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Published by the American Recorder Society, Vol. LX , No. 1 • www.americanrecorder.org spring 2019 spring Editor’s ______Note ______ ______ ______ ______ Volume LX, Number 1 Spring 2019 Features ow effectively have you been prac- Solving Technical Problems ticing? In this issue we continue the • HAmerican Recorder Practice Project (page With a Definitive List of Practice Hacks . 15 15). This second of four articles, based on a The second article in the Practice Project series Tina Chancey workshop led by , provides by Tina Chancey practice hacks, plus tips on using SHMRG to get a handle on your music before you Such Singing and Playing begin to practice; more tips are at https:// in the Wild Branches. 21 americanrecorder.org/practice_project.php . The annual look at summer workshops, Now is a good time to practice, to be prepared for a workshop—where everyone give or take a couple of months has the chance to improve even more. This Departments year's workshop roundup starts before summer and extends well into fall (page 21). Advertiser Index . 48 The field of sound recordings of music has changed considerably over the years. Music Reviews. 40 Back in the 1960s, AR included a Record Get out your sopranino: some of this music is Reviews department—covering LPs and, for the birds (but played by recorders) even in the 1980s, also cassettes. The 1990s Houston, gave us Recorders on Disc, followed by President’s Message . 3 we have a Compact Disc Reviews. In recent years, AR's problem.... faithful department editor Tom Bickley has ARS President David Podeschi workshops tackled reviews of not only CDs in changing and hopes you will try one yourself flavors, but DVDs plus an increasing num- ber of mp3 recordings—hence the change Tidings . 4 Recording Reviews to (page 36). Tributes to Bob Marvin (1941-2018); recorder maker With spring still hovering in the air, Michael Grinter dies; Jingle Day at Open Window it seemed a happy coincidence that both Music (page 40) and Recording Reviews School, Bellevue, WA; New World Recorders meet this time took on an avian aspect—perhaps Parthenia Viols in concert another nudge to fly off into summer. Gail Nickless Recording Reviews . 36 www.youtube.com/americanrecordermag New recordings by Sarah Jeffery, Jorge Isaac, www.facebook.com/groups/americanrecordersociety Dagmar Wilgo Gail Nickless, Editor ON THE COVER: Annesley, Charles Francis Contributing Editors (1857-1941). Pied Piper Tom Bickley, Recording Reviews • Mary Halverson Waldo, Education of the Animals. Amanda Pond & Cynthia W. Shelmerdine, Line Editors Watercolor on paper. Photo: The Stapleton Advisory Board Collection, Art Martha Bixler • Valerie Horst • David Lasocki Resource/NY©2019, Thomas Prescott • Kenneth Wollitz American Recorder Society www.AmericanRecorder.org Copyright©2019 American Recorder Society, Inc. ARS Chapters & Recorder Orchestras Alabama Illinois Ohio Birmingham: Chicago: Ben Eisenstein 847-998-0198 Greater Cleveland: Janice Williams 205-870-7443 Chicago–West Suburban: Edith Yerger 440-826-0716 Arizona Joanne Miller 847-359-8750 Columbus–Central Ohio Recorder Indiana Players & Friends: Vickie Starbuck Desert Pipes (Phoenix): 614-404-1273 Karen Grover 623-687-4791 Recorder Orchestra of the Midwest: AMERICAN Toledo: Charles Terbille 419-474-6572 Arizona Central Highlands–Prescott: Marilyn Perlmutter 419-265-3537 Georgeanne Hanna 928-775-5856 Oregon RECORDER Louisiana Tucson: Scott Mason 520-721-0846 Eugene: Lynne Coates 541-345-5235 Arkansas New Orleans: Eugene Recorder Orchestra: SOCIETY Victoria Blanchard 504-810-8540 Aeolus Konsort: Constance Newman 541-543-1685 INC. Don Wold 501-666-2787 Maryland Oregon Coast: Jane Boyden 541-994-5198 Honorary President California Northern Maryland: Richard Spittel 410-242-3395 Portland: Erich Katz (1900-1973) Barbary Coast Recorder Orchestra: Susan Campbell 503-288-4024 Frances Feldon 510-527-9029 Massachusetts Honorary Vice President Recorder Orchestra of Oregon– Central Coast Recorder Society: Boston: Portland: Laura Kuhlman Winifred Jaeger Karen Bergen 310-850-1227 Henia Yacubowicz 978-857-7418 503-234-2530 East Bay: Susan Jaffe 510-482-4993 Recorders/Early Music Metro-West Statement of Purpose Inland Riverside: Boston: Bonnie Kelly 781-862-2894 Pennsylvania The mission of the American Recorder Society Greg Taber 951-683-8744 Worcester Hills: Bloomsburg Early Music Ens.: Los Angeles Recorder Orchestra: Julie Massi 617-272-5216 Susan Brook 570-784-8363 is to promote the recorder and its music by Matt Ross 949-697-8693 Erie: Linda McWilliams 814-868-3059 Mid-Peninsula Recorder Orchestra– Michigan developing resources to help people of all ages Philadelphia: Sarah West 215-984-8923 Palo Alto: Fred Palmer 650-591-3648 Ann Arbor: