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Start your day practicing with a supportive and fun warm-up class community! The first half of the class is appropriate for all levels, with additional challenges offered for more advanced players. The second half focuses on playing and analyzing a Baroque duet, using it to identify places to work on tone, coordination, articulation, and more. My approach is to first determine what we want to say musically, and then find the technique needed to express it. Music-minus-one videos are provided to support your practice. To register, e-mail Cantornote@icloud.com For more information visit: http://www.cantornote.com
more info...		3/9/2026
-3/9/2027		9:30am to 10:00amSarah Cantor

ARS introduces a Free Online Beginners’ Course for soprano & tenor recorder, taught by Teresa Deskur! The recorder is a fantastic instrument for people who want the social experience of playing with others, wish to play a variety of repertoire, and can learn to do so at a basic level in a relatively short time. Whether you’ve never played recorder before, or if it has been eons ago since you have played, can or cannot read music, this is the course for you! 

This course will use the following method book which provides excellent methodical exercises to learn fingerings, while providing simple tunes to satisfy the soul!
The Sweet Pipes Recorder Book: A method for adults and older beginners by Gerald Burakoff and William E. Hettrick. Soprano, Book One. 

Dates:
Tuesday, April 14 at 7:00pm ET (6:00pm CT, 5:00pm MT, 4:00pm PT)
Thursday, April 16 at 7:00pm ET (6:00pm CT, 5:00pm MT, 4:00pm PT)
Tuesday, April 21 at 7:00pm ET (6:00pm CT, 5:00pm MT, 4:00pm PT)
Thursday, April 23 at 7:00pm ET (6:00pm CT, 5:00pm MT, 4:00pm PT)
Each session will comprise ~35 minutes of instructional time, followed by ~10 minutes for questions

Students will need to purchase a copy of the "Sweet Pipes" Recorder book (links below) for the class.

Do you need to purchase an instrument? You cannot go wrong with a good plastic recorder—they can actually sound better than a poor wooden one! Yamaha and Aulos make very good plastic sopranos. For tenors: Yamaha provides an exceptional tone, while Aulos is lighter-weight with a smaller reach. Consider purchasing an instrument from one of our business partners:

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
Recorderforge.com, Happy Valley, OR: (503) 210-1643

The Von Huene Workshop & Honeysuckle Music also offer the Sweet Pipes Recorder book.
more info...		4/14/2026
-4/23/2026		7:00pm to 7:45pm

The Farallon Recorder Quartet, featuring stellar instructors and players Miyo Aoki, Frances Blaker, Tish Berlin, and Vicki Boeckman, will be leading an extra-special 2026 NW Recorder Meet on April 18 at Sand Point Community UMC, 4710 NE 70th St, Seattle.  They will not only teach, inspire, and conduct us in a full day of playing sessions, but also play a concert in the evening.  The concert will be open to the public as well as to Meet attendees.


more info...		4/18/20269:00am to 9:00pmLaura Townsend, Music Director

Annual Spring Workshop led by Glen Shannon
more info...		4/18/20269:30am to 4:00pmCatherine Foster

HEMIOLA - April 2026

Announcing the next Philadelphia Recorder Society In-person and Virtual Playing Session
Saturday, April 18, 2026
led by Rainer Beckmann.

Cathedral Village, 600 East Cathedral Road, Philadelphia, PA
Playing begins at 10:00 AM.

We're meeting in Cathedral Hall, which is located across from the entrance to the main Cathedral Village building. Please arrive in plenty of time to find suitable parking, greet friends, and set up your instruments so we can start playing promptly at 10 AM. Visitors are welcome.

For those who can't join in person, we'll be streaming our playing session over Zoom. The Zoom meeting will open at 9:30 AM and we'll start playing at 10 AM. Members will receive a Zoom link via email, usually one day before we meet.

From Music Director Rainer Beckmann

Dear Friends,

This month's playlist features music from five centuries in a colorful mix of styles and genres. Perhaps not surprisingly, it is loosely inspired by the arrival of spring. As the final piece, the playlist includes the newest publication from the American Recorder Society's Members' Library Editions. Many of you will have recently received Cloud Jaunt by Glen Shannon as a supplement to American Recorder.

This year, for the first time, we will present our informal annual concert for Cathedral Village residents during the April playing session. From 10:00 to 11:15 AM, we will first rehearse the pieces on the playlist (concert program). The performance will then begin at 11:30 AM.

Please feel free to invite family and friends to join us for this special occasion!

With warmest regards,
Rainer Beckmann

A Colorful Spring Bouquet

  1. Amours, amours [Rondeau], Hayne van Ghizeghem (c.1445 - c.1497)
  2. Saltavan Ninfe, Satiri e Pastori [Canzonetta], Orazio Vecchi (1550 - 1605)
  3. Heres paternus [Pavan], Anthony Holborne (c.1545 - 1602)
  4. Muy linda [Galliard], Anthony Holborne (c.1545 - 1602)
  5. Sinfonia 4, Leonora Duarte (1610 - 1678)
  6. Bourrée and Minuet from Water Music Suite No. 2, George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
  7. Cloud Jaunt (2025), Glen Shannon

more info...		4/18/202610:00am to 11:00am

Join us at St. John’s Episcopal on Sunday April 19 for our regular monthly meeting, 3857 N Kostner Avenue in Chicago, 2 PM.

