Find a Chapter or Consort in one of these states. 

AL; AZ; AR; CA; CO; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; HI; ID; IL; IN; LA; MD; MA; MI; MN; MO; NC; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NV; NY; ; OH; OR; PA; RI; SC; TN; TX; UT; VT; VA; WA; WI; CANADA

OR form a Chapter or Consort in your state.

Birmingham
Janice Williams, 205/870-7443
Nov.-June, first Saturday, 2:30-4:30 p.m.
Shades Valley Presbyterian Church
2305 Montevallo Road

Arizona Central Highlands Recorder Society-Prescott
Meet monthly, sessions for novices and intermediate/advanced.
Georgeanne Hanna, 958/775-5856 georgeanne@cableone.net

Desert Pipes - Phoenix
George Gunnels, 480/706-6271 
Second Saturdays, 1:30-3:30 pm
Pointe Tapatio Village Community Center, 10655 N. 9th St., Phoenix
info@desertpipes.org  www.desertpipes.org

Tucson
Scott Mason, 520/721-0846
Sept.-April, second  Sunday, 1:30-3:15 p.m.
Benedictine Monastery Chapel, 800 N. Country Club

Bella Vista Recorder Consort
Barbara McCoy, 479/855-6477
Meet each Thursday afternoon at the home of Bill and Eileen Rees
http://bellavistarecorderconsort.googlepages.com

Central Coast (San Luis Obispo)
Margery Seid, 805/474-8538 (Sept.-May)

East Bay Recorder Society
Susan Jaffe, 510/482-4993
http://www.symbolicsolutions.com/ebrs 

Fair Winds (Berkeley)
Sarah Peterson, 510/845-1502

*Granada Consort (San Diego)
Vanessa Evans 619/297-2095

Harmonia Baroque Players (Yorba Linda)
Marika Frankl, 714/970-8545
http://www.harmoniabaroque.org

Inland Recorder Society: (Riverside):
Greg Taber, 951/683-8744
Meet first Monday of the month, 7:00 pm
Janet Goeske Senior Center
5257 Sierra St.
Riverside, CA 92504

Mid-Peninsula Recorder Orchestra (Palo Alto)
Frederic R. Palmer 650/591-3648
http://www.sfems.org/mpro

Monterey Bay Recorder Society
LouAnn Hofmann, 831/439-0809
http://sfems.org/mbrs 

North Coast
Kathleen Kinkela-Love, 707/822-8835
RecordersNCoast@aol.com  
http://members.tripod.com/recordersncoast

Orange County Recorder Society
Jo Redmon, 714-527-5070
http://ocrecorder.org

Redding Chapter
Kay Hettich, 530/241-8107
American Recorder Society Redding Chapter

Redlands Recorders
Mary Jane Auerbacker, 909/792-8546
Meet Mondays 9:00 am - 1:00 pm at 121 Sierra Vista Dr., Redlands, CA 92373

Sacramento Recorder Society
CELEBRATING OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY IN 2008
Mark Schiffer, 916/685-7684
http://www.sacrecorders.org 

San Diego County Recorder Society
Harvey Winokur, 619/334-1993
www.sandiegocountyrecordersociety.org/

San Francisco Recorder Society
Greta Hryciw, 415/377-4444


http://arssanfrancisco.org
hryciw8@comcast.net

Sonoma County
Dale Celidore, 707/874-9524
Meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday of every month, from 7:00 to 9:30 pm, year round 
Food for Thought Sonoma County AIDS Food Bank, 6550 Railroad Av., Forestville, CA.
For more information, call Ellen Johnsen at (707) 542-0169.

