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"Kathryn Bennetts and Peter Bowman have performed throughout the UK, in Germany, Norway, Estonia and the United States and have broadcast for TVS, Classic FM, BBC Radio 3, Lyric FM Dublin, Radio Netherlands and Deutschland Radio.

In 1998 "The Quarter Tone Recorder Manual" (Edition Moeck No. 2084) was published. The Quarter Tone Recorder Manual is an introduction to quarter-tonality on the recorder through a series of graded studies and compositions written by Bennetts and Bowman in collaboration with composer Donald Bousted.

Their CD recording of Bousted's A Journey Among Travellers and their most recent CD, Flights of Fancy, have received wide critical acclaim." Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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“The North Queensland Recorder Society was established in 1995 to bring together all recorder players in the Townsville and wider North Queensland region for skills development (through workshops, etc) and social playing.

Its large-group activities have settled into a pattern of about four 'Playdays' - themed Sunday afternoon playing sessions - each year plus an annual weekend residential workshop with an out-of-town tutor. Guest tutors for the workshops have included Zana Clarke, Genevieve Lacey, Peter Madge, Jessica Shaw, Rodney Waterman and Ruth Wilkinson.

The society also encourages formation of amateur consorts, maintains a library of recorder music, and produces a newsletter. Individual members of the Society appear with performing groups such as “The Telemann Ensemble”  which feature recorders.” Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"Giorgio Matteoli is the President of Early Music Italia Association, founder of the ROmaMusicanticA Early Music Festival as well as leader of FESTA RUSTCA italian baroque ensemble; gratuated in cello, recorder, chamber music; with a degree in Music History at Rome “La Sapienza” University is now teacher of recorder at L’Aquila conservatoire. After performing with his own instruments on Baroque repertoire, he worked with several ensembles, concert institutions and Italian and foreign theatres both as a cello player (obbligato and continuo), and recorder solo player, he was also involved in several recordings, including radio and received several positive feedbacks from national and international music critics. He is the founder of Festa Rustica ensemble (see Festa Rustica curriculum) and of ROmaMusicanticA recorder quartet ensemble, thanks to the contribution of young talented flute players presents a wide program from late Renaissance to Baroque, up to Classicism, all adapted on timber and execution of different recorders and ensembles. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"Originally from Israel, now based in New York, recorder player Daphna Mor began her music studies at the age of eight. Ms. Mor has been seen in performances throughout Europe, Israel and the United States both as a soloist and as ensemble/band member. Awards and performances include solo recitals in Germany, Croatia and Switzerland; Orchestra member with the New York Philharmonic (Alan Gilbert, Conductor) and with City Opera, Lincoln Center, NY; Solo recital at the Metropolitan Museum of Arts and Trinity Church, New York; Soloist with The New York Collegium, (Andrew Parrot, conductor); Guest Appearances with Piffaro- the Renaissance Band, Monteverdi Vespers with Washington Bach Ensemble (Harry Christophers-conductor); First Prize in the Settimane Musicali de Lugano Solo Competition; Twice the winner of the Boston Conservatory Concerto Competition 1996, 2000, Boston; As a band member In World Music, Ms. Mor has appeared on prestigious stages as Summer Stage-Central Park ,NY; Teatro Manzoni, Milano; Gesteig, Munich; and in festivals and halls all over the United States, Canada, Poland, Germany, Slovenia, Austria, Greece, Italy, Spain and Israel. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"If you play recorder or an early musical instrument, we invite you to join us on the second Friday of each month September through June at 7:30 p.m. Each meeting is preceded by a prelude performed by members at 7:20. We meet at Trinity Episcopal Church, 2400 Canal Street in Orange. Our meetings are playing sessions conducted by professional musicians. All size recorders and all playing levels may attend. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"The society was founded in 1953 as an offshoot of the Adult Education Centre in Auckland, until in the mid 1960's it became an independant entity.Since then the society has matured and now has members of all ages and abilities throughout New Zealand.

