Welcome to recorder players of all ages and abilities!

Please come to our May meeting and Spring concert, when all are invited to play, in any solo or group arrangement, or to just listen!

Refreshments and group playing will follow!

Make plans to join us for our final meeting of the 2022-2023 season, our spring concert on May 21 at 1 PM. All are invited to perform, or just listen and enjoy, and all types of music are welcome. If you would like to play in the program, send the names of the performers, the title of the pieces you plan to play, and the name of the composer or composers, to Mark Dawson at msjddawson@sbcglobal.net.

Music selections for group playing after the concert are found here.

For more information on our April meeting and our highly successful weekend workshop, see our May newsletter here.

Join us in April, with

Lisette Kielson

conducting the Chicago Chapter!

As always, we will begin the meeting at 1 PM with free-form group playing, music provided and posted by the chapter.

At 2 PM, Lisette will lead us in our final rehearsal of Charpentier’s Ouverture (in preparation for our Spring Concert). In addition, we will explore JS Bach’s Contrapunctus I, Clara Schumann’s Romance arranged by chapter member Libby Rudolph, and of course some Rooda technique work!

Music for April is available here now! Meeting location information is found here.

And don’t forget to register here for our April 22nd workshop with Anne Timberlake!

For info on our truly entertaining March meeting, and our chapter in general, see the latest newsletter here.

Our conductor for March,

Mirja Lorenz (center), with

the Chicago Recorder Trio

As always, we will begin the meeting at 1 PM with free-form group playing, music provided and posted by the chapter.

At 2 PM, Mirja Lorenz will conduct the group in a variety of beautiful Renaissance pieces by Italian, English and German composers, with one modern arrangement of a favorite Renaissance dance.

All music for March is available here now! Meeting location information is found here.

And don’t forget to register here for our April 22nd workshop with Anne Timberlake!

For info on our outstanding February meeting, and our chapter in general, see the latest newsletter here.

Beat the midwinter blues!

We will begin the meeting at 1 PM with free-form group playing, music to be provided by the chapter.

At 2 PM, Lisette Kielson will direct the group in dances by Attaignant, a fantasie by du Caurroy, Contrapunctus I from Bach’s Art of Fugue, another shot at Machaut’s Doulz Amis from last month (because who can capture medieval music in one session?!), and Charpentier’s Ouverture (a contender for the May concert).

For info on our wonderfully successful January meeting, and our chapter in general, see the latest newsletter here.

Music for February is available here now! Meeting location information is found here.

Join us in a whirlwind tour of French medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music, plus Bach!

Happy New Year to all!

We will begin the meeting with free-form group playing, with music to be provided by the chapter.

At 2 PM, Lisette Kielson returns with a celebration of French music from the 14th to 20th centuries. Machaut will represent the Middle Ages, Dornel and Charpentier the Baroque and Poulenc the early 20th century, with a nod to the late Renaissance. All following, of course our non-French Rooda scale warmups!

For info on our December holiday concert, and our chapter, see the latest newsletter here.

All the music for January is available here now! Meeting location information is found here.

Join us in beginning a Happy New Musical Year!

All are invited to participate in the 1 PM concert, performing or listening. If you or your group would like to perform, contact Mark Dawson at msjddawson@sbcglobal.net. Let him know ahead of time to be included in the printed program, but all will be welcome to play in any case.

All chapter members are invited to play in the chapter performance pieces, that are available now on this website (here). Also contact Mark Dawson, above, if you plan to participate in the chapter performance.

The traditional holiday treats table will be featured after the concert portion of the meeting. Feel free to bring some holiday edible to share!

We will then close the meeting with some group playing of music to be provided by the chapter.

Please mark December 18th on your calendar and come to our annual holiday celebration!

Please join us on November 20, at 1 PM, when Andrew Schultze returns to offer music from the 18th century Hapsburg Court of Vienna. Besides courtly chamber music and dances, Andrew will consider life in Vienna in Mozart’s day, including music for household gatherings intended for friends to play together in the parlor, as well as popular works and the first written notations of Hungarian songs. Join us!

Andrew Schultze presents music from the Hapsburg Court of 18th Century Vienna!

For info on our October meeting and our chapter, see the latest newsletter here.

All the music for November is available here now! Meeting location information is found here.

Hope to see you on the 20th!

Join the Chicago Chapter on Sunday, October 16, at 1 PM at Covenant Presbyterian Church, when Lisette Kielson returns. She plans to open with a scale exercise by G. Rooda (C Major) and a Renaissance duet by Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi. We will then move to selected movements from a Baroque suite by Johann Joseph Fux, and return to Pierre de la Rue’s Fors Seulement, from our September meeting. We will round out our playing with Rocky Blues by Steve Marshall.

For info on our wonderful September meeting and future plans, see our latest newsletter here.

All the music for October is now available here. Meeting location information is found here.

Hope to see you on the 16th!

Join the Chicago Chapter on Sunday September 18 at 1 PM as we open our new season. At our September meeting, we will read Ravenscroft’s Three Blind Mice (in early notation!), practice a scale pattern from Rooda’s dexterity exercises, play an Argentinean duet for soprano and alto, and explore Cavaccio’s Toccata for SATB, plus a five-part setting of the famous Fors Seulement. All the music for September is now available here. Meeting location information is found here.

Lisette Kielson returns to lead us for six meetings as Music Director of the chapter. This season she plans to incorporate ensemble warmups, exercises on tuning and articulation, duets from all over the world, past and present, and recorder arrangements showcasing delights from the Renaissance, Baroque, and beyond.

We’ve had a wonderful season of meetings, concerts and special events, thanks to our chapter members and good friends. Our May meeting was one of the best in memory, with a special remembrance of long-time member Hildé Staniulis, followed by our Spring Concert. Special thanks to our good friend and composer, Glen Shannon, who joined us in May and provided a new suite in memory of Hildé, the “Petite Sweet Flute Suite” (now available here).

Please keep in touch with us on Facebook and on this website. Details about next season, starting on September 18, will be posted here.

Enjoy these images from our past seasons!