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.
Tentative dates for meetings of the Seattle Recorder Society for 2009-10 are the following Friday evenings at 7:30:
October 2, October 30, December 4, January 8, February 5, March 5, April 9,
May 7. Please note that the second meeting will be on October 30th in order to leave members free to attend the November 6th concert involving Marion Verbruggen, one of the world’s leading recorder players.
The tentative rehearsal schedule of the Recorder Orchestra of Puget Sound is on the following Wednesdays in 2010:
March 17
March 24
March 31
April 7
The ROPS is scheduled to perform at the April 9, 2010 meeting of the SRS.
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. At present, the SRS is looking for a coach for beginning players. Specially written parts will be provided at the October meeting for players with limited background.
