Upcoming meeting
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15 AT 1:30 PM
Led by Wendy Powers
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​Wendy Powers has played and taught recorder in New York City for many years, and is a musicologist specializing in music of the late 15th and early 16th centuries, particularly in Italy and France. She is an assistant director and faculty member of the Amherst Early Music Festival, and has taught at early music workshops across the country. Since 2011, she has co-directed (with Valerie Horst) Amherst Early Music’s CityRecorder workshop in New York City. Ms. Powers is adjunct assistant professor at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College of the City University of New York, where she teaches music history.
Recent meetings
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, AT 1:30 PM
Led by David Hurd
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​I have chosen a variety of choral and instrumental pieces for our October session. To warm-up, we will begin with a four-part canon to be played on all instruments. Moving from unison through counterpoint to harmony, we will tune our pitch and rhythm as we go. Then, we will play two pieces in four parts, choral and instrumental, Renaissance and Baroque. Followed by two keyboard pieces by Bach, a prelude and a fugue, adapted for recorders. I am looking forward to seeing you and playing together on October 4!
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, AT 1:30 PM
"Autumn Musical Potpourri"
Led by Deborah Booth, NYRG Music Director
For our first ensemble playing session of the season. we will play through a variety of musical forms arranged for recorders. These pieces are examples of good performance works that we may return to throughout the year in preparation for our culminating celebration in May.
•Instrumental Canons and Fantasias by Obrecht and Gibbons
•Chansons and Madrigals by C. de Sermisy and Verdelot
•Dance movements by Posch, Schultz, and others
•Baroque selections by J. S. Bach and G. F. Handel
