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FREE Online Recorder Class for Beginners with Jody Miller (alto recorder), March 2022
3/1/2022 - 3/10/2022

Event Description
ARS introduces a Free Online Beginners’ Course! 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 March 1, 2022. 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.

Dates:
Tuesday, March 1, 7:30 p.m. EST (6:30 p.m. CST, 5:30 p.m. MST, 4:30 p.m. PST)
Thursday, March 3, 7:30 p.m. EST (6:30 p.m. CST, 5:30 p.m. MST, 4:30 p.m. PST)
Tuesday, March 8, 7:30 p.m. EST (6:30 p.m. CST, 5:30 p.m. MST, 4:30 p.m. PST)
Thursday, March 10, 7:30 p.m. EST (6:30 p.m. CST, 5:30 p.m. MST, 4:30 p.m. PST)
 
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
Honeysuckle Music, St. Paul, MN: (651) 644-8545
Lazar's Early Music, Carson City, NV: (866) 511-2981
Recorderforge.com, Happy Valley, OR: (503) 210-1643
 
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