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"Formed in 1995, the Society continues and extends the activities of the former West Australian Recorder Guild. The Society aims to:

• promote an interest in early music (pre-1800) played o­n all instruments, and all music for recorders, early to modern;
• encourage the study of the performance and interpretation of early music;
• stimulate community interest in, and appreciation of, recorder music and early music -- listening, playing and composing;
• promote fellowship and musicianship of players of all early instruments. ..."

Added on: Aug 06, 2007 | Hits: 824

"The Canberra Recorder and Early Music Society is aimed at people of all ages and abilities in the Canberra region who share a love of this ancient instrument. We offer regular playing opportunities with those who are like-minded in an informal and social atmosphere, as well as workshops led by professional tutors. Members are encouraged to play in consorts or small groups, and to form links with other players in the Canberra region. Members are entitled to use of the CREMS music library. Twice a year CREMS participates in a weekend workshop in Bundanoon, in southern NSW, in conjunction with the Sydney Society of Recorder Players. ..."

Added on: Aug 06, 2007 | Hits: 830

"Recorders/Early Music MetroWest was founded in 1999 as BRS-West (a satellite program of the Boston Recorder Society) to encourage consort playing and musician development in Boston’s western suburbs. Now an independent organization and a chapter of the American Recorder Society in our own right, we have completed eight successful seasons, averaging 45-50 players each month, with four or five coaches on hand at most meetings. Our members range in age from 17 to 70, and come from communities in New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Central Massachusetts as well as the metroBoston area. Now we begin our ninth season serving the early music community in the greater Metropolitan Boston area. " See website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Aug 16, 2007 | Hits: 456

"The Seattle Recorder Society welcomes recorder and viol players and other early musicians (both new players and experienced) to attend monthly meetings for group playing, performances by local artists, refreshments, and conversation. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Aug 22, 2007 | Hits: 552

"The Twin Cities Recorder Guild (TCRG), based in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, is a chapter of the American Recorder Society. It is a non-profit organization with the goal of supporting and encouraging recorder playing in our community. We provide opportunities for members to play together and to learn more about recorder playing, and we share recorder and early music with the community through performances, workshops, and a newsletter. ..." See website for more information (ed.)

Added on: Feb 09, 2008 | Hits: 514

"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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"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.)

Added on: Feb 10, 2008 | Hits: 479

"Vicki Boeckman is an acclaimed recorder virtuoso, freelance performing and recording artist, teacher of the recorder and related historical performance practices, a certified teacher of the F.M. Alexander Technique, and part-owner of the Danish-based company, Primavera Music Aps.

Ms. Boeckman was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She studied music and modern flute at California State University Northridge before moving to Copenhagen, Denmark in 1981. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in Copenhagen with a formal debut in 1987. Since her debut she has performed extensively in various chamber ensemble settings throughout the Scandinavian countries, USA, England, Scotland and northern Europe, and has recorded countless productions for Danish radio and television. As a soloist, Ms. Boeckman has appeared with several chamber orchestras in the USA and Scandinavia. She has recorded for the Danish labels Kontrapunkt, Paula and Primavera, and American Musical Heritage Society.

Vicki Boeckman teaches recorder and pedagogy at the Royal Academy of Music in Copenhagen. She returns to the United States regularly to perform and teach masterclasses and workshops sponsored by several of the leading National Recorder Societies. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Feb 24, 2008 | Hits: 477

"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 "

Added on: Mar 02, 2008 | Hits: 480

"The Mid-Peninsula Recorder Orchestra was founded on the premise that joining with others to make music is a pleasurable and personally rewarding experience. Because of its relatively large size, the enthusiasm of its membership and its diverse activities, the MPRO has something to offer those who play early instruments at any level. An American Recorder Society Consort, it is responsive to the needs of its members, and, with their input, creates programs and sets musical priorities tailored to their requirements. Membership is open without audition to anyone who knows the basics of an early instrument and can read and play the music provided at meetings. " See website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Mar 02, 2008 | Hits: 435

"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.)

Added on: Mar 02, 2008 | Hits: 498

"The Sacramento Recorder Society is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization. It is a chapter of the American Recorder Society and an affiliate of the San Francisco Early Music Society. We welcome recorder players of all ages and abilities as well as players of other early music instruments such as lutes, viols, sackbuts, shawms, curtals, krummhorns, and percussion. Beginners are urged to study privately to learn fingerings and become comfortable reading music before joining the recorder orchestra.

We meet monthly September through June, from 6:45-10:00 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month, at the Friends Meeting House, 890 57th St., between H and J. Most of our meetings are conducted by a professional early music specialist who teaches recorder technique and relevant music history and theory while exploring music of many eras.

