Society of Recorder Players

Ensemble Tramontana are giving a concert on Saturday 4th February in London. See the Concerts page for details

The dates of meetings for South Staffordshire branch are now available.

See the Other Courses page for details of a Medieval Crossroads of Europe Music Workshop in October 2012.

Chetham’s School of Music will be opening its doors on Saturday 18 February for an Open Morning and encourages recorder players to attend. 

Details of a Byrd Recorder Day on 3rd March, the Edinburgh Young Musicians Recorder Course on 2nd 4th April and the Irish Recorder and Viol Course on 18th – 25th August are available on the Recorder Courses page.

Manchester Branch is holding playing days on 3rd March and 19th May.

Ealing Festival is now accepting entries for its Instrumental Section, including its Wind Classes on May 12th 2012 at Ealing Green Church Hall, Ealing W5 5DB.

Edinburgh Branch are having a Playing Day on March 17th

Leicester Branch are organising a Conducting Course with Moira Usher on 31st March  (see the Other Courses page for details) and a Playing Day with Ann Lyall on 28th April.
There is a Weekend Recorder Course at the Friars in Aylesford on 7th-9th September (see the Recorder Courses page for details.

Recorders Incorporated are giving a concert on Saturday 7th January
Evelyn Nallen with Zero Gravity is giving the premier of the reconstruction of the music for the first ever ballet The Loves of Mars & Venus on 18th February
see the Concerts page for details.

Wales Branch is hosting a Summer School on 13th -15th July 2012. See the Recorder Courses page for details.
See also the new Other Courses page for details of:
Tudor/Stuart Dance Workshop organised by Wessex Branch, 11th March 2012
Historically Informed Summer School at York St John University, 6th-10th August, 2012

The Suffolk Branch Spring Programme is now available

The Nuneaton Branch Programme now has details of a playing day and pastoral visit.

Taking place from 12 – 20 May, Voluntary Arts Week highlights the wonderful amateur arts and craft activity taking place throughout the UK and Republic of Ireland.
Run by Voluntary Arts, the development agency for voluntary arts and crafts activity, the week is a great way to celebrate your achievements – and perhaps encourage others to join you.
The first ever Voluntary Arts Week took place in Scotland last year, and now it’s being rolled out across the whole of Britain and Ireland – so it’s time to start thinking of ways to get involved.
Thousands of arts, crafts and music groups meet up each week to enjoy themselves and bring their local communities together. Voluntary Arts Week is all about showing the rest of the nation what you can do! Your group could:

• put on a special show;
• hold a celebratory exhibition;
• invite people to an open rehearsal;
• run a taster session;
• take your art or craftform out into the public domain (such as a shopping centre)
• or simply badge an event you’ve already planned with ‘Voluntary Arts Week’

 . . . the possibilities are endless!
Visit www.voluntaryartsweek.org for more information.
Contact email: infovoluntaryartsweekorg  (infovoluntaryartsweekorg)  

There is a link to Voluntary Arts Week on the Useful Links page

The Essex branch newsletter for November 2011 has been added to their newsletters page.
The Mid Herts branch programme for 2012 is now available.

Benslow Music has four recorder courses in 2012 – see the Courses page for details.