Francis Land House

On Tuesday, April 25th from 2:30 to 4:30, the HCE will play in the basement of the Francis Land House, 3131 Virginia Beach Blvd. in Virginia Beach. This concert is part of the Garden Club's Garden Week Tour. Audience members may tour the house and gardens and sit downstairs to listen to the concert. Hardwick members John Winsor, clarinet; and Jeanette Winsor, piano will be joined by guest artists Rita Addico-Cohen, soprano and James Herbison, cello. The program will include John Winsor's The Norwegian Lady for soprano, clarinet, cello and piano and Franz Schubert's Shepherd on the Rocks. This concert will be performed twice - starting at 2:30 and again at 3:30. The concert is free and open to the public, and is partially funded by the Virginia Beach Arts and Humanities Commission.

John Tyler Community College

On Sunday, April 2nd, 3:00 pm, Hardwick Chamber Ensemble members Marlene Ford, horn, Robert Ford, trombone, John Winsor, clarinet and Jeanette Winsor, piano will play in a concert of music by Richmond composer Leigh Baxter. They will play his Lewis and Clark Sketches, Hornburg Sonata for horn and piano and Caprice for clarinet and piano. This concert will take place on the Chester Campus of John Tyler Community College.

Tidewater Community College

On Tuesday, March 28th at 12:30 PM, John and Jeanette Winsor will present a concert of French music for clarinet and piano. Included will be works by Debussy, Ravel, Delmas and Poulenc. This concert will occur in the Theater at the Portsmouth Campus and is free and open to the public.

Green Acres Presbyterian

On Sunday, March 19th, 6:00 pm, Hardwick Chamber Ensemble members John and Jeanette Winsor will join the Eastern Virginia Brass for a concert of chamber music. Chamber works by Beethoven, Alexandre Guilmant, Johann Galliard, Poulenc, Nelhybel and the Virginia composers Leigh Baxter and John Winsor will be performed. Hardwick member Marlene Ford, horn, Lawrence Clemens, trumpet and Robert Ford, trombone will also play. Green Acres Presbyterian Church is located at 3135 Hanley Ave, Portsmouth, VA. This concert is free and open to the public.

NACUSA/Virginia

John and Jeanette Winsor performed on the February 25th NACUSA/VA concert at Chowan College in Murfreesboro, NC. John Winsor's The Norwegian Lady was performed by them as well as Floyd Barnes' Clarinet Sonata No. 2.

Member News

On Oct 11th, Jeanette Winsor presented a workshop entitled "How to Deal with the ADHD and LD Student in the Private Studio" for the Charlottesville Music Teachers Association. As the MTNA Southern Division Competitions Chair, Jeanette was in charge of the 2006 Southern Division Competitions that were held at Lee University in Cleveland, TN Jan. 26 - 29.

John Winsor's Serenade for Strings and Three Preludes for piano have just been published by Connors Publication. As of January 1, 2006, he is the Chairman of the Board for NACUSA National. His Three Essays for orchestra was recently released on Volume 2 of ERM's Masterpieces for the New Era CD series (Philharmonica Bulgarica; Robert Ian Winstin, Cond.). John's Caprice for solo clarinet was released on the first-ever NACUSA CD ("Greetings from NACUSA") with John playing clarinet. His book, Breaking the Sound Barrier, which previously received a bronze medal in the ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards, has since received iUniverse Reader's Choice and Editor's Choice awards.