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| 3/1/2024 -3/4/2024 | The early Latin American music workshop will take place March 1-4 and the concert will be performed and live-streamed on March 2. The concert will feature LeStrange viol consort performing with Mary Springfels, Daniel Meyers, Jason Priset, and Estelí Gomez. For more information, contact the Project Director, Dr. Lindsey Macchiarella: lmacchiarella@utep.edu more info... |
| 3/2/2024 | Local recorder player and coach John McDonald leads our group to a "Renaissance Fair" - we will explore with John the topics of articulation, affect, and expression in Renaissance music. more info... |
| 3/2/2024 -3/3/2024 | Join Amherst Early Music March 2 & 3
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| 3/2/2024 | Chapter representatives are invited to join us as we discuss best practices to help you run your respective chapters. This is an opportunity for you to meet your peers in chapters throughout the ARS. We believe that the people best qualified to help you with your chapter's challenges are your fellow chapter reps. more info... |
| 3/3/2024 |  A Woman’s Voice: Musical Settings of Poetry by Christine de Pizan and an Anonymous PoetThe poem Dueil angoisseus (“Anguished grief”) by Christine de Pizan and the anonymous Comme femme desconfortée (“Like a woman inconsolable”), set the text in the voice of a woman whose lover has been taken by Death. Gilles Binchois’ popular rondeau Comme femme desconfortée, is one of the most famous 15th-century chansons, and was given an elaborate setting by Alexander Agricola and a Mass by Henrich Isaac. In this session we will explore these stunning musical settings by joining me on recorder and by taking a closer look at the original manuscripts they come from. more info... |
| 3/4/2024 | Sonatas are an important part of instrumental repertoire. This workshop will focus on G.F. Handel’s Sonata in F Major, Op.1, No.11 (HWV 369) and address aspects of approaching a Baroque sonata. Recommended level: Intermediate and above Cost: $75 per 3-week session These sessions will focus on: Style Articulation Trills and ornamentation Form, keys Strategies for practice This sonata fits the range for alto recorder (in F), flutes and oboes. There are also parts available for C soprano recorder. Please contact instructor Marea at marearecorder@gmail.com with any questions. See the VSO School of Music website for more information or to register. |
| 3/6/2024 | Webinar Season Pass with Anne Timberlake Get auto-magic, hassle-free registration for all six of my Wednesday Webinars in 2023-24 by purchasing a season pass. You’ll only have to register once, and you’ll save money off the single ticket price. Past Topics: 8/30/23: Where Do I Breathe?!?! 10/4/23: Vibrant Vibrato 11/15/23: Mysterious Musicality 12/13/23 Recorder Messiah! 1/17/24: Alternative Fingerings 3/6/24: Hemiolas…and Why You Care! Upcoming: 5/8/24: Intro to Memorization Are you interested in trying to play from memory? In this one-hour, live Zoom webinar, we’ll talk about the essentials of memorization and how you can begin to practice this unique skill. To purchase, visit my website and complete the purchase process. If you have questions or you prefer to pay offline, please contact me at anne@annetimberlake.com |
| 3/8/2024 | "La Stravagante" The Italian-Spanish Connection Jennifer Carpenter- recorders Keith Barnhart- guitars and lutes Jennifer Carpenter and Keith Barnhart will focus on composers who have pushed the limits of genre and form. This concert will be filled with harmonic extravagances, melodic virtuosity, vivid programmaticism, and the newly developed instrumental techniques that bring this music to life. So powerful is this creativity that historical performance with historic instruments continues to generate new compositions beyond the era of “Early Music” and into our own time. You won't want to miss this celebration of the artists’ favorite Italian and Spanish composers who have shared their passion for la stravagante—“The Extravagant!” Tickets available for in-person or streaming access Program: Sonata seconda – Dario Castello (1602-1631) Pasacalles de 1 tono – Juan Cabanilles (1644-1712) Solfeggio detta “la Stravaganza” – Francesco Durante (1684-1755) Romanza – Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840) Grand Potpourri – Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829) Canarios – Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710) Sonata El jardín de Aranjuez en tiempo de Primavera con difersos cantos de páxaros y otros animales – José Herrando (c.1720-63) Allegro, Andante, Allegro moderato Cádiz – Sören Sieg (b. 1966) Mvt. 4: The Bath of the Mermaid Mvt. 5: Carnival of Cádiz more info... |
