FEBRUARY 4, 2012
SARASOTA RECORDER & EARLY INSTRUMENT WORKSHOP

9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
St. Boniface Episcopal Church Parish Hall
5616 Midnight Pass Rd
Sarasota FL 34242-1721

Featuring Rainer Beckmann

Info: Nancy Paxcia-Bibbins 941-536-0621, npaxciabi@gmail.com

FEBRUARY 24 - 27 , 2012
NEXT LEVEL RECORDER RETREAT

Hidden Valley Institute of the Arts
88 West Carmel Valley Rd
Carmel Valley CA 93924
Featuring: Tish Berlin and Frances Blaker

An intensive four day retreat for intermediate recorder players who are ready to take the next step forward.

Info: Tish Berlin, 510/559-4670, tishberlin@sbcglobal.net
For brochure: http://tibiaduo.com/wp-content//2010/10/Next-Level-2012_brochure.pdf

MARCH 16-19, 2012
COLUMBIA GORGE
EARLY MUSIC RETREAT
Menucha Retreat Center
Columbia Gorge, Portland, OR

Director: Vicki Boeckman

Join us at the fourth annual Columbia Gorge Early Music Retreat for a long weekend filled with music-making, camaraderie and excellent food. The historic Menucha Retreat Center, which is located just 20 miles east of Portland, is nestled among old growth trees on a bluff overlooking the spectacular Columbia River, offering a truly beautiful natural setting for this musical experience.

Ensemble classes are offered for low intermediate to advanced recorder players, and range from Renaissance consort music and Baroque to contemporary works, including music for double reeds, percussion and viola da gamba. Evening events include a faculty concert, English country dance, and madrigal singing.

Faculty: Vicki Boeckman, Laura Kuhlman, Gayle Neuman, Philip Neuman, Alexandra Opsahl.
Cost $475

CGEMR has filled. If you would like to be added to our waiting list, please contact Jeanne Lynch.

Contact: Jeanne Lynch,
1916 SE 29th Ave, Portland, OR 97214
jeannelynch@gmail.com
http://portlandrecordersociety.org

MARCH 24, 2012
PRINCETON CHAPTER ANNUAL RECORDER WORKSHOP

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
All Saints Church, Princeton, NJ

Featuring Rainer Beckman, Deborah Booth, Richie Henzler, Daphna Mor and Wendy Powers
Our excellent faculty will lead small groups. You will be assigned to a group and room (by playing level) where you will set up for the day. The instructors will travel to you with their musical selections, thus eliminating set-up and pack-up time between classes.
Enrollment is limited to 50 participants, so register early to assure a place in this popular workshop.
Courtly Music Unlimited will be at the workshop with music and instruments for sale from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm

Info: Alison Hankinson, hankinsona@gmail.com
www.princetonrecorder.org

MARCH 24, 2012
ROCHESTER CHAPTER SPRING WORKSHOP
9am-4pm
First Baptist Church of Rochester, 175 Allens Creek Road, Rochester, NY 14618

Featuring Valerie Horst
"Music of Love and War," a full-day workshop (with half-day option

Info: Edie Prest: 585-671-1412
Email: info@rochars.org
http://www.rochars.org/

MARCH 31, 2012
UNIQUE EARLY MUSIC WORKSHOP
Naperville, IL

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Naperville Evangelical Covenant Church, 1150 Hobson Rd., Naperville, IL 60540

West Suburban Early Music Society of Naperville, IL presents a workshop for recorders, historical soft winds and strings. Workshop level is intermediate to advanced but players of all levels are welcome. The workshop features Rotem Gilbert, recorder and historical double reed specialist and professor at USC and founding member of Ciaramella.

Registration fee: $65 and includes workshop music, lunch and break time refreshments. Plenty of free parking at the church.

Info:  Kathleen Hall-Babis, 630-473-0082, khbabis@yahoo.com. Phone:
www.ARS-Naperville.com.

MARCH 31, 2012
KAMERMUZIEKONTMOETINGSDAG

9:00 AM-4:30 PM
Kerkrade, Limburg, The Netherlands

Presented by Huismuziek Nederland
Finding a chamber music ensemble to play with too difficult or too time consuming?
We'll do it for you! It only costs you some preparation time and a Saturday!

Contact Info: info@huismuziek.nl

www.huismuziek.nl/main.php?index=465&id=7199

MARCH 31, 2012
MADISON SPRING RECORDER WORKSHOP

9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Featuring Lisette Kielson
Sponsored by Winds of Southern Wisconsin Chapter
Music is provided. Bring your instruments and a music stand.
$70 for members, $85 for non-members.

