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"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.)

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"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.)

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"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.)

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"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. ..."

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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: 598