For nearly seventy years The Society of
Recorder Players has been stimulating interest and enjoyment in the art of
recorder playing.
Branches
BRANCHES
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BATH BRANCH
Director of Music: Ann Lyall
Secretary: Bill Cartwright
5 Eden Park Close Batheaston, BATH, BA1 7JB
Visitors Meetings are normally held on the first
Saturday of each month (except for August) at the United Reformed Church Hall,
Odd Down. There is free car parking. This is approximately two miles South of
the centre of the city, at Rush Hill, near the intersection of Bloomfield Road
and Frome Road. For satelite navigators the postcode is BA2 2QF.
Alternatively, bus 14 leaves St James Parade (between the railway
station and the bus station) in the direction of Odd Down at 15 minute
intervals and takes approximately 15 minutes to reach Frome Road, Odd Down.. We
meet at 2.30 pm until 5.30 pm.
There are usually twenty to twenty five
players, including branch members, members from other SRP branches, and
visitors.
If you:
Enjoy playing the recorder, and
can sight read reasonably well (there is always the chance
that the person sitting next to you can play the tricky bits),
then you are very welcome to come. Please bring your own
music stand. As an adult visitor this would cost £3.00. This includes tea
in the interval and one or more of our renowned home made cakes. All music is
provided. You can come two or three times as a visitor, but we would hope that
you might join us as a member after that.
Membership The annual membership subscription is
£15 for students, £21 for adults or £32 for families. The
subscription becomes payable on September 1st. This brings the quarterly
Recorder magazine and supports the operating costs of the branch. In addition,
members (and SRP members from other branches) pay £2 per monthly visit.
Other Activities Extended 'playing days' lasting from
10am to approximately 4.30 pm are held twice each year, normally in June and
December. The June playing day is usually extended to players of bass
Renaissance instruments, and includes works for combined voices, recorders and
Renaissance instruments. This has always proved to be hugely enjoyable.
Mention should also be made of the Jerrome recorder group, which
is affiliated to the SRP. It meets once per week and gives a number of short
concerts during the year, including a Christmas concert in Bath Abbey.
Bristol Festival of Music, Speech and Drama. Includes
recorder events at Redland United Reformed Church Hall.
17th May 2008
Alex Ayre conducts Bristol Branch as Pastoral Visitor
Playing Day
14th June 2008
Ann Lyall conducts an all-day workshop
followed by an informal performance of Venetian music from the 16th and 17th
centuries for singers, recorder players and players of other bass instruments
at St John the Baptist church, Batheaston, Bath, on Saturday 14th June, 10am to
4.30pm.
Works by Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli, Bassano and Croce will
be included.
The cost of the day will be £15, to include light
refreshments. It is suggested that participants bring a packed lunch and picnic
within the grounds of the church or in the nearby church hall.