Info: info@windsofsouthernwisconsin.org
http://www.windsofsouthernwisconsin.org/

APRIL 14, 2012
WASHINGTON RECORDER SOCIETY WORKSHOP WITH Shelley Gruskin

10:00 AM-5:00 PM
Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church, 9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda, MD 20814

Under the direction of the great teacher and recorder player Shelley Gruskin, we will play late 16th and 17th century Italian dance music from the collections of Giorgio Mainerio and Gasparo Zanetti.

Info: Jayme Sokolow, (301) 933-3989, JSoko12481@aol.com
http://www.meto.umd.edu/~baer/WRS/

APRIL 14 & 15, 2012
DESERT PIPES (Phoenix Chapter) RECORDER WORKSHOP
Character through the Ages

Saturday 9-5; Sunday 1-5
Orangewood Presbyterian Church, 7321 N. 10th St., Phoenix AZ 85020

Featuring: Louise Austin

The Desert Pipes invite you to join us for a weekend of exploring the often charming and sometimes challenging personalities of recorder music in a variety of styles from many eras. In addition to all-day Saturday and Sunday afternoon workshop sessions, Louise will offer individual and ensemble lessons on Sunday morning.

Info: Desert Pipes, info@desertpipes.org or ann@aacraosw.org
web site: http://members.cox.net/desertpipes/

APRIL 28, 2012
BERGEN COUNTY ANNUAL WORKSHOP

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Leonia United Methodist Church, 396 Broad Avenue at Woodridge Place, Leonia NJ 07605

Presented by Bergen County Chapter
Featuring Deborah Booth, Rich Henzler, Valerie Horst and Larry Lipnik
For intermediate and advanced players

Info: Mary Comins, 201-489-5695, mmcomins@verizon.net

APRIL 28, 2012
BUFFALO RECORDER SOCIETY WORKSHOP

9:00 AM - 3:30 PM

University at Buffalo, Allen Hall, Buffalo, New York

From Renaissance to Baroque , featuring Eric Haas from The Von Huene Workshop

Info: Marilyn Brunner, 716-832-9778, mari_piano14@yahoo.com

APRIL 28-30, 2012
WINDS AND WAVES RECORDER WORKSHOP
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, Oregon

Instructors: Frances Blaker, Letitia Berlin, Cléa Galhano, Judith Linsenberg

Come work on a wide variety of recorder music from the past and present under the guidance of an internationally renowned faculty. Winds and Waves, founded by the Oregon Coast Recorder Society, offers graded technique and repertoire classes, plus general “grand consort” sessions.

Winds and Waves faculty perform, record, teach, and conduct workshops throughout the United States and abroad. Blaker and Berlin are based in the San Francisco Bay area and form the duo Tibia. Galhano, originally from Brazil, lives and teaches in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is on the faculty of Macalester College and other Twin Cities institutions. Linsenberg is Artistic Director of Musica Pacifica and is the 2012 Recorder-Artist-in-Residence at the Sitka Center. Workshop tuition includes a faculty concert on Friday evening, April 27.

Age 15 and older.
Tuition:  $250

Contact:  Corlu Collier 541-994-5485 colru@actionnet.net
info@sitkacenter.org,
sitkacenter.org

MAY 18-20, 2012
MARIN HEADLANDS RECORDER WORKSHOP

Point Bonita YMCA, near San Francisco, CA

With each day our Marin Headlands Recorder workshop 2012 gets nearer. Recorder players will make music at the edge of the ocean, surrounded by the open space of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (http://www.nps.gov/goga/marin-headlands.htm). Intermediate and advanced players are invited to join members of the sponsoring East Bay ARS Chapter for this annual event. Participants who have percussion instruments are invited to bring them in addition to their recorders.

This year's faculty includes familiar and new faces: David Barnett, Frances Feldon, Greg Ingles, Shira Kammen, Peter Mound, and Fred Palmer. Music offerings will range from easily playable to challenging.

The workshop will be held at the Pt. Bonita YMCA on the Marin County coast, a place of stunning natural beauty (http://www.ymcasf.org/ptbonita/). Set in a meadow with short walks to Pacific Ocean vistas, the historic Pt. Bonita Lighthouse, and remnants of WWII fortifications, it is a place to get away, relax, enjoy the fellowship of longtime friends and make new ones.

Accommodations include dormitory-style rooms, a large dining area, and playing spaces all on one level. Rooms are also available for impromptu playing.

