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“The Washington Recorder Society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to recorder playing.  WRS is a chapter of the American Recorder Society.  Currently the WRS has about 46 members.

 WRS meets twice a month for ensemble playing, instruction, and guest recorder concerts  at the Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church, 9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda, MD 20814-4099, from 8:00-10:00 pm.  Sheet music is supplied to participants at each meeting. These meetings are  usually on the first and third Mondays from September through May. …”

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“Danish recorder player Pernille Petersen (born 1983) had her debute from the soloist class at the Carl Nielsen Academy of Music in Odense in September 2010. She has finished her diploma studies in 2008 at the Carl Nielsen Academy of Music in Odense, Denmark with Nikolaj Ronimus. Pernille has also studied at the Royal Academy of Music in Copenhagen with Lene Langballe and a year as a guest student at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm with Dan Laurin. Pernille had her debute from the soloist class at the Carl Nielsen Academy of Music in Odense in September 2010.

Pernille Petersen is active as a soloist and chamber musician in many constellations in Denmark and the nordic countries. Her repertoire has its base in early and contemporary music but she constantly explores new possibilities. Her regular ensembles consist of duos with harpsichord, accordion, recorder and percussion and of bigger baroque groups.

In 2000 Pernille won the gold medal prize at Berlingske Tidende’s Classical Music Competition in Copenhagen, a prestigious classical music competition for young musicians.
In 2009 Pernille was the winner of Moeck/SRP Solo Recorder Competition in London. In May 2010 Pernille won the first Mieke Van Weddingen Recorder Competition in Mechelen, Belgium and was also given the audience award.

Pernille appears on recordings with Trinitatis Kantori and with Ensemble 1700. In november 2010 her first solo recording “Sonatas by Mr. Castrucci and Mr. Geminiani” was released by CDKlassisk, Olufsen Records, Denmark.”

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“Per Gross holds a Bachelor and Masters degree (Musiker/Performer Diplomeksamen) from The Carl Nielsen Academy of Music in Denmark where he studied with prof. Dan Laurin. Per is currently a post graduate student in the Soloist Diploma programme at The Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Sweden.

Besides his regular studies Per has also attended masterclasscourses in Sweden, Portugal, Germany, Hungary and USA. He has also participated in masterclasses with Nigel North, Emma Kirkby and Sergio Azzolini.

Per Gross is very active as a freelance musician in Sweden and abroad, and he has appeared as soloist and chambermusician with The Stockholm Youth Symphony Orchestra (SUSO), Tiranas Young Virtuosos (Albania) and The Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble. …”

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“Musical Director and founder of the world-renowned ensembles New London Consort and Musicians of the Globe, Philip Pickett is considered one of today's most eminent advocates of period performance. For the past 10 years or so he has also embarked on a flourishing new career as guest conductor, leading modern symphony and chamber orchestras as well as opera companies in Classical, Romantic and Baroque repertoires.

Philip Pickett began his musical career as a trumpeter before becoming one of Britain's leading recorder players, performing and recording as soloist with many leading UK and European ensembles. …“

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“Bolette Roed (1979) had her highly praised debut concert from the advanced solo performance class of The Royal Danish Music Academy in Copenhagen, March 2004.

She has been teaching at the Royal Academy since 2009 and gives concerts at home and abroad.

Bolette is constantly searching to expand the recorder repertoire and works with many different instrument combinations and styles, including innovative co-operation with pianist Carsten Dahl and DJ Katrine Ring.

Bolette’s repertoire ranges from medieval to contemporary music and naturally involves improvisation, folk and world music. She can be seen performing in the unique …”

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