Happy Valentine’s Day!
We’ll start at 2 PM with an hour of eclectic music selected and directed by Nancy Chabala.
Then, Gail Gillispie returns to lead a program of music from the Spanish Renaissance, offering sacred and secular music by Victoria, Morales, Guerrero, Lobo, Vasquez, and others, in 3 to 8 parts.
Please join us in an afternoon of music-playing magic!
For our February 16 meeting, all the music will be available here. See our latest newsletter here.
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 les Musettes ou Vielles, avec accompagnement de Violon ou de Flûte, op. 4.
These lovely duets, each named after a flower, are ideal for our chapter this month. For new visitors, the pieces have limited range of pitches, enabling them to be played on C or F recorders. Because they were intended for bagpipes or hurdy-gurdy (or violin or recorder), all pieces are in C Major or C Minor. For regular attendees and more advanced players, there are many opportunities to apply the French ornaments Lisette has covered in recent months.
Patrick will share his approach to learning a new piece, including what he marks with his trusty pencil! Members are also encouraged to purchase this music, so they can make their own decisions about interpretation. “Chacun à son gout.” Published by Amadeus, BP 553. (BP 554 is Volume 2.)
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 in a single file on this website, here.
Hope to see you on March 21st!
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 will join in playing music by Louis XIII, Jean Baptiste Lully, Jean Joseph Mouret, and Michel Corrette, as well as popular songs and music from the comédie en vaudevilles, a comedy theatrical form that emerged at the end of the 17th century.
Music for the session is 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, October 18th! 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 18th!
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 place on Zoom online meetings, on Sunday, May 17th, at 2 PM as usual, led by Lisette Kielson, who will send out email invitations to all those interested.
For more details, see the May Newsletter on this website.
To ensure you receive the invitation, please sign up beforehand by contacting Larry Johnson at: ll_johnson1239@sbcglobal.net
(If you are not familiar with the Zoom application and online meetings, please let us know and someone can help you set up your computer or device in advance.)
Please join us this Sunday, May 17th!
The May 2020 newsletter is now available.
Happy new year everybody! We closed out the new year with a very successful holiday concert. About sixty people in the audience. We also enjoyed a performance the recorder club from the Roosevelt Middle School in River Forest led by Mona Mann.
Our next meeting will be January 19th. Lisette Kielson returns in January to lead us in music by William Byrd, the six-part “Christ Rising Again” and our own Peter Beck’s four-part arrangement of the English ballad “Willy O’Winsbury.” And we plan to continue work on our spring concert selection, Glen Shannon’s “Friendship Canzona” as well as the “Abendlied” piece for the Folk Music Festival in February.
Details on all the above, plus more can be found in our newsletter: January 2020
For the November Meeting, Lisette continues her “Molto Espressivo” theme and leads the group in works by among others, Henry Purcell and Ludwig Senfl, as well as Glen Shannon’s Friendship Canzona. Also, we will rehearse a selection from September’s or November’s meeting for the Yuletide concert. There was talk of playing the Rheinberg piece as a chapter. It is time to think about what you would like to play for December 15
Our November 2019 newsletter is now available.
Our next meeting is the annual Yuletide Concert. Everyone is welcome to perform, or just listen, and all types of music are also welcome, seasonal or otherwise. This year’s event is on Sunday December 16 at 2 PM. To be included in the program, send the name of your group, the names of the participants, the names of the pieces you plan to play, and the composers, to Larry Johnson at ll_johnson1239@sbcglobal.net.
As a special treat, our own local Chicago Recorder Quartet will be performing a concerto this year. Don’t miss the opportunity to hear a really wonderful professional ensemble!
Afterwards, please stay to join us for our Holiday buffet. All are welcome to bring a favorite snack or sweet to share. Not required, but feel free to bring something if you’d like. We hope to see you on December 16th at 2 PM, Covenant Presbyterian Church, 2012 W. Dickens.
Our latest newsletter is now available. December 2018
Lisette Kielson returns to lead the Chicago Chapter ARS for our September meeting. Th
e Chapter Board is also delighted to announce that the Viola da Gamba Society “3rd Coast” will be joining us for some of the meetings this season, led by Philip Serna of the Music Institute of Chicago.
For the September meeting we will feature double choir music with our guests from the Viola da Gamba Society. So come with your recorders or viols!
It is also time to renew your membership. Or if you are not already a member, this is the time to join. We are also extending a sponsorship program where you can sponsor a meeting and choose music to play!
Full details and some recorder society history in our newsletter for September 2018.
Lisette Kielson returns for our January 21 meeting to lead us in jamming, and to talk about 
tuning techniques. Titles for playing include selections from the following:
Some of this music is available for download. Check the links under resources above.
Our latest newsletter can be found here:
Chicago Recorder Society 
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