At April’s meeting Lisette will lead us in our dress rehearsal for the spring concert. We will run, in order, Handel’s Sarabande, Williams’ My Bonny Boy, Gabrieli’s Alla Battaglia, and Lully’s Chaconne.  All of this music is available on the chapter web site. 

If you don’t plan to join us in playing for our spring concert in May, that’s fine.  Come and jam with us this Sunday anyway.

We are looking for some musicians to join the Early Music Ensemble at the University of Chicago on May 17 (in the evening, after our spring concert) to take part in a performance of a Gabrielli piece.  More details will be provided at our meeting on Sunday.

Also, if anyone is interested, we look to put together two ensembles of recorder players in coming months, one to play at Make Music Chicago on Sunday June 21, and at the Thirsty Ears classical music street festival on August 22 and 23.

More details to come for these efforts too, but save the dates.


more info...		4/19/20262:00pm to 5:00pm

Exploring and experimenting with jazz melodies, rhythms, and improvisations on the recorder. No matter if this is your first time as a participant in Tali's workshop on performing jazz on recorders, or if you have already taken one or both of her previous NAVRS workshop offerings in past years, there will be something new to explore for everyone! Come unleash your inner jazzer!

In this workshop we will revisit some basic concepts (swing, rhythm, scales), as well as try to tackle a famous jazz standard with harmony which is a bit more complex.
more info...		4/19/20267:00pm to 8:30pmMike Richart

Tuesdays, April 21 – May 12, 2026 (4 weeks)
$25/class or $100 for each 4-week session. Classes are recorded and made available for one month.
 
Bach on the Bass: Two- and Three-Part Inventions  
10:00 am - 11:15 am Pacific/11:00 am - 12:15 pm Mountain/12:00 pm - 1:15 pm Central/1:00 pm - 2:15 pm Eastern
Johann Sebastian Bach's two-part inventions and three-part sinfonias provide recorder players and other non-keyboard instrumentalists with a wonderful collection of pieces to play. Over these four weeks we'll work on two of the two-part inventions (new pieces for those who took this class in January) and two of the three-part sinfonias on our bass recorders.  Part of our work will involve making decisions on how to deal with parts that go out of our range, learning how to make changes that retain the beauty of the line, and making decisions on articulation and phrasing based on an understanding of the melodic and harmonic underpinnings of the piece. We'll also exercise our skills on switching from bass clef to treble clef by playing all parts of the inventions. Along the way we'll continue to work on good bass technique.

Geared toward bass recorder players who are familiar with bass clef and fingerings for a chromatic scale from the low F to the F two octaves higher.

To register, email tishberlin@sbcglobal.net.
more info...		4/21/202610:00am to 11:15am

Tuesdays, April 21 – May 12, 2026 (4 weeks)
$25/class or $100 for each 4-week session. Classes are recorded and made available for one month.
 
An All-Zoom Practice Challenge: Developing Your Friendship with French Baroque Music 
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm Pacific/2:15 pm - 3:30 pm Mountain/3:15 pm - 4:30 pm Central/4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Eastern
This class will build on my January Making Friends with French Baroque Music class.  Familiarity with French Baroque ornaments as found in Hotteterre's ornament chart and as seen in music by Hotteterre will be helpful for new participants.  Boismortier, Hotteterre, Dieupart, and others who were composing and performing in French aristocratic circles in the 18th century offer a wealth of beautiful music for us to discover.  We'll continue our study of the French agréments - trills, the port de voix, battement, flattement, tour de chant, and tour de gosier - in context so they become second nature.  We'll listen to recordings to hear the music that charmed Louis XIV and XV and their courts. We'll go deeper into learning how to adorn movements from suites by Boismortier and Hotteterre with beautiful ornaments! Geared toward upper intermediate to advanced alto recorder players. 

To register, email tishberlin@sbcglobal.net.
more info...		4/21/20261:15pm to 2:30pm

Tone and Phrasing - Alto Recorder with Dan Meyers

Continue your alto recorder study with this Second Level course from the American Recorder Society.  This course is a continuation of the beginners' course offered in March. We'll build on the skills we discussed in the first class, and discuss ways to make your airstream more reliable and your sound more beautiful and consistent across the range of the instrument. We'll also look at how to combine a variety of articulations to create musical phrases, and learn some exercises to increase your finger coordination and speed, all while exploring some great repertoire!

Attendees are expected to be able to play low F to high C (an octave and a 5th) including Bb, B natural, and F#, and read those notes and general rhythmic patterns, down to the level of the 8th note, on the music staff. All music will be provided. You don't need to be confident, just familiar with the notes and fingerings; we'll work on increasing your comfort level over the course of the classes. 

