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Welcome to ARS NEWS, an e-newsletter for recorder players that has taken the place of our printed quarterly ARS Newsletter. Please make sure to scroll to the bottom to see some upcoming classes and events happening in the recorder world. Enjoy!
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Highlights from the Spring ARS Board Meeting
The Spring Board Meeting was held virtually from March 31 to April 2, with lively discussion on a broad range of topics. Board Secretary Judy Smutek has provided a brief summary.
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Cléa Galhano to Receive ARS Presidential Special Honor Award
The ARS Presidential Special Honor Award is intended to honor a person who has had a significant positive impact on the ARS, the Board, or recorder music in North America. Brazilian recorder player Cléa Galhano, a longtime ARS member who has served on its Board, is an internationally renowned performer of early, contemporary and Brazilian music -- which is why ARS Board President Carol Mishler chose her for this well-deserved honor. It will be presented to Galhano at the Boston Early Music Festival at the Recorder Relay Concert on June 9, 2023. At the same event, Nina Stern will receive the ARS Distinguished Achievement Award.
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Nominating Task Force on the Lookout for New Board Candidates
The Board Nominating Task Force, consisting of ARS Vice-President Jody Miller, former Board member Barb Prescott, and Administrative Director Susan Burns, is already at work looking to fill a handful of Board vacancies for 2024. They are assembling a list of passionate and hard-working recorder players who have skills to help further the mission of the American Recorder Society.
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ARS at the Boston Early Music Festival - Want to Perform?
The Boston Early Music Festival (BEMF) is back, taking place from June 4-11, 2023. Recorder players and groups are invited to apply to play in the ARS Recorder Relay concert on June 9, 2023.
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Play-the-Recorder Day 2023 is a Wrap!
Click on the video to watch the March 18 event consisting of a wide-ranging interview and Q&A with composer Victor Eijkhout, and you will have the opportunity to play along with his ARS-commissioned piece Quo Vadis?. Have your recorder ready!
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Navigating the ARS Website
Ever found yourself frustrated because you just couldn't find what you were looking for? Here is an article to help, written by website coordinator/ARS Board member Ruth Seib.
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In Memoriam: Roger Cunningham
Cléa Galhano has written a charming and poignant remembrance of her student, a devoted recorder player, musician, and ARS member for many years.
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Checking in with Chapters, Consorts, and Recorder Orchestras | |
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Okanagan Recorder Orchestra News
The only recorder orchestra in Canada has shared an update about exciting recent developments.
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ARS offers a webpage with all the chapters offering virtual meetings. There are several chapters with a worldwide membership, led by world-class music directors, thanks to the wonders of Zoom.
(Is your group offering virtual meetings but not on the list? Email us!)
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A Brief Reminder of ARS Scholarship & Grant Deadlines
Weekend Workshops: Apply four weeks before funding is needed. Virtual events are also eligible for funding from Grants and Scholarships, as long as the amounts do not exceed stated limits.
Workshop Scholarships: Any member who needs financial assistance to attend an in-person or online weekend or week-long workshop may apply for this scholarship. Deadline for week-long workshops: May 15
Chapter and Recorder Orchestra Grants: These grants are awarded to Chapters or Recorder Orchestras with 10 or more ARS members to supplement membership-enhancing programs.
Deadline: May 15, to be used after September 1
Traveling Teacher Program: Recorder communities without a recorder teacher in their area may apply for a grant to cover a professional teacher's traveling costs. Deadline: May 1, to be used after September 1
Educational Outreach Grants: Meeting certain criteria, anyone teaching the recorder may apply for this grant. ARS membership is not required to apply. Application period: May 1-June 15, to be used after September 1
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Grant: Any chapter, recorder orchestra, or consort may apply. Partner Workshops and Businesses are also eligible. Apply anytime.
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Want to Share Your News?
To submit your news (please, no event announcements) using an online form, please go to https://americanrecorder.org/newsform. You may also email an article and photos. We love to hear stories of how the recorder community is still going strong. Send any of the types of news items you have seen in the paper newsletter. Digital photos are welcome, as are digital videos for YouTube (DropBox or Google Drive suggested). Send either your event basics or articles/photos to newsletter@americanrecorder.org.
Newsletter editors and publicity officers for Chapters, Consorts & Recorder Orchestras should make sure that your regular communications like e-newsletters are sent to the ARS office, newsletter@americanrecorder.org.
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Thinking of Joining a Summer Workshop? Look for our Workshop and Festival Roundup in the Spring Issue of American Recorder magazine, published on March 1. Please also see our advertisers and Partner members' workshop/festival information on the Workshops & Festivals 2023 webpage.
