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| 8/3/2024 | The Rose & The Briar Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado collaborates with Chivalrous Crickets to present a transatlantic tour. Emigrants from the British Isles packed their bags for the nascent land of America with their stories and tunes in tow, their music settling in the Appalachian hills. Here new instruments picked up old melodies and historical ballads took on a life of their own. Centered on the ballad of Barbara Allen, compositions include those by Henry Purcell, John Playford, Niel Gowell, Jeremiah Ingles, ballads collected by Francis James Child, and tunes composed by the collective hands of generations of fiddlers and pipers. Saturday August 3 in Boulder at 7:30 pm, at First Congregational Church, 1128 Pine St, Boulder Sunday, August 4 in Denver at 3pm, at St. Thomas Church, 2201 Dexter St., Denver Tickets: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=239390
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| 8/3/2024 | CMRS members Fran Demoretcky and Susan Hartley explore the life cycle of the Italian Canzoni da sonare- from sonnet to trio-sonata more info... | |
| 8/4/2024 | The Rose & The Briar Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado collaborates with Chivalrous Crickets to present a transatlantic tour. Emigrants from the British Isles packed their bags for the nascent land of America with their stories and tunes in tow, their music settling in the Appalachian hills. Here new instruments picked up old melodies and historical ballads took on a life of their own. Centered on the ballad of Barbara Allen, compositions include those by Henry Purcell, John Playford, Niel Gowell, Jeremiah Ingles, ballads collected by Francis James Child, and tunes composed by the collective hands of generations of fiddlers and pipers. Saturday August 3 in Boulder at 7:30 pm, at First Congregational Church, 1128 Pine St, Boulder Sunday, August 4 in Denver at 3pm, at St. Thomas Church, 2201 Dexter St., Denver Tickets: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=239390
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| 8/6/2024 -8/15/2024 |  ARS introduces a Free Online Beginners’ Course for alto recorder, taught by Jody Miller! If you have never played recorder before, or if it has been eons ago since you have played, this is the course for you! Build a solid foundation for learning recorder through the American Recorder Society’s 4-part beginners’ course for alto recorder starting on August 6, 2024. Professional recorder teacher and performer Jody Miller will lead you through this course and help you build good recorder technique from the start. Jody’s background includes working with middle school through senior adults; his patient approach will help you gain the skills in tone production, articulation, and technique needed to advance to the next level. All materials will be provided except for the recorder. Participants are strongly encouraged to obtain one of the recorders listed below.This class is sponsored by the North American Virtual Recorder Society (NAVRS), an online community of recorder players who seek to promote the recorder, and provide safe, inclusive spaces for playing and having fun. Dates:  Tuesday, August 6, 6:00 p.m. EST (5:00 p.m. CST, 4:00 p.m. MST, 3:00 p.m. PST) Thursday, August 8, 6:00 p.m. EST (5:00 p.m. CST, 4:00 p.m. MST, 3:00 p.m. PST) Tuesday, August 13, 6:00 p.m. EST (5:00 p.m. CST, 4:00 p.m. MST, 3:00 p.m. PST) Thursday, August 15, 6:00 p.m. EST (5:00 p.m. CST, 4:00 p.m. MST, 3:00 p.m. PST) Instrument: Do you need to purchase an alto recorder? You cannot go wrong with a good plastic recorder. Yamaha, Aulos, and Zen-On all make good plastic recorders. Consider purchasing an instrument from one of our business partners: Von Huene Workshop (The Early Music Shop of New England) www.vonhuene.com or 617-277-8690 Honeysuckle Music www.honeysucklemusic.com or 651-644-8545 These are some of the reputable instruments that are both popular and well made. Yamaha “Rottenburgh” model YRA-302B plastic alto: https://www.vonhuene.com/p-115-yamaha-rottenburgh-plastic-alto.aspx Aulos “Haka” model A709B plastic alto: https://www.vonhuene.com/p-126-aulos-plastic-haka-alto.aspx Zen-On “Bressan” model G-1A plastic alto (and other recommended models included here): https://honeysucklemusic.com/show3.php?cat=Alto more info... | |
| 8/13/2024 | The Old Avoca Schoolhouse in Avoca, Nebraska will be streaming three online Mozart Family Duets Workshops for violins, violas, cellos, basses, mandolins, soprano recorder, and alto recorder. The “Mozart Family Duets” collection features 38 pieces by three generations of the Mozart family: Leopold Mozart (1719 - 1787), his son, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), and his son, Franz Xavier Wolfgang Mozart (1791 - 1844). The Workshops will be on Tuesday, August 13, 7 PM, Central Time, Wednesday, August 14, 10 AM, Central Time, and Friday, August 16, 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_mozart_family.shtml more info... | |
| 8/23/2024 -9/1/2024 | The Utrecht (Netherlands) Early Music Festival August 23 - 1 September 1, 2024 Program theme for 2024: Seville, Spain Among many performances, the Royal Wind will appear at the festival, playing selections from their recent recording, The Orange Tree Courtyard (reviewed in the Summer 2024 American Recorder). https://royalwindmusic.org/ (click at upper right for English) More information & tickets: https://oudemuziek.nl/en/ | |
| 8/24/2024 |  Featured will be music from the transitional styles of the late Middle Ages to the Early Renaissance by composers such as Robert Morton, Guillaume Du Fay, Pierre Fontaine, Giles Binchois, Johannes Ockeghem and more. We will discuss the music, the composers, and the participants will play the selections along with us in real time on a variety of period instruments.more info... | |
| 8/25/2024 -8/30/2024 | An intensive five-day retreat for intermediate to advanced recorder players who are ready to take the next step forward. Morning technique classes folllowed by consort and repertoire classes in the afternoon and ad hoc ensemble playing or private practice time in the evenings. more info... |
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