Your Recorder Community

9/26/2026
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Eastern

Online Event

NAVRS' Founding Music Director Rachel Begley explores lullabies, night music, and uneasy dreams. The program will feature “Schlafe, mein Liebster” from Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, the Coventry Carol, a fun and colorful arrangement of Brahms’ famous lullaby "Wiegenlied", Shearing’s jazzy “Lullaby of Birdland”, and the premiere of a new “Lullaby” in 5/8 that Rachel has composed in celebration of NAVRS’ fifth anniversary. By turns comforting, haunting, playful, and gently off-balance, these pieces inhabit the shifting space between sleep and wakefulness.

Rachel Begley is a recorder player, historical bassoonist, teacher, arranger, and musical curator whose work spans historical performance, orchestral playing, chamber music, and community music-making. Originally from England, she has performed throughout the United States and beyond as a specialist in recorders and historical bassoons, appearing with leading orchestras, opera companies, and period-instrument ensembles, including The Metropolitan Opera, Apollo’s Fire, and the Newberry Consort. Known for her expressive musicianship, imaginative programming, and stylistic versatility, Rachel is committed to creating rich and engaging musical experiences, both with colleagues and with musicians of all levels. Her teaching, both privately and at workshops, combines deep historical knowledge with warmth, humor, and a strong instinct for ensemble culture. For more than thirty years, she has brought those same qualities to her work as Music Director of the Recorder Society of Long Island, encouraging others to learn through shared musical exploration. As the Founding Music Director of NAVRS, Rachel envisioned and cultivated a thriving online community bringing together recorder players from across North America and beyond. Through imaginative programming and a strong commitment to musical quality and participant experience, her work helped redefine the possibilities of online music-making for the North American recorder community.

Setting: Live Virtual
Online Meeting

Mike Richart
(phone: 777-777-7777)

This is a NAVRS members only event. Visit our website navrs.org for more information on our membership and other great programs offered. (Non-members are invited to give NAVRS a try and attend one playing meeting free of charge. Contact navrschapter@navrs.org to attend.) 
 
Cost: NAVRS Membership is $20 per year and each playing meeting is $15. 
 
NEW: Full-time students can attend NAVRS playing meetings and workshops free of charge. Check out our website navrs.org for more information. 
 
The Zoom link will be live beginning at 1:30 pm Eastern (12:30 pm Central, 11:30 am Mountain, 10:30 am Pacific). Please join us as we will use the time to chat and use breakout rooms to get to know one another. We have announcements approximately 5-10 minutes before the hour and the music begins at 2:00 pm eastern.  
 
We look forward to playing together with you!

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