Course Dates:
Tuesday, April 21st at 6PM ET (5PM CT, 4PM MT, 3PM PT)
Tuesday, April 22nd at 6PM ET (5PM CT, 4PM MT, 3PM PT)
Tuesday, April 28th at 6PM ET (5PM CT, 4PM MT, 3PM PT)
Wednesday, April 29th at 6PM ET (5PM CT, 4PM MT, 3PM PT)

This class is available at no charge to ARS members, only. When registering, use the email address associated with your ARS membership. If you are not an ARS member, you may click HERE to join.  These classes are limited in size to allow for more interaction between the teacher and students. If you have already taken two or more of our Second Level classes, please wait until one week prior to the start of class to sign up, in order to allow a larger number of people to take advantage of these opportunities.
 
more info...		4/21/2026
-4/29/2026		6:00pm to 6:45pm

A lost queer story from medieval London comes to life in a new opera

Alkemie premieres ELEANOR, a brand-new queer chamber opera by Niccolo Seligmann, on April 24 & 25, 2026.

This semi-staged performance at the experimental New Stage Performance Space on the Upper West Side dives into the story of Eleanor Rykener, a gender-nonconforming person arrested in London in 1394 while presenting as a woman. We only have one surviving document about Eleanor’s life, so we can’t know her full story – but this piece uses that fragment as a starting point to explore identity, gender, and belonging in the medieval world. 

Niccolo Seligmann (they/them) brings a deeply personal lens to the work, and the role of Eleanor will be premiered by non-binary soprano Elisse Albian. Librettist and composer Seligmann says that “Queer and trans people have always been here, and Eleanor Rykener’s story proves this. Celebrating the few queer and trans ancestors who’ve made it into the historical record is an important way of connecting with our communal past and gives us hope for a queer and trans future.”

Funded in part by The Amphion Foundation


more info...		4/24/2026
-4/25/2026		7:30pm to 9:00pmAani Bourassa

Join us for a series of Consort Studio Workshops in central New Jersey, monthly sessions in ensemble playing for intermediate to advanced level recorder players to learn to play with one another and other instruments under a skilled conductor, with professional accompaniment.

These events will be led by conductor, recorder player, and harpsichordist, Steven Russell (see below). It is an opportunity to play a variety of Baroque literature for small ensembles, through rehearsal, instruction, and demonstration, in a supportive environment, with a focus on ensemble playing, and end with the option to play the lead alto part with a professional ensemble. We will have opportunities to warm up on Renaissance music with SATB recorders, so bring all sizes. Register early to receive the music well in advance. Auditors welcome to attend. Sessions culminate in a performance.

Dates: One Saturday of the month, 1:00 – 5:00 P.M. w/ a 15-min. break       

Nov. 8, 2025  Open for General Registration. A Taste of Things to Come       

Jan. 10, 2026           Feb. 28, 2026        March 14, 2026        April 25, 2026

May 9, 2026  Workshop-Rehearsal     June 13      Oct. 10      Nov. 14, 2026

Location: Reformed Church of Highland Park, 19-21 South Second Avenue, Highland Park, NJ. There is plenty of parking at the location, which is a 30-minute walk or 5-minute taxi ride from the New Brunswick NJT train station.

To register, Visit https://hprecorder.org/events/2026-consort-studio/. For more information contact recorderdonna@gmail.com 


more info...		4/25/20261:00pm to 5:00pm

Join us for “Medieval Gems,” an inspiring session with Tom Beets and Joris Van Goethem of the Flanders Recorder Duo.

Step into the colorful sound world of the 14th and 15th centuries as we explore a carefully curated selection of late medieval masterpieces. From the chant-inspired polyphony of O Virgo Splendens (Libre Vermell) to the English elegance of John Dunstable’s Quam Pulchra Es, and concluding with the festive, fanfare-like energy of Propinan de Melyor, this session promises contrast, depth, and musical joy.

The repertoire is suitable for various recorders (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass), with flexible options to adapt parts to your instrument.
more info...		4/25/20262:00pm to 3:30pmMike Richart

Presented by Héloise Degrugillier, in this online workshop, we will explore music by Johann Mattheson from his first opus through the lens of musical rhetoric. We will examine how affect, gesture, and rhetorical figures inform phrasing, articulation, and ensemble dialogue, with the goal of making the music speak clearly and persuasively. 

Music for 2-3 altos by Mattheson will include

  • 2 Gigues,
  • Sonata No. 7
  • Sonata No. 1

All are welcome! We will be using alto recorders. A=440hz


more info...		4/27/20267:15pm to 9:00pmDonna Messer

Tuesdays, April 21 – May 12, 2026 (4 weeks)
$25/class or $100 for each 4-week session. Classes are recorded and made available for one month.
 
Bach on the Bass: Two- and Three-Part Inventions  
10:00 am - 11:15 am Pacific/11:00 am - 12:15 pm Mountain/12:00 pm - 1:15 pm Central/1:00 pm - 2:15 pm Eastern
Johann Sebastian Bach's two-part inventions and three-part sinfonias provide recorder players and other non-keyboard instrumentalists with a wonderful collection of pieces to play. Over these four weeks we'll work on two of the two-part inventions (new pieces for those who took this class in January) and two of the three-part sinfonias on our bass recorders.  Part of our work will involve making decisions on how to deal with parts that go out of our range, learning how to make changes that retain the beauty of the line, and making decisions on articulation and phrasing based on an understanding of the melodic and harmonic underpinnings of the piece. We'll also exercise our skills on switching from bass clef to treble clef by playing all parts of the inventions. Along the way we'll continue to work on good bass technique.

