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“The Worcester Hills Recorder Society was founded in 1995 by several Worcester area recorder teachers to promote the playing and enjoyment of recorders.  WHRS encourages players of all levels from beginner to advanced to participate in the society. ..“

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Alan Davis was born in Birmingham in 1945. He studied the clarinet at the Royal College of Music (1963-5), read music at Keble College, Oxford (1965-8) and in 1970 was awarded an MA by Birmingham University for research on the music of Jacques Hotteterre.

A growing interest in renaissance and baroque music and historic performance practice led him to the recorder, and he has devoted most of his professional life to studying, playing, teaching and composing for that instrument.

As a performer he has worked principally with small ensembles including the Halcyon Ensemble, Borromini Ensemble and Trio Faronell, and with the harpsichordist David Ponsford. He has held recorder teaching appointments at Birmingham Conservatoire (1968-91), the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (1994-6) and with Birmingham Music Service (1985-2005).

He currently teaches at Chetham’s School of Music and in the Junior School of the Royal Northern College of Music, and is a regular tutor at The Northumbrian Recorder and Viol School and the South Bohemia Summer School of Early Music. He also continues to direct Birmingham Schools’ Recorder Sinfonia which he founded in 1979.

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"The Monterey Bay Recorder Society, founded in 1982, is a chapter of the American Recorder Society and an affiliate of the San Francisco Early Music Society.

Our interest is in the recorder and its music, with an emphasis on early music. Our purpose is to enjoy the social and musical pleasures of ensemble playing using recorder, krummhorns, viols, voices, harpsichord and other appropriate instruments. " See website for more information. (ed.)

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“The Colorado Recorder Orchestra was formed in summer 2004, and had its debut performance at the Early Music Colorado “Fall Festival of Early Music” in October, 2004. In 2005 and 2006 there have been many performances in the Denver area and surrounding communities, and an appearance at the EMC “Fall Festival of Early Music” in October 2005.

The orchestra was organized by leaders from three Colorado chapters of the American Recorder Society who have formed the governing board for the orchestra. The goal was to provide a challenging musical adventure for more advanced recorder players. When first organized, the ensemble was called, “Front Range Recorder Orchestra.” This has been changed to Colorado Recorder Orchestra, since it is the only one in the state. The director of the Colorado Recorder Orchestra is Rose Marie Terada. The group is made up of volunteers. Players, board members, and the director all volunteer their time for the recorder orchestra. ..“

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"I am a professional recorder player and teacher, based on Long Island, New York, USA. I’m actually originally from England, but this is now home. I am a founding member of two prominent ensembles: the New Amsterdam Recorder Trio (NewART) and Sympatica. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"The history of the trade mark MOLLENHAUER started with a cultural impetus in 1822 given by Johann Andreas Mollenhauer. This impetus will appear in the following history as 'the breath, the soul of the recorder' living and weaving as an 'acting reason, sometimes assembling flexible, sometimes meaty' through all generations up to now. Restating persons of the MOLLENHAUER family in this report first they are representatives for an unknown number of men and women - handcrafters, traders, musicians and music teachers - more or less closely related to the family and inflamed by this impetus and bearing it for almost two hundred years responsibly. "

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Added on: Apr 08, 2008 | Hits: 323

“Born in Amsterdam in 1957, Peter Holtslag studied recorder at the Conservatorium of his native town, graduating ‚cum laude‘ in 1980, his leading sources of inspiration being Frans Brüggen and Kees Boeke. From then onwards he has toured worldwide as a recorder and transverse flute player.

A distinguished soloist and chamber musician, playing both "early" and contemporary music, he shared the concert platform with musicians such as Gustav Leonhardt, William Christie, Roy Goodman and ensembles such as The English Concert, The Orchestra of the 18th Century, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, La Fontegara Amsterdam, Trio Noname and recorded for radiostations all over the globe ( ABC Sydney, National Radio USA, WDR Köln, NOS Holland, New Zealand Radio, BBC London etc ). He appeared at major festivals in many of the European cultural capitals like Utrecht, London, Lisbon, Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen &c.

His ca. 25 CD-recordings on most major labels ( such as Hyperion, DGG/Archiv, Chandos, &c. ) have won international acclaim . ..“

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"The East Bay Recorder Society is an association of recorder enthusiasts in the San Francisco Bay area. Recorder players from low intermediate to advanced levels are invited to join to play music together and to learn more about the recorder. Membership activities include the following:

• Monthly playing meetings September through June featuring professional conductors.
• • Music in advance upon request (additional fee)
  • Breakout sessions to rehearse selected piences with a conductor before joining the entire group.
• Monthly newsletter September through June
• Sponsored workshops, including a weekend in May at the Marin Headlands, featuring large group, special-interest and low-intermediate sessions with ten professional conductors
• Viols and soft double reeds also welcome
• Opportunities to perform before a supportive audience of chapter members at the Autumn Salon and Spring Members Recital.
• Members' directory, Twelfth Night Party and Summer Play-in and Picnic "

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"For nearly seventy years The Society of Recorder Players has been stimulating interest and enjoyment in the art of recorder playing. " See website for more information. (ed.)

