A short program: a performance or lecture of interest to recorder and viol players.
Ensemble playing for recorders: a large ensemble led by Peter Seibert, and a smaller beginner ensemble [currently not meeting].
Viol players welcome to participate as part of large group or separately as self directed esemble
The SRS maintains a lending library of recorder music which is available for checkout by the membership.
A wide selection of recorder music and equipment for browsing and purchase is made available by John's Music Center at selected monthly meetings.
The SRS is a resource for finding teachers, classes, and consort coaches, for hearing announcements of upcoming concerts and workshops, and for finding other players who would like to form an ensemble.
Come Join Us at Our Next Meeting!
The Seattle Recorder Society meets monthly from October through May. With a membership of 100, it has an active presence in the community offering not only membership meetings but also a biennial international summer workshop and an annual recorder orchestra. Membership meetings typically have an opening program provided by professional musicians or talented amateurs. The remainder of the meetings is devoted to large group playing under professional direction, often with arrangements and compositions written specially for the Seattle Recorder Society. Additional historical instruments are welcome at most meetings, especially instruments in the viola da gamba family. At some meetings, the viols meet separately. The final meeting of the season is Members Night at which members are invited to perform for five minutes. The May 2010 program drew 21 ensembles.
Tentative dates for meetings of the Seattle Recorder Society for 2010-11 are the following Friday evenings at 7:30:
A special feature of the coming year will be participation in the International Handel Festival during March 2011 in Seattle. The Seattle Recorder Society has been asked to sponsor a play-in open to all players of “early instruments” without charge. This reading session of Handel’s entire Music for the Royal Fireworks and Water Music will be in the nave of St. James Cathedral on Saturday, March 19, 2011 from 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
The biennial Port Townsend Early Music Workshop, a presentation of the SRS, will be held from July 10 – 16, 2011 on the campus of the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma.
A monthly newsletter, Recorder Notes, is published in advance of each meeting in which the program and the repertory for the forthcoming meeting are announced. Also in the newsletter are a review of the preceding meeting, the early music calendar for the following several weeks and other articles. The music director column is published both in the newsletter and on this website.
There are no special musical requirements for joining the SRS. The level of skill necessary to play the music varies from meeting to meeting, and participants are free to play as much or as little as they care to. For those wishing instruction in recorder playing, a list of available teachers is provided on this website by clicking here.
