Greetings to All for a Safe, Happy, Healthy and Musical New Year
Wendy Powers Leads the NYRG on January 28th
Wendy is well-known to all NYRG players for her terrific musical work with us over the years. She is a historical musicologist specializing in music of the late 15th and early 16th centuries, particularly in Italy and France and currently an adjunct assistant professor at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, CUNY. She received her Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1994, submitting a dissertation on The Music Manuscript Fondo Magliabechi XIX.178 of the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Florence: A Study in the Changing Role of the Chanson in Late Fifteenth-Century Florence.
She has written about musical instruments for the Metropolitan Museum of Art Timeline of Art History (www.metmuseum.org). With Patricia Ann Neely, she co-directed Sag Harbor Early Music, a small spring concert series on Long Island, and she has sat for more than a decade on the Board of Directors of the New York City series Music Before 1800. She is teaching as an adjunct and co-directing the Collegium Musicum (with Susan Hellauer) at Queens College of the City University of New York.
Wendy's Program will be: Josquin Des Prez (ca. 1450-1521): A Voice Across 500 Years. Click here to download the music
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NYRG Season will continue on February 25th when Rotem Gilbert will lead us from California; on March 25 Adam Gilbert, also from California, will lead us; on April 29 we will welcome Larry Lipnik; on May 20 Valerie Horst will be our conductor.
Season Finale on June 17 will be led by Deborah Booth.
7:00 PM, set-up & social, 7:15 PM downbeat, 8:30 PM last cut-off;
fifteen minutes additional social time for those who want to stay on and chat with other attendees.
All Meetings will be held via Zoom until further notice.
All necessary links will be provided on a timely basis once you have registered for a session.
Visit our Archives Page for Listing of the Session Music
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Participants will need to have the Zoom application installed on the device being used to participate and position themselves either near their modems or connected directly with an ethernet cable for best results. An external microphone and speaker or headphones also improves the experience. Sign up, it's free. For more information and to install Zoom, visit their website: https://zoom.us
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MEMBERSHIP DUES Yearly dues: $40
MEETING FEES: Members: $15 per meeting; Non-members: $20 per meeting
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT (payable at season beginning) is $140 includes dues and a full season of meetings (save $5 per meeting!)
STANDARD PAYMENT
Zelle is NYRG's Preferred Method of Receiving Payment
Click here to pay using Zelle to NYRG treasurer Judith Wink jwink@nyc.rr.com.
PAYMENT RATES
Membership Meeting Fee: $15.74; Non-member Meeting Fee: $20.88; Early Bird (at season beginning): $144.36
Click here to pay using Pay Pal
If you are paying for individual meetings (not using "Early Bird Discount"),
you must pay electronically through Zelle or PayPal, not by check.
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Greetings to New York Recorder Guild Participants!
From Music Director Deborah Booth
I hope that you are all in good health and reasonably positive spirits. These are indeed difficult times for everyone, especially New Yorkers. I'm thinking of each one of you, and wishing the best luck for you and your families. Music is a great solace at times like this, and I think we could all say that we feel very lucky to be musicians. It provides us inspiration and distraction from the harsh realities of the daily News.
Please allow me to recommend that you consider playing your instruments and practicing as much as you have energy to do. It really does help raise the spirits. This may be a good time to explore and organize your sheet music files. Who knows what you may find! I'm always surprised when I delve into the backs of filing cabinet drawers. Often many surprises! You could also do some exploring online for available music - through the ARS site or Imslp or CPDL or many others. There is a wealth of material out there.
Another thought for being productive in these isolated times would be to carefully oil all of your recorders. As this is a time of seasonal weather change, it's a perfect time to moisturize the wooden instruments. You will make them happy and they will sound better and last longer. I'm sure the thing that we miss the most is being able to play together in groups. Let's join together in hoping that we will be able to be together soon and share our music!!!
Very Best Musical Thoughts!
Deborah
View Deborah Booth's bio and professional background on our Board page
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AEM ONLINE Saturdays and Sundays: classes scheduled each weekend
Visit the AEM website for more information and to register: www.amherstearlymusic.org
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Join a Virtual Recorder Class with the American Recorder Society
For schedule and information, visit their website at: americanrecorder.org
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For more information on other workshops, visit our Workshops page for dates and registration information.
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Special New York Music Concerts and Events
(additional events and concert series are listed on our Events page: check websites for schedules and changes for the upcoming season)
GOTHAM EARLY MUSIC SCENE (GEMS) is dedicated to the
promotion and advancement of early music in New York City and
serves professional and amateur performers and ensembles, church
organizations, audiences and enthusiasts.
2020-2021 Season: Watch live Thursdays at 1:15 pm on Facebook or YouTube. Midtown Concerts is pleased to present a full schedule of concerts for the 2020-2021 season. The opening concerts will be live-streamed until it is safe for audiences to gather once again. As safety allows, they will reintroduce in-person events. Get on their mailing
list and receive On the Scene which features current
New York performances of early music. Call: 212-866-0468 or E-mail info@gemsny.org. For more information and concert links, visit their website: https://gemsny.org/midtown-concerts
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Contact an instructor for an online lesson via Skype or other video software. Here is a partial list of teachers offering online lessons:
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In normal times the New York Recorder Guild meets at
Advent Lutheran Church
2504 Broadway (at 93rd Street)
Basement Fellowship Hall, side Entrance, corner of Broadway and 93rd Street
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Visit our Events page for photos of recent playing sessions and events and last year's City Recorder.
Consort FinderThe board and music director are pleased that you are attending New York Recorder Guild sessions to play with and meet other recorder players. It is certainly a great place for this! You may also wish to enjoy playing recorders in a consort or smaller group setting, but it is often difficult to get the right players together for levels, geography, and temperaments. If you are interested in being matched with other players, contact our music director, Deborah Booth, at: deborah@flute-recorder-deborahbooth.com explaining your thoughts, wishes, level, location, and years of experience. Coaching is also available if desired. Deborah will attempt to put you in touch with others who match your skills. NYRG has had success with this program in starting consorts meeting in Brooklyn and Manhattan. |
Subscribe to the New York Recorder Guild Mailing List and get the latest news on NYRG happenings as well as keeping up to date on the Metro New York Recorder scene. Contact: newyorkrecorders@gmail.com
Visit our Events page for photos of recent playing meetings as well as listings of playing sessions of other local ARS Chapters, concerts and other early music and recorder events..
Visit our Archives Page to keep up with all of the music played at our Monthly Meetings. Music listings of workshops and other events will be added as they occur.
Our Workshops page has all the information on Recorder and Early Music Workshops taking place in the area.
Recorders need repairs; looking for music downloads? Visit our Resources page for information on everything recorder-related.
The New York Recorder Guild is a member of the American Recorder Society