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"The purposes of the Aeolus Recorder Konsort are:

* To cultivate, foster, sponsor, and develop the understanding, taste and love of the musical arts.
* To cultivate, foster, sponsor, and develop love and appreciation of the art, history, literature and uses of the recorder and related musical instruments.
* To promote appreciation of and to raise the level of proficiency in the performance and uses of the recorder and related musical instruments. "

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“The Farallon Recorder Quartet gives inspiring performances of a vast and varied repertoire extending across time and genre. Bach and Gershwin, Ockeghem and Serocki; sedate, wild, sublime, Farallon Recorder Quartet does it all with style, reaching out to modern audiences in an accessible and exciting manner. Farallon's debut CD, a collection of sacred and secular works by the 16th century composer Ludwig Senfl, was released in 2005. The Farallon Recorder Quartet performs on numerous types of recorder from Medieval to modern, from sopranino to contrabass, from 6 inches to 6 feet tall. While devoting much of their concert programs to Renaissance and Baroque music, Farallon Recorder Quartet is also active in performing 20th and 21st century music, both well established works, and newly composed pieces, some of which have been written for the ensemble.

Members of Farallon: Letitia Berlin, Louise Carslake, Annette Bauer, Frances Blaker …“

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"Helen Hooker studied the recorder at Trinity College of Music under Philip Thorby, graduating in 1993 with a first class degree and the Post-Graduate Certificate in performance with distinction. She now combines performing on the recorder with teaching the instrument.

Helen regularly teaches on residential courses for players of all ages, including the Recorder Summer School, of which she is Chairman. Helen has also tutored on the Northern Recorder Course and the Irish Recorder and Viol Course. She directed recorder courses at The Old Rectory, Fittleworth from 1998 until the College closed in 2002 and now directs weekend recorder courses at West Dean College. Helen also tutors on weekend recorder courses at Dillington House in Somerset and Belstead House in Suffolk.

Helen is a visiting conductor and Musical Advisor to the Society of Recorder Players, regularly conducting playing days,pastoral visits and workshops for SRP branches throughout the country. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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“Since 1991, there is our recorder ensemble at the VHS-Ahrensburg, led by Katrin Stobbe. Our 10-year anniversary of 2001 we finally gave us a name: BLOCK WAY. Meanwhile, we have 22 players and players into 2 groups that meet once a week on Wednesdays and Fridays in the course of the semester VHS to rehearse. ..“ (Google translate)

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"Desert Pipes is the Phoenix Chapter of the ARS. We currently have around two dozen members of all ages. Chapter activities include monthly meetings and rehearsals. We also sponsor workshops given by leading recorder teachers including the Farallon Quartet, Letitia Berlin, Vicki Boeckman, and the Wood 'n' Flutes trio. Our repertoire for monthly playing sessions is generally Renaissance and early Baroque music at an intermediate level, but we have resources for players of all levels of ability. Membership fee is $50 per year for members of the American Recorder Society and $60 for others, or $5 per meeting for part-year residents or drop-ins. Many of our members have their own performing groups, so it is a great opportunity for networking with fellow musicians. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"Membership in the Southern California Recorder Society is open to all who are interested in playing recorders and other early instruments such as viols, krumhorns, shawms, sackbutts, and cornettos. The society is a chapter of the American Recorder Society, and holds monthly meetings from September through June. Dues also cover the coaching/mentoring sessions and a monthly newsletter. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"David, born and raised in the USA, graduated Summa cum Laude from the University of California at San Diego where he studied with flautist Bernhardt-Ambros Batschelet, composers Robert Erickson and Bernard Rands, harpsichordist Anthony Newman, conductor Thomas Nee and double bass player Bertram Turetzky (his advisor for musicology). After graduating David went to Paris where he continued his studies of Early Music interpretation with harpsichordist Antoine Geoffroy-Dechaume, a student of Early Music pioneer Arnold Dolmetsch, and then settled in Florence, Italy where, since 1979, he has taught Recorder at the Conservatorio Statale di Musica "Luigi Cherubini" in Florence, Italy." See website for more information. (ed.)

