The Chicago Chapter played at the Oak Park Public Library on March 19, 2016 as part of play the recorder month. The chapter was joined by students of Sarah Buksa’s Recorder Club from Carnegie Elementary School. We really enjoyed having the students perform and play with us!
For our March meeting, we are planning to take part in Play the Recorder Month and return to the Oak Park Public Library, but this year the meeting will be held on Saturday, March 19 at 2 PM.
Lisette will direct us in a recorder orchestra session and will provide parts. The library is at 834 Lake Street, near Oak Park Avenue. You can park in the garage, or on side streets. You can also walk from the L stop at Oak Park Avenue or the Oak Park Metra station. Our friends from the West Suburban Early Music Society are sponsoring this meeting, and we look forward to them joining us. They plan to bring some of their own music, too.
The March 2016 newsletter is now available.
Our director will be Mirja Lorenz. Mirja expects us to dance. Or, rather, to play Italian and French dances from the 16th century, pavanes, gagliardas, and saltarellos, as well as French Chansons from 1530 to 1550. These will be works by Jean Doublet, Robert Godard, Nicolas de Mal Marle, and—the coolest name of all— Nicolle des Celliers d’ Hesdin!
Our Feburary Newsletter is available now: February 2016
Louise Austin, a good friend of the Chicago Chapter, will be leading a workshop sponsored by the Milwaukee Recorder Society entitled ‘Starship Louise’. It will be on April 30 at Lake Lawn Lodge in Delavan, WI.
See details: MARS Workshop
The January meeting will be on January 17th. Our subject this session will be Jazz recorder. Patrick O’Malley will lead us in understanding how to play Jazz on the recorder.
Following our playing session, we will have a special meeting. The board would like to solicit your ideas and opinions on the direction of the chapter.
Here is a link to the newsletter:
I hope to see you all there!
A big thank you for those who participated in the 2015 Yuletide Concert, thus capping a successful year!
Coming in October, on the 18th, Andrew Schultze returns, this time to lead us in music composed by Jewish musicians from the Baroque era.
The meeting will be at at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 2012 West Dickens, Chicago. Enter the front door of the parish building west of the church and go to the large fellowship hall on the right.
Our October newsletter is now available. Included is a tribute to Tom Zajac, a musician who had many ties to the Chicago early music community.
Do you love to play the recorder? Do you want to learn new techniques and brush up on skills? Have you been thinking about joining the Chapter?
Prospective new members may now join the Chicago Chapter of the American Recorder Society for half the membership rate. That would be $15 for an individual membership increasing to $30 the year after.
If you are already a member, please help our drive by showing this ad to a non-member friend.
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