OUR AIMS ARE

• To provide opportunities for recorder players to meet for playing

• To encourage recorder consorts

• To provide a library of music

• To improve the standard of recorder playing and encourage the authentic interpretation of recorder music

• To inform people about concerts, music schools and other events of interest

• To keep in contact with recorder players both in New Zealand and overseas "
  
  
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“Rodney Waterman is a performer, teacher and composer who specialises in the recorder. He studied with Kees Boeke in Italy and Holland in the mid-1980s. His repertoire is eclectic, including early, folk and contemporary and Brazilian music, with a particular interest in improvised music. He has performed and tutored widely in Australia and New Zealand including numerous major Festivals. ..“ Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"Biography: Kay Hettich BA in Music, Princeton University MA in Music, University of California, Berkeley Conservatory diploma in piano. (The school no longer exists, although its affiliate still does. I usually omit the school name.) Kay has coached recorder ensembles--including mixed ensembles of voice, instruments, and recorders--since 1994. She has directed the Redding Chapter of the American Recorder Society since 2005. Kay was an ARS Scholarship recipient in 1994 and 2006. She attended San Francisco Early Music Society summer workshops in 1994, 2006, and 2008. She has received lessons and coaching from Judy Linsenberg, Annette Bauer, Frances Blaker, and Marion Verbruggen. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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“Flautando Köln was founded in 1990. We, Katharina Hess, Susanne Hochscheid, Ursula Thelen und Kerstin de Witt, received our artistic education a.o. in Amsterdam, Hamburg and Cologne and passed our respective examinations with distinction.

Since our founding, Flautando Köln performs nationally and internationally and we have also produced several recordings for national radio (i.e. WDR, SWF, Radio Bremen, DLF, Saarländischer Rundfunk).

With our broad musical repertoire from middle age to modern music and our interesting range of instruments and musical programmes, Flautando Köln are regular participants at well known festivals across Europe, like a.o. Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Times of Ancient Music Festival in Berlin and Herne, Music Festival Dresden, International Music Exhibition in London, Music Festival Middle-Europe in the Czech Republic, Festival Tirana Autumn in Albania, Festival of Ancient Music in Switzerland and at the Porto Series in Portugal.. .“ Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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Recorder Consort established in 2003. Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"Alfred Zachertz received his first recorder lessons in his hometown Limbach-Oberfrohna. Aged nine, he learned to play the violin. After having studied the viola at the Hochschule für Musik Leipzig with Professor Arnold Matz, he was engaged as solo violist at the state orchestra Leipzig. During this period, through studies with Gudrun Berger, Zachertz could distinguish himself on the recorder, thus making it his main instrument. During the last years his range of instruments was extended by Praetorius instruments such as loud altoregister, crooked horn and chamois-horn. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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“Racheal Cogan is a recorder player who has worked extensively in modal music forms around the world. She completed her BMus (Hons) degree at Monash University in 2005 with a thesis on Sufism and Persian classical music. Since July 2005 she has been based in Sydney, where she performs in duo with percussionist Tony Lewis, freelances as a recorder player, teaches, and composes. She is currently performing as a musician in the new Cirque du Soleil resident show in Macau, Zaia ..“ Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"Born in 1983 in Rio de Janeiro, Inês d’Avena attended as a four-year-old her first music class with Luiz Carlos Csekö and on the next year began to take recorder lessons regularly with Cláudia Ernst Dias and Tina Pereira, having participated in concerts in Rio and Brasília with the group “Os Flautistas da Pró-Arte”. Also studied piano from 1991 until 1994 with Elza Usurpator Schachter.

With fourteen began to participate in early music festivals both in her native Brazil – Juiz de Fora, Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba, and abroad – the X Boston Early Music Festival & Exhibition and the XIII Baroque Academy of the Amherst Early Music Festival.

In such occasions worked with Gwénaël Bihan, Hans-Joachim Fuss, Cléa Galhano, Geert van Gele, Pierre Hamon, Dan Laurin, Marion Verbruggen, Reine-Marie Verhagen, having chamber music lessons with Francisco Gato, Edmundo Hora and Homero de Magalhães Filho and participating in baroque orchestra projects with Manfred Kraemer and Sigiswald Kuijken.

