Chicago Recorder Society

Category: Newsletter

  • 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 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.

  • April Newsletter

    Remember physical distancing. These musicians appear to be six feet apart!

    Usually I announce the next meeting on these posts. But our April and May meetings have been cancelled. Today I only have the newsletter to post. But our board members are busy thinking of alternative ideas and perhaps we will have meetings this summer.

    April 2020 Newsletter

     

  • January 2020 Meeting

    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.

    Mona Mann and some of her students.
    Roosevelt Middle School Recorder Club performs for the Chicago Chapter ARS.

    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

  • April 14 Meeting, Second Sunday!

    Lisette returns April 14, the second Sunday of the month (the third Sunday, April 21, is Easter), where she plans to provide a review of the 2019-2019 season, including John Wilbye’s Softly, o softly, drop my eyes from November, Gabrieli’s Canzona seconda from January, and Peter Beck’s 14 Days in Georgia from February. This is the last regular meeting of the year, and the day after our workshop with Clea Galhano. We close the season May 19 with our spring concert.

    Our April newsletter is now available: April 2019

  • Tune up for the New Year, Jan 21, 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:

    • Little Interlude I & Reminiscence (from HansMartin Linde’s Suite)
    • Senliche not früh und spat (Glogauer Liederbuch)
    • Frietjes by Glen Shannon
    • Peanut Vendor [El Mansiero] by Moises Simons, arranged by Stan Davis
    • And possibly Dolzflöte (from Sieben Flötentänze) by Hans Ulrich Staeps

    Some of this music is available for download. Check the links under resources above.

    Our latest newsletter can be found here:

    January 2018

     

  • December Newsletter

    Don’t wait to sign up for our December Yuletide Concert. It’s coming up fast on the 17th! See our previous post or the newsletter for details.

    Also in the newsletter are some great links that our editor, Mark Dawson collected. Enjoy!

    December 2017-2

  • Workshop April 8 and April 23 Monthly Meeting

    Please send in your workshop flyer now! Our workshop with Anne Timberlake is on April 8, 2017 at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 2012 West Dickens. This is our regular monthly meeting place. We will play all day, starting at 9:30 and ending at 4 with a break for lunch, and will start with an hour or two of work on how, where, and why to articulate with recorder, and then move into the workshop theme, “Bad Boys.” The fee will be $65 for members and $75 for non-members.

    Join us for our April meeting, when Lisette returns. We will be meeting on Sunday April 23, not April 16, because the third Sunday of April is Easter.

    Details and more in our April newsletter.

    April 2017

  • Baroque in Feburary!

    Join us on February 19th when our guest leader will be Mirja Lorenz. Mirja will offer a program of baroque music. This will include music of Boismortier!mirjalorenz1

    Our February newsletter is now available:

    February newsletter

  • Yuletide Concert

    Our annual Yuletide Concert approaches on December 20. Please let Mark Dawson know if you would like to perform, and provide the name of the pieces, the composer, and the names of the members of your group. You can reach Mark at msjddawson@sbcglobal.net or call him at 773-334-6376.

    Please plan to bring food or drink to share.

    Our December newsletter can be found here: December 2015

  • Recorder Orchestra – November 15th!

    This month, November 15, we are seeking recorder players. Lots of recorder players. Lisette will continue with this season’s theme, “Shall we Dance!” Repertoire will include music by Bach, Handel, Lully, Ravel, and more. We will provide the music, just bring your instruments and stands. We will look forward to welcoming you, jamming together, and making beautiful—and louder than usual—harmonies.

    November 2015