MUSIC<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n I started playing the violin in grade school and stopped playing in my early high school years. Stopping was a bad decision on my part and I have regretted it ever since. However, I did play the tuba (Sousaphone) in the high school band. I later picked up a soprano recorder during my graduate study years and began playing it on a regular basis. I eventually began playing various size recorders from the tiny sopranino to the F bass. This lead to my joining and performing with the following organizations from 1985 to the present day.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mission San Jose, CA -MPRO Christmas Concert \u2013 1995<\/span><\/strong> <\/p>\n \u00a0 c<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0Intensive Spanish Summer Institute- 2004.<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 This was a performance of Cantigas de Santa Maria and other Spanish medieval music.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0 <\/p>\n A January 2013 performance called “Al Andaluz – Las Tres Culturas” at which we played Arabic, Sephardic and Christian music from medieval Spain. Members of the group are Alex Ives, Billie Hamilton, Dorothy Orolin and John. The instruments played included harp, Turkish oud, viola da gamba, recorders, voice, and drum.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" John G. Pronko MUSIC I started playing the violin in grade school and stopped playing in my early high school years. Stopping was a bad decision on my part and I have regretted it ever since. However, I did play the tuba (Sousaphone) in the high school band. I later picked up a soprano […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":13,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnpronko.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/311"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnpronko.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnpronko.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnpronko.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnpronko.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=311"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/johnpronko.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2280,"href":"https:\/\/johnpronko.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/311\/revisions\/2280"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnpronko.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnpronko.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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\nJohn Pronko and Diana Fischer performing a Handel Trio Sonata with continuo<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n![\"Corelli-J&D\"](\"http:\/\/johnpronko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Corelli-JD.jpg\")
<\/a> John Pronko and Diana Fischer performing a Corelli Trio Sonata with continuo at an MPRO Concert (1996).<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n![\"VFRO1999\"](\"http:\/\/johnpronko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/VFRO1999.jpg\")
<\/a>Village Festival Recorder Orchestra\u2019s Madrigal Dinner performance (1999).<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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<\/a>Soroptimist Garden Tour – 2004<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>![\"JohnAlex3661p\"](\"http:\/\/johnpronko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JohnAlex3661p.jpg\")
<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Soroptimist Garden Tour – 2007<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n![\"DSC03634\"](\"http:\/\/johnpronko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC03634.jpg\")
<\/a>Renaissance Fair – 2007<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"Jalabah00633\"](\"http:\/\/johnpronko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jalabah00633.jpg\")
<\/a>John with Turkish Oud and Moroccan Jalabah<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n![\"CedarsGarden02777p\"](\"http:\/\/johnpronko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CedarsGarden02777p.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nSoroptomist 2008 Garden Tour<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/span>Playing and Singing “Tres Moricas” at an SRS Recital – 2009<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n![\"JohnRecordeWedding.jpeg\"](\"http:\/\/johnpronko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/JohnRecordeWedding.jpeg-187x300.jpg\")
<\/a> Playing “Hanalei Moon” on a tenor recorder at our son’s wedding ceromony on the beach at Hanalei Bay, Kauai – Sept. 2012<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n![\"SRS3\"](\"http:\/\/johnpronko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SRS3.jpg\")
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