BCRS Online Workshops
Bend it like Brüggen! The art and technique of expressive recorder playing, with Piers Adams
Date: October 17, 2020 from 10:00am-12:00pm PT
The Taming of Quantz, a talk with Curtis Foster
Date: November 21, 2020 from 1:00pm-2:00pm PT
The Art of Polyphony: A beginner's guide to interpreting Renaissance music, with Laura Kuhlman
Date: January 23, 2021 from 1:00pm-3:00pm PT
Inside the Score: An instruction manual for your ears, a talk with Conductor-Composer Jaelem Bhate
Date: February 20, 2021 from 2:00pm-3:00pm PT
The Swinging Recorder: Adding jazz to your musical vocabulary, with Montreal virtuoso Vincent Lauzer
Date: March 20, 2021 from 1:00pm-3:00pm PT
From Cradle to Grave: The ABCs of recorder care and maintenance, a talk with Recorder maker Patrick von Huene
Date: April 17, 2021 from 11:00am-12:00pm PT
Playing by Ear, with Music Program Director of the Edmonton Suzuki Flute and Recorder Society Kathleen Schoen
Date: May 22, 2021 from 1:00pm-3:00pm PT
Registration: Opens May 4, 2021
Achieving Physical Longevity in Recorder Players, a talk with Osteopathic Practitioner Kaitlin Newman
Date: June 19, 2021 from 11:00am-12:00pm PT
Registration: Opens June 1, 2021
Date: October 17, 2020 from 10:00am-12:00pm PT
The Taming of Quantz, a talk with Curtis Foster
Date: November 21, 2020 from 1:00pm-2:00pm PT
The Art of Polyphony: A beginner's guide to interpreting Renaissance music, with Laura Kuhlman
Date: January 23, 2021 from 1:00pm-3:00pm PT
Inside the Score: An instruction manual for your ears, a talk with Conductor-Composer Jaelem Bhate
Date: February 20, 2021 from 2:00pm-3:00pm PT
The Swinging Recorder: Adding jazz to your musical vocabulary, with Montreal virtuoso Vincent Lauzer
Date: March 20, 2021 from 1:00pm-3:00pm PT
From Cradle to Grave: The ABCs of recorder care and maintenance, a talk with Recorder maker Patrick von Huene
Date: April 17, 2021 from 11:00am-12:00pm PT
Playing by Ear, with Music Program Director of the Edmonton Suzuki Flute and Recorder Society Kathleen Schoen
Date: May 22, 2021 from 1:00pm-3:00pm PT
Registration: Opens May 4, 2021
Achieving Physical Longevity in Recorder Players, a talk with Osteopathic Practitioner Kaitlin Newman
Date: June 19, 2021 from 11:00am-12:00pm PT
Registration: Opens June 1, 2021
Other Online Workshops
Winds & Waves: Recorder Workshop, May 1 - 3, 2021 - Faculty includes Letitia Berlin, Frances Blaker, Vicki Boeckman, and Clea Galhano. US$180.
Whitewater Early Music Festival, June 5 - 6, 2021 - Two days with a gifted faculty of recorder, early winds, voice and viola da gamba instructors. There will be music for recorders of all shapes and sizes, historic double reeds, violas da gamba, voices and maybe some bagpiping! All instruments are welcome in all classes. Players of all levels welcome. There will be special classes for advanced beginners. Register for eight 75 minute sessions over two days US$75, or, for four 75 minutes sessions on one day US$40.
Virginia Baroque Performance Academy Virtual Workshop, June 13 - 19, 2021 - 'Invitation to the Dance' Baroque Music through the Lens of Dance and Rhythm. Anne Timberlake, recorder faculty. Recorder players will have masterclass and technique sessions in the morning, followed by a variety of sessions with the full chamber music faculty in the afternoon. This is a small workshop by design, with capped enrolment, a supportive environment, and the chance to really dig in! This virtual workshop is best suited for players comfortable with at least moderately challenging Baroque recorder repertoire (e.g. Handel, Telemann). US$30-350.
Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute, June 21 - 27, 2021 - Recorder faculty are Christopher Krueger and Michael Lynn. US$200-300.