South Bay Recorder Society of CA
Liz Brownell, 408/358-0878
Meetings are monthly at First Congregational Church San Jose.
http://www.sfems.org/sbrs/

Southern California Recorder Society (SCRS)
Jerry Cotts, 310/453-6004 and Juanita Davis, 310/390-2378
http://burbankband.org/SCRS/index.html 

Colorado Springs
Janet Howbert, 719/632-6465 
Sept.-April, second Sunday, 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Colorado College, Packard Hall, Room 21)

Early Music Society of Western Colorado-Players Consort (Grand Junction)
Bev Jackson, 970/257-1692

Greater Denver
Dick Munz, 303/286-7909
http://www.DenverRecorderSociety.org

Fort Collins
Sherry Pomering, 970/484-0305
http://www.fortnet.org/recorder

Recorder Society of Connecticut
Elise Jaeger, 203/792-5606
http://www.recordersociety-connecticut.org

Imperial Recorder Consort (Lakeland)
Viola J. Spencer, 863/644-8345

Fort Myers Recorder and Early Music Society
Sue Groskreutz
239/267-1752
spg@embarqmail.com
Meet monthly. Call Sue for meeting time and place.

Miami
Phyllis Hoar, hoarp@yahoo.com, 305/385-5386
http://www.geocities.com/miamiARS

Palm Beach Recorder and Early Music Society
Beverly Lomer, 954-592-2852
http://www.PBRecorder.org

Pasco Collegium Recorder Consort (Bayonet Point)
Marlene E. Cracraft 727/868-8651

Pilgrim Pipers (Largo)
Elizabeth Snedeker 727/596-7813

Meet Fridays 10:00 am-11:30 am
Pilgrim Congregational Church
6315 Central Ave, St. Petersburg, FL 33710

Sarasota
Nancy Paxcia-Bibbins, 941/536-0621
3137 Lake Park Ln
Sarasota, FL 34231
jnctrautwein@verizon.net

Meetings take place in the Choir Room of St. Boniface Church, Siesta Key, Sarasota, FL on the 2nd Saturday of every month. Meetings are from 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM.

Weekly classes for beginners through advanced players are held on Tuesdays from 10 am -1:30 pm, Sept.-May, at St. Boniface Church.
http://www.sarasotarecorder.org

Big Island Baroque Consort (Kailua Kona)
Garrett Webb (808/325-6251)

Big Island Recorder Society:
Roger Baldwin, 808/935-2306, rbaldwin@interpac.net 
Sept.-May, first Friday, 6:30-8:30 p.m., band room at University of Hawai'i-Hilo
Groups also meet on both east and west ends of island

Skylark (Honolulu)
Irene Sakimoto, 808/734-5909

West Hawaii Recorders
Marilyn Bernhardt, 808/882-7251 or mkb_ak07@yahoo.com
Meetings the first Saturday each month for the regular recorder group; mid-month for the renaissance music readings & notation group.

Les Bois Recorder Society
Kim Wardwell, 360-202-3427
Meetings monthly at Hyde Park Mennonite Fellowship
1520 N. 12th Street (12th and Eastman)
We try to meet the first Sunday of each month --
schedule permitting.

LesBoisRecorderSociety.org

Home Street Players (Oak Park)
Mary Anne Wolff Gardner 708/383-1497

Quincy Early Music Consort
Mechtild Kosin, 217/223-1791

West Suburban (Chicago-area)
David Johnson david.johnson@foresitewireless.com
www.geocities.com/ars2test/
WestSuburbanEarlyMusicSociety.pdf

New Orleans Recorder Society
Victoria Blanchard, 504/861-4289 or
David Kemp, 504/897-6162
Year-round, each Monday, 8-10 p.m.
Sept.-May meetings: Tulane University, Newcomb College campus, Dixon Hall Annex Band Room
June-August meetings at Rogers Chapel
Group plays several times yearly for St. George's Episcopal Church services

Northern Maryland
Richard Spittel, 410/242-3395
Sept.-June, third Saturday, 1-4 p.m.
Maryland Presbyterian Church, 1105 Providence Road, Baltimore
www.baltimorerecorders.org

*Sweet Noyse (Silver Spring)
Myrl D. Powell (301/587-4799)