Full weekend cost: $260; Saturday and Sunday only: $180; Saturday only: $120. After May 1 all fee categories will increase by $10.

Contact: Brenda Bailey
811 York St., Apt. 113
Oakland, CA 94610
510-893-9128
bbmh12@gmail.com
http://www.eastbayrecorders.org

MAY 19 & 20, 2012
DENVER CHAPTER MILE HIGH RECORDER WORKSHOP

Metro State College, Arts Building, Denver, CO

Featuring Special Guest Director & Instructor Clea Galhano, with Linda Lunbeck, Anne Fjestad Peterson, and Miriam Rosenblum

Join us for a weekend of music and fun in the exciting city of Denver, Colorado. Explore a variety of music and styles with our exceptional faculty in a supportive environment. Meet friends, new and old! Whether you are relatively new to the recorder or not-so-new and looking for a challenge, we have reading sessions and classes for you!

Info: denverrecorder@gmail.com
www.denverrecordersociety.org

JUNE 1-3, 2012
WHITEWATER EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL (ARS Workshop Member)
University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI

Directors: Nancy Chabala, Carol Stanger, Pam Wiese

Our workshop is held on campus at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater, about 60 miles SW of Milwaukee.
Classes include focus and specialty area instruction for all levels of recorder playing, consort viola da gamba, wind band, and vocal classes with instruments. A variety of special interest classes on Friday evening include recorder orchestra, and a Saturday evening participant gathering led by Louise Austin. The various classes include music from Medieval to modern.

Several music/instrument vendors on site. Dale Taylor will be on site for repairs. All ages are welcome, as well as non-participants.
Faculty includes Louise Austin, Mike Becker, Mark Davenport, David Echelard, Charles Fischer, Shelley Gruskin, Lisette Kielson, Patrick O'Malley, Laura Osterlund, Tulio Rondón, Karen Snowberg, Dale Taylor, Todd Wetherwax and Pamela Wiese.

Brochures available. See ChicagoARS.org, WhitewaterEarlyMusic.org and FACEBOOK for downloadable files on Class Schedules and some music repertoire to be used, or contact cvstanger@aol for .pdf files.

Cost: $215 (double occupancy); $25 discount for new beginning recorder players.

Contact:
Nancy Chabala, (housing/registration), 8609 45th St., Lyons, IL 60534- 1616; 708-442-6053 (day), nchabala@mymailstation.com
Pam Wiese, (mailing/ scholarships), gcaosapam@gmail.com
Carol Stanger (faculty/facilities), cvstanger@aol.com

JUNE 3- 5, 2012
WEST COAST RECORDERS AND FLUTES WORKSHOP
AND SUZUKI ASSOCIATION OF THE AMERICAS RECORDER TEACHER DEVELOPMENT, Book 1. (American Recorder Society Workshop Member)
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Director: Kathy Caldwell White

Pre-Beginner—Professional.
Scholarships: ARS deadline, postmark by April 15. SAA Scholarship deadline, postmark by Feb. 5.

Faculty: Jennifer Henderson, M.M. Flute; Kathy Caldwell White, Recorder and SAA Registered Teacher Trainer, ARS Instructor, San Francisco Early Music Society Member/Instructor. Both have performed and taught music for more than 25 years in the USA and internationally.

Curriculum for students: Suzuki Recorder School and/or Suzuki Flute School, Published by Alfred.com; chamber music of the Renaissance, Baroque, Folk, Celtic, music and movement, note reading. The Suzuki Recorder School features the world-renowned early music performers, Marion Verbruggen, recorders; Arthur Haas, harpsichord; Mary Springfels, viola da gamba performing on the companion CDs for the books. The Suzuki Flute School features Toshio Takahashi and Mr. Yamashita.

Children, (age 3-18), parents, and teachers are invited to participate in special classes which are part of the required observations by Suzuki teacher trainees.
Tuition for families or adult students: $15 for 30 minute class
Parent information: http://suzukiassociaton.org

Teacher trainee pre-requisites include Every Child Can! (6 hour course), active SAA membership, be a high school graduate, an acceptable Audition on DVD (2 months prior to beginning of the Course), or pending if less than 2 months prior to Course.
Part of this specific Book 1 Course will be offered on-line with Skype. There are 28 hours of class time and 15 hours of observations required. (Courses following Book One include 15 hours of class time and 8 hours of observations).

Teacher information: http://suzukiassociation.org –Book One Guidelines, Audition.
Stimulate your creativity as an instructor and add to your professional development!
Teacher trainee Tuition for Book One: $500-650. depending on enrollment.
May be paid in 2 installments in June and July.