Geared toward bass recorder players who are familiar with bass clef and fingerings for a chromatic scale from the low F to the F two octaves higher.

To register, email tishberlin@sbcglobal.net.
more info...		4/28/202610:00am to 11:15am

Tuesdays, April 21 – May 12, 2026 (4 weeks)
$25/class or $100 for each 4-week session. Classes are recorded and made available for one month.
 
An All-Zoom Practice Challenge: Developing Your Friendship with French Baroque Music 
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm Pacific/2:15 pm - 3:30 pm Mountain/3:15 pm - 4:30 pm Central/4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Eastern
This class will build on my January Making Friends with French Baroque Music class.  Familiarity with French Baroque ornaments as found in Hotteterre's ornament chart and as seen in music by Hotteterre will be helpful for new participants.  Boismortier, Hotteterre, Dieupart, and others who were composing and performing in French aristocratic circles in the 18th century offer a wealth of beautiful music for us to discover.  We'll continue our study of the French agréments - trills, the port de voix, battement, flattement, tour de chant, and tour de gosier - in context so they become second nature.  We'll listen to recordings to hear the music that charmed Louis XIV and XV and their courts. We'll go deeper into learning how to adorn movements from suites by Boismortier and Hotteterre with beautiful ornaments! Geared toward upper intermediate to advanced alto recorder players. 

To register, email tishberlin@sbcglobal.net.
more info...		4/28/20261:15pm to 2:30pm

Ready to take your recorder playing to the next level? Join recorder player and teacher Teresa Deskur to find out what happens after "B-A-G"! We'll build on skills from the Beginner Level course, explore the high and low registers, enjoy ensemble music, and further develop your technique. Players should feel comfortable with low C up to 4th line D, and be able to read these notes on the staff. We will use a combination of provided music and Sweet Pipes vol. 1 (soprano). Let's make some music together!


Dates:
Tuesday, April 28th at 7PM ET (6PM CT, 5PM MT, 4PM PT)
Thursday, April 30th at 7PM ET (6PM CT, 5PM MT, 4PM PT)
Tuesday, May 5th at 7PM ET (6PM CT, 5PM MT, 4PM PT)
Thursday, May 7th at 7PM ET (6PM CT, 5PM MT, 4PM PT)

The Von Huene Workshop & Honeysuckle Music offer the Sweet Pipes Recorder book, required for this class.
more info...		4/28/2026
-5/7/2026		7:00pm to 7:45pm

The Phoenix Desert Pipes invites you to 

The Water is Wide

with Anne Timberlake

Saturday, May 2-Sunday, May 3, 2026

Feeling landlocked?  Set sail on a full-day voyage of exploration, playing the musical byways of Renaissance and Baroque Europe.  We'll explore music about water in its many incarnations and investigate how ideas of flow can improve our playing.  Works by Palestrina, Telemann, Lasso, and more.

Schedule & Location: 

Workshop sessions with Anne Timberlake

Saturday, May 2, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm 
Sunday, May 3, 9:00 am-12:00 pm

Location

McDowell Center
16116 N. McDowell Mountain Ranch Rd
Scottsdale 85255

Workshop Fee: Early registration discount deadline is March 28, 2026. 


more info...		5/2/2026
-5/3/2026		Saturday all-day; Sunday morningKaren Grover

Medieval Mondays runs from February to May in four sessions. Each class will focus on a particular medieval topic, composer, or musical source. The sessions include a brief overview of the composer and information about the music’s historical context then a selection of music to discover and play. Scores will be available for registered participants a week ahead of each class. Medieval Mondays will take place on the following dates, always from 12:30-2pm Eastern:
  • Feb 9: Chansonnier Cordiforme - 15th Century Songs of Love
  • Mar 16: O Fortuna! Songs from the Carmina Burana
  • Apr 13: “Eye Music” - Music Written in Extraordinary Notation
  • May 4: Composer’s Portrait: Gilles Binchois - A Musical Miniaturist Please note: If you miss a session, each Zoom meeting will be recorded and will stay available and on demand until one full month after the final class
All music will be provided in modern notation. The playing level is geared towards recorder players of intermediate and higher skill levels - fluency on C- and F-instruments is expected. For the most part, the chosen music will be accessible on alto and tenor recorders, occasionally also on soprano or bass. Since some portion of every class is spent on information for the historical and musical background, everyone is welcome to join the series, even if your playing level is a bit lower than suggested. In that case, feel free to work with and absorb the given materials over a longer period of time, at your own pace.
more info...		5/4/202612:30pm to 2:00pmMike Richart

Presented by Adam Gilbert

This class will trace a tradition of composers crafting songs from symmetrical patterns, including numerical symmetries in numbers of pitches, melodic symmetries like palindromes and passages that are identical to their own retrograde inversion, contrapuntal symmetries in which a voice is consonant against its own retrograde or retrograde inversion, and even magic squares in which all four permutations of a melody can be played simultaneously to make consonant counterpoint. These devices are hidden in lovely songs and compositions by three generations of composers from Gilles Binchois to Johannes Ockeghem, Josquin Deprez, and Antoine Brumel.  In Part 2 we will explore these devices in the songs of Binchois and anonymous composers, and ask ourselves whether their use of these devices can lead to our identifying the origins of the anonymous composers.

