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In-person session, at St Columba’s Episcopal Church, 4201 Albemarle St, NW, Washington DC 20016. Parking and metro available nearby. Doors open at 10:00 am to meet and greet.

Click here to read about our next festival, in-person and remote meetings, WRS board members playing for Play the Recorder Month at Oakland Terrace Elementary School in Wheaton, Maryland, Gabe Johnson supporting St. Augustine’s School after-school music program, Reiko Yoshimura’s answers to Whence the Recorder questionaire, and more

Meet and greet: 7:pm, Session: 7:30pm. Frances’s description of her session is: Music in Spain around 1500…and a bit later. In the late 15th and 16th centuries Spain was a hotbed of musical activity. Spanish-born composers as well as those from Portugal and, in particular, the Low Countries worked side by side at courts and cathedrals. We…

The last programmed meeting, Saturday, June 14th, has been cancelled.

Ann Timberlake, virtuoso performer and passionate teacher (see her webpage bio), will present a program on pavanes. She says: ‘Passionate Pavans‘: Among the most accessible Renaissance dances, the pavan took flight in music, transcending its stately origins to inspire passionate creativity. We’ll follow the pavan on its journey through the centuries, playing music by Susato,…