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September 2009 Published by the American Recorder Society, Vol. L, No. 4 • www.americanrecorder.org NEW! Enjoy the recorder Denner great bass Mollenhauer & Friedrich von Huene “The Canta great bass is very intuitive to play, making it ideal for use in recorder “The new Mollenhauer Denner orchestras and can be great bass is captivating with recommended .” its round, solid sound, stable in every register. Its key mechanism Dietrich Schnabel is comfortable and especially (conductor of recor- well designed for small hands. An der orchestras) instrument highly recommended for both ensemble and orchestral playing.” Daniel Koschitzky Canta knick great bass (member of the ensemble Spark) Mollenhauer & Friedrich von Huene G# and Eb keys enable larger finger holes and thus an especially stable sound. 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ORDER TOLL FREE: (888) 665-2721 Item SP02410R TEL: (860) 364-5431 FAX: (860) 364-5168 $19.95 Email: [email protected] Also new from Sweet Pipes… Stern: Recorders without Shop Online at magnamusic.com Borders, Volume 2 Search or browse our inventory of over 10,000 pieces for For soprano duet and percussion recorder and more, and don't forget our hundreds of 13 beginning to intermediate recorder pieces from recorder models and all the accessories and maintenance around the world using one octave (low D to supplies you need. middle D) and percussion. The included CD contains 4 tracks for each pieces; performance, Don’t forget to mention you’re an ARS member and percussion only, percussion with recorder 1 and percussion with get a surprise! recorder 2. Item SP02411, $19.95 Editor’s Note ______ ______ ______ ______ Volume L, Number 4 September 2009 ______ erendipitously, this issue has turned into Features S a collection of celebrations. Tales of Two Summer Festivals Earliest in the year was Play-the- Happy Birthday, ARS! The 70-year-old organization Recorder Month in March. Turn to page 33 to read what chapters did during this celebrates in Style with a Festival and Conference . .6 annual celebration and on Recorder Day! The 2009 Boston Early Music Festival . .18 Next was the birthday of Terry Riley’s 6 In C—a piece that changed the way a lot Departments of us thought about new music when it Advertiser Index and Classifieds . .40 appeared on the scene 45 years ago. AR columnist Tim Broege writes about then Chapters & Consorts . .33 and now on page 28. Quartet New Gen- Play-the-Recorder Month 2009 eration was front-and-just-off-center on the stage of Carnegie Hall as an all-star Education . .30 ensemble assembled to play this landmark Scott Paterson describes the Royal School 18 work. of Music online resources for recorder players Summer usually means that the ARS is involved in offering events at a summer Music Reviews . .38 early music festival, and this summer was no On the Cutting Edge . .28 different. Reports of events of interest to recorder players during the Boston Early Recorders—specifically Quartet New Generation– Music Festival are compiled starting on onstage as part of another birthday celebration page 18. The ARS’s 70th birthday festivities President’s Message . .3 25 continued in late July and early August with Lisette Kielson writes about success, celebrations, a Festival and Conference in St. Louis, and the ARS Festival and conference MO. Members shared their experiences with you, starting on page 6. Q&A . .25 In her President’s Message on page 3, Readers answer a question from Carolyn Peskin Lisette Kielson writes about what happens as 2009 draws to a close. (Hint: keep on about what you use in place of a thumbrest celebrating the recorder!) Tidings . .4 Gail Nickless 28 Richard M. Eastman (House of Porter) dies GAIL NICKLESS, EDITOR ON THE CONTRIBUTING EDITORS TOM BICKLEY, COMPACT DISC REVIEWS • FRANCES BLAKER, BEGINNERS & TECHNIQUE COVER: TIMOTHY BROEGE, 20TH/21ST-CENTURY PERFORMANCE • CAROLYN PESKIN, Q & A Celebrate! CONSTANCE M. PRIMUS, MUSIC REVIEWS • MARY HALVERSON WALDO, EDUCATION Anaheet Gazder ADVISORY BOARD MARTHA BIXLER • VALERIE HORST • DAVID LASOCKI • BOB MARVIN ©2009 THOMAS PRESCOTT • CATHERINE TUROCY• KENNETH WOLLITZ WWW.AMERICANRECORDER.ORG GLENNA LANG, COPYRIGHT©2009 AMERICAN RECORDER SOCIETY, INC. DESIGN CONSULTANT ARS Chapters ALABAMA GEORGIA Long Island: Alabama Recorder Assoc.: Jennifer Atlanta: Barbara Zotz (631-421-0039) Garthwaite (256-586-9003) Mickey Gillmor (404-872-0166) New York City: Gene Murrow Birmingham: (646-342-8145) Janice Williams (205-870-7443) HAWAII Rochester: Liz Seely (585-473-1463) Hawaii: Irene Sakimoto Rockland: Jacqueline Mirando AMERICAN ARIZONA (808-734-5909) (845-624-2150) Desert Pipes (Phoenix): Big Island: Roger Baldwin Westchester: RECORDER Linda Rising (602-997-6464) (808-935-2306) Erica Babad (914-769-5236) Arizona Central Highlands West Hawaii Recorders: SOCIETY (Prescott): Georgeanne Hanna Marilyn Bernhardt (808-882-7251) NORTH CAROLINA inc. (928-775-5856) Carolina Mountains: Tucson: ILLINOIS Carol Markey (828-884-4304) Scott Mason (520-721-0846) Chicago: Mark Dawson Triangle: Mary McKinney Honorary President (773-334-6376) (919-489-2292) ARKANSAS Chicago-West Suburban: Erich Katz (1900-1973) Aeolus Konsort: Laura Sanborn–Kuhlman OHIO Honorary Vice President Greater Cleveland: Don Wold (501-666-2787) (630-462-5427) Edith Yerger (440-826-0716) Winifred Jaeger Bella Vista: Barbara McCoy (479-855-6477) LOUISIANA Toledo: Marilyn Perlmutter Baton Rouge: (419-531-6259) Statement of Purpose CALIFORNIA Cody Sibley (225-505-0633) OREGON The mission of the American Recorder Society is Central Coast: Margery Seid New Orleans: (805-474-8538) Victoria Blanchard (504-861-4289) Eugene: Lynne Coates to promote the recorder and its music by East Bay: Susan Jaffe & David Kemp (504-897-6162) (541-345-5235) developing resources and standards to help (510-482-4993) Oregon Coast: Corlu Collier people of all ages and ability levels to play and Inland Riverside: Greg Taber MARYLAND (541-265-5910) Northern Maryland: Portland: Zoë Tokar (971-325-1060) study the recorder, presenting the instrument to (951-683-8744) Monterey Bay: LouAnn Hofman Richard Spittel (410-242-3395) new constituencies, encouraging increased career PENNSYLVANIA (831-439-0809) Bloomsburg Early Music Ens.: opportunities for professional recorder MASSACHUSETTS North Coast: Kathleen Boston: Justin Godoy Susan Brook (570-784-8363) performers and teachers, and enabling and Kinkela-Love (707-822-8835) (781-507-4891) Erie: Linda McWilliams Orange County: Lois Sheppard (814-868-3059) supporting recorder playing as