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The wheels were set in motion then to share the information in that talk Elementary B–A–G Soprano Recorder Composition on Lully’s use of recorders as an article in Lesson Plan . 18 AR. With some revamping by the author to 7 by Laurie Tretter make the spoken word fit the printed page, the article and its illustrations appear here Recorder Rally for Recorder Day! . 20 (page 7). by Matthias Maute You may have noticed that a new occasional brief bit of recorder advice, Technique Tip, began to appear several DEPARTMENTS issues back. Tish Berlin wrote a tip for Advertiser Index . 40 the September AR, Frances Blaker sent a 26 warm-up idea for November, and other Book Reviews . 33 professionals are continuing to offer short Chapters & Consorts . 26 solutions to common problems. In this Classified . 40 issue, Vicki Boeckman lists fingerings to help you play better in tune (page 32). Compact Disc Reviews . 30 Also in this issue, an expanded Education . 16 message from ARS President Tish Berlin Music Reviews. 36 (pages 3 and 5) recounts some reflections 33 she collected after asking people how the On the Cutting Edge. 24 recorder had affected their lives. You may President’s Message . 3 see yourself in their tales. ON THE COVER: With Play-the-Recorder Month Detail from a Q&A . 29 vanitas by Simon nearing, you may be looking for music to Renard de Response . 6 play. Matthias Maute was commissioned St. André, Tidings . 4 to write a piece for ARS members to play Lyon, France during March (page 20). New this year ©2008 Bits and Pieces: Mollenhauer buys Rössler is another feature for Play-the-Recorder Month: a lesson plan for teachers of classroom recorder (page 18), with ideas GAIL NICKLESS, Editor for composing a piece as part of the annual March celebration. (Members who Contributing Editors make classroom visits with their recorders FRANCES BLAKER, Beginners & Technique; TOM BICKLEY, Compact Disc Reviews; CONSTANCE M. PRIMUS, Music Reviews; CAROLYN PESKIN, Q & A may also find ideas here.) The lesson plan TIMOTHY BROEGE, 20th/21st-Century Performance and music files will be posted on the ARS LISA SCHMIDT, Design Consultant web site at <www.americanrecorder.org/ events/ptrm.htm as a resource for Advisory Board members; other pieces composed by Martha Bixler • Valerie Horst • David Lasocki Bob Marvin • Thomas Prescott • Catherine Turocy young players may also appear there. Kenneth Wollitz Web sites have become resources for all of us, and now even recorder lessons Copyright © 2008 American Recorder Society, Inc. can be offered over the Internet. 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