All are welcome! SATB Recorders, A=440hz


more info...		5/4/20267:30pm to 9:00pmDonna Messer

Tuesdays, April 21 – May 12, 2026 (4 weeks)
$25/class or $100 for each 4-week session. Classes are recorded and made available for one month.
 
Bach on the Bass: Two- and Three-Part Inventions  
10:00 am - 11:15 am Pacific/11:00 am - 12:15 pm Mountain/12:00 pm - 1:15 pm Central/1:00 pm - 2:15 pm Eastern
Johann Sebastian Bach's two-part inventions and three-part sinfonias provide recorder players and other non-keyboard instrumentalists with a wonderful collection of pieces to play. Over these four weeks we'll work on two of the two-part inventions (new pieces for those who took this class in January) and two of the three-part sinfonias on our bass recorders.  Part of our work will involve making decisions on how to deal with parts that go out of our range, learning how to make changes that retain the beauty of the line, and making decisions on articulation and phrasing based on an understanding of the melodic and harmonic underpinnings of the piece. We'll also exercise our skills on switching from bass clef to treble clef by playing all parts of the inventions. Along the way we'll continue to work on good bass technique.

Geared toward bass recorder players who are familiar with bass clef and fingerings for a chromatic scale from the low F to the F two octaves higher.

To register, email tishberlin@sbcglobal.net.
more info...		5/5/202610:00am to 11:15am

Tuesdays, April 21 – May 12, 2026 (4 weeks)
$25/class or $100 for each 4-week session. Classes are recorded and made available for one month.
 
An All-Zoom Practice Challenge: Developing Your Friendship with French Baroque Music 
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm Pacific/2:15 pm - 3:30 pm Mountain/3:15 pm - 4:30 pm Central/4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Eastern
This class will build on my January Making Friends with French Baroque Music class.  Familiarity with French Baroque ornaments as found in Hotteterre's ornament chart and as seen in music by Hotteterre will be helpful for new participants.  Boismortier, Hotteterre, Dieupart, and others who were composing and performing in French aristocratic circles in the 18th century offer a wealth of beautiful music for us to discover.  We'll continue our study of the French agréments - trills, the port de voix, battement, flattement, tour de chant, and tour de gosier - in context so they become second nature.  We'll listen to recordings to hear the music that charmed Louis XIV and XV and their courts. We'll go deeper into learning how to adorn movements from suites by Boismortier and Hotteterre with beautiful ornaments! Geared toward upper intermediate to advanced alto recorder players. 

To register, email tishberlin@sbcglobal.net.
more info...		5/5/20261:15pm to 2:30pm

The Old Avoca Schoolhouse in Avoca, Nebraska will be streaming three on line French Fiddle Tunes for Two Workshops for violins, violas, cellos, basses, mandolins, soprano recorder, and alto recorder.

The workshop will explore tunes from our French Fiddle Tunes for Two book.  This collection of 37 traditional French tunes offer you the opportunity to play many different dance forms, including a couple of bourées, mazurkas, as well as a branle, a farandole, a galop, a schottische, and a tarantella.  These charming pieces are from several regions of France, including Alsace, Auvergne, Brittany, Flanders, and Gascogne.

 
more info...		5/5/20267:00pm to 8:00pmDeborah Greenblatt

The Newberry Consort, a classical music group in Chicago, is pleased to present: "Revolution! Early American Music from the signing of the Declaration of Independence to the Civil War" May 7-10 in Chicago and Milwaukee. Using early American instruments such as the square piano, keyed bugle, fiddle, percussion, as well as an ensemble of vocal specialists, this concert connects America's musical past and present through early American styles and composers. The program also features a world premiere of an original composition for American period instruments and voices written by composer and bass-baritone Jonathan Woody. Can't come in person? There will also be a virtual version of this concert online from June 1-22. Get tickets today! https://www.newberryconsort.org/revolution
more info...		5/7/2026
-5/10/2026		see website for event dates and times

How is a Pavane danced? What made the Branle such a popular dance during the Renaissance?

Why aren’t all the Sarabandes played at the same tempo? What makes dance music so present in

the repertoire of the Renaissance and Baroque eras? How can you use the recorder techniques

and extended techniques to add movement and energy to your playing? The members of Flûte

Alors! tackle these questions and more in an all-day workshop for recorders focused on the

intrinsic link between music and movement.


more info...		5/9/20269:30am to 4:30pmEllen Farrell

Join us in person for a rare chance to experience the rich, resonant sound of a large recorder ensemble—featuring far more voices than the familiar SATB arrangements many of us know and love. Recorder orchestras are growing in popularity across North America and Europe, yet here in Canada, the only established group is the venerable Okanagan Recorder Orchestra. Now, we finally have the opportunity to discover what all the excitement is all about.

Recorderist, orchestra member, and conductor Marea Chernoff will lead this full-day workshop, guiding participants into the vibrant world of the recorder orchestra. The selected repertoire includes works by Mendelssohn, Dvorak, Satie and more, offering something for everyone.
 
more info...		5/9/202610:00am to 3:00pmKeren Ferguson

Join us for a series of Consort Studio Workshops in central New Jersey, monthly sessions in ensemble playing for intermediate to advanced level recorder players to learn to play with one another and other instruments under a skilled conductor, with professional accompaniment.