Many of our members also play in smaller groups in members' homes during the rest of the month, and these consorts are encouraged to play at our June concert. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Mar 02, 2008 | Hits: 572

"The South Bay Recorder Society is one of many chapters of the American Recorder Society located nationwide. Located in San Jose, California, the organization is dedicated to the appreciation of a wonderful musical instrument called the recorder, which has been in existence for at least 800 years. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Mar 02, 2008 | Hits: 560

"Tibia is the recorder duo of Letitia (Tish) Berlin and Frances Blaker. Tish and Frances live in Albany, California, where they work as free-lance recorder players and teachers. Frances studied recorder in Denmark and Holland, with Eva Legene and Marion Verbruggen. Tish studied piano performance in North Carolina with Inga Morgan, and early music performance practices at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Tish pursued private recorder study with Frances, Marion Verbruggen, and others. Tish and Frances are members of other groups as well: the Farallon Recorder Quartet, and Ensemble Vermillian (Frances with her cellist sister Barbara, Elisabeth Reed, viola da gamba, and Katherine Heater, harpsichord). Tish and Frances travel a large part of the year, performing and teaching at recorder workshops. Tish currently serves as president of the American Recorder Society, a membership organization serving the entire community of recorder players and lovers of the recorder. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Mar 02, 2008 | Hits: 688

"Links to articles, lists, catalogues and databases concerning all aspects of the recorder worldwide. An ideal springboard for players, students, teachers, makers and researchers alike. " See website for more information. (ed.)

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"The American Recorder Society was founded in 1939 to enable recorder players to meet, improve their playing skills, and publish editions of recorder music. In 1999, the Society celebrated six decades of service to its constituents.

Today there are ARS members throughout the U.S., Canada, and 30 countries around the world, representing professional and amateur players, consorts and recorder orchestras, teachers, students, composers, workshop organizers, and those who make, repair, or sell recorders. Active ARS chapters exist all over North America. " See website for more information. (ed.)

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"The Atlanta Recorder Society's mission is to promote recorder playing in the metro Atlanta area through information about upcoming events,opportunites for group playing, connecting recorder players in the area, concerts, workshops and other opportunities. " See website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Mar 03, 2008 | Hits: 458

"The Sydney Society of Recorder Players was formed in 1956 to promote the playing of the recorder, and to foster interest in the musical repertoire of the instrument from medieval to modern times.

The Society provides opportunities for recorder players throughout Sydney and surrounding districts to meet and play the recorder. The Society supports other associations with similar aims. We sponsor the composition of original music for recorders.

There is a wide range of performance and competence on the recorder within the Society. Membership is open to all. " See website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Mar 04, 2008 | Hits: 826

"The Recorders and Early Music Union is a society of supporters of performance of classical and older music and dance, and recorder playing of all kinds. We promote the use of instruments, techniques and interpretation appropriate to the composer's culture.

We are based in Wellington, New Zealand. " See website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Mar 04, 2008 | Hits: 568

"The Guild is a society for recorder players and for all who enjoy recorder music.

The Victorian Recorder Guild is located in Victoria, Australia and many of its activities are based in Melbourne. " See website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Mar 04, 2008 | Hits: 956

"Known for his stunning blend of dazzling virtuosity and colorful expressivity, Matthias Maute is recognized as one of the foremost recorder players of his generation, and has earned an international reputation for his formidable talents as a traverso player as well as a composer. In 1990, after finishing his studies in Freiburg and Utrecht with Baldrick Deerenberg and Marion Verbruggen, he was awarded first prize in the prestigious Musica Antiqua Competition in Bruges, Belgium. That same year his CD Les Barricades, which includes some of his own works, was released. Four years later, he won the Dutch Impresariat Chamber Music Competition with Trio Passagio. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Mar 23, 2008 | Hits: 833

"Fontanella is the UK's leading professional recorder ensemble, featuring five of the country's most talented and respected recorder players. Their distinctive line-up combines a friendly and charismatic stage presence with the finest musicianship, offering something to everyone from the general music lover to the most seasoned early music enthusiast. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Mar 23, 2008 | Hits: 530

"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.)

Added on: Mar 30, 2008 | Hits: 537

"The Los Angeles Recorder Orchestra is one of a growing number of recorder orchestras that have sprung up in Europe and around the United States in recent years. LARO was founded in the summer of 2004, and is made up of thirty-six recorder players from all around Southern California. The group plays compositions ranging from the Renaissance period to the 20th century, arranged for sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, bass, great bass, contrabass and sub great bass recorders. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Mar 30, 2008 | Hits: 782

" The London Recorder Orchestra usually has 30-40 members but always welcomes new players. Prospective members should have a good standard of playing and sight-reading and be prepared to play any of the usual sizes of recorder (descant, treble, tenor or bass) as required. Players of larger instruments (great bass and contrabass recorders) are particularly welcome. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Mar 30, 2008 | Hits: 565