Pittsburgh: and ability levels to play and study the recorder, Nevada City: Kevin Gilson 734-780-7476 presenting the instrument to new constituencies, Miriam Morris 530-265-0986 Kalamazoo: Helen Thornton 412-486-0482 North Coast: Kathleen Kinkela-Love David Fischer 269-375-0457 Rhode Island encouraging increased career opportunities for 707-822-8835 Metropolitan Detroit: Rhode Island: professional recorder performers and teachers, Orange County: Molly Sieg 313-532-4986 David Bojar 401-944-3395 and enabling and supporting recorder playing as Win Aldrich 909-625-7722 Northwinds Recorder Society: Redding: Kay Hettich 530-241-8107 Cynthia Donahey 231-526-7157 Tennessee a shared social experience. Besides this journal, Sacramento: Western Michigan: Greater Knoxville: Mark Schiffer 916-698-5774 Jocelyn Shaw 231-740-8110 ARS publishes a newsletter, a personal study Ann Stierli 828-877-5675 San Diego County: Minnesota program, a directory, and special musical Vanessa Evans 619-297-2095 Greater Memphis: editions. Society members gather and play San Francisco: Twin Cities: Garth Riegel 651-771-1045 Samuel Sidhom 901-848-1955 Greta Haug–Hryciw 415-377-4444 MISSOURI Greater Nashville: together at chapter meetings, weekend Sonoma County: Carol Vander Wal 615-226-2952 and summer workshops, and many Nancy Kesselring 707-823-7455 Heartland Rec. Orchestra–Warrensburg: Texas South Bay: Ani Mahler 408-638-0161 Patrick Larkin 660-909-1835 ARS-sponsored events throughout the year. Southern California: St. Louis: Cora Lippi 314-614 0042 Austin: Derek Wills 512-471-3424 In 2019, the Society celebrates 80 years Ricardo Beron 818-782-0710 Nevada Dallas: Alice Derbyshire 940-300-5345 Fort Worth–Cowtown Recorder of service to its constituents. Colorado Las Vegas: Buddy Collier 702-610-6148 Society: David Kemp 940-224-7896 Boulder: Trudy Wayne 303-651-6860 Sierra Early Music Society: Kay Judson 775-742-4507 Rio Grande: Colorado Recorder Orchestra: Marcia Fountain 915-544-3427 Rose Marie Terada 303-666-4307 New Hampshire Board of Directors Denver: Sharon Bolles 303-790-0149 Utah Monadnock: David Podeschi, President Fort Collins: Utah Salt Lake: Pattie Cowell 970-484-0305 Kristine Schramel 413-648-9916 Ruth Seib, Vice-President, Asst. Treasurer & Lynn Herzog 802-254-1223 Mary Johnson 801-272-9015 Jennifer Carpenter, Secretary and Connecticut New Jersey Vermont Communications Chair Connecticut: John Vandermeulen 203-810-4831 Bergen County: Monadnock: Wendy Powers, Treasurer Eastern Connecticut: Reita Powell 201-944-2027 Kristine Schramel 413-648-9916 Highland Park: & Lynn Herzog 802-254-1223 Alice Derbyshire, Asst. Secretary and Betty Monahan 860-536-7368 Donna Messer 732-828-7421 Virginia Membership Chair District of Columbia Montclair Early Music: Mollie Habermeier, Governance Chair Washington: Julianne Pape 845-943-0610 Northern Virginia: Daniel Bruner 202-669-3388 Princeton: Edward Friedler 703-425-1324 David Melanson, Educational Outreach, Delaware MaryJoan Gaynor 609-924-8142 Shenandoah–Charlottesville: Grants & Scholarships Chair New Mexico Gary Porter 434-284-2995 Brandywine: Tidewater–Williamsburg: Barbara Prescott, Fundraising Chair Roger Matsumoto 302-731-1430 Albuquerque: Bryan Bingham 505-299-0052 Vicki H. Hall 757-784-2698 James Chaudoir Greta Haug–Hryciw Florida Rio Grande: Washington Phil Hollar Carol Mishler Judith Smutek Marcia Fountain 915-544-3427 Largo/St. Petersburg: Moss Bay: Elizabeth Snedeker 727-596-7813 Santa Fe: John O’Donnell 505-662-5745 Michael Bancroft 206-523-6668 Miami: Ruth Trencher 305-665-3380 New York Greater Orlando: Recorder Orchestra of Puget Sound: Staff Jacqueline Singleton 407-260-9238 Buffalo: Bonnie Sommer 716-662-5975 Charles Coldwell 206-328-8238 East End Recorder Ens. (Montauk): Seattle: Laura Faber 206-619-0671 Susan Burns, Administrative Director Orlando Consort: Cheri Grayson 407-299-3076 Tom Dunfee 917-561-0575 Wisconsin Julia Ward, Administrative Assistant Palm Beach: Hudson Mohawk: Green Bay: Denise Jacobs 920-606-9188 P. O. Box 480054 Beverly Lomer 954-592-2852 Kathryn Kuhrt 518-477-8450 Pensacola: Long Island: Pat Cassin 516-238-6924 Milwaukee: Charlotte, NC 28269-5300 Charles Tucker 805-525-8256 New York City: Deborah Dorn 414-405-1081 704-509-1422; tollfree 1-844-509-1422 Sarasota: Natalie Lebert 212-666-7606 Southern Wisconsin: Recorder Orchestra of New York: Greg Higby 608-256-0065 866-773-1538 fax Charlotte Trautwein 941-504-9594 Georgia Karen Wexler 631-751-5969 Canada [email protected] Rochester: Atlanta: Mickey Gillmor 404-872-0166 Paul Breese-Garelick 585-738-1028 www.AmericanRecorder.org British Columbia (Vancouver): Hawaii Westchester: Elizabeth Paterson 604-228-0600 In accordance with the Internal Revenue Service Erica Babad 914-769-5236 Edmonton: Vince Kelly 780-436-9064 Big Island: Garrett Webb