| 3/8/2024 | Friday March 8 at 7:30 PM at the New Ark United Church of Christ, 300 East Main Street, Newark, Delaware. The leader will be Bob Wiemken. His program will be: The Wonderful World of Color (Chromaticism, that is!) Some of you (of my vintage!) may remember your very first experience with color TV or movies, the thrill of it, the newness, game changing, life altering, exuberant! That thrill and exuberance must have been felt by many in the 16th century when composers began to immerse (or drench) themselves in the possible “colors” of music theretofore unknown and unheard. Breaking the bounds of the gamut was a bold venture that forever changed the sound of music. We’ll explore this frontier at its beginnings and follow it into steady waters. And, hey, in the process you’ll get to use many of the notes on your recorders that often go unused and unheard. So, brush off that dust, brush up on the fingerings, and let’s have a great time with technicolor music that spawned even (especially!) the great Johann Sebastian Bach! The music to be played will be: The Gamut……………………………….. Guido of Arezzo (c.991 – after 1033) Hymn to St. John Guidonian Hand La paduana del rei…………………………………………… anonymous, early16th c. SATB British Library, Royal App. 59 - 62 Pavana Dolorosa………………………………………... Peter Philips (c.1560 - 1628) SATTB Carmina Chromatico…………………………….. Orlande de Lassus (c.1532 – 1594) ATTB recorders Prologue to Prophetiae Sibyllarum O vos omnes…………………………………………... Carlo Gesualdo (1560 – 1613) S/AATTB/Gb recorders published 1603 Durezze et Ligature………………………... Giovanni Maria Trabaci (c.1575 – 1647) S/AATB/Gb recorders published 1603 Gagliarda Prima “Il Galluccio”……………………………………………….. Trabaci ATTB/Gb Gagliarda del Principe de Venosa…………………………………………… Gesualdo ATT/BGb This music is available for printing before the meeting to those who plan to attend AND request it. Please request it separately (do not use Reply all!), to this email address. NOTES: 1. Future Meeting Date and Leader (on Friday evening): May 10, 2024- Joan Kimball 2. Dues will remain at $50 per member. A per meeting charge of $15 will apply for non-members. REMINDER: For non-members, the cost will be $15 per meeting. Exact change appreciated! Chapter Leaders: Roger Matsumoto, President, 302-731-1430, palladium4@comcast.net Nancy Frederick, Secretary, 302-656-6075 Brian Drumbore, Treasurer, 302-453-7377 more info... |
| 3/11/2024 | Sonatas are an important part of instrumental repertoire. This workshop will focus on G.F. Handel’s Sonata in F Major, Op.1, No.11 (HWV 369) and address aspects of approaching a Baroque sonata. Recommended level: Intermediate and above Cost: $75 per 3-week session These sessions will focus on: Style Articulation Trills and ornamentation Form, keys Strategies for practice This sonata fits the range for alto recorder (in F), flutes and oboes. There are also parts available for C soprano recorder. Please contact instructor Marea at marearecorder@gmail.com with any questions. See the VSO School of Music website for more information or to register. |
| 3/12/2024 -3/15/2024 | The Old Avoca Schoolhouse in Avoca, Nebraska will be streaming three on line Scottish Fiddle Tunes Workshops for violins, violas, cellos, basses, mandolins, and soprano recorders. The Workshops will be on Tuesday, March 12, 7 PM, Central Time, Wednesday, March 13, 10 AM, Central Time, and Friday, March 15, 7 PM, Central Time. Different tunes will be played at each session. We will read, play, and discuss various survival skills for these charming pieces. A treble clef version of the sheet music for the tunes being played will be displayed on the screen during the workshop. There is limited enrollment, and pre-registration is required. The cost for each workshop is $10.00. The cost of each optional book is $15.00 (includes shipping if ordered with workshop registration). For more information, and to register: https://greenblattandseay.com/workshops_scottish.shtml more info... |
