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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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Have You Updated Your Member Profile Lately? We Have New Questions.
When you joined ARS, you likely filled in all of your information as a new member. In our ongoing effort to build a strong, vital and inclusive community of recorder players, we recently revised the member profile in a way that will help us to better serve our current membership and develop strategies for encouraging membership growth. Please take a brief moment to update your member profile HERE. The more we know, the more useful benefits we can offer, and the better we can track our progress.
If you’ve forgotten your username or password, it’s easy to retrieve – click here for help logging in.
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ARS Annual Meeting to be Held October 14, 2023, at 3pm Eastern
All members are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting. It is a great way to hear all that has been happening in the past year, and to ask questions. Want to bring up an issue? Agenda items can be emailed to Susan Burns in the ARS Office. Registration and an active membership are required.
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Nominating Task Force Finalizes Board Candidate List
The Board Nominating Task Force, consisting of ARS Vice President Jody Miller, former Board member Barb Prescott, and Administrative Director Susan Burns, have a list of passionate and hard-working recorder players who have skills to help further the mission of the American Recorder Society. The Election will be held in the spring of 2024, with a ballot to be sent via email (or regular mail for members without email). For a reminder of who our current Board members are, please click here.
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U.S. Recorder Group Competes at ORDA in Amsterdam
The Green Leaves Ensemble of Cambridge, MA had the experience of traveling to Europe to compete, meeting world-class performers, and receiving insightful feedback from the judges within the framework of a supportive international community.
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Meet a Board Member: David Benefiel
David Benefiel, on the ARS Board since September 2022, tells the story of how he learned to play recorder and found his recorder community in California and beyond.
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Scholarship Report
A grateful recipient, Miyo Aoki, continues her journey toward being a certified Suzuki instructor, learning some great tips along the way.
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BEMF Beyond Borders 2023 offered a free international, hybrid program featuring a performance by the Boston Early Music Festival Youth Ensemble (video link below). The live event, led by ARS Distinguished Achievement Award honoree Nina Stern, included traditional early 19th-century Brazilian music, works by Juan del Encina and Juan Ponce, and a new composition by Melika Fitzhugh commissioned for the BEMF Youth Ensemble.
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Checking in with Chapters, Consorts, and Recorder Orchestras | |
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ARS Chapter Representative Roundtable Dates for 2023/24
The Member Benefits Committee has set the Chapter Rep Round Table schedule for the upcoming year. The dates are on the ARS homepage Events Calendar. All times are 2:00 - 3:30 Eastern time.
- December 2, 2023
- March 2, 2024
- June 1, 2024
At the September meeting, attendees discussed how to use the ARS Rep Chat message board, how chapter leadership is structured, and ideas for recruiting school music teachers in to chapters. If you have a topic suggestion or haven’t been receiving announcements about the roundtables, please contact Phil Hollar.
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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.
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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ARS Free Beginner Class for
Alto Recorder
with Miyo Aoki
Build a solid foundation for learning recorder through this 4-part beginners’ course for alto recorder starting on October 21, 2023. Professional recorder player and teacher Miyo Aoki will lead you through this course.
Classes begin October 21, 2023. For more information and to register, please visit the ARS Website. The information/link to register for this class will be available ASAP.
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Ukrainian Fiddle Tunes
with Debby Greenblatt
Tues, 10/7 at 7 PM, CT
Wed, 10/11 at 10 AM, CT
Friday, 10/13 at 7 PM, CT
Different tunes will be played at each session.
We will read, play, and discuss various survival skills for these charming pieces.
There is limited enrollment, and pre-registration is required. The cost for each workshop is $10. The cost of each optional book is $10 (includes shipping if ordered with workshop registration).
For more information, and to register, click here
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Multiple Class Options
with Marea Chernoff
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra School of Music is offering online recorder and bass recorder classes for the Fall term beginning September 18th, 2023.
New to the program for the Fall are short technique workshops, 2-3 classes focused on one topic. Choose from Practice 101, Tone, Tuning/Intonation and Double Tonguing. Register for all 4 or choose the subject(s) that interest you. Use the link below to see full descriptions of the courses and to enroll.
Recorder Programs - VSO School of Music
Please contact instructor Marea at marearecorder@gmail.com with any questions.
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Multiple Class Options
with Anne Timberlake
1) Wednesday Webinar: Vibrant Vibrato!
October 4 at 7 PM, CT
A webinar where we’ll tackle all of your questions about vibrato - how to produce it and when to use it.
Cost: $20
2) In Nomine: Short Course
October 3, 10, 17, and 24 at
4 PM, CT
We’ll explore the flowering of the In Nomine in 16th and 17th-century Britain, brushing up on the origins of the trend and getting to know some of the genre’s most beautiful and unusual works.
This course is best suited to recorder players whose skills are higher intermediate or above.
Cost: $96
To purchase either, visit my website and complete the purchase process. If you have questions or you prefer to pay offline, please contact me at anne@annetimberlake.com
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Virtual Recorder Warm-up Class
with Sarah Cantor
Monday and Thursday mornings: 9:30-10 AM, ET
Add structure to your practice routine! After doing the warm ups together, you will be inspired to practice on your own.
Each half-hour class will feature 15 minutes of breathing, tone, tonguing, or coordination warm ups for all levels; as well as 15 minutes of advanced technique taken from excerpts in baroque repertoire.
Cost: 5 Classes for $100
Contact Sarah at cantornote@icloud.com to register.
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Amherst Early Music Online presents several upcoming virtual classes with Marilyn Boenau, Jennifer Carpenter, and Annette Bauer.
1) Bass Instincts with Marilyn Boenau: For bass recorders and bass dulcians.
Saturday, September 30 at 1 PM, ET. Cost: $25
2) Burns Night with Jennifer Carpenter: Explore the poetry of Robert Burns, his settings found in The Scots Musical Museum, and in collections such as James Oswald’s Caledonian Pocket Companion. This beautifully expressive poetry and music will spark your interest in a rich set of repertoire that is very accessible to recorder players!
Saturday, September 30 at 3 PM, ET. Cost: $25
3) Early Notation for Complete Beginners with Annette Bauer: There is no time like the present to dip your toes (and fingers) into the wonderful world of original notation. Being able to read from the original greatly enhances our understanding of how the music we love works and can give new insights for our performance practice. We will take baby steps, and I will answer all of your questions. Open to all instruments and singers.
Wednesdays, October 4, 11, 18, 25 at 7:15 PM, ET. Cost: $100
To register for any of these classes, please visit the AEM Online website.
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NAVRS presents their October Playing Meeting
with Rainer Beckmann
When: Saturday, Oct 28, 2:00 - 3:30 PM, EDT
Cost: NAVRS Membership is $20 and each playing session is $15; membership is not required for your first meeting but there is a charge of $15.
Wind, or Air in Motion: In the mid-1990s, Karin Röhrig published a collection of pentatonic songs for the soprano recorder with the poetic title und die Flöte verwandelt den Wind in ein Lied (and the flute turns the wind into a song). The phrase is part of a short poem Karin wrote that beautifully speaks of how a song’s sound moves and connects hears, more than any word could ever do. It all inspired the program for NAVRS that loosely revolves around Wind, or Air in Motion.
For more information and to register, visit the NAVRS website.
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