Chicago Recorder Society

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  • Welcome Spring with music at our April 13 meeting!

    Welcome Spring with music at our April 13 meeting!

    We’ll start at 2 PM with Renaissance Redux and more music from the Odhecaton, led by Nancy Chabala.

    At 3 PM, for our final chapter meeting before the Spring Concert, Lisette leads us in our dress rehearsal of Lachrimae Tango. In addition to rehearsing this double-choir performance selection, we will stay in England and read through Purcell’s Funeral Sentences in honor of Queen Mary, John Adson’s vibrant Royal Wind Music. Peter Beck will then spend a few minutes preparing us to perform jazz piece Now’s the Time in May.

    For our April 13 meeting, all the music will be available here. See our latest newsletter here.

  • Enjoy a cool, musical Fall afternoon with the Chicago ARS on October 20th!

    Join us on Sunday October 20, at 2 PM, for some adhoc playing. Then, Mirja Lorenz, member (center) of the Chicago Recorder Trio, directs at 3 PM, with some information about music theory and a few basics of harmony, and lots of recorder playing!

    Mirja plans to warm up with a happy little Yiddish folk song, Hot a Yid a Weibele. Then she’ll return to Sonata 15 by Dario Castello, a piece we have played before which is “way too beautiful to only scratch the surface”, as Mirja says. If time allows, we will explore the sea shanty Wellerman Quartet, and perhaps for an encore, a recorder version of Puttin’ On The Ritz!

    All the music for October will be available here; some pieces are available now. Meeting time and location information is found here. For more information, see our latest newsletter here.

    Save the date: Saturday, March 22, One-day Chicago Chapter Spring Workshop, with Liza Malamut of the Newberry Consort! Check our webpage here for the latest updates.

  • Please join the Chicago Chapter and Lisette Kielson on April 18th!

    Lisette Kielson
    Lisette Kielson,

    In part, continuing Patrick O’Malley’s focus last month on music for the musette, Lisette will lead our April Meeting in duos by Boismortier and Chèdeville, two French composers who also wrote for the instrument. To that, we add duets by Jacques (James) Paisible, a French transplant who settled in London. The levity and gravement of these duos provide a point of departure for work on articulation and technique as well as musical style and expression. You’ll have the opportunity to play the same part with Lisette, the alternate duet line, or both (as there will be time to switch parts)!

    If you would like to participate, just send a note using the Contact Us option on this website, and we’ll respond with the Zoom sign in information and the website resource password.

    All the music featured in March is now available this website, here.

    Hope to see you on April 18th!

  • Join the Chicago Chapter on Sunday, Nov. 15th!

    Lisette Kielson will continue our story-telling theme with extended techniques, free improvisation, and descriptive duos. The session will include a review of September’s techniques and Glen Shannon’s Papillons as well as new techniques and musical selections by Lance Eccles, Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (in a nod to Andrew Schultze’s recent workshop) and more!

    Music for the session is now available on this website in Resources -> Meeting Downloads -> 2020-2021 Season.

    Please mark your calendars and come play with us, at 2 PM, on Sunday, November 15th! To participate, just send a note using the Contact Us option on this website, and we’ll respond with the Zoom signin information and the website resource password.

    Hope to see you on the 15th!