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We hope you’re having a wonderful summer, while keeping up with the recorder!
Here are some available recorder activities for more summer fun! If you or a friend would like to learn how to play the recorder, you can sign up for free beginning recorder lessons here, on the ARS National website. Yes, … Continue reading
Thanks for a wonderful May concert meeting! See everyone in September!
The online Spring Concert on May 16th was a complete success, with several members performing. (See the music program here.) Afterwards there was an enjoyable group playing session with all members participating. “Though we have to say good-bye for the … Continue reading
All Are Welcome to Our Online Spring Concert on May 16th!
Please join us, and perform if you like, at our Spring Concert on May 16th. We have the opportunity to be creative for this virtual concert, perhaps playing a solo, perhaps playing a pre-recorded piece, or some other creative idea!There … Continue reading
Join the Chicago Chapter and Patrick O’Malley in March, for the first Flowers of Spring!
On Sunday, March 21, join the Chicago Chapter of the American Recorder Society as we anticipate the musical “flowers” of Spring! Patrick O’Malley will lead the group in playing selections from Volume 1 of Philibert Delavigne’s Les Fleurs, Pièces pour … Continue reading
Beat the “Bleak Midwinter” blues and join us on February 21st!
We will continue our technique work with Lisette Kielson at our February meeting. We will also revisit the technically challenging and musically rewarding selections from last month: duos by Bach, Hotteterre, and Telemann for two altos. Feel free to join … Continue reading
You are welcome to join the Chicago Chapter on January 17th!
In our first chapter meeting of 2021, we’re going to get to work! But it won’t feel like a chore as Lisette leads us in wonderful duos for two altos by Bach, Hotteterre, and Telemann. We will focus on our … Continue reading
Come to Our Holiday Concert on Sunday, Dec. 20th!
Please join us for our Holiday Concert on December 20th at 2 PM!Everyone is invited to perform, or just listen. This year, performers will need to be creative, perhaps playing a solo, perhaps playing a duet with everyone else joining … Continue reading
Join the Chicago Chapter on Sunday, October 18th!
Andrew Schultze will present a workshop on French Baroque music style and performance practices, focusing on the theoretical works of de Bacilly, Couperin and Hotteterre and modern specialists such as Betty Bang Mather, Mary Cyr and David Fuller. The chapter … Continue reading
Welcome to the September meeting of the 2020 – 2021 season of the Chicago ARS!
Please join Lisette and the Chicago Chapter on Sunday, September 20th, at 2 PM, for our first class meeting in this season’s Storytelling 101. We’ll warm up with a great “conversation” from the ARS Members’ Library Edition, He Talks, She … Continue reading
Springtime Concert on Zoom
Springtime greetings from the Chicago ARS! Though our usual get-together in May is not possible, we will have an online, virtual meeting and music session, to keep alive our springtime concert and socializing traditions. This year’s Spring Concert will take … Continue reading
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