Boston-West Recorder Group (Needham)
Susan Silverman BostonWestRecorderGroup@gmail.com

Recorders/Early Music MetroWest (formerly BRS-West)
Sheila Beardslee 978/264-0584
sheilabb@verizon.net
http://earlymusicboston.com/remm-about/

Worcester Hills Recorder Society
Doug Bittner, 508/852-6877, cdbittner@verizon.net
http://mysite.verizon.net/recorders/whrs

Kalamazoo Recorder Players
Charles Vreeland, 269/342-8069
Sept.-May, fourth Tuesday, 7:25-9:30 p.m.
First Reformed Church, Fellowship Hall, 302 Academy

Little Bay Baroque (Harbor Springs)
Nancy Gurney, 231/526-6744

Metropolitan Detroit Recorder Society
Claudia Novitsky, 248/548-5668
Sept.-Nov. and Jan.-May, third Sunday, 1:30-4:30 p.m.
First United Methodist Church, 320 W. 7th St., Royal Oak
Special sessions for beginners

Northwinds Recorder Society
Janet Smith, 231/347-1056
Group meets monthly September - May in homes and churches in the Harbor Springs and Petoskey, Michigan area.
jandn@freeway.net

Sweetwood Recorder Ensemble (Harbor Springs)
Judy Harvey 231/526-7140

Sylvan Winds (Traverse City)
Jocelyn Trepte, 231/943-9664

The Balmy Zephyrs (Traverse City)
Sharon Fidler, 231/947-7926

Western Michigan
Jocelyn Shaw, 231/744-8248
Entire group meets monthly, third Saturday, alternating between Grace Church, 100 Buckley S.E., Grand Rapids, and Methodist Church, 3974 Highgate, North Muskegon
Muskegon Recorder Players meet weekly, Monday, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. and Thursday, 7-9 p.m., members' home)

St. Louis Recorder Society
Norm Stoecker, 636/230-9337
http://www.drdrbill.com/SLURS/

Warrensburg Recorder Consort
Linda Bachman, 660-747-2420,
lindandale@embarqmail.com
Meet every Thursday, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm in member's home.

The Warrensburg Recorder Consort has been in existence for approximately 30 years. It is a performing consort located in Warrensburg, Missouri, about 60 miles east of Kansas City, Missouri. Repertoire is mainly European Renaissance and classical music from all eras, and includes some folk music. Performance venues include/have included formal concerts, arts events, art gallery shows, weddings, incidental music for plays, and Renaissance Festivals. The most recent performance was a concert of American music in conjunction with the Smithsonian New Harmonies traveling exhibition. The group presently consists of nine players and is open to new members.

Highland Park Recorder Society
Donna Messer, 732/828-7421
http://www.hprecorder.org 

Montclair Early Music Group
Julianne Pape, 845/943-0610
juliennepape@gmail.com
www.montclairearlymusic.org

Navesink Recorder Society
Lori Goldschmidt, 732/747-4813
Sept.-June, fourth Monday, 7:45-9:45 p.m.
Conference Room at Seabrook Village Retirement Center, 3000 Essex Rd., Tinton Falls, NJ 07753
All levels welcome

Princeton
Orum Stringer, 217-295-7149
Sept.-May, second Tuesday, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
http://www.princetonol.com/
groups/princetonrecorder/

*The Quinto Consort (Hackensack)
Mary Comins (201/489-5695)

Rio Grande (Las Cruces/El Paso)
Martin Winkler info@rgrecorders.org
http://www.rgrecorders.org

Santa Fe
Gus Winter, 505-603-8034
Sept.-May, first and third Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m.
St. Bede's Episcopal Church, corner of St. Frances Dr. and San Mateo St.

