The Society of Recorder Players

President: Sir Peter Maxwell Davies CBE
Registered Charity No. 282751
Scottish Registered Charity No. SC038422
Since 1937 The Society of Recorder Players has been
stimulating interest and enjoyment in the art of recorder playing

News from the World of Recorder Playing

Do let us have any items of news you think might be interesting to other members of the Society. Please e-mail the Web Editor.

Musical Advisor to the SRP Evelyn Nallen has a new album out Whistlestar The title track by Cat Stevens is available to download here

World Premier of Gavin Bryars new Recorder Sextet composition "A Family Likeness", commissioned by the Society of Recorder Players, played by Zero Gravity in Cambridge UK, led by Evelyn Nallen:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP0rvjhLVT8

Recorders in schools (versus ukeleles) featured in The Telegraph

The Recorder Revolution Conference, Wednesday 10th October 2007, 9.45 - 5pm
Hove Town Hall
A one-day extravaganza of inspirational teaching ideas for Primary School Music Co-ordinators.
Followed at 6pm by the Piers Adams' Recorder Roadshow.
More information: http://www.bremf.org.uk/ or phone for booking form: 020 7281 6864

Old News
The American Recorder Society will present Anthony Rowland-Jones with their Presidential Special Honor Award during the Boston Early Music Festival.

European Recorder Teachers' Association Conference 2005 Friday June 3rd 10am - 5.30pm
King's College School West Road Cambridge

The speakers
Julien Feltrin teaches recorder at the Royal College of Music in London. This session will take the form of a lecture recital and will include the premiere of an as yet untitled work by Miguel Mera.
Sarah Pope teaches beginner to advanced violin and viola classes and string ensembles at The City Lit. and the Mary Ward Centre in London and is a Mentor for the ABRSM's teacher training programme. She will talk about teaching adults.
Andrew Mayes Following the publication of his book on Dolmetsch and 20th century repertoire, Andrew looks Benjamin Britten and the recorder.
Roderick Beesley who, as an Alexander Technique practitioner, has worked with musicians here and with opera companies in Stuttgart and Stockholm, will take a practical session tailored to recorder players and teachers.
Evelyn Nallen Early 18th century ornamentation - English-style. Evelyn, performer and teacher, shares some of her research on a manuscript of William Pitt, 1721, and his ornamentation of tunes heard in the London theatre.

Plus - an informal session in Yuzuru Yamashiro's Recorder Clinic (bring your recorders for repairs and re-voicing) and the Soirée, 7.30 for 8pm at the Michaelhouse Cafe. Coffee, cakes, wine, cheese, live music from RCM Consort, Evelyn Nallen & friends £10

Conference fee: £55 fee for ERTA members: still only £35 Student members £5

With grateful thanks to the Walter Bergmann Fund, we can offer to pay the travel expenses of all attendees under the age of 30

Book now by sending a cheque (payable to ERTA UK) to Evelyn Nallen, 19 Norwich Street, Cambridge CB2 1ND for more details see the ERTA Web Site

First international competition for recorder ensembles and orchestras, Le Mans, March 26 - 27 2005

Website: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jean-claude.lagarde/concours_dolmetsch/index.htm

The Bolton Recorder Group no longer meets as a formal class. The members continue to meet informally for one-to-a-part playing. For information please contact Kathleen Pollitt (01204-592684) or (01254 677689). They can also be contacted through their respective SRP branches in Manchester and Cumbria

Recorder ensemble: Granada, Spain Francisco Fernández Aranda is a classical guitar teacher at the conservatoire in Granada, and is also a recorder enthusiast. He is keen to establish a recorder ensemble in Granada. If you can help, please contact him:

Obituary in The Times (requires registration) on Timothy Moore, who composed several pieces for recorders and was in at the early stages of recorder playing in England. (Thanks to Mark Windisch for spotting this)

Alternative URL (does not require registration).

Birthday Honours 2002
James Brian Bonsor. For services to Teaching Music, especially the Recorder.