Registration for Families and Teacher Trainees, contact:
Kathy Caldwell White, M.A.
925 Lakeville St. #347
Petaluma CA 94952
707-876-4627
Email: caldwell.white@gmail.com

JUNE 3-9, 2012
SUMMER TEXAS TOOT
(ARS Workshop Member)
Concordia University, Austin, TX

Director: Daniel Johnson
Administrator: Susan Richter

Performers and/or Faculty: The Flanders Recorder Quartet; Mary Springfels, viols; Tom Zajac, louds and ensemble; Becky Baxter, historical harps; Bruce Brogdon, lutes; Daniel Johnson, voice and ensemble; and others.

The Summer Texas Toot offers a one-week program of classes at all levels, focusing on Renaissance and Baroque music, but with offerings for Medieval and 21st century enthusiasts as well. Expert instructors in recorder, viol, early reeds, lute, harp, and voice will tend to young professionals, seasoned amateurs, and eager beginners with equal care.
We are excited to announce the return of the Flanders Recorder Quartet (yes, all four of them!!) as our recorder faculty for 2012. World-class viola da gamba luminary Mary Springfels returns to the Summer Toot, and we are happy to bring back longstanding Toot faculty members Tom Zajac as our instructor for "louds" and ensemble, and Becky Baxter for historical harp.

$445 tuition; room and board extra
$10 off tuition; early registration and bring-a-friend discounts also available

Contact: Daniel Johnson,
PO Box 4328, Austin, TX 78765
512-371-0099
info@toot.org
toot.org

JUNE 9-14, 2012
INTERLOCHEN EARLY MUSIC WORKSHOP
Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, MI

Director: Mark Cudek

Make and enjoy Medieval and Renaissance music while learning new skills and techniques on the campus of Interlochen Center for the Arts, in the woods of northern Michigan.

2012 Theme: Music for Mary, Queen of Scots

Immerse yourself in French dances and chansons (Attaingnant, Moderne, Phalese, etc.) with Scottish courtly airs and some of the earliest notated folk music!

Participants will learn, arrange and perform Renaissance music. Topics will include articulation, ornamentation, improvisation and ensemble arrangement. The workshop culminates with a participant performance on period instruments including recorders, other early winds, viols, lutes, harpsichord and percussion. Vocalists are also welcome. Participants will supply their own instruments.

Tuition: $425 ($450 after April 1); room/board costs vary. Early Bird registration (deadline April 1) is recommended, as space is limited.

Contact: Matthew Wiliford, Director
ICCA, PO Box 199, Interlochen, MI 49643
231-276-7387; 231-276-5237 (fax)
college@interlochen.org
http://college.interlochen.org
http://facebook.com/interlochencollege

JUNE 17-JUNE 23, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO EARLY MUSIC SOCIETY
CLASSICAL WORKSHOP FOR STRINGS
(ARS Workshop Member)
St. Albert’s Priory, Oakland, CA

Directors: Kati Kyme and William Skeen

Let’s Make History! SFEMS presents a NEW summer workshop for players of bowed strings. Guided by esteemed faculty from the New Esterházy Quartet, participants will hone their chamber music skills with this intensive one-week seminar in classical performance practice. Discover new repertoire daily and perform casual concerts nightly. In addition to the music of Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven, we will experience the music of lesser-known but equally-talented composers. Classes in period styles of articulating, bowing and phrasing. There will be an opportunity to try classical period bows. Workshop pitch will be at both "Viennese" A=430 Hz and "modern" A=440. For individuals and groups. Open to all skill levels.

Faculty: Kati Kyme, violin; Anthony Martin, viola and violin; William Skeen, violoncello and Lisa Weiss, violin.

Tuition $510 ($560 after May 1); room and board $365 (single occupancy); meals only $165

Contact: Kati Kyme
SFEMS, PO Box 10151, Berkeley, CA 94709
510-517-0692 
classicalworkshop@sfems.org
sfems.org

JUNE 17-23, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO EARLY MUSIC SOCIETY
MEDIEVAL & RENAISSANCE WORKSHOP
(ARS Workshop Member)
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA

Director: Tom Zajac

The Art of the Consort. Whole or broken, loud or soft, a cappella or mixed, the art of the consort is the art of performing Medieval and Renaissance music. Join us to explore the possibilites with an unprecedented selection of classes related to the theme Art of the Consort. Besides the usual recorder, viol, loud band, and voice offerings, there will be classes in harp, lute, crumhorn, Renaissance flute, dulcian, sackbut, and frame drums.

