Springtime greetings from the Chicago ARS! Though our usual get-together in May is not possible, we will have an online, virtual meeting and music session, to keep alive our springtime concert and socializing traditions. This year’s Spring Concert will take…
Remember physical distancing. These musicians appear to be six feet apart! Usually I announce the next meeting on these posts. But our April and May meetings have been cancelled. Today I only have the newsletter to post. But our board…
Happy new year everybody! We closed out the new year with a very successful holiday concert. About sixty people in the audience. We also enjoyed a performance the recorder club from the Roosevelt Middle School in River Forest led by…
Lisette returns April 14, the second Sunday of the month (the third Sunday, April 21, is Easter), where she plans to provide a review of the 2019-2019 season, including John Wilbye’s Softly, o softly, drop my eyes from November, Gabrieli’s…
Lisette Kielson returns for our January 21 meeting to lead us in jamming, and to talk about tuning techniques. Titles for playing include selections from the following: Little Interlude I & Reminiscence (from HansMartin Linde’s Suite) Senliche not früh und…
Don’t wait to sign up for our December Yuletide Concert. It’s coming up fast on the 17th! See our previous post or the newsletter for details. Also in the newsletter are some great links that our editor, Mark Dawson collected.…
Please send in your workshop flyer now! Our workshop with Anne Timberlake is on April 8, 2017 at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 2012 West Dickens. This is our regular monthly meeting place. We will play all day, starting at 9:30 and…
Join us on February 19th when our guest leader will be Mirja Lorenz. Mirja will offer a program of baroque music. This will include music of Boismortier! Our February newsletter is now available: February newsletter
Our annual Yuletide Concert approaches on December 20. Please let Mark Dawson know if you would like to perform, and provide the name of the pieces, the composer, and the names of the members of your group. You can reach…
This month, November 15, we are seeking recorder players. Lots of recorder players. Lisette will continue with this season’s theme, “Shall we Dance!” Repertoire will include music by Bach, Handel, Lully, Ravel, and more. We will provide the music, just…