Recorders Bright & Dark
Join Glen Shannon for an all-day participatory workshop celebrating the bright and sombre sonic colors of the recorder.
Saturday April 10, 2027
9am-4pm
North Park University
5159 N Spaulding Ave
Chicago, IL
The North Park campus is at Foster and Kedzie in Chicago. Parking is free in a lot next to campus and on side streets. The campus is easily accessible by CTA bus and the Brown line L.
Glen Shannon is a composer and recorder enthusiast living in El Cerrito, California, where he is currently Secretary of EBRS and Co-Director of the Barbary Coast Recorder Orchestra.
Glen’s compositions have won prizes in contests since 1997, sponsored by the Chicago and Washington, DC chapters, and the ARS/Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet. Glen publishes his music under his own name, and has also had works published by Moeck Verlag, PRB Productions, Loux Music Publishing Company, Peacock Press, Basilisk Editions, the ARS, and the European recorder magazines Recorder in the UK, Windkanal in Germany, and Blokfluitist in the Netherlands.
Glen is active in the American Recorder Society as editor of the quarterly Members’ Library Editions. In October 2021 Glen received the ARS Presidential Special Honor Award, recognizing a person who has had a significant positive impact on the recorder community in North America.