*Corelli Clash (Albany)
Ole Christensen 518/446-0811
http://www.corelliclash.org

Hudson Mohawk
Darleen Koreman, 518/482-6023

New York Recorder Guild
Gene Murrow, 914/762-8619
http://www.nyrg.org/

Recorder Orchestra of New York (NYC)
Karen Wexler, 631/751-5969
http://www.ronyonline.org

Recorder Society of Long Island
Barbara Zotz, 631/421-0039
Sept.-May, second Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
bjzotz@optonline.net
http://www.rsli.info

Rochester
Liz Seely, 585/473-1463
http://www.rochars.org 

Rockland Recorder Society: 
Sept.-June, third Sat. morning
Central Presbyterian Church, Haverstraw

*The New Suffolk Consort (New Suffolk)
Patsy Rogers (631/734-7485)

Westchester Recorder Guild
Erica Babad 
erica@tany.com
http://www.westchesterrecorderguild.org 

Triad Early Music Society (Greensboro)
Donna Yaniglos 336/292-9995

Triangle
Mary McKinney, 919/489-2292
http://www.trianglerecorder.org

Rosewood Consort
Akron, OH
Meets weekly at St. Bernard's Church, Akron, OH
Contact:  Alan Purdum, 330/673-5590

Toledo
Marilyn Perlmutter, 419/531-6259
Year-round, second Thursday, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Members' homes, plus several small groups meeting periodically to rehearse for church services, etc.

Oregon Coast
Corlu Collier, 541/265-5910
Sept.-June, second Friday, 7-10 p.m.
St. Peter the Fisherman Lutheran Church, 1226 SW 13th St., Lincoln City
All other Fridays, 7-9 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 227 NE 12th St., Newport)

Portland Recorder Society
Zoë Tokar, 971/325-1060
http://home.comcast.net/~pdxrecorders/

Bloomsburg Early Music Ensemble
Susan Brook, 570/784-8363

Eerie Recorder Society
Linda Williams, 814/868-3059 or lindamcw@aol.com
Play sessions every Tuesday afternoon at Harding School.

Philadelphia
Sarah West, westsarah@aol.com
www.philadelphiarecordersociety.org 

Pittsburgh
Helen Thornton, 412/781-6321
allegroannie@msn.com; 
http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/lukas/pcars/ 

Nashville Parks
Janet Epstein, 615/297-2546

Southern Middle Tennessee Recorder Society
Vicki Collinsworth, 931/607-9072 or vickicollinsworth@hughes.net
Meetings held the first Sunday of every month, 3:00-5:00 pm at the First Christian Church.

Dallas
Jack Waller, 972/669-1209

Rio Grande (Las Cruces/El Paso)
Joyce Henry, 505-522-4178
http://www.lascrucesnewcomersconnection.com
/referral.php?num=120

*The Wireless Consort (North Texas)
Cornell Kinderknecht 972/241-6215,  
http://www.texasearlymusic.com/wc

Shenandoah Recorder Society (Palmyra)
Ms. Gary Porter 434-284-2995

Tidewater Recorder Society
Vicki Hamilton Hall, 757/565-2773
http://tidewaterecorder.org/

Columbia Basin Recorder Society (Pasco)
Phyllis Brandt 509/545-1417 

Moss Bay
Evelyn Lester, 206/726-9257
Sept.-Nov. & Jan.-May, third Saturday, 2 p.m.
No regular venue.

Seattle
Jill Shupe, 206-364-7509 info@seattle-recorder.org
http://www.seattle-recorder.org

Winds of Southern Wisconsin: 
Greg Higby, 608/256-0065
http://www.windsofsouthernwisconsin.org/

*The Recorders of Merrywoode (Kenosha)
Thomas E. Van Dahm 414/694-0378

ALBERTA

Edmonton Recorder Society
Nils Hahn, 780/443-3334
www.edmontonrecordersociety.org

ONTARIO

Toronto Early Music Players Organization (TEMPO)
Sharon Geens, 416/699-0517
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~dresher/TEMPO 

QUEBEC

Montreal Recorder Society
Mary McCutcheon, 514/271-6650
http://www.fluteabecmtl.ca