For more information and for registration forms, visit https://theglobalflutestudio.mymusicstaff.com/summer-camp-2026.
If your child was introduced to the recorder at school, enjoyed it, and would like to continue, our camp is the place to do it.
The Old Avoca Schoolhouse is offering an Ornamentation Workshop on-line for musicians who want to decorate their tunes with a variety of embellishments. The ornaments discussed will include trills, mordents, turns, etc. The workshop, streamed from The Old Avoca, NE Schoolhouse, will be on Tuesday, August 11, at 7 PM Central Time, Wednesday, August 12, at 10 AM Central Time, and Friday, August 14, at 7 PM Central Time.
Before the Workshop, students will receive an e-mail with some of the musical examples that will be explored. During the Workshop, many different ornaments will be discussed, and demonstrated. By the end of the session, each musician will have a better idea of what to do, how to do it, and when to do it.
Pre-registration is required. The fee is $15.00 per musician.
To register for the workshop:
Before the Workshop, students will receive an e-mail with some of the musical examples that will be explored. During the Workshop, many different ornaments will be discussed, and demonstrated. By the end of the session, each musician will have a better idea of what to do, how to do it, and when to do it.
Pre-registration is required. The fee is $15.00 per musician.
To register for the workshop:
https://greenblattandseay.com/workshops_ornamentation.shtml
The Old Avoca Schoolhouse is offering an Ornamentation Workshop on-line for musicians who want to decorate their tunes with a variety of embellishments. The ornaments discussed will include trills, mordents, turns, etc. The workshop, streamed from The Old Avoca, NE Schoolhouse, will be on Tuesday, August 11, at 7 PM Central Time, Wednesday, August 12, at 10 AM Central Time, and Friday, August 14, at 7 PM Central Time.
Before the Workshop, students will receive an e-mail with some of the musical examples that will be explored. During the Workshop, many different ornaments will be discussed, and demonstrated. By the end of the session, each musician will have a better idea of what to do, how to do it, and when to do it.
Pre-registration is required. The fee is $15.00 per musician.
To register for the workshop:
ARS Online Beginners’ Classes for Alto Recorder with Lewis Baratz
ARS introduces our next Free Online Beginner’s course for alto recorder. An ideal instrument for people looking forward to the social experience of playing with others, the recorder is also a flexible instrument for playing music from the Middle Ages to the present day. Most people can learn the basics and start playing in a relatively short time.
Lewis Baratz’s classes will be held:
Thursday, August 13, 7:30 PM ET (6:30 CT, 5:30 MT, 4:30 PT)
Thursday, August 20, 7:30 PM ET (6:30 CT, 5:30 MT, 4:30 PT)
Thursday, August 27, 7:30 PM ET (6:30 CT, 5:30 MT, 4:30 PT)
Thursday, September 3, 7:30 PM ET (6:30 CT, 5:30 MT, 4:30 PT)
The course is geared to students of all ages, but children 12 and under should be joined by an adult during the class.
The Old Avoca Schoolhouse is offering an Ornamentation Workshop on-line for musicians who want to decorate their tunes with a variety of embellishments. The ornaments discussed will include trills, mordents, turns, etc. The workshop, streamed from The Old Avoca, NE Schoolhouse, will be on Tuesday, August 11, at 7 PM Central Time, Wednesday, August 12, at 10 AM Central Time, and Friday, August 14, at 7 PM Central Time.
Before the Workshop, students will receive an e-mail with some of the musical examples that will be explored. During the Workshop, many different ornaments will be discussed, and demonstrated. By the end of the session, each musician will have a better idea of what to do, how to do it, and when to do it.
Pre-registration is required. The fee is $15.00 per musician.
To register for the workshop:
The Limit Does Not Exist: A Gentle Approach to Unconventional Notation and Recorder Techniques in the 20th and 21st CenturiesSince the 1960s, composers have found ways to include some rather unconventional techniques in solo and ensemble repertoire for the recorder. This exploration of tonal and rhythmic expression did not leave the recorder behind. Multiphonics, "prepared" instruments, glissandi, and countless other techniques are as suited to the recorder as they are for other instruments. This workshop will give players a chance to learn the terminology and notation that give us access to some of the standard 20th and 21st century repertoire; we'll study relevant excerpts and learn the techniques that keep us from limiting our scope to only the early repertoire. Most repertoire will be copyrighted and Jody will share excerpts on screen with permission from the publishers. A full repertoire list will be available about a month in advance, giving participants an opportunity to purchase full selections either before or after the workshop if they wish to see these excerpts in context.
Open to all levels, but techniques and notation are mostly appropriate for solid intermediate to advanced players with an interest in contemporary music.
Duets are some of the best pedagogical tools for strengthening your recorder-playing skills! If you are new to playing with others, still shaky with keeping the beat, unfamiliar with counting the half note as getting the beat (hello, Renaissance music!), and still getting used to the sound of others playing around you, then this course is for you. Designed for advanced beginners/low intermediate players on soprano, alto, and tenor recorders (if you have taken the ARS Beginners’ Class and 2nd-Level Class, then you are ready for this course), this 3-part course will help you with developing your counting skills, your listening skills, and prepare you to play with your local ARS chapters and affable recorder-playing friends! All music/materials will be provided.
Course Fee: $75
Course Dates: Aug 17, 24, 31 at 8 - 9 PM, ET
You may register on my website
Week 1: Counting and listening to the other part.
Week 2: Music in imitation - and we’re still listening!
Week 3: Renaissance music - the half note gets the beat!
When: Saturday, August 22, 2026 9:00am - 4:30pm
Where: Mountain View United Methodist Church 355 Ponca Place, Boulder, CO 80303
Price: Early Bird (by July 31st): $45 / Regular (August 1 - August 21): $50 / Day of Workshop: $60
Register: https://tinyurl.com/croworkshop26
This playing session explores the development of harmony and counterpoint from the late Renaissance to the present day. We'll play dance music by 16th-century composers Giorgio Mainerio, Pierre Attaingnant, Gaumi, and Cabezon, then jump 200 years ahead to a trio sonata for three alto recorders by Johann Mattheson. We'll conclude the session with a new piece for ATTB by composer and wind player Owen G. Davitt.Duets are some of the best pedagogical tools for strengthening your recorder-playing skills! If you are new to playing with others, still shaky with keeping the beat, unfamiliar with counting the half note as getting the beat (hello, Renaissance music!), and still getting used to the sound of others playing around you, then this course is for you. Designed for advanced beginners/low intermediate players on soprano, alto, and tenor recorders (if you have taken the ARS Beginners’ Class and 2nd-Level Class, then you are ready for this course), this 3-part course will help you with developing your counting skills, your listening skills, and prepare you to play with your local ARS chapters and affable recorder-playing friends! All music/materials will be provided.
Course Fee: $75
Course Dates: Aug 17, 24, 31 at 8 - 9 PM, ET
You may register on my website
Week 1: Counting and listening to the other part.
Week 2: Music in imitation - and we’re still listening!
Week 3: Renaissance music - the half note gets the beat!