| Date | Event |
| 1/6/2025 | Join the Highland Park Recorder Society on January 6, 2025, for “Kicking it up a Notch,” an online seminar presented by recorder player and conductor Lewis R. Baratz. Log in with your favorite soprano or alto recorder in hand, as we learn ways to improve our recorder technique, including air support, embouchure, finger technique, and articulation, all with the goal of adding to the joy of the recorder player. Attendees will have the opportunity to try out their new technique abilities in the musical examples by Jacob van Eyck, Daniel Purcell, and George Philippe Telemann. The Zoom session opens at 7:15 PM for a meet and greet, and the instruction will begin at 7:30 PM. more info... |
| 1/7/2025 -1/28/2025 | ARS introduces a Free Online Beginners’ Course! Lay a solid foundation for learning to play recorder for your own enjoyment or for making music with others! In this four-week Zoom course beginning January 7th, we'll cover fundamentals of recorder technique like finger technique, breathing, blowing, and tonguing, emphasizing knowledge that will help you continue to make progress after the course is over. Whether you've never played before or it's been forever since you've picked up an instrument, now is the time to develop good habits and begin to make music! Professional recorder teacher and performer Anne Timberlake will lead you through this course and help you build good recorder technique from the start. Dates: Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at 5PM ET (4PM CT, 3PM MT, 2PM PT) Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 5PM ET (4PM CT, 3PM MT, 2PM PT) Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 5PM ET (4PM CT, 3PM MT, 2PM PT) Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 5PM ET (4PM CT, 3PM MT, 2PM PT) This course will use the following method book which provides a sequence of progressive exercises and melodies to assist with learning fingerings: The Sweet Pipes Recorder Book: A method for adults and older beginners by Gerald Burakoff and William E. Hettrick. Alto, Book One. SP02318. Sweet Pipes Recorder Book (alto) is available for purchase at: Von Huene Workshop www.vonhuene.com/p-3689-burakoff-gerald-hettrick-sweet-pipes-recorder-book-book-1-adults-and-older-beginners.aspx, Honeysuckle Music www.honeysucklemusic.com/showf.php?item=5289 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), Boston, MA: (617) 277-8690 www.vonhuene.com/ Honeysuckle Music, St. Paul, MN: (651) 644-8545 www.honeysucklemusic.com/ Lazar's Early Music, Carson City, NV: (866) 511-2981 www.lazarsearlymusic.com/ Recorderforge.com, Happy Valley, OR: (503) 210-1643 www.recorderforge.com/ 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 , https://www.recorderforge.com/Shop-by-size/F-Alto/?order=name-asc&p=1&properties=151fe63ecadb49aebf3ed9923ead2718 more info... |
| 1/10/2025 | Hi all! Looking forward to our winter meeting this! It's this Friday, January 10, 2025 at New Ark UCC Church beginning at 7:30 pm. As always, individual meetings are $15, annual dues to include all meetings are $60. If bringing cash, please try to bring exact change. This month's guest clinician is Dr. Russell Murray, recently retired Collegium Musicum director and professor of music history at the University of Delaware. The link below will take you to the music. If anyone knows they will need a paper copy brought for them, please let me know! No one has used any copies the past two meetings, so I'm not going to bring any unless someone asks! Stay safe and warm in the snow tomorrow, and see you all on Friday! As always, please let me know if there's anything I can do for you or if you have any questions. -Brian BARS January 2025 - Russell Murray.pdf more info... |
| 1/11/2025 | The Highland Park Recorder Society is offering a Consort Studio in central New Jersey, monthly sessions in ensemble playing for intermediate and above recorder players to play with one another and other instruments under a skilled conductor, with professional accompaniment. January 11, 2025 Giuseppe Sammartini Sonata II in F for 2 Alto Recorders and Continuo Meredyth Coleman, oboe Ruth Ochs, cello Second part played by oboe February 22, 2025 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Trio in F Major for Bass Recorder, Viola, and Continuo Tina Wagner, viola Ruth Ochs, cello We will play the recorder part on alto first, then anyone who wants can play on bass Both treble clef and bass clef parts are available March 22, 2025 Georg Friedrich Handel Sonata II in F for Alto Recorder and Violin (Op. 2 No. 4) Alexei Yavtuhovich, Violin Ruth Ochs, cello April 26, 2025 Georg Philipp Telemann Trio Sonata in A Minor (42:a6) for alto recorder and oboe. Nick Gatto, oboe Ruth Ochs, cello May 24, 2025 Georg Philipp Telemann Trio Sonata in F (42:F6) for alto recorder and violin. Alexei Yavtuhovich, Violin Ruth Ochs, cello June 28, 2025 Georg Philipp Telemann Trio 8 in B Flat Major for alto recorder and solo harpsichord. Steven Russell, harpsichord TBA, cello more info... |
