| Date | Event |
| 12/1/2025 -12/31/2025 | Enjoy Alkemie’s new concert film, Saltwinds & Spice with Rose of the Compass from the comfort of your own home! A viewing link will be sent to you upon purchase, and will be available to view until December 31, 2025. In SALTWINDS & SPICE Alkemie joins forces with Rose of the Compass, featuring recorder superstar Nina Stern and Armenian-American oud-player and beloved composer Ara Dinkjian. Together, we explore the world of medieval Cyprus, offering a window into a multiethnic entrepot. Hear musical tales of rose-scented fountains, shrines famous for both holy relics and snake-hunting cats, and monarchies founded by mermaids. Featuring French ars subtilior music from the Cyprus Codex (MS. J.II.9) alongside Armenian and Greek folk music. more info... |
| 12/1/2025 | We will explore music contained in the Llibre Vermell - aka the “Red Book of Montserrat”. This is a 14th century source, now bound in a red cover, associated with the shrine on the top of the mountain Montserrat near Barcelona in the Catalan-speaking part of Spain. Ten compositions survive, from monophonic songs accompanying round dances, to devotional prayers, to short rounds. The music was apparently specifically compiled to serve as music deemed appropriate to be sung by the pilgrims as can be gathered from the following paragraph, preceding the second piece: Because sometimes pilgrims keeping vigil in the church of the Blessed Virgin of Montserrat want to sing and dance - and similarly on the square during daytime – and since it is not appropriate to sing there anything else than honourable and pious songs, above and below some have been written. They should be used neatly and frugally in order not to disturb those who persevere in prayers and pious contemplations, things all people who keep vigil should concentrate on and piously apply themselves to. more info... |
| 12/4/2025 | BCRS is pleased to invite you to our FREE fifth annual Festivus for the Rest of Us holiday celebration! Started during the pandemic, our Festivus celebration, led by Colin and Andrea MacDonald, has become enormously popular and is now a BCRS annual tradition. All are welcome to take part in this free, fun, and silly evening of games and music. For details on how to take part, read the tongue-in-cheek directions below. We look forward to seeing you! more info... |
| 12/6/2025 -12/7/2025 | Rosamund Morley and Lawrence Lipnik: Three's Company Saturday, December 6, 1:00 p.m. ET Bring your viol to a virtual consort with Larry Lipnik and Ros Morley exploring a century of trios for viols; from Henry VIII's Songbook to the music that might have been played by the Princes Charles and Henry, sons of James I, and other royal patrons. The session will be suitable for all sizes of viol. Each piece will be played three times in "Music Minus One" style, with a different part left out each time so that everyone can enjoy playing a trio with us. The other times you may just listen or double one of us playing your part. The repertoire will include music by William Byrd, Edward and Orlando Gibbons, Elway Bevin, Anthony Holborne, Thomas Lupo, Giovanni Coprario and the Anonymous composer who wrote for Henry VIII's first viol consort. Geared to intermediate - advanced viol players, but all are welcome. Pitch: A= 415.
Jennifer Carpenter: The Temperamental Musician Saturday, December 6, 3:00 p.m. ET Musicians are rarely accused of being single-minded! We are often asked to create differing yet compelling imagery or affects through performance. Rooted in ancient Greek philosophy the four temperaments - sanguine, melancholic, choleric, and phlegmatic - are associated with a distinct set of characteristics that we still recognize as a mixture of our own personality traits. Join Jennifer Carpenter as we bring to life a Sephardic lullaby and music by Weelkes, Bach, and Purcell that represents each of the four temperaments. Open to recorder players, upper intermediate and above, other melody players welcome! Pitch: A=440.
Emily Eagen: Nowell We Sing
As the days grow darker, come sing songs to warm the spirit! We'll look at a wide range of medieval, renaissance, and early baroque songs that evoke the sacred and secular celebrations of the season and capture the beauty and mystery of wintertime. Repertoire will be drawn from medieval English carols, broadside ballads, Spanish villancicos, French and German carols, and more! With an emphasis on repertoire that you can get up and running right away, we'll fold in vocal technique tips to help you make the songs really sing, and discuss ideas for how to perform these songs both as solo and ensemble music. These are wonderful melodies to play as well as sing, and all singers and instrumentalists are welcome! Pitch: A=440.