These events will be led by conductor, recorder player, and harpsichordist, Steven Russell (see below). It is an opportunity to play a variety of Baroque literature for small ensembles, through rehearsal, instruction, and demonstration, in a supportive environment, with a focus on ensemble playing, and end with the option to play the lead alto part with a professional ensemble. We will have opportunities to warm up on Renaissance music with SATB recorders, so bring all sizes. Register early to receive the music well in advance. Auditors welcome to attend. Sessions culminate in a performance.

Dates: One Saturday of the month, 1:00 – 5:00 P.M. w/ a 15-min. break       

Nov. 8, 2025  Open for General Registration. A Taste of Things to Come       

Jan. 10, 2026           Feb. 28, 2026        March 14, 2026        April 25, 2026

May 9, 2026  Workshop-Rehearsal     June 13      Oct. 10      Nov. 14, 2026

Location: Reformed Church of Highland Park, 19-21 South Second Avenue, Highland Park, NJ. There is plenty of parking at the location, which is a 30-minute walk or 5-minute taxi ride from the New Brunswick NJT train station.

To register, Visit https://hprecorder.org/events/2026-consort-studio/. For more information contact recorderdonna@gmail.com 


more info...		5/9/20261:00pm to 5:00pm

Recorder players at all levels are welcome. Beginners should be comfortable with either the C fingerings of the soprano and tenor or the F fingerings of the alto and bass. Eventually, beginners should learn both C and F fingerings so that they can enjoy playing different parts of a musical piece.
 
Bring any size of soprano, alto, tenor, or bass recorder that you have. You will have a chance to explore more than one part of each piece. Both plastic and wooden instruments are welcome. Pitch is A=440.
 
Please bring a music stand. We recommend that you bring a stand light to supplement the ceiling light. 

More info: https://www.nyrg.org/
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The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin at 145 West 46th Street, between Sixth and Seventh Avenues in Manhattan. Meetings are held in St. Joseph’s Hall, a side chapel of St. Mary's. Located in a brick building to the left of the main church, the entranceway is distinguished by the street number 145 displayed on the door. 
1:30-3:30 PM. Doors open at 1PM.
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Meeting Fees:
$20 per meeting for members
$30 per meeting for non-members
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FULL SEASON PREPAYMENT OPTION: $180. Includes annual membership dues and meeting fees for the entire 2025-26 season.
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Send payment using Zelle to NYRG treasurer Judith Wink at jwink@nyc.rr.com. Please put your email address in the Notes field. Alternatively, send checks to New York Recorder Guild, 145 West 93rd Street, Apt. 2, New York, NY 10025.
more info...		5/9/20261:30pm to 3:30pm

Please join the Mid-Peninsula Recorder Orchestra for its 2026 Spring Concert in Redwood City. Established in 1962, MPRO was the first recorder orchestra in the United States, and has been directed by Frederic Palmer since 1988. (NB: This performance will be conducted by assistant director, Greta Haug-Hryciw.)

Selections will include Vivaldi's Recorder Concerto in C (RV443), works by Schmelzer, Dufay, Josquin, Vejvanovsky, and more. Other instruments joining the recorders are bassoon, oboe, baroque rackett, krumhorns, and keyboard. The program also features a very special appearance by local recorder quartet DJLD performing J.S. Bach's Lobet den Herrn (BWV230)

Admission is FREE!
Families are welcome
Free-will donations are gratefully accepted

https://www.mpro-online.org/
MPRO is an Orchestra member of the American Recorder Society 
and an affiliate of the San Francisco Early Music Society


more info...		5/9/20267:00pm to 8:30pmGreta Haug-Hryciw

 

“Murmurations” are snatches of speech in a low voice or the spectacular groupings of birds in flight. The brilliant Montreal recorder ensemble Flûte Alors! brings together some of the most beautiful vocal and instrumental works of the Renaissance, as well as baroque and contemporary pieces, referencing birds, to offer a concert where poetry and wonder come together.

Works by J. Arcadelt, C. Janequin, G. F. Händel, G. P. Telemann, A. Vivaldi, M. Maute, and others.


more info...		5/10/20263:00pm to 5:00pmEllen Farrell

Echoes of the Crescent: Music of the Ottoman World

At its peak in the 16th century, the Ottoman Empire encompassed a vast territory, from Southeast Europe to the gates of Vienna, across North Africa to Algeria, and throughout the Middle East and Arabian Peninsula. In this class, we will explore the incredibly rich musical tradition of Classical Ottoman music exploring instrumental forms as well as dances. While this incredibly detailed music was originally passed down through oral tradition, over the centuries scholars and enthusiasts have transcribed it into written form. We will work from these notated versions in class and play along with recorded tracks on traditional Turkish instruments created especially for this class. Open to players intermediate and up.
more info...		5/10/20267:00pm to 8:30pmMike Richart

Tuesdays, April 21 – May 12, 2026 (4 weeks)
$25/class or $100 for each 4-week session. Classes are recorded and made available for one month.
 