| 1/12/2025 |  Do you recall the definition of insanity - doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results? When it comes to practice, how effective is that “repeat until I get it right” method working for you? Musicians are just beginning to understand what elite athletes have had to do for years to shave nano-seconds off of their timing. And it doesn’t happen by repetition. This skills class will introduce you to some of the psychology behind successful practice. Learn about efficient and effective techniques that work with our busy lives and help us reach our goals quickly with consistency and accuracy. It’s time to change how we approach practicing!more info... |
| 1/14/2025 -2/4/2025 | ARS introduces our next Free Online Beginners' Course! If you have never played recorder before, or if it has been eons since you have played, this is the course for you! Build a solid foundation for learning recorder through this 4-part beginners’ course for soprano or tenor recorder starting on May 2, 2023. Professional recorder player and teacher Annette Bauer will lead you through this course, covering technical aspects of posture, breath, air flow, articulation, fingerings for C-instruments, and intonation, as well as presenting easily accessible repertoire. Please make sure to purchase the Sweet Pipes method book vol. 1 for soprano recorder before class starts - additional music will be provided. 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. SP02313 (BLUE cover). This book can be purchased from one of our partners at these links: Sweet Pipes at Von Huene or Sweet Pipes at Honeysuckle Music. Dates: Tuesday, January 14th, 2025, at noon ET (11AM CT, 10AM MT, 9AM PT) Tuesday, January 21st, 2025, at noon ET (11AM CT, 10AM MT, 9AM PT) Tuesday, January 28th, 2025, at noon ET (11AM CT, 10AM MT, 9AM PT) Tuesday, February 4th, 2025, at noon ET (11AM CT, 10AM MT, 9AM PT) 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: Honeysuckle Music: 651-644-8545 Von Huene Workshop (The Early Music Shop of New England): (617) 277-8690 Lazar’s Early Music: (770) 366-8596 Recorder Forge: (503) 206-6212 Yamaha “Rottenburgh” and Aulos “Haka”plastic sopranos: https://www.recorderforge.com/Shop-by-brand/Aulos/?order=name-asc&p=1&properties=178283053f904129bb4aa8e3e9bd9fd8 http://www.honeysucklemusic.com/show3.php?cat=Soprano https://www.vonhuene.com/p-114-yamaha-rottenburgh-plastic-soprano.aspx https://www.vonhuene.com/p-125-aulos-plastic-haka-soprano.aspx https://lazarsearlymusic.com/collections/beginners-collection?constraint=soprano Yamaha and Aulos plastic tenors: https://www.recorderforge.com/Yamaha-Tenor-in-c-baroque-double-hole-with-double-key-plastic/YRT-304BII-YAM http://www.honeysucklemusic.com/show3.php?cat=Tenor https://www.vonhuene.com/p-116-yamaha-rottenburgh-plastic-tenor.aspx https://lazarsearlymusic.com/collections/beginners-collection/products/yamaha-abs-resin-recorder-tenor?variant=38071881367749 more info... |
| 1/14/2025 | The Old Avoca Schoolhouse in Avoca, Nebraska will be streaming three on line Renaissance Fiddle Tunes for Two Workshops for violins, violas, cellos, basses, mandolins, soprano recorder, and alto recorder. The workshop will explore tunes from our Renaissance Fiddling Tunes for Two book. These 28 traditional Renaissance tunes are arranged for two players, with chords for back-up musicians. Program notes and a source list are included. more info... |
| 1/18/2025 | New York Recorder Guild is pleased to welcome back Larry Zukof to lead our first session of 2025 on Saturday, January 18th at 1:30 p.m. "A Starry, Sacred Banquet" With the glorious acoustic of our playing space in mind, we will bookend this session with two sacred pieces by the extraordinary collaborative pair Thomas Tallis, nearing the end of his illustrious career, and William Byrd, in his 30s and fast becoming the Queen’s favorite. Both O sacrum convivium (O Sacred Banquet) and Siderum rector (Ruler of the Stars) come from the Cantiones sacrae(London, 1575), a publication of thirty-four sacred works by the two composers, each of whom contributed seventeen pieces celebrating the seventeenth anniversary