalena Laura Lombardini Sirmen or (Syrmen) 1745 – 18 May 1818.
Opus 1
Sonata #5 in G major:
Allegro Moderato
Allegro/Menuetto/Allegro Menuetto/Allegro

 

Arpeggione Sonata, D. 821
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Allegro moderato
Adagio
Allegretto

Fortepiano Quartet in E-flat Major, K.493
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Allegro
Larghetto
Allegretto


Bio(s):

Violist Wendy Clymer studied at Brown University (BA), The Juilliard School, and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (MM). She has performed with the California Symphony, San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, Oklahoma City Philharmonic, Vallejo Symphony, Symphony Napa Valley, Resonance Jazz Ensemble, and the California Bach Society, among others, and is in demand as a chamber musician. A dedicated educator as well as performer, Wendy teaches violin and viola at her private studio in Oakland. She is also on faculty at Crowden Music Center in Berkeley and coaches student and adult chamber groups throughout the Bay Area. As a therapeutic musician trained through the Music for Healing and Transition Program, Wendy provides bedside music for hospital patients.

Berkeley native Rachel Durling received her B.Mus. from Mannes College of Music in New York.  She has performed with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nel Dolce Tempo, Teatro Bacchino, California Symphony, San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, Jazz Composer’s Orchestra, the nuevo-tango group New York-Buenos Aires Connection, Peter Apfelbaum’s Hieroglyphics Ensemble, the Cuban Danzon group Orquesta La Moderna Tradicion, and Virginia Iglesias Flamenco Dance Academy.  In addition to her work as a founding member of Baguette Quartette, Rachel plays regularly with Piano Club chamber groups and Corvo String Quartet.  Rachel has also been active as a violin teacher for the last thirty plus years; she is on the faculty at Crowden School and at Black Pine Circle School.

Yuko Tanaka, a native of Tokyo, Japan, is active as soloist and ensemble performer on harpsichord, fortepiano and chamber organ.  Yuko performs with ensembles including Bertamo Trio, Music of the Spheres, Archetti, Musica Pacifica, and has recorded with Moscow Chamber Orchestra and American Bach Soloists. She also performed with the San Francisco Symphony and the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, and most recently with the Seattle Symphony performing Bach’s D major Harpsichord Concerto. For 15 years, Yuko was a soloist at the Carmel Bach Festival. Yuko maintains a private studio, conducts master classes, and appears as guest lecturer at various universities. Notable engagements include performances at the Frick Collection (New York City), Tage Alter Musik Regensburg, Germany, and the Istanbul International Music Festival. Yuko received a Doctor in Musical Arts (DMA) in early music from Stanford University and has studied with Margaret Fabrizio at Stanford University, Gustav Leonhardt in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and Ketil Haugsand in Oslo, Norway.

Amy Brodo (cello and gamba) performed for many years in Italy, Israel, and England before moving to San Francisco Bay Area, with positions including assistant principal cellist of the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Italy, and cellist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. As a freelancer in Europe, she performed with several period and modern instrument groups. In California, Ms. Brodo has performed on viola da gamba and Baroque cello with groups that include Lux Musica, Sex Chordae Consort of Viols, Magnificat Baroque Orchestra, American Bach Soloists, El Mundo, Musica Angelica, Archetti and Albany Consort, California Bach Society. She has played on over twenty commercially produced recordings. Amy plays principal cello with the Livermore Opera Company, recently performed as principal cello with West Edge Opera and Solo Opera, and gives cello and piano recitals including compositions by twentieth century women composers and chamber music concerts.  Amy judges several competitions and was a founding member of the piano quartet with voice, Persephone Chambers Ensemble. During this past season Amy performed chamber music at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia with Philadelphia Orchestra members and Curtis alumni.  Her baroque group Harmonia Felice is now an affiliate of San Francisco Early Music Society and often performs Rameau operas for small forces. She maintains a private teaching studio in Oakland and Pleasanton, CA, and coaches chamber music for adults.

The first concerts of Harmonia Felice were in 2010, followed by a San Francisco Early Music Society Series in 2013 and several recent SFEMS events in addition to performances at series such as Noontime Concerts in Sacramento and Barefoot Chamber Concerts.

 

Dedicated to performing works by French Baroque Composers, it is a flexible ensemble whose members have included Elisabeth Blumenstock, Katie Kyme, William Skeen, Katherine Heater, and more currently, Roy Whelden, Tatiana Senderowicz, Jon Mendle, Brian Thorsett, Caroline Armitage, Caitlyn Coster, Yuko Tanaka with guest dancers of a variety of styles.
AWRY is a new subdivision of Harmonia Felice dedicated to performing the works of the late 18th century on period instruments including works by Mozart, Schubert, Laura Sirmen and others.
Harmonia Felice is an affiliate of the San Francisco Early Music Society
The San Francisco Early Music Society is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, EIN #51-0194258