Manchester Branch Playing Day – Society of Recorder Players

Sat 14Mar2026

Playing day with Margaret Shearing

St Matthew’s Community Hall, Chapel Ln, Stretford, Manchester M32 9AJ

10:00 - 17:00

£15 members £20 non members

Contact: / 07961588464

January 2026

Sat 10Jan2026

Our Musical Director Amanda Haste will be leading this morning session. Amanda is an experienced musician, musicologist, conductor, and workshop leader who has been our MD since 2024.

St James Church Hall, Mount Pleasant Rd, EXETER, EX4 7AH

10:00 - 13:00

Branch Members £5, Visitors £10

We welcome members and visitors to these sessions, which feature a broad range of recorder music from Renaissance to Rock.

Parking on site and at nearby Health Centre in Mt Pleasant Rd.

Accessible venue. Refreshments provided.

Contact: Devon SRP / 07725 093160

Devon SRP

Sat 10Jan2026

This is the first of the 3 Recorder Orchestra Workshops this term. The dates are 10 Jan, 7 Feb and 7 March

Lancaster Methodist Church, Scotforth Road, Lancaster, LA1 4TE

14:30 - 16:30

£30 for the three workshops

Contact: / 07969358318

www.lcmt.org.uk

Sat 10Jan2026

Music for a Pilgrimage. A fun concert of music following the Francigena pilgrim route.

St Andrew's Church, Kimbolton Road, Bedford MK40 2PF

19:30 - 21:00

£14 adults, under 18 free

www.standrewsbedford.org.uk

Sat 24Jan2026

Playing Day with Helen Hooker

Greenfield Primary School, Gwendoline Drive, Countesthorpe, Leicester LE8 5SG

10:00 - 16:30

£15.00

We welcome visitors to come and enjoy a day's playing with Helen Hooker.

Please bring a music stand and lunch.

Payment £15.00 by cheque payable to Leicester Recorder Players or BACS: Sort Code 40-63-01. Account No 40009966. Your name as a reference.

Please email me when you have made the transaction as confirmation.

Contact: / +447775890033

February 2026

Fri 06Feb2026

Performing on a variety of period instruments, Sounds Historical’s new programme reveals some of the remarkable women who helped shape early music.

St Mary's Church, Church Lane, Lower Heyford, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX25 5NZ

19:30

£18.00 / free U18

Sounds Historical put women at the centre of their latest programme and introduce you to some remarkable females who left a tangible musical legacy in many ways - from patrons to poets, printers to publishers and composers, students and scribes.

Including Isabella d’Este, Anne of Denmark, Anne Boleyn, Lady Russell Countess of Bedford, Jane Pickering, Isabella Leonarda, Elizabeth Herbert Countess of Pembroke and Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre.

Sounds Historical are Heidi Fardell (recorders/flutes), Mary Tyers (recorders/flutes/voice), Alison Kinder (viols) and Lynda Sayce (theorbo/lutes).

They love to chat to their audiences, introducing the music and instruments as the concert progresses.

See you there!