of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Between these two masterpieces will be a six-part instrumental Pavane and, if time allows, the Galliard by Byrd as well as a lovely new arrangement of the shape note tune Star in the East by Will Ayton. WHERE: Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, 145 West 46th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues in Manhattan. We meet in Saint Joseph’s Hall, a side chapel of Saint Mary’s. Located in a brick building to the left – or west – of the main church, the entranceway is distinguished by the street number 145 prominently displayed on the door. A colorful sign will also identify the spot. Accessible via the 1/2/3/B/D/F/Q/R/N trains. DAY & TIME: Saturday, January 18, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Doors open at 1:00 p.m. MUSIC: If you are not a prepaid member for this season and would like the music beforehand, please contact newyorkrecorders@gmail.com. PER-MEETING FEES: Members: $20 per meeting Non-members: $30 per meeting PREPAYMENT OPTION: $180 Prepayment includes membership and admission to all meetings of the season. If you are paying via Zelle, send meeting fees to NYRG Treasurer Judith Wink at jwink@nyc.rr.com. Help us contact you by putting your email address in the "Notes" field. Send checks to New York Recorder Guild, 145 West 93rd Street, Apt. 2, New York, NY 10025, Attn: Judith Wink. If you use this option, please mail your check well in advance of the meeting date. |
| 1/18/2025 | The next meeting of the season is on Saturday, January 18th, 1:30 p.m. to 3:15, at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, 602 N Wilmot Road at 5th Street. There is plenty of parking in the NW parking lot under the solar panels. Park and walk around the north end of the church to the east, and meet in the Smith Parish Hall. Please see the attached map. The January meeting will feature: Warm up from the "Consort Collection Vol I" book led by Char Cordes: Review #33 (Page 36) - La Galuppa New #25(Page 26) - Fantasia II Music of Hans Leo Haßler (1564-1612): Germany at the dawn of the Baroque with Lawrence Lipnik Note to participants: Please print and bring scores and parts. Details are included in the attached files. If you are unable to print music for yourself, please reply to this email and let Scott Mason know. Viols are welcome to join the group, but note that the pitch for the meeting is A=440Hz. There is one PDF file for Recorders and another PDF file for Viols. more info... |
| 1/19/2025 | Join us on Sunday January 19 at 2 PM for our next meeting. We need to adjust our plans for our January meeting. A funeral is planned for the sanctuary at 2 PM, and then a reception to follow downstairs. That means that we will need to move to a different room for our first hour of playing, and then to the sanctuary for the rest of our meeting. We’re sorry about this sudden change of plans, but we are new to St. John’s, and an oversight like this early in our relationship with the ministry doesn’t surprise me. We should be able to avoid schedule conflicts like this in the future. When you arrive, enter the building as you normally would and head to the lower level. Nancy Chabala will lead us for our first hour, and then Lisette will lead us until 5 PM. The music for Sunday is available on our web site: https://chicagorecorders.org/resources/meeting-downloads/2024-2025-season/ The password is “ccars20”
For the University of Chicago Folk Music Festival on Saturday, February 8 at Ida Noyes Hall, we will gather in the library at 10 AM. http://www.uofcfolk.org/ And we would encourage you to register for our March 22 workshop at the Old Town School of Folk Music. Register online One more event coming up. Lee Newcomer, the owner of the Performer’s Music store in the Fine Arts Building, died last August. The store is offering a free memorial concert for Lee at the Studebaker Theater, 410 South Michigan Avenue, on Wednesday February 5 at 7 PM. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lee-newcomer-memorial-concert-tickets-1096730072169 more info... |
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| 1/25/2025 |  The New-Yeeres GiftRing in the new year (a few weeks late) with festive Holborne dances and other rousing and cheery pieces of the Renaissance and Baroque. In addition to Holborne’s “The New-Yeeres Gift”, we will experience some fireworks from Handel’s famous suite and play a setting of a popular Renaissance tune originally featured in a Medici wedding of 1589. more info... |
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