Exploring music by the influential 14th-century French poet and composer Guillaume de Machaut (1300-1377). Guillaume de Machaut was a French composer and poet who was the central figure of the ars nova style in late medieval music. He was regarded as the most significant French composer and poet of the 14th century, and he is often seen as the century’s leading European composer. His life and death dates are even used in modern musicology to separate the ars nova from the subsequent ars subtilior style. An unprecedented amount of music survives for Machaut compared to his contemporaries, partially because he was personally involved in the creation of the beautifully crafted manuscripts that preserve his creative output. As a poet-composer, he also embodies the culmination of the tradition stretching back to the traditions of the troubadours and trouvères of earlier centuries.

All are welcome! SATB Recorders, A=440hz

Spring Reset
with Anne Timberlake

Tuesdays, Mar 3, 10, 17, and 24 at 4 PM, CT

Are you ready for a fresh start for your recorder playing? Does your music-making feel too tense or effortful? Would you like to play the recorder with more ease and joy? In this live, four-week small group short course, we’ll review core principles of recorder technique, identify unhelpful habits, and work through an exercise program designed to help you build or rebuild the foundation for great playing!

Cost: $99

To register, visit my website

This course is appropriate for all levels.

The Water Is Wide
Feeling landlocked? Set sail on a voyage of musical exploration, plying the musical byways of Renaissance and Baroque Europe. Music about water in its many incarnations: Sea shanties, Dufay, Palestrina, and more.

We're excited to host clinician Anne Timberlake again for a day of group playing and technique on the beautiful campus of Kansas State University in Manhattan, KS.

The Central Coast Recorder Society presents:
Five Composers: Dufay, Byrd, Vizzana, Bach, and Blaker:

A Recorder Workshop with Tish Berlin and Frances Blaker

• 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