On a beautiful sunny day in August, I began teaching the first Kyuquot Summer Music Camp “Recorder Explorers” in the remote village of Kyuquot, a small community of mostly indigenous people on the west coast of Vancouver Island. I greeted five young students between...
From Peter Seibert We recently received the sad news that Kate Bracher, one of the giants of the recorder world in the Northwest, died on October 26. She was an honorary member of the Seattle Recorder Society and was a friend, a colleague, and a mentor to many of us...
At its November meeting, the SRS board approved a proposal presented by Ellis Hillinger for the continuation of the Fall Fipple Flute Forum in 2024 This year’s event (the fifth FFFF) will be held on Saturday and Sunday, September 21-22, 2024. It will be held at...
The final meeting of 2023 will be on Thursday, December 7; we hope you’ve marked your calendar and taken note of the fact that it is on a different day of the week than usual! Our seasonal selections for the evening will span all of the periods familiar to recorder...
Ingrid Vrooman is selling her well loved Paetzold Contra Bass recorder. It is an early model built of birch (?) plywood with cherry (?) veneer. It is in excellent working condition with the only modification being the replacement of the thumbscrews with larger ones...
With the first playing session of our new season, Seattle Recorder Society is moving to Faith Lutheran Church, located just off Lake City Way at 8208 18th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98115. It is bittersweet to be leaving Maple Leaf Lutheran Church after they have so...