Coached by world-class specialists in medieval and Renaissance music. Special classes will include Renaissance recorder consort, voices and viols, plucked string ensembles and lute songs. New this year there will be "one shot" classes, giving participants the opportunity to try familiar instruments that are new to them as well as exotica such as jaw harp, bagpipes, pipe and tabor and citole. Evening events will include playing sessions, lectures, concerts, and a theater project performance. Ensemble coaching, Renaissance choir, concerts, lectures and more. Scholarships as well as academic credit or continuing education credit are offered.

Featuring recorder faculty Annette Bauer, Dan Stillman and Tom Zajac. Other faculty: Karen Clark, voice; Cheryl Ann Fulton, harp and medieval ensembles; Grant Herried, lute and plucked strings; Greg Ingles, sackbut and loud band; Loren Ludwig, viol; Peter Maund, percussion; Eric Mentzel, voice; Mary Springfels, viol and medieval ensembles; Dan Stillman, Renaissance reeds and loud band; Tom Zajac, Renaissance flute and all-workshop collegium.

Tuition $510 ($560 after May 1); room and board $585 (single occupancy); room without meal plan $510

Contact: Tom Zajac
SFEMS, PO Box 10151, Berkeley, CA 94709
617-323-0617
medrenworkshop@sfems.org
sfems.org

JUNE 17 - JULY 1, 2012
OBERLIN BAROQUE PERFORMANCE INSTITUTE
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH

"c. 1700 @ Oberlin.edu/France" featuring a faculty/student performance of Marin Marais' Alcyon

This year marks the 40th anniversary year of the Baroque Performance Institute at Oberlin, America's premiere summer workshop for baroque instruments and voice.

The internationally renowned faculty, headed by the members of the Oberlin Baroque Ensemble (Michael Lynn, Marilyn McDonald, Catharina Meints, and Webb Wiggins), will again lead daily master classes and ensemble coaching. Faculty and student concerts promise to offer memorable listening and music-making experiences, lectures, and informal open discussions stimulate the intellect, and the ever-popular baroque dance classes provide excellent physical exercise as well as a kinetic appreciation for the rhythms that underlie so much music of the baroque era.

Contact: Anna Hoffman
Conservatory of Music, 77 West College St., Oberlin, OH 44074
440-775-8044; 440-775-8942 (fax)
ocbpi@oberlin.edu
oberlin.edu/con/summer/bpi

JULY 21-28, 2012
HUISMUZIEK RENAISSANCE SUMMER COURSE: SONG, MUSIC, DANCE!

YMCA, De Glind, The Netherlands

Jacqueline Dubach, recorders; Frank Perenboom, Dancer & Choreographer Tenor Christopher Kale, take care of singers, dancers and players. Everyone gets to sing, play AND dance! (Unless you don't want to of course.)

Info: www.huismuziek.nl/main.php?index=465&id=7190

Email: info@huismuziek.nl

JUNE 22-JULY 15, 2012
INDIANAPOLIS EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL
Indiana History Center, Indianapolis, IN

The Indianapolis Early Music Festival is the oldest continually running early music concert series in the U.S. Presented since 1967, our mission is to enrich, educate and entertain audiences with the music of Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque and early Classical eras, and feature exciting performers of national and international stature using instruments of the period and historically informed styles and techniques.

PRE-FESTIVAL CONCERT
  April 13 Duo Amaral
SUMMER FESTIVAL
  June 22 Ingrid Matthews with Seattle Baroque
  June 24 Ingrid Matthews with Byron Schenkman
  June 29 Gut, Wind & Wire & the Catacoustic Consort
  July 1 East of the River with Daphna Mor and Nina Stern
  July 13 Vittorio Ghielmi & Luca Pianca
  July 15 Hesperus presents Douglas Fairbanks and the 1922 film classic Robin Hood

Our fifth annual Family Concert is on July 9 —a free concert geared to young audience members. Several groups also offer outreach events for younger (generally high-school-aged) musicians and actors.

Contact: fms@iquest.net
emindy.org

JUNE 24-JUNE 30, 2012
MOUTAIN COLLEGIUM EARLY MUSIC& FOLK MUSIC WORKSHOP
Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina

Featuring Jody Miller, director & recorder; other recorder faculty include Pat Petersen, Gwyn Roberts, Anne Timberlake, Lisle Kulbach, Valerie Austin, and Barbara Weiss.

