Chicago Recorder Society

Category: Meeting Announcement

  • Greetings from Lisette!

    I’m looking forward to seeing you at the upcoming Chapter Meeting on Sunday, October 19th.

    The schedule is below. We’ll start off by reading new music. Take a break. And then read through the performance pieces for the Holiday Presentation at the Harold Washington Library in December (Date TBD).

    All of the music for the October Meeting can either be purchased (publication info below) or printed off the Chicago Chapter website at <https://chicagorecorders.org/events/music-for-october-meeting-and-library/>. (Some of you may have some of the music from last year’s library holiday performance and won’t need to print it again!) We can always share too!

    You may want to bring a CHICAGO RECORDERS folder/binder (if you don’t already have one) to keep your music organized.

    All the best,
    Lisette

    Chicago Chapter Meeting Agenda – October 19, 2014

    Session I: 2:00-3:30

    Selections from Heger’s Strassenmusick à 3: Klezmer, Blues, Ragtime und Latin-Folk [Noetzel Edition N 4888]

    Break: 3:30

    Session II (following the break)

    Holiday performance run-through (for those performing at the Harold Washington Library in December)

    Repertoire:

    Joyful Tidings: Seventeen Beloved Christmas Carols [Sweet Pipes 2348]

    Lindvall: All Through the Night

    Selections from Strassenmusick?

  • Exciting New Season Planned

    The board has just finished planning our exciting 2014-2015 season. We plan on building on the successes of last year with Lisette Kielson returning as our music director.  This next season will bring us our regular meetings, performance opportunities, a recorder orchestra meeting, a luncheon honoring Hildé Staniulis,  and a workshop with Leticia Berlin in April.

    Please plan on joining us for our first meeting of the season. The meeting will be directed by our own Mirja Lorenz and will occur on September 21 at our usual location at the education building of the Covenant Presbyterian Church, 2012 West Dickens, Chicago.

    Here is our September newsletter. The newsletter also contains the membership form for the 2014-2015 season.

    September 2014

     

  • May Meeting – May 18

    Our May meeting is May 18 and will include our annual May concert performances and rehearsal for our participation in the June 21 Music in Chicago event. We are still open to participation at this event, so come to the meeting and play along!

    Our May newsletter has been published.

    May 2014

  • Monthly Meeting on March 16th

    For our March 16 meeting, join us at the Oak Park Public Library, 834 West Lake Street, as part of the Play the Recorder Month. We will gather in the lobby, starting at 2 PM, and Lisette will lead an open rehearsal. We welcome our friends from the West Suburban Early Music Society, and Pam Wiese plans to bring students from Longfellow School in Oak Park. Take the L to Oak Park Avenue and walk, or walk from the Metra stop. Parking is available. Here is a link to our latest newsletter: March 2014

  • Chicago Chapter Meeting in Oak Park for March

    For our March 16 meeting, join us at the Oak Park Public Library, 834 West Lake Street, as part of the Play the Recorder Month. We will gather in the lobby, starting at 2 PM, and Lisette will lead an open rehearsal. Our friends from the West Suburban Early Music Society are welcome to join us, and we will be playing with a group of school children from the Village as well. You can take the L to Oak Park Avenue and walk a few blocks, or walk from the Metra stop in Oak Park. Parking is readily available.

  • Next Meeting, Feb 16, German Baroque!

    Come join us for the February meeting as Andrew Shultze leads us in a session devoted to music of the German Baroque. Andrew Schultze, is well known as an interpreter of the standard opera/oratorio repertoire and as a specialist in the performance of early music. We always look forward to learning new things when he leads our meetings! The meeting will be at the at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 2012 West Dickens, Chicago.

    The February newsletter with details and Chapter news can be found here:

    February 2014

  • Next Meeting January 19, 2014

    Come join us for the first meeting of 2014. Patrick O’Malley will be leading us in our continued survey and rehearsal of Music Through The Ages! As usual the meeting will be at the at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 2012 West Dickens, Chicago.

    The January newsletter with details and Chapter news can be found here:

    January 2014

  • December Meeting on the 15th

    Our December meeting is coming up. We will have our holiday members’ concert followed by group playing. Don’t forget to sign up yourself or your group for the concert and let either Ben Eisenstein or Mark Dawson know what you’re planning on performing.

    Details on the December meeting can be found here: December 2013

  • Next Meeting October 20th

    The next meeting of the Chicago Chapter ARS will be on October 20, 2013. Our music director, Lisette Kielson, will prepare us for our December holiday performance at the library and will continue her survey of “Music Thru the Ages”.

    Details are in our latest newsletter which can be found at https://chicagorecorders.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/october-2013.pdf

    See you there!

  • September Meeting Coming Up!

    Date: Sunday September 15

    Time: 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

    Location: Covenant Presbyterian Church 2012 West Dickens Avenue Chicago, IL 60647. The church is near the corner of Damen & Armitage, and close to the Damen Avenue Exit (47B) on I-94. It is a mile north of the Damen stop on the CTA Blue Line, Damen, Milwaukee, and North Avenues. The church is served by both the Damen and Western Avenue CTA bus lines.

    Enter the Education building, immediately west of church on Dickens. The meeting is in the Fellowship Hall, the large room on the right from the main entrance.

    Parking is available in lot that opens from Charleston, behind the church. Note that Dickens is one way eastbound, and Charleston is one way westbound.