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Published by the American Recorder Society, Vol. LVI, No. 1 • www.americanrecorder.org spring 2015 Editor’s ______Note ______ ______ ______ ______ Volume LVI, Number 1 Spring 2015 Features hear from members how much they look workshop issue forward to the spring “ ” A Higher Place of Awareness, —hereI it is, covering everything from mak A Spirit that Soars . 13 ing a recorder to improving skills in many areas, musical and geographical (page 13) . The annual look at summer workshops, give or take a couple of months To be a better player, you must under 4 stand an important basic skill necessary for playing well in a group (or at a workshop): Departments tuning . In recent issues, Gustavo Francisco has kindly shared his expertise with AR Advertiser Index . 40 readers . Put on your thinking caps to learn Compact Disc Reviews . 27 more about the science of tuning (page 9) . Quinta Essentia Quartet, Wayward Sisters, For years, even those of us “inside” Stefan Temmingh the editorial process sometimes have been Education . 9 uncertain about whether a piece relating to Gustavo de Francisco digs into the science of tuning 6 chapters or consorts (or now recorder orch estras) belonged in the department pages of Music Reviews . 29 AR or in the ARS Newsletter’s frequent items Music you might aspire to play at workshops, from Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Lost in Time Press, relating to those ensembles . Confused read PRB Productions, and by Harold Owen ers may now find clarity, as all ensemble announcements and reports (including AR’s On the Cutting Edge . 24 “Chapters, Consorts & Recorder Orches A conversation about the Elody between guest tras”) unite in an expanded ARS Newsletter . columnists Steve Marshall and Helen Hooker It was serendipity when I was sent an President’s Message . 3 13 article by a composer for and a player of the ARS President Laura Sanborn Kuhlman Elody recorder (page 24); I thought their remembers her recorder friends, and encourages dialog gave an inside view of part of the us to leave a legacy recorder’s changing world . AR still seeks a Tidings . 4 recorderist (perhaps versed in social media, Joel Newman, 1918-2014; Piffaro to receive YouTube and other online resources) willing ARS Distinguished Achievement Award to continue the evolution of “On the Cut during Boston Early Music Festival; ting Edge ”. Contact me if you are interested . academic achievements by Alan Karass and Mark Davenport; Magnamusic Distributors Gail Nickless 24 continues under Boulder Early Music Shop; www.youtube.com/user/americanrecordermag Margriet Tindemans, 1951-2014 www.facebook.com/groups/177397989075511/ Gail Nickless, Editor ON THE COVER: Rubens / Brueghel de Contributing Editors Velours Jan. Hearing - Tom Bickley, Compact Disc Reviews Detail from the table with Sue Groskreutz, Book & Music Reviews • Mary Halverson Waldo, Education books and musical Amanda Pond, Line Editor instruments. El oído. 17th century. Museo del Prado- Advisory Board Pintura, Madrid, Spain. Martha Bixler • Valerie Horst • David Lasocki • Bob Marvin © 2015, Album / Thomas Prescott • Kenneth Wollitz Art Resource, NY. www.AmericanRecorder.org Copyright©2015 American Recorder Society, Inc. ARS Chapters & Recorder Orchestras Alabama Idaho North Carolina Birmingham: Les Bois (Boise): Kim Wardwell Carolina Mountains: Susan Hartley Janice Williams 2058707443 3602023427 4236120421 Arizona Illinois Greenville Recorder Society: Desert Pipes (Phoenix): Chicago: John Shaw 2523552737 AMERICAN George Gunnels 4807066271 Ben Eisenstein 8479980198 Triangle: Jan Jenkins 9198700759 Arizona Central Highlands—Prescott: Chicago–West Suburban: Ohio Georgeanne