In 2001, after being accepted in many European conservatories, amongst which the Civica Scuola di Milano, Rotterdams Conservatorium, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and Koninklijk Conservatorium in The Hague, decided for the latter, having concluded in May 2005 the Bachelor Degree in Music under the orientation of Reine-Marie Verhagen. Also in the same year, finished the teaching diploma (Muziekpedagogiek), with the juri’s compliments on working with young musicians.

In 2003 performed Hans Werner Henze’s Pollicino with the Nationale Reisopera and participated in the Steve Reich Festival performing at the most important music halls in Holland. In 2004 took part of the Fringe program of the Holland Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht and performed also at the Soloists of the Koninklijk Conservatorium Concert at the Chateau de Chimay during the 5th International Baroque Singing Competition in Chimay (Belgium). In 2005 performed as soloist at the opening concert of a series of concerts at the Anton Philipzaal in cooperation with the Koninklijk Conservatorium.

Performed A. Campra’s L’Europe Galante with the 12e Académie Baroque Européenne d'Ambronay, under the direction of William Christie.

Currently working on the Master’s Degree at the Koninklijk Conservatorium, under the orientation of Sébastien Marq. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"The North East Recorder Orchestra (NERCO) was formed in January 2004 to enable recorder players in the North East of England to rehearse and perform some of the quite large repertoire that is now available for recorder orchestras. At present it has some 30 members and involves the full range of recorders from sopranino down to contrabass.

Meetings are normally held on the 4th Saturday in each month (no meeting in August) in the Hall of Christchurch, Shieldfield, Newcastle upon Tyne (directions), from 10am to 1pm . This is the same venue as used by the Newcastle Society of Recorder Players. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"Based in South East England, the Berkshire Recorder Consort (BRC) was formed early in 1979. Our repertoire ranges from Early Music to contemporary composers encompassing a wide range of musical styles.

The members are local amateur musicians who aim to perform to a high standard whilst enjoying a friendly, social group.

Seven different recorders are currently used. The smallest is the tiny Garklein, descending in pitch and growing in size are the Sopranino, Descant, Treble, Tenor, Bass and Great Bass. In addition to recorders, the group features a variety of contemporary and period instruments in their interpretation of early music.

Voice, percussion, traditional folk instruments and improvisation all combine to give the BRC a unique style. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"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.)

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"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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"Dorothee Oberlinger is one of the most amazing discoveries of recent years, an expressive virtuoso who - quite rightly - received numerous awards while still quite young. Today she is seen as one of the best recorder-players in the world. Her concerts have been received with enthusiasm by critics and audiences alike, earning her unanimous acclaim. Her CDs are regularly fêted as the best new issues on the market.

Dorothee Oberlinger has given solo recitals at festivals all over Europe, in America and Japan, for example at the Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, the Musikfestspiele Potsdam, the Settimane Musicale Stresa, the Nederlandse Oude-Musik-Network, the Festival de Musica Antigua Sajazarra, the Warsaw Beethoven Festival, the Europäische Musikfestwoche Passau, the Rheingau-Musikfestival, the Tage der Alten Musik Regensburg and the MDR-Musiksommer. Other venues in which she has played include the Wigmore Hall in London, the National Philharmonie in Warsaw, the Marianischer Saal in Lucerne, the Rosée Theater in Fuji and the Philharmonie in Cologne.

She has been the guest soloist with leading international Baroque ensembles such as London Baroque and Musica Antiqua Köln directed by Reinhard Goebel, and she also plays regularly with modern symphony orchestras such as the WDR-Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester and the Detmolder Kammerorchester. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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" The Flanders Recorder Quartet wonderful enthusiasm and virtuosity of Bart Spanhove, Tom Beets, Joris van Goethem and Paul van Loey is more than sufficient to convince international audiences of the limitless possibilities and sheer beauty of their instrument. Jubilant critiques following CD releases and live performances attest to the success of their daring and unique programming. The four members of the FRQ are regularly lauded for their crystal clear ensemble playing, their seemingly effortless virtuosity and their expressive interpretation. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"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.)

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“Genevieve Lacey is acclaimed as a recorder virtuoso. She performs music spanning nine centuries with commanding passion. ..” Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"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.)

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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. ..."

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"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.)

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