| Date | Event |
| 3/9/2026 -3/9/2027 | 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... |
| 6/23/2026 -8/29/2026 |
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| 8/13/2026 -9/3/2026 |
ARS introduces our next Free Online Beginner’s course for alto 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: Thursday, August 13, 7:30 PM ET (6:30 CT, 5:30 MT, 4:30 PT) The course is geared to students of all ages, but children 12 and under should be joined by an adult during the class. more info... |
| 8/17/2026 -8/31/2026 | Duets are some of the best pedagogical tools for strengthening your recorder-playing skills! If you are new to playing with others, still shaky with keeping the beat, unfamiliar with counting the half note as getting the beat (hello, Renaissance music!), and still getting used to the sound of others playing around you, then this course is for you. Designed for advanced beginners/low intermediate players on soprano, alto, and tenor recorders (if you have taken the ARS Beginners’ Class and 2nd-Level Class, then you are ready for this course), this 3-part course will help you with developing your counting skills, your listening skills, and prepare you to play with your local ARS chapters and affable recorder-playing friends! All music/materials will be provided. |
| 8/22/2026 | Jennifer Carpenter is a celebrated virtuoso recorder player, music historian, and devoted teacher. Carpenter will guide participants in crafting a balanced, unified ensemble sound through a blend of full-group instruction and small breakout sessions. When: Saturday, August 22, 2026 9:00am - 4:30pm Where: Mountain View United Methodist Church 355 Ponca Place, Boulder, CO 80303 Price: Early Bird (by July 31st): $45 / Regular (August 1 - August 21): $50 / Day of Workshop: $60 Register: https://tinyurl.com/croworkshop26 more info... |
| 8/22/2026 |  This playing session explores the development of harmony and counterpoint from the late Renaissance to the present day. We'll play dance music by 16th-century composers Giorgio Mainerio, Pierre Attaingnant, Gaumi, and Cabezon, then jump 200 years ahead to a trio sonata for three alto recorders by Johann Mattheson. We'll conclude the session with a new piece for ATTB by composer and wind player Owen G. Davitt.more info... |
| 8/24/2026 | Duets are some of the best pedagogical tools for strengthening your recorder-playing skills! If you are new to playing with others, still shaky with keeping the beat, unfamiliar with counting the half note as getting the beat (hello, Renaissance music!), and still getting used to the sound of others playing around you, then this course is for you. Designed for advanced beginners/low intermediate players on soprano, alto, and tenor recorders (if you have taken the ARS Beginners’ Class and 2nd-Level Class, then you are ready for this course), this 3-part course will help you with developing your counting skills, your listening skills, and prepare you to play with your local ARS chapters and affable recorder-playing friends! All music/materials will be provided. |
| 9/8/2026 | The Old Avoca Schoolhouse in Avoca, Nebraska will be streaming three on line Swedish Workshops for violins, violas, cellos, basses, soprano recorder, and alto recorder. The workshop will explore tunes from our "Swedish Fiddle Tunes for Two" collection. Review: "These tunes are largely dance-based, including the polka, march, waltz, schottische, and music for weddings...highly recommended as good repertoire for any studio and curriculum."...American String Teacher, February 2011 The Workshops will be on Tuesday, September 8, 7 PM, Central Time, Wednesday, September 9 10 AM, Central Time, and Friday, September 11, 7 PM, Central Time. Different tunes will be played at each session. We will read, play, and discuss various survival skills for these tunes. There is limited enrollment, and pre-registration is required. The cost for each workshop is $15.00. The cost of each optional book is $15.00 (includes shipping if ordered with workshop registration). To view a sample tune from the collection, and to see a list of the tunes, click on the following link: https://www.greenblattandseay.com/book_42_swedish.shtml For more information, and to register for the workshop: https://www.greenblattandseay.com/workshops_swedish.shtml |
| 9/8/2026 | The Old Avoca Schoolhouse in Avoca, Nebraska will be streaming three on line Swedish Workshops for violins, violas, cellos, basses, soprano recorder, and alto recorder. The workshop will explore tunes from our “Swedish Fiddle Tunes for Two” collection. Review: “These tunes are largely dance-based, including the polka, march, waltz, schottische, and music for weddings…highly recommended as good repertoire for any studo and curriculum.”…American String Teacher, February 2011 The Workshops will be on Tuesday, September 8, 7 PM, Central Time, Wednesday, September 9 10 AM, Central Time, and Friday, September 11, 7 PM, Central Time. Different tunes will be played at each session. We will read, play, and discuss various survival skills for these tunes. There is limited enrollment, and pre-registration is required. The cost for each workshop is $15.00. The cost of each optional book is $15.00 (includes shipping if ordered with workshop registration). To view a sample tune from the collection, and to see a list of the tunes, click on the following link: https://www.greenblattandseay.com/book_42_swedish.shtml For more information, and to register for the workshop: https://www.greenblattandseay.com/workshops_swedish.shtml more info... |
| 9/9/2026 | The Old Avoca Schoolhouse in Avoca, Nebraska will be streaming three on line Swedish Workshops for violins, violas, cellos, basses, soprano recorder, and alto recorder. The workshop will explore tunes from our "Swedish Fiddle Tunes for Two" collection. Review: "These tunes are largely dance-based, including the polka, march, waltz, schottische, and music for weddings...highly recommended as good repertoire for any studio and curriculum."...American String Teacher, February 2011 The Workshops will be on Tuesday, September 8, 7 PM, Central Time, Wednesday, September 9 10 AM, Central Time, and Friday, September 11, 7 PM, Central Time. Different tunes will be played at each session. We will read, play, and discuss various survival skills for these tunes. There is limited enrollment, and pre-registration is required. The cost for each workshop is $15.00. The cost of each optional book is $15.00 (includes shipping if ordered with workshop registration). To view a sample tune from the collection, and to see a list of the tunes, click on the following link: https://www.greenblattandseay.com/book_42_swedish.shtml For more information, and to register for the workshop: https://www.greenblattandseay.com/workshops_swedish.shtml |
| 9/11/2026 | The Old Avoca Schoolhouse in Avoca, Nebraska will be streaming three on line Swedish Workshops for violins, violas, cellos, basses, soprano recorder, and alto recorder. The workshop will explore tunes from our "Swedish Fiddle Tunes for Two" collection. Review: "These tunes are largely dance-based, including the polka, march, waltz, schottische, and music for weddings...highly recommended as good repertoire for any studio and curriculum."...American String Teacher, February 2011 The Workshops will be on Tuesday, September 8, 7 PM, Central Time, Wednesday, September 9 10 AM, Central Time, and Friday, September 11, 7 PM, Central Time. Different tunes will be played at each session. We will read, play, and discuss various survival skills for these tunes. There is limited enrollment, and pre-registration is required. The cost for each workshop is $15.00. The cost of each optional book is $15.00 (includes shipping if ordered with workshop registration). To view a sample tune from the collection, and to see a list of the tunes, click on the following link: https://www.greenblattandseay.com/book_42_swedish.shtml For more information, and to register for the workshop: https://www.greenblattandseay.com/workshops_swedish.shtml |
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