Hanna 9287755856 Kathleen HallBabis 6304641828 RECORDER Greater Cleveland: Tucson: Scott Mason 5207210846 INDIANA Edith Yerger 4408260716 SOCIETY Arkansas Recorder Orchestra of the Midwest: Toledo: Charles Terbille 4195363227 INC. Aeolus Konsort: Marilyn Perlmutter 4192653537 Oregon Don Wold 5016662787 Louisiana Honorary President Bella Vista: Barbara McCoy Eugene: Lynne Coates 5413455235 4798556477 Baton Rouge: Oregon Coast: Corlu Collier William Behrmann 2257669465 Erich Katz (1900-1973) 5419611228 California New Orleans: Victoria Blanchard Honorary Vice President Barbary Coast Recorder Orchestra: 5048108540 Portland: Zoë Tokar 9713251060 Winifred Jaeger Frances Feldon 5105279029 Maryland Pennsylvania Central Coast: Margery Seid Statement of Purpose 8054748538 Northern Maryland: Bloomsburg Early Music Ens :. The mission of the American Recorder Society East Bay: Susan Jaffe 5104824993 Richard Spittel 4102423395 Susan Brook 5707848363 Massachusetts Erie: Linda McWilliams 8148683059 is to promote the recorder and its music by Inland Riverside: Greg Taber 9516838744 Philadelphia: Sarah West 2159848923 developing resources to help people of all ages Boston: Sara Rex 7812373927 Los Angeles Recorder Orchestra: Recorders/Early Music MetroWest Pittsburgh: Helen Thornton and ability levels to play and study the recorder, Matt Ross 9496978693 Boston: Bonnie Kelly 7818622894 4124860482 presenting the instrument to new constituencies, MidPeninsula Recorder Orchestra Worcester Hills: Alan Karass Rhode Island (Palo Alto): Fred Palmer 6505913648 5088478559 encouraging increased career opportunities for Nevada City: Michigan Rhode Island: David Bojar professional recorder performers and teachers, Miriam Morris 5302650986 4019443395 North Coast: Kathleen KinkelaLove Ann Arbor: Kevin Gilson 7347807476 and enabling and supporting recorder playing as 7078228835 Kalamazoo: Annette Brown Tennessee a shared social experience. Besides this journal, Orange County: 2697627503 Greater Knoxville: Ann Stierli ARS publishes a newsletter, a personal study Russell Wilson 4356301061 Metropolitan Detroit: 8288775675 Redding: Kay Hettich 5302418107 Claudia Novitzsky 2485485668 Greater Nashville: Carol Vander Wal program, a directory, and special musical Sacramento: Mark Schiffer Northwinds Recorder Society: editions. Society members gather and play 9166857684 John MacKenzie, M D. 2315477072 6152262952 San Diego County: Western Michigan: Jocelyn Shaw Southern Middle Tennessee together at chapter meetings, weekend Vanessa Evans 6192972095 2317448248 (Tullahoma): Vicki Collinsworth and summer workshops, and many San Francisco: Greta Hryciw Minnesota 9316079072 ARS-sponsored events throughout the year. 4153774444 Texas Sonoma County: Dale Celidore Twin Cities: Anne Mundahl In 2014, the Society celebrated 75 years 7078749524 6518955049 Austin: Dave Melanson 5124954180 of service to its constituents. South Bay: Liz Brownell 4083580878 Nevada Dallas: Alice Derbyshire 9403005345 Southern California: Sharon Holmes Las Vegas: Buddy Collier 7026106148 Rio Grande: Sylvia Burke 5755221742 3103792061 Board of Directors Sierra Early Music Society: Utah Laura Sanborn-Kuhlman, President Colorado Kathy Bohrer 7753939002 Utah Salt Lake: Mary Johnson Cynthia Shelmerdine, Vice-President, Boulder: Trudy Wayne 3036516860 New Hampshire Colorado Recorder Orchestra: 8012729015 Membership Chair Monadnock: Rose Marie Terada 3036664307 Vermont Kristine Schramel 4136489916 Tony Griffiths, Secretary, Marketing & Denver: Jon Casbon 7197996630 & Lynn Herzog 8022541223 Public Relations Chair Fort Collins: Pattie Cowell Monadnock: New Jersey Kristine Schramel 4136489916 Jennifer Carpenter, Asst. 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