Mountain Collegium Early Music and Folk Music Workshop, June 29 – July 3, 2021 - Recorder faculty are Phil Hollar, Jody Miller, Patricia Petersen, Gwyn Roberts, Anne Timberlake, and Barbara Weiss. US$15-370.
Port Townsend Early Music Workshop Online July 6 - August 1, 2021
Information: Seattle Recorder Society
Columbia Baroque Online Summer Recorder Institute Mondays, July 6 - 27, 2021 - Please join us for our twelfth annual summer master classes for Baroque recorder players meeting four consecutive Monday evenings beginning July 6. Sessions will feature recorder duets by G. P. Telemann, Jacques Hotteterre, Giuseppi Sammartini, and more. US$40.
Hybrid Amherst Early Music Festival July 17 - 25, 2021 - An online Festival from Monday-Friday, and a few in-person classes in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia on the weekends, depending on local Covid protocols. The Festival will include the Online Medieval Project with Benjamin Bagby.
West Coast Amateur Musicians Society Online Summer Music Camp July 19 - 23, 2021. Recorder faculty is Deborah Jackson. Free with CA$25 membership. Donations welcome.
Fall Fipple Flute Forum at Seattle Pacific University. September 2021 (to be confirmed)
Denman Island Baroque Music Workshop September 12 - 19, 2021
Salt Spring Island Baroque Music Workshop September 24 - 26, 2021. CA$150.
Columbia Gorge Early Music Retreat Online March 2022
Information: Portland Recorder Society
Whitewater Early Music Festival, June 5 - 6, 2021 - Two days with a gifted faculty of recorder, early winds, voice and viola da gamba instructors. There will be music for recorders of all shapes and sizes, historic double reeds, violas da gamba, voices and maybe some bagpiping! All instruments are welcome in all classes. Players of all levels welcome. There will be special classes for advanced beginners. Register for eight 75 minute sessions over two days US$75, or, for four 75 minutes sessions on one day US$40.
Virginia Baroque Performance Academy Virtual Workshop, June 13 - 19, 2021 - 'Invitation to the Dance' Baroque Music through the Lens of Dance and Rhythm. Anne Timberlake, recorder faculty. Recorder players will have masterclass and technique sessions in the morning, followed by a variety of sessions with the full chamber music faculty in the afternoon. This is a small workshop by design, with capped enrolment, a supportive environment, and the chance to really dig in! This virtual workshop is best suited for players comfortable with at least moderately challenging Baroque recorder repertoire (e.g. Handel, Telemann). US$30-350.
Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute, June 21 - 27, 2021 - Recorder faculty are Christopher Krueger and Michael Lynn. US$200-300.
Mountain Collegium Early Music and Folk Music Workshop, June 29 – July 3, 2021 - Recorder faculty are Phil Hollar, Jody Miller, Patricia Petersen, Gwyn Roberts, Anne Timberlake, and Barbara Weiss. US$15-370.
Port Townsend Early Music Workshop Online July 6 - August 1, 2021
Information: Seattle Recorder Society
Columbia Baroque Online Summer Recorder Institute Mondays, July 6 - 27, 2021 - Please join us for our twelfth annual summer master classes for Baroque recorder players meeting four consecutive Monday evenings beginning July 6. Sessions will feature recorder duets by G. P. Telemann, Jacques Hotteterre, Giuseppi Sammartini, and more. US$40.
Hybrid Amherst Early Music Festival July 17 - 25, 2021 - An online Festival from Monday-Friday, and a few in-person classes in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia on the weekends, depending on local Covid protocols. The Festival will include the Online Medieval Project with Benjamin Bagby.
West Coast Amateur Musicians Society Online Summer Music Camp July 19 - 23, 2021. Recorder faculty is Deborah Jackson. Free with CA$25 membership. Donations welcome.
Fall Fipple Flute Forum at Seattle Pacific University. September 2021 (to be confirmed)
Denman Island Baroque Music Workshop September 12 - 19, 2021
Salt Spring Island Baroque Music Workshop September 24 - 26, 2021. CA$150.
Columbia Gorge Early Music Retreat Online March 2022
Information: Portland Recorder Society