The Smoky Mountains provide a lovely location for Mountain Collegium. Comfortable accommodations and classrooms are in an air-conditioned, non-smoking dorm (double or single occupancy) with free high speed internet. Many meals are catered.
This informal yet intensive workshop offers study of medieval, renaissance, and baroque music, focusing on recorder, viol, voice, and other early instruments. Classes include technique, improvisation, and a variety of consorts and repertoire. Students may also choose classes in folk, Appalachian, Celtic, Sephardic, and contemporary music. Small classes and easy access to faculty create a friendly and relaxed experience.
Four periods each day provide options for loud band, singing, baroque flute, pennywhistle, dulcimer, hurdy gurdy, and harp. Students will have an eclectic experience that brings them back year after year. Free time allows for informal music making; evenings include group playing and country dancing with a live band. A faculty concert and an informal student recital top off the week.

Contact Jody Miller, 404-314-1891, recorder96@aol.com
http://www.mountaincollegiummusic.org

JUNE 24-JUNE 30, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO EARLY MUSIC SOCIETY
BAROQUE WORKSHOP
(ARS Workshop Member)
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA

Directors: Frances Blaker and Kathleen Kraft

Bach: Master Craftsman, Sublime Artist. Play and sing the broad sweep of Johann Sebastian Bach’s compositions from cantata and chorus to concerto, from keyboard solo to chamber ensemble. Known for his far-reaching contrapuntal skills, outside-the-box harmonies and exacting standards, Bach was also a master of heart-rending melody. His music reaches across time to touch people of all sorts. Here is your opportunity to make beautiful music with like-minded Baroque music enthusiasts.

Our Workshop Chorus is open to dedicated choral singers as well as to all vocalists and instrumentalists in the workshop. Classes for recorder, baroque oboe, baroque flute, bassoon, violin/viola, cello, viola da gamba, harpsichord/organ and voice, including our new program for choral singers. Elective classes include orchestra, chorus, oboe band, performance practice in action and continuo. Master classes for instrumentalists and singers; coached ensembles; Baroque orchestra and chorus as well as faculty and student concerts. Academic credit or continuing education credit offered through Sonoma State University.

Featuring recorder faculty Frances Blaker and Marion Verbruggen. Other faculty: Sand Dalton, Baroque oboe; Kathleen Kraft, Baroque flute; Kati Kyme, Baroque violin; Rita Lilly, voice; Anna Marsh, Baroque bassoon; William Skeen, Baroque cello; Mary Springfels, viola da gamba; Peter Sykes, harpsichord; Bob Worth, voice and chorus.

Tuition $510 ($560 after May 1); room and board $585 (single occupancy); room without meal plan $510

Contact: Kathleen Kraft
SFEMS, PO Box 10151, Berkeley, CA 94709
707-799-2018
baroqueworkshop@sfems.org
sfems.org

JUNE 25-JULY 2, 2012
WORLD FELLOWSHIP EARLY MUSIC WEEK
Chocorua, NH

Directors: Jane Hershey, Larry Wallach

"Theme for World Fellowship, 2012: Music on the Cusps: 1450 and 1600"

Faculty of seven—including Jane Hershey, Roy Sansom, Pamela Dellal, Jay Rosenberg, Anne Legêne, Larry Wallach and Josh Sholem–Schreiber—in a beautiful White Mountain camp setting, conduct a week-long workshop in early music (late Medieval through Baroque).

Faculty and student concerts, English country dancing, special lectures, morning and afternoon workshops in viols, recorders, voice, mixed ensembles, Sephardic music and Baroque chamber music, and classes in Feldenkrais body work.

Camp facilities include hiking, swimming, boating; camp gardens supply kitchen with vegetables. Very affordable rates.

$250 Tuition; Room & Board $454 (double occupancy); Room & Board $491 (single occupancy)

Contact: Larry Wallach
69 Welcome St., Great Barrington, MA 01230
413-528-7212 (day); 413-528-9065 (evening); 413-528-7365 (fax)
larry@simons-rock.edu
worldfellowship.org

JULY 1-8, 2012
CAMMAC EARLY MUSIC WEEK
Lake MacDonald Music Center, Harrington, QC, Canada

Directors: Matthias Maute, Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière

CAMMAC provides a unique opportunity to make music with family and friends in a beautiful setting under the guidance of professional musicians. In four daily 75- minute classes plus lectures, early music lovers may play to their heart’s content. Small ensembles and voice classes are set up ahead of time; registration for other classes occurs on site. Courses include choir, large instrumental ensemble, many recorder and viol classes, Medieval and Renaissance ensembles, Orff method and Baroque dancing, plus courses for adolescents and for children ages 4-11.