Bach on the Bass: Two- and Three-Part Inventions  
10:00 am - 11:15 am Pacific/11:00 am - 12:15 pm Mountain/12:00 pm - 1:15 pm Central/1:00 pm - 2:15 pm Eastern
Johann Sebastian Bach's two-part inventions and three-part sinfonias provide recorder players and other non-keyboard instrumentalists with a wonderful collection of pieces to play. Over these four weeks we'll work on two of the two-part inventions (new pieces for those who took this class in January) and two of the three-part sinfonias on our bass recorders.  Part of our work will involve making decisions on how to deal with parts that go out of our range, learning how to make changes that retain the beauty of the line, and making decisions on articulation and phrasing based on an understanding of the melodic and harmonic underpinnings of the piece. We'll also exercise our skills on switching from bass clef to treble clef by playing all parts of the inventions. Along the way we'll continue to work on good bass technique.

Geared toward bass recorder players who are familiar with bass clef and fingerings for a chromatic scale from the low F to the F two octaves higher.

To register, email tishberlin@sbcglobal.net.
more info...		5/12/202610:00am to 11:15am

Tuesdays, April 21 – May 12, 2026 (4 weeks)
$25/class or $100 for each 4-week session. Classes are recorded and made available for one month.
 
An All-Zoom Practice Challenge: Developing Your Friendship with French Baroque Music 
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm Pacific/2:15 pm - 3:30 pm Mountain/3:15 pm - 4:30 pm Central/4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Eastern
This class will build on my January Making Friends with French Baroque Music class.  Familiarity with French Baroque ornaments as found in Hotteterre's ornament chart and as seen in music by Hotteterre will be helpful for new participants.  Boismortier, Hotteterre, Dieupart, and others who were composing and performing in French aristocratic circles in the 18th century offer a wealth of beautiful music for us to discover.  We'll continue our study of the French agréments - trills, the port de voix, battement, flattement, tour de chant, and tour de gosier - in context so they become second nature.  We'll listen to recordings to hear the music that charmed Louis XIV and XV and their courts. We'll go deeper into learning how to adorn movements from suites by Boismortier and Hotteterre with beautiful ornaments! Geared toward upper intermediate to advanced alto recorder players. 

To register, email tishberlin@sbcglobal.net.
more info...		5/12/20261:15pm to 2:30pm

Firstly, I hope you are all doing well and have enjoyed a relaxing summer. As the teachers of the world and I get ready to kick off school again, I'm excited to give you some information regarding the 2025-2026 season of the Brandywine Chapter of the American Recorder Society.

The dates and clinicians for our meetings this year will be:

September 12, 2025 - TBA
November 21, 2025 - Joan Kimball
January 16, 2026 - Gwyn Roberts
March 13, 2026 - Bob Wiemken
May 15, 2026 - TBA

Music, when provided by the clinician, will be available digitally before the meetings. If anyone requires or desires a print copy for the meeting, please let me know. I'm more than happy to make as many physical copies as needed, but don't want to waste paper on unneeded copies.

Our meetings will be held from 7:30-9:30 pm at:

New Ark UCC Church
300 East Main Street
Newark, DE 19711

The fee for our meetings will be $15 per meeting or $60 for an annual membership (covers all 5 meetings). Fees help support the chapter by providing honorariums to our guest clinicians as well as an honorarium for New Ark UCC for allowing us to use the space.

You can bring payment with you to the first meeting or send a check made to "Brandywine ARS" to our treasurer, Fred Litcofsky. Fred can be reached fredlitcofsky@gmail or 19 Savoy Rd., Newark, DE 19702

As always, guests are free on their first visit, so please feel free to invite a friend (or 2 or 3)!
more info...		5/15/20267:30pm to 9:30pm

Gather on Zoom with Phil Hollar and have a chat with your fellow leaders about what's happening in your chapter, brainstorm with other chapter reps, and share ideas.
more info...		5/16/20262:00pm to 3:30pmPhil Hollar

Wednesdays, May 27 - June 17 (4 weeks)
3:00 pm - 4:15 pm Pacific/4:00 pm - 5:15 pm Mountain/5:00 pm - 6:15 pm Central/6:00 pm - 7:15 pm Eastern

Warm-Up for Workshops! Getting in Shape for the Summer 
Whether you're new to a week-long workshop, or a bit rusty in your skills, this class will help you gain confidence in your ensemble playing and prepare you for whatever awaits you this summer in the music world. We'll drill changing sizes of recorder and clefs at the drop of a hat, playing alto and tenor up an octave, tenor in bass clef,  and bass in treble clef. We'll practice counting (and feeling!) the half note, and even the whole note, as the beat. Our repertoire will include music from the late 15th century up to the end of the Renaissance.  Bring your questions, banish your fears! You'll get more out of your summer workshop experience if you come prepared. Geared toward recorder players who are at the low intermediate level and others who need to polish their skills. 

To register, email tishberlin@sbcglobal.net.
more info...		5/27/20263:00pm to 4:15pm

Wednesdays, May 27 - June 17 (4 weeks)
3:00 pm - 4:15 pm Pacific/4:00 pm - 5:15 pm Mountain/5:00 pm - 6:15 pm Central/6:00 pm - 7:15 pm Eastern

Warm-Up for Workshops! Getting in Shape for the Summer 
Whether you're new to a week-long workshop, or a bit rusty in your skills, this class will help you gain confidence in your ensemble playing and prepare you for whatever awaits you this summer in the music world. We'll drill changing sizes of recorder and clefs at the drop of a hat, playing alto and tenor up an octave, tenor in bass clef,  and bass in treble clef. We'll practice counting (and feeling!) the half note, and even the whole note, as the beat. Our repertoire will include music from the late 15th century up to the end of the Renaissance.  Bring your questions, banish your fears! You'll get more out of your summer workshop experience if you come prepared. Geared toward recorder players who are at the low intermediate level and others who need to polish their skills. 

