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summer 2016 summer Published by the American Recorder Society, Vol. LVII, No. 2 • www.americanrecorder.org Editor’s ______Note ______ ______ ______ ______ Volume LVII, Number 2 Summer 2016 Features aise your hand if you understood The Recorder Windway Demystified . 9 the parts of your recorders that were By Thomas M. Prescott affectedR the last time you had one revoiced? Or do you have a recorder that really needs Departments work? If you understand its inner workings Advertiser Index . 32 6 better when you next have repair work done on the business end of your recorder, thank Book Reviews . 16 master craftsman Tom Prescott for his arti- Friedrich von Huene, David Lasocki demystifying the windway cle on (page 9). and Aemilia Bassano Lanier Like the Roman god Janus, recorder players look over their shoulders at the past, Compact Disc Reviews . 24 but also look to the future. This issue has a Dreamy CDs by Cléa Galhano and John Turner number of reports showing the recorder in Music Reviews Education . 27 that dichotomy. In , we ¡Qué maravilloso! Flauta de Pico en Mexico 9 read about Baroque music and recently- with Mary Halverson Waldo composed neo-Baroque works (page 28). Past meets future again as Renais sance band Music Reviews. 28 Piffaro moves further into the virtual age Glen Shannon's compositions, plus others Google Cultural Institute with (page 4). from the Baroque and earlier In "On the Cutting Edge" (page 19), a conversation between frequent columnist On the Cutting Edge. 19 Gustavo de Francisco and Karel van Gustavo de Francisco talks about Modern recorders Steenhoven includes the latter's thoughts with Karel van Steenhoven 19 Modern recorder on the , which is being President’s Message . 3 more thoroughly explored and developed in ARS President David Podeschi invites Europe as the recorder's future. More of that Chapter Representatives to Breakfast interview is posted on the ARS web site. With spring's arrival, and with summer Tidings . 4 workshops and festivals upon us, those of us Piffaro included in Google Cultural Institute; Flanders who love the recorder feel the promise of the Recorder Quartet in New York City; Frances Feldon future in an instrument with a rich past. speaks on jazz/rock recorder players at "Musicking": Gail Nickless Dark Horse Consort plays Spanish music; former 27 www.youtube.com/user/americanrecordermag ARS Board member Ron Cook honored by www.facebook.com/groups/177397989075511/ Early Music America Gail Nickless, Editor ON THE COVER: Photo by William Contributing Editors Stickney of Vicki Tom Bickley, Compact Disc Reviews Sue Groskreutz, Book & Music Reviews • Mary Halverson Waldo, Education Boeckman's recorders: Amanda Pond, Line Editor Denner and Bressan copies (1989 & 1992) Advisory Board by the late Fred Morgan Martha Bixler • Valerie Horst • David Lasocki • Bob Marvin © 2016, American Thomas Prescott • Kenneth Wollitz Recorder Society www.AmericanRecorder.org Copyright©2016 American Recorder Society, Inc. 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