CRS News

Join us for our annual Happy Holiday Concert on December 21st at 2 PM!

All are invited to participate in our 2 PM Yuletide 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. The traditional holiday…

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Join us and have a real cool time at our November 16th meeting!

For our November meeting, Lisette will lead us in a dress rehearsal for our Yuletide concert. Come prepared to rehearse Gabrieli’s O magnum mysterium (double choir), Peter Beck’s arrangement of Gaudete (more altos and tenors welcome!), and the (new) swing version of Les anges dans nos campagnes (S,A8va,T with doubling octaves encouraged). Attendance required if…

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Join us for a scary good time at our October meeting!

Join us for our next meeting on October 19th, when Gail Gillispie will direct us in works by Arcadelt and Verdelot, and present a survey of the works of Vincenzo Ruffo (c. 1508 – 1587), an Italian priest and influential composer during the Counter Reformation. Gail, a performer of early music on lute, recorder and…

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Save the date! Join us on September 21st when we open our 2025-2026 Season!

Join the Chicago Recorder Society on Sunday, September 21st, at 2 PM as we begin our new season, with a new name and a slightly new schedule! This season Lisette Kielson conducts us in five meetings, each filled with sight-reading sessions and preparation for three performances (dates below). We begin our 66th Season with Lisette…

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2024-25 Season Review

It’s been a busy 2024-25 season for the Chicago Recorder Society. In addition to our regular monthly sessions, we sponsored a day of Recorders and Renaissance Wind Music with Liza Malmut, presented a participatory workshop at the University of Chicago’s Folk Fest, and played for worship services at two churches! We’d like to give much…

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