To register, email tishberlin@sbcglobal.net.
more info...		6/3/20263:00pm to 4:15pm

Many of the ARS member benefits are right at your fingertips, only a few keystrokes away.  In an ongoing effort to make these perks as accessible as possible, we are in the process of simplifying our website menu.  Join us on Saturday, June 6, at 2 pm Eastern Time for a tour of the website, an orientation of our redesigned menu, and an overview of the member benefits that help you take advantage of all we have to offer.  ARS President Jody Miller will lead the tour, assisted by Board member Phil Hollar, who will also lead an online playing session using music from our online music library.
more info...		6/6/20262:00pm to 3:00pm

Presented by Rainer Beckmann

This seminar offers a historical exploration of Italian secular music in the 16th century, a period marked by significant musical innovation. We will contrast the lively, straightforward frottole of the early 1500s with the more expressive and refined madrigals of the century’s later decades. In addition, we will examine virtuosic instrumental works based on popular tunes (capricci) alongside pieces inspired by the polyphonic tradition of Franco-Flemish chansons (canzoni). The session will conclude with a selection of ensemble dances drawn from a range of sources, rounding out this rich musical journey.

All are welcome! SATB Recorders, A=440hz


more info...		6/8/20267:30pm to 9:00pmDonna Messer

The Old Avoca Schoolhouse in Avoca, Nebraska will be streaming three on line Rounds Workshops for violins, violas, cellos, basses, soprano recorder, alto recorder, tenor recorder, and bass recorder.

The workshop will explore tunes from our Book of Rounds collection.  It has 40 tunes in 13 keys from 12 countries.  The lyrics for 27 tunes are included, with handy indexes to organize it all.

 
more info...		6/9/20267:00pm to 8:00pmDeborah Greenblatt

Wednesdays, May 27 - June 17 (4 weeks)
3:00 pm - 4:15 pm Pacific/4:00 pm - 5:15 pm Mountain/5:00 pm - 6:15 pm Central/6:00 pm - 7:15 pm Eastern

Warm-Up for Workshops! Getting in Shape for the Summer 
Whether you're new to a week-long workshop, or a bit rusty in your skills, this class will help you gain confidence in your ensemble playing and prepare you for whatever awaits you this summer in the music world. We'll drill changing sizes of recorder and clefs at the drop of a hat, playing alto and tenor up an octave, tenor in bass clef,  and bass in treble clef. We'll practice counting (and feeling!) the half note, and even the whole note, as the beat. Our repertoire will include music from the late 15th century up to the end of the Renaissance.  Bring your questions, banish your fears! You'll get more out of your summer workshop experience if you come prepared. Geared toward recorder players who are at the low intermediate level and others who need to polish their skills. 

To register, email tishberlin@sbcglobal.net.
more info...		6/10/20263:00pm to 4:15pm

The Old Avoca Schoolhouse in Avoca, Nebraska will be streaming three on line Rounds Workshops for violins, violas, cellos, basses, soprano recorder, alto recorder, tenor recorder, and bass recorder.

The workshop will explore tunes from our Book of Rounds collection.  It has 40 tunes in 13 keys from 12 countries.  The lyrics for 27 tunes are included, with handy indexes to organize it all.

 
more info...		6/10/20267:00pm to 8:00pmDeborah Greenblatt

Join us for a series of Consort Studio Workshops in central New Jersey, monthly sessions in ensemble playing for intermediate to advanced level recorder players to learn to play with one another and other instruments under a skilled conductor, with professional accompaniment.

These events will be led by conductor, recorder player, and harpsichordist, Steven Russell (see below). It is an opportunity to play a variety of Baroque literature for small ensembles, through rehearsal, instruction, and demonstration, in a supportive environment, with a focus on ensemble playing, and end with the option to play the lead alto part with a professional ensemble. We will have opportunities to warm up on Renaissance music with SATB recorders, so bring all sizes. Register early to receive the music well in advance. Auditors welcome to attend. Sessions culminate in a performance.

Dates: One Saturday of the month, 1:00 – 5:00 P.M. w/ a 15-min. break       

Nov. 8, 2025  Open for General Registration. A Taste of Things to Come       

Jan. 10, 2026           Feb. 28, 2026        March 14, 2026        April 25, 2026

May 9, 2026  Workshop-Rehearsal     June 13      Oct. 10      Nov. 14, 2026

Location: Reformed Church of Highland Park, 19-21 South Second Avenue, Highland Park, NJ. There is plenty of parking at the location, which is a 30-minute walk or 5-minute taxi ride from the New Brunswick NJT train station.

To register, Visit https://hprecorder.org/events/2026-consort-studio/. For more information contact recorderdonna@gmail.com 


more info...		6/13/20261:00pm to 5:00pm

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