Featuring in 2012: Music of Monteverdi (Vespers) and Bach

Key faculty: Matthias Maute, Christopher Jackson, Laura Pudwell, Francis Colpron, Gilles Plante, Sophie Larivière, Betsy MacMillan, Geneviève Soly, Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière.

Contact: Johanne Audet
85 Chemin CAMMAC, Harrington, QC J8G 2T2
CANADA
888-622-8755 X1; 819-687-3323 (fax)
national@cammac.ca
http://cammac.ca/en/faculte-activite/programme-estival/

JULY 2 –30, 2012
COLUMBIA BAROQUE SOLOIST SUMMER INSTITUTE
University of South Carolina School of Music
813 Assembly St.
Columbia, SC, 29208
Shandon United Methodist Church, Columbia, SC

Playing in the French Manner: Written and Improvised Ornamentation
Performers and/or Faculty: Jean Hein, Baroque Recorders; Jerry Curry, Harpsichord

A series of five classes on Monday evenings for recorder and harpsichord players featuring the music of Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, Francois Couperin and Marin Marais. Classes will focus on performing French music "in good taste" which will include French style and ornamentation. Recorder players and harpsichordists will have opportunities to play Suites and Dances together in addition to studying solo literature. One class session will feature a faculty concert with members of the Columbia Baroque Soloists. The last meeting will be a recital by the class participants. Sessions are open to high school students, college students and adult participants.

Cost: $80

Contact:  Dr. Timothy Hein
P. O. Box 6972
Columbia SC 29260
803-727-8555
columbiabaroque@aol.com
www.columbiabaroque.com

JULY 7-14, 2012
MADISON EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Directors: Chelcy Bowles, program director, Artistic Directors Cheryl Bensman Rowe at cherylbensmanrowe@gmail.com or Paul Rowe

Guest Ensembles are Anonymous 4, Chatham Baroque with Chris Norman, The Rose Ensemble, Newberry Consort, and Kristina Boerger, conductor

Welcome Home Again! An American Celebration
The Madison Early Music Festival is exploring its North American roots in 2012. During this year of the Presidential election we look back to the early music of our nation, from the early Colonists in the 1600's, the Revolutionary era, all the way to the Civil War. The music of Canada from Cape Breton and Acadia will also be featured.

Musical compositions brought to the United States and Canada from Europe, musical discoveries from the library of Thomas Jefferson, the traditions of the New England Singing School of William Billings, and the Moravian Loud Bands, will provide a rich tapestry of music from North America, with more colors than red, white, and blue!

Tuition: $495 (student and other discounts available)
Room & Board (double occupancy): $36.60 per person per night
Room & Board (single occupancy): $54.20 per night

Contact: Chelcy Bowles
Mosse Humanities Building
455 N. Park Street
Madison, WI, 53706
608-265-5629; 608-262-4555 (fax)
music@dcs.wisc.edu
madisonearlymusic.org

JULY 8-14, 2012 and/or JULY 15-21, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO EARLY MUSIC SOCIETY
RECORDER WORKSHOPS
(ARS Workshop Member)
St. Albert’s Priory, Oakland, CA

Directors: Rotem Gilbert and Hanneke van Proosdij

Week I: Visions and Miracles
Week II: On Wings of Song

We return with TWO weeks of Recorder Workshop in 2012. Choose one week or come to both. Classes for intermediate and advanced players, amateurs and professionals, performers and soloists, conductors and music teachers in an inspiring and supportive atmosphere on this quiet campus. Recorder ensemble, technique classes, Renaissance consort, concerts, lectures and more. Explore medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, contemporary and world music, working with world-class teachers in small groups.

Special offerings: recorder orchestra, master class and coached informal playing. Apply by March 1 to be guaranteed a daily class for your ensemble (minimum of five players). The recorder orchestra project for week 1 will be a musical portrait of the life of “Joan of Arc” directed by Hanneke van Proosdij. In week 2, Rotem Gilbert’s recorder orchestra project “On Wings of Song” will set popular melodies in different ways.

Featuring recorder faculty Vicki Boeckman, Rotem Gilbert and Hanneke van Proosdij (both weeks); Janet Beazley and Paul Leenhouts (week 1); Tish Berlin and Louise Carslake (week 2). Other faculty: Peter Maund (week 1) and David Morris (week 2); Katherine Heater will join us on harpsichord and Stacey Pelinka will offer Feldenkrais movement sessions (both weeks).