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"In January 1981 the Manchester Recorder orchestra was founded by Dennis Bamforth, and this year we are Celebrating 25 years. Rehearsal is normally last saturday in each month (see members information page for details). Players are mainly from the Greater Manchester conurbation but as many as a fifth of the sixty plus players travel long distances to take part. The instrumentation of the group is 2 Sopraninos, 8 Descants, 12 Trebles, 12 Tenors, 12 Basses, 10 Great Basses and 6 Contra Basses. The descants, trebles and tenors are further divided into two sections each; basses are also divided occasionally. Each section has a principal, responsible for any solo work that comes along. Since 1982 the Orchestra has given regular public concerts. In 1986 we gave our first of the annual concerts at the Royal Northern College of Music. There is a policy of playing by invitation at various other venues. These have included concerts in Bradford, Buxton, Coventry, Stretford, Manchester Cathedral, Salvation Army Church at Sale, and for the Heptonstall Festival of Music. The orchestra also gives an annual concert in Stretford in St Matthew's Hall which is our rehearsal venue. Each year a further concert is given for a charitable fund. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"A chapter of the national organization, the American Recorder Society, the San Diego County Recorder Society (SDCRS) has been in existence since 1972. A membership organization, SDCRS supports the recreational playing and performance of recorders and other early music instruments.

SDCRS meets monthly to play ensemble music from medieval to 20th century with professional conductors. Our monthly chapter meetings are held in the afternoon on the third Saturday (usually) of the month from September through June.

Recorder players of all skill levels are invited to attend. All players are invited to attend at warm-up session from 1:00 p.m. to 1:50 p.m.; then all players will be instructed by our guest conductor from 2:00 to 4:30 p.m. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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“We are a recorder collective devoted to contemporary and early music. One of our biggest goals is to inspire new works and create a dynamic and exciting forum for exploring the music of our time.”

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"Brisk gave its first concert in the Bachzaal in Amsterdam in 1986. The ensemble has been active ever since then, and thus became the quartet of renown which it is now. Over the last twenty years Brisk has been bombarding concert halls with its original, innovatory and quite unusual concert programmes. ...

The quartet also excels in performances of early music, enhanced by a never-ending search for unknown repertoire and arrangements made in agreement with the tradition of their instrument. Many musicians have been working together with Brisk. Among them were Michael Chance, Johannette Zomer, Maarten Koningsberger, the Egidius Kwartet, the Gesualdo Consort, Bernard Winsemius, Leo van Doeselaar, Susanne Braumann, Mike Fentross, and The Locke Consort. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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The Ensemble MEZZALUNA was founded in 2003 as a logical consequence of many years of musicological and organological co-operation between the Belgian recorder player Peter van Heyghen and the English recorder maker Adrian Brown. Their collaboration reached a climax in 2003, when both were asked to present papers at the "International Symposium on the Renaissance Flute and Recorder", organised by the Dutch musicological organisation STIMU. Both considered it a priority to present their ideas through a musical collaboration and thus the idea of MEZZALUNA was born.

The composition of the ensemble, depending on the programme, typically consists of three to six experienced instrumentalists from Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Austria. Their aim is to interpret polyphonic music composed between ca. 1480 and ca. 1630 using historically documented performance practice.

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" The Society of Recorder Players was inaugurated on 7 October 1937 by Max and Stephanie Champion together with Carl Dolmetsch and Edgar Hunt. It was at first London based although there were groups meeting at all sorts of strange places around the country. After the War the branch system started and first off the ground was Manchester, when on 10 June 1947 Professor Ross Waller and Rev. F. F. Rigby met with about 50 enthusiastic players at Holly Royde College, an outpost of Manchester University Extra-mural Department. Ross Waller was elected President, Mr. Rigby chairman, Richard Hall Musical Director and Miss Edith Middleton was the first secretary. The first playing meeting was held at Holly Royde on 12 Sept.1947 So we are now 50 year's old, rather to our surprise we have to confess! In fact we are indebted to Miss Enid Hunt who mentioned in a recent letter that Bristol branch were celebrating their 50th birthday next February and that we had just beaten them to it. We thought that in default of a formal celebration a brief history of the branch might be of interest to members. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"The Wirral Recorder Orchestra was founded in 1998 by Diane Barton, to encourage recorder players from all over the North West to play in an orchestral setting.

We generally perform two concerts per year in December and May.

The orchestra has nearly fifty members and its instrumentation includes sopranino, descant, treble, tenor, bass, great bass and contra bass recorders. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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“Férdia combines performance, research and teaching. She thereby aims to explore the many facets of musical experience, including the intellectual and the physical.

Férdia gained a doctorate, entitled Musical Meaning and the Resonance of the Material, from the University of Cambridge (funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Board). Whilst completing this she undertook a Masters in Music Performance at Trinity College of Music, London, for which she was awarded a scholarship. Here she specialised in recorder within the early music faculty.

Férdia is the Collard Fellow of The Worshipful Company of Musicians for 2009-2010. ..“

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