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ARS Free Beginners' Course for Soprano/Tenor
with Annette Bauer
Build a solid foundation for learning recorder through this 4-part beginners’ course for soprano or tenor recorder. Professional recorder player and teacher Annette Bauer will lead you through this course, covering technical aspects of posture, breath, air flow, articulation, fingerings for C-instruments, and intonation, as well as presenting easily accessible repertoire.
Classes begin May 2, 2023. For more information and to register, please visit the ARS Website.
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Simple Gifts: Music for Recorder and Classical Guitar
with Barbara Kaufman
Wednesdays, May 3, 10, and 17 at 12 PM, EDT.
These hour-long classes provide a live play-along opportunity for players to experience the great fun of recorder solos and duets accompanied by guitar. Wide-ranging repertoire includes music by Dowland, Playford, Purcell, Mozart, and various folk pieces.
For both F and C fingerings (at A=440). Music will be sent in advance upon receipt of registration.
Cost is $15 per class session.
For more information and payment details, contact Barbara Kaufman/Paul Sweeny at bpsimplegifts@earthlink.net
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Virtual Recorder Warm-up Class with Sarah Cantor
Weekly Monday and Thursday mornings: 9:30 - 10 AM, ET
Add structure to your life and practice routine! Each half-hour technique class will feature 15 minutes of breathing, tone, tonguing, or coordination warm ups for all levels; followed by 15 minutes of advanced technique taken from excerpts in baroque repertoire.
This is a rolling enrollment, so you can sign up at any time. You can purchase 5 classes for $100.
Contact Sarah Cantor at cantornote@icloud.com to register; or visit cantornote.com for more information.
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Bartolomeo da Selma y Salaverde: a composer to discover
with Claudia Gantívar
May 9, 16, 23, 30: 5 - 6 PM, EDT
Bartolomeo da Selma y Salaverde was a great composer from Spain, he was very influenced by all the Italian great masters in the early baroque period. He was a virtuoso dulcian player, but many of his music can be played in the recorder. I suggest to use sopranos and tenors for this workshop and let’s discover together some divisions, sonatas, and dances composed by this terrific composer.
Each individual class is $25 (I will need at least three students to start this class).
Payments and registrations via Paypal. For more information, email: cgantivar@yahoo.com
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Multiple Class Options
with Tish Berlin
1) You Can Do It! Play Along with Me
May 9, 16, 23, 30: 10-11:30 AM, PDT
This class is meant to help low intermediate players learn to play in an ensemble. Each class will move from very easy pieces to an intermediate level of difficulty.
2) Beyond the Bass-ics
May 9, 16, 23, 30: 2-3:30 PM, PDT
This class will continue the work for the ARS 2nd-Level Bass class taught this past March; but particpation in that class is not a pre-requisite! Anyone wishing to improve their bass recorder skills is welcome.
For both classes, each individual class is $25 ($30 if you want to download the recording). You may take all 4 or as many as you like.
Email Tish at tishberlin@sbcglobal.net for more information and to pay for classes.
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Multiple Class Options with
Anne Timberlake
1) Articulation Lab: Recorder Articulation Demystified
May 9, 16, 23, 30: 4 PM, CDT
Are you confounded by consonants? Stumped by syllables? In this live course, we'll take an anatomically grounded, physiologically informed approach to articulation. Learn key recorder articulation techniques as well as how to practice them in context.
Cost: $96 for all 4 1-hr sessions
Register here!
2) Wednesday Webinar: Improve Your Sight Reading
Wednesday, 5/17 at 7 PM, CDT
Whether you're a crack reader to struggle to decipher every note, each one of us has the ability to improve our sight reading. We'll discuss various sub-skills that underpin sight reading as well as make an actionable plan to hone them.
Cost: $18 for the 1-hr session
To register, visit my website.
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Mozart Family Tunes Workshop
with Debby Greenblatt
June 6, at 7 PM, CDT
June 7, at 10 AM, CDT
June 9 at 7 PM, CDT
We will play and discuss tunes composed by Leopold Mozart, W.A. Mozart, and Franz Zaver Wolfgang Mozart. We will read, play, and discuss various survival skills for these kinds of pieces.
There is limited enrollment and pre-registration is required. Each workshop is $10. The optional book is $15 (includes shipping if ordered with workshop registration).
For more information and to register:
https://greenblattandseay.com/workshops_mozart_family.shtml
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The North American Virtual Recorder Society (NAVRS) presents their May Playing Meeting with Heloise Degrugillier
Saturday, May 20 at 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
For more information and to register, visit the NAVRS website.
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