6/16/2025 - 7/7/2025
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Eastern

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ARS Online Beginners’ Classes in Soprano/Tenor Recorder with Lewis Baratz

ARS introduces our next Free Online Beginner’s course in Soprano and/or Tenor Recorder. An ideal instrument for people looking forward to the social experience of playing with others, the recorder is also a flexible instrument for playing music from the Middle Ages to the present day.  Most people can learn the basics and start playing in a relatively short time.

Lewis Baratz’s classes will be held:

Monday, June 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM Eastern Time (ET) (6:00 CT, 5:00 MT, 4:00 PT)
Monday, June 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM ET (6:00 CT, 5:00 MT, 4:00 PT)
Monday, June 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM ET (6:00 CT, 5:00 MT, 4:00 PT)
Monday, July 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM ET (6:00 CT, 5:00 MT, 4:00 PT)

Lewis will provide materials in PDF derived from a variety of sources as well as original material.  And if you don’t already read music, no problem, as basic music-reading skills will be discussed as well. This course will guide you through basic sound production, hand position, finger technique, and tonguings, and give you the opportunity to see what the recorder can do and personally experience its appeal. The course is geared to students of all ages, but children 12 and under should be joined by an adult during the class.

If you don’t already own a “C” soprano or tenor recorder consider starting out with a plastic recorder such as  the Aulos “Haka” soprano model or the Yamaha "Rottenburgh" or “Ecodear” plastic sopranos.  These instruments are often easier to play and last longer than inexpensive wooden models. Plastic tenor recorders are also available.

You can inquire or purchase recorders at:

Von Huene Workshop (The Early Music Shop of New England), Boston, MA: (617) 277-8690

Honeysuckle Music, St. Paul, MN: (651) 644-8545

Lazar's Early Music, Carson City, NV: (866) 511-2981

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