Click here to read the latest news about future meetings and many other recorder events. See the announcement/comments on the Washington Recorder Society Spring recital on May 18 3-5pm, and for the virtual session with Gwyn Roberts on June 3rd at 7:30pm. Read about two opportunities that WRS members have to teach young students about the recorder.
Washington Recorder Society
The Washington Recorder Society (WRS), a chapter of the national American Recorder Society, is the premier place for people in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area who want to play the recorder together. For more than 50 years, WRS has been providing recorder players of all abilities with colleagues, teachers, workshops and great music from the Renaissance and Baroque eras to the present. New members and visitors are always welcome.
WRS members meet in person from September to May on the third Saturday of the month at St. Columba’s Church, 4201 Albemarle St NW, Washington, DC 20016. Music leaders David McGown and Adela Balima direct a 2-hour playing session. Bring your instruments and a music stand; music is provided. On the first Monday of selected months, members get free online instruction from well-known teachers across North America. Register online and receive the music and Zoom link. Other membership benefits include newsletters, recitals and access to the members-only part of the website.
Latest News
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May Newsletter is Out
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Vote for Board Members
Five current Board members are up for election. Click here to read their bios and vote.
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Monday June 3rd, 7:30pm – On-line session with Gwyn Roberts
Join the on-line session led by Gwyn Roberts, on Morley Canzonets.
Gwyn Roberts, flutist, recorder player and Artistic Director and founder of Tempesta di Mare, has been a featured soloist with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, the Portland Baroque Orchestra, Recitar Cantando of Tokyo, and at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. She is the director of Early Music at the University of Pennsylvania, and is on the faculty of Peabody Conservatory. A link to her bio is here
On the Morley Canzonets, she says: In 1595, Thomas Morley published his Canzonets for Two Voices. Some texted and some not, these two-voice madrigals and fantasies fit on all sorts of instruments, including recorders. We’ll play a selection of these duets with attention to the principles of Renaissance phrasing and articulation.
The music will be played with C instruments.
To participate in this meeting, please register here