| 3/16/2024 -3/17/2024 | Phoenix Desert Pipes invites you toIhr Musici, frisch auf! with Miyo Aoki“You musicians, look lively! And let us hear the lovely art. Gather together! Everyone add your voice now, tenor and bass, soprano and alto…”. more info... |
| 3/16/2024 -3/17/2024 | Music of England and the German LandsGeorge Washington University, Washington, DC Directed byLetitia Berlin Faculty:Letitia Berlin recorderRainer Beckmann * recorder Sarah Cunningham * viol Amy Domingues viol Douglas Freundlich lute Valerie Horst recorder Vera Kochanowsky choral conductor Christopher Morrongiello lute Wendy Powers recorder & early notation Work Study Tuition: $180more info... |
| 3/16/2024 | Philadelphia Recorder Society In-person and Virtual Playing Session Saturday, March 16, 2024 led by Guest Conductor Héloïse Degrugillier. Cathedral Village, 600 East Cathedral Road, Philadelphia, PA Playing begins at 10:00 AM. We're gathering in Cathedral Hall, which is located across from the entrance to the main 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. more info... |
| 3/16/2024 | Saturday, March 16th at 1:30 p.m. Daphna Mor, Conducting "Sing We and Chant it” – A Spring Celebration Spring is almost here (officially starting March 19th)! Let’s celebrate the renewal of nature and spirit with love songs and madrigals by Thomas Morley, John Farmer, Adrian Willaert, Philippe Verdelot and more. We will be sure to add some lively dances for the Shepherds and Nymphs. “How happy is the day…we see why all round, troops of friends are assembled here…” The music will be available in PDF form a week or so before the session by contacting NYRG Music Director, Deborah Booth at boothflutes@gmail.com or 212-864-6490. Read more about Daphna Mor here. PER-MEETING FEES: Members: $15 per meeting; Non-members: $25 per meeting WHERE? Church of Saint Mary the Virgin 145 W. 46th St., Accessible via 1/2/3/B/D/F/Q/R/N DAY/TIME? Sat.,1:30-3:30 p.m. Doors open at 1:00 p.m. MUSIC: If you would like the music beforehand, please contact NYRG Music Director Deborah Booth at boothflutes@gmail.com or 212-864-6490. NYRG strongly suggests using a stand light in this church space. more info... |
| 3/16/2024 | Recorder players from across North America celebrate March as Play-the-Recorder Month (PtRM). 2024 marks 32 years of celebrating Play-the-Recorder Month. Join us to hear an interview with composer Jamie Allen as he discusses his inspiration for the piece he created for this occasion, participate in a Q & A, and play along with the piece from the comfort of your Zoom room. more info... |
| 3/16/2024 | Betty will help us link early with more contemporary music in this workshop. Music will include the Capriol Suite by Peter Warlock, and the original Arbeau dances Warlock used as the basis for this delightful composition. Ornamentation in Renaissance and Baroque works will be another hands-on topic. Not limiting ourselves to 16th-18th century music, Fly Me to the Moon (arranged by Phil Neuman) will round out the workshop. more info... |
| 3/17/2024 | Join us at our monthly meeting on Sunday, March 17 at 1 PM, at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Bucktown. The meeting opens with Peter Beck leading us from 1 to 2 PM on jazz tunes for recorder, then Lisette returns to direct the chapter. Visit our home page, chicagorecorders.org, for details about the meeting and to download sheet music for the afternoon. more info... |
