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.
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
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
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.
Music Director Steven Russell will lead a “Consort Studio” ensemble of recorder players in an exploration of Baroque Trio Sonatas through rehearsal, instruction and demonstration and end with the players opportunity to play solo alto with a professional ensemble of harpsichord and violin, flute, or oboe depending on the music. Focusing on ensemble skills, this will take place in a welcoming, intimate environment that encourages people to feel comfortable to get up and play. We will have opportunities to warm up on Renaissance music with SATB recorders, so bring all sizes.
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
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!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
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.
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.
1/25/2025
- Date: January 25, 2025
- Time: 9:00 am to 3:30 pm
- Location: First Presbyterian Church, 175 Lake Hollingsworth Drive, Lakeland FL
- Fee: $45.00
- Workshop leader: Claudia Gantivar
- To register, send check to Jane Spencer, 5404 Marina Cove, Lakeland, FL 33813
- For more information, contact Jane at (863) 644-8345, scamelia@aol.com or Claudia Holmes, (717) 818-8234, claudia421h@gmail.com
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.