Anna O'Connell: Introduction to Historical Harps Sunday, December 7, 1:00 p.m. ET A lecture and play along with harpist Anna O'Connell. Join Anna O'Connell to learn the difference between a romanesque and a gothic harp, or an arpa doppia and a Spanish double. This presentation covers a wide scope of historical harps before the mid-18th century, and the way in which theory and technology communicate to match the musical zeitgeist. This session will be a lecture and play along—as we learn about different harps, we'll play through examples of different repertoires and notations for these harps, so come prepared with any harp or your instrument of choice! For instrumentalists and singers of all levels. Pitch: A=440.
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| 12/6/2025 | Recorder players at all levels are welcome. Beginners should be comfortable with either the C fingerings of the soprano and tenor or the F fingerings of the alto and bass. Eventually, beginners should learn both C and F fingerings so that they can enjoy playing different parts of a musical piece. Bring any size of soprano, alto, tenor, or bass recorder that you have. You will have a chance to explore more than one part of each piece. Both plastic and wooden instruments are welcome. Pitch is A=440. Please bring a music stand. We recommend that you bring a stand light to supplement the ceiling light. More info: https://www.nyrg.org/ --- The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin at 145 West 46th Street, between Sixth and Seventh Avenues in Manhattan. Meetings are held in St. Joseph’s Hall, a side chapel of St. Mary's. Located in a brick building to the left of the main church, the entranceway is distinguished by the street number 145 displayed on the door. 1:30-3:30 PM. Doors open at 1PM. --- Meeting Fees: $20 per meeting for members $30 per meeting for non-members ----- FULL SEASON PREPAYMENT OPTION: $180. Includes annual membership dues and meeting fees for the entire 2025-26 season. ----- Send payment using Zelle to NYRG treasurer Judith Wink at jwink@nyc.rr.com. Please put your email address in the Notes field. Alternatively, send checks to New York Recorder Guild, 145 West 93rd Street, Apt. 2, New York, NY 10025. |
| 12/7/2025 |  Essences of Expression: Exploring Baroque melody, with music by Telemann, Corelli and Händel.more info... |
| 12/13/2025 |  A PRAETORIUS CHRISTMASWelcome the Holiday Season with music by four German composers from around 1600, all named Praetorius! Some of them were related, others were not. But all four followed a certain fashion in 16th and 17th century Germany. Two-, three-, four-, and eight-part settings of Advent and Christmas hymns in the Lutheran tradition are going to be framed by two instrumental pieces a 5. more info... |
| 12/14/2025 | A Christmas concert will be held by the members at 2:45 pm during the December 14th meeting, open to the public. It will be held in the Friends Meeting House in Downers Grove, 6710 Lomond Avenue. Refreshments will follow. |
| 12/15/2025 |  We are excited to announce the continuation of Medieval Mondays taught by NAVRS music director Annette Bauer - thank you for your continued interest in medieval music!The Medieval Mondays Fall Edition 2025 runs from September to December in four sessions. Each class will focus on a particular medieval topic, composer, or musical source. A brief overview of the historical context is followed by a selection of music to discover and play together. Scores will be available for registered participants a week ahead of each class. Play-along files will be created on recorders. Medieval Mondays will take place on zoom on the following dates, always from 12:30-2pm Eastern:
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| 12/15/2025 | Medieval Mondays Fall Edition 2025 NAVRS is excited to announce the continuation of Medieval Mondays taught by NAVRS music director Annette Bauer - thank you for your continued interest in medieval music! The Medieval Mondays Fall Edition 2025 runs from September to December in four sessions. Each class will focus on a particular medieval topic, composer, or musical source. A brief overview of the historical context is followed by a selection of music to discover and play together. Scores will be available for registered participants a week ahead of each class. Play-along files will be created on recorders. Medieval Mondays will take place on zoom on the following dates, always from 12:30-2pm Eastern: --September 8: Medieval rounds and grounds --October 27: Medieval Bestiary --November 17: La Spagna --December 15: Early 15th century English Carols Each Zoom meeting will be recorded and will stay viewable on demand until one full month after the final session of the series. Come join in on this musical time-travel on Mondays from 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Eastern time. The course fee of $80 includes all 4 live sessions and the recordings. |
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