| 3/19/2024 -3/30/2024 | "Lost... and Found": Finding Your Way Back in the Music In this series we will practice ways for you to find your way back if you lose your place while playing with others. We’ll listen carefully to the music and learn to understand what is heard – in your own part as well as in the others. Even if you’re playing from a single part rather than a score, you can learn how to sync up with the rest of the ensemble, whether online or in person. Bring your pencil (or stylus) and be ready to mark up a copy of the music that you can refer to later for future repertoire, whether playing online or in person. You will have several opportunities to try these skills on each of the selections that will be presented. You'll also have the opportunity to ask questions as we go through the materials. For both C and F recorder fingerings. 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. Dates: Tuesday March 19 at 7PM ET Saturday March 23rd at 2PM ET Tuesday March 26th at 7PM ET Saturday March 30 at 2PM ET more info... |
| 3/22/2024 -3/24/2024 | Trip the light fantastic with Ciaramella, in a program exploring dance music from the courts of Savoy and Burgundy to the streets of Bergamo! Featuring polyphonic arrangements of stately dances from the priceless basse danse manuscript of Marguerite of Austria, copied in silver and gold on black parchment, to virtuosic variations on ground basses like the bergamasca, romanesca, and ciaccona, you'll enjoy music meant to get your toes tapping! Adam Gilbert, recorder, shawm, bagpipes; Rotem Gilbert, recorder, shawm, bagpipes; Aki Nishiguchi, recorder, shawm; Adam Bregman, sackbut; Malachai Komanoff Bandy, viola da gamba, shawm; Mary Vanhoozer, hurdy gurdy; Jason Yoshida, guitars, percussion FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 7:30 PM First Presbyterian Church 1140 Cowper Street at Lincoln, Palo Alto SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 7:30 PM First Church Berkeley UCC (First Congregational) 2345 Channing Way SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 4:00 PM St. Mark’s Lutheran Church 1111 O’Farrell Street, San Francisco Click HERE for more info! |
| 3/23/2024 | Tish Berlin will direct the South Bay Recorder Society's workshop. March is the American Recorder Society’s Play the Recorder Month, and we will celebrate by playing some favorite pieces and one of yours! We’ll include a couple of pieces in the ARS Members’ Library, a fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach, a piece about cypress trees by Frances Blaker, a madrigal by Madalena Casulana, fantasies by William Byrd and Orlando Gibbons, and more! more info... |
| 3/23/2024 |  March’s playing meeting on March 23rd is all about springtime. Coinciding closely with the beginning of the meteorological spring and the equinox in the Northern hemisphere, I have selected music from across the centuries that celebrate the season of spring, the return of longer days, bird song, and the reawakening of nature… “Spring is in the air!”more info... |
| 3/24/2024 | A celebration of life and works of G. F. Handel Matthias Maute, conductor Ensemble Caprice and Ensemble ArtChoral March 24, 2024, 3 p.m. Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, Vancouver BC Canada Pre-concert talk and audience singalong rehearsal at 2:30 p.m. Come early to rehearse a special piece the famous Hallelujah Chorus with Maute, and participate in an audience singalong during the event! Info: https://www.earlymusic.bc.ca/events/handel-hallelujah-and-trumpets more info... |
| 3/25/2024 -3/30/2024 | A retreat for intermediate to advanced recorder players Interested in working intensively on technique and musical skills. Classes include articulation, finger facility, and tone; special topics including Impossible Rhythms, Contemporary Repertoire, Pulse & Rhythm, Ensemble Leading, and Sightreading Skills; and consort sessions. Evening activities include ad hoc playing sessions, faculty concert, coached large-group sessions, and open mic. more info... |
| 3/25/2024 | Monday, March 25 at Faith Lutheran Church, 8208 18th Ave NE Seattle, 98115The Seattle Recorder Society is overjoyed to host Sarah Jeffery for a truly unique experience. Sarah is in Seattle for one evening only and will offer two separate playing sessions, one for kids and one for adults, in addition to giving a solo concert presentation. Music will be provided online after registration. More information and registration more info... |
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