Tuition:  $460 ($510 after May 1); Room & Board $365 (single occupancy); meals only $165

Contact: Rotem Gilbert
SFEMS,, PO Box 10151, Berkeley, CA 94709
626-441-0635
recorderworkshop@sfems.org
sfems.org

JULY 8-15, 2012 Baroque Academy
JULY 15-22, 2012 Virtuoso Recorder/Recorder Seminar
AMHERST EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL
(ARS Workshop Member)
Connecticut College, New London, CT

Director: Marilyn Boenau

Performers and/or Faculty:
To include: Julianne Baird, Tish Berlin, Saskia Coolen, Bruce Dickey, Vittorio Ghielmi, Myron Lutzke, Kaspar D. Mainz, Washington McClain, Drew Minter, Luca Pianca, Gwyn Roberts, Nina Stern, Avi Stein, Daniel Stillman, Han Tol, Glen Velez, Reine-Marie Verhagen, Wouter Verschuren, Brent Wissick, Adam Woolf.
Collegium: week 1 Webb Wiggins, week 2 Michael Barrett.

Two weeks of classes for all instruments, voice, and dance, all levels, including:
Recorder consorts, viol consorts, vocal ensembles, Renaissance reeds, early notation, and much more!
July 8-15 Baroque Academy, Opera Project, Historical Dance, Baroque Flute, Oboe and Bassoon, Renaissance Reeds, Recorder Boot Camp
July 15-16 Music and Instrument Exhibition
July 15-22 Virtuoso Recorder Program, Recorder Seminar, Renaissance Reeds and Brass, Traditional Repertories with Nina Stern and Glen Velez, Vittorio Ghielmi and Luca Pianca, Ensemble Singing Intensive
Opera Project:  Telemann's Der geduldige Socrates, directed by Drew Minter

Tuition $535+, Room & Board $160+, Work Study and Scholarships available

Contact: Marilyn Boenau, Director, or Alastair Thompson, Administrator
P.O. Box 229, Arlington, MA 02476
781-488-3337 (day); 408-547-1464 (fax)
info@amherstearlymusic.org
amherstearlymusic.org

JULY 15-21, 2012
MIDEAST WORKSHOP (ARS)
LaRoche College, Pittsburgh, PA

Director: Marilyn Carlson

Chansons & Dances of Late 15th - Early 16th Centuries.. 55-60 students of all ability levels. We offer recorder (all levels except novice), viol, harp, flute. You may enroll for recorder, viol, flute as primary instrument; harp, voice, recorder, viol as secondary instrument. Large and small ensembles: Allworkshop Ensemble (instruments and voices), Renaissance Band (recorders, viols, capped reeds,), Medieval Collegium (The Sound of Sacred vs. Secular Music), Consorts (by level), Vocal Ensemble.

Classes include Harp-for-Novice, (opportunity for hands-on experience without owning an instrument), Introduction to Medieval Fiddle. Other classes: Bass Recorder Classes (2 levels), Contemporary Music, Improvisation (Yes, you can do it!), The Basse Danse (monophonic & polyphonic). MiniSeries topics TBA.

Faculty: Marilyn Carlson, director; Stewart Carter, Judith Davidoff, Eric Haas, Emily O'Brien, Alan Purdum, Peter Ramsey, Majbritt Young Christensen, James Young.

All facilities are air-conditioned. Private bath, refrigerator/microwave, live internet in each room.

Contact: Marilyn Carlson,
1008 Afton Road, Columbus, OH
43221-1680; 614-754-7233;
mcarlson@columbus.rr.com;
htpp://www.mideastearlymusic.addr.com

JULY 20-29, 2012
INTERNATIONAL BAROQUE
INSTITUTE AT LONGY
Longy School of Music,
Cambridge, MA

Directors: Paul Leenhouts, Phoebe Carrai

Naples, the Conservatory of Europe

Faculty: Paul Leenhouts, recorder; Phoebe Carrai,'cello; Rosa Dominguez, voice; Arthur Haas, harpsichord; Manfredo Kraemer, violin; Ken Pierce, historical dance; Gonzalo Ruiz, oboe; Jed Wentz, traverso.

Tuition $675 (work study available)
Room & Board $480-640 (single occupancy)
Hospitality available.

Contact: Karen Burciaga, Assistant
Registrar, 27 Garden St., Cambridge,
MA 02138; 617-876-0956
X1575 (day); 617-876-9326 (fax);
karen.burciaga@longy.edu;
www.longy.edu

JULY 22 - 28, 2012
BOXWOOD CANADA 2012
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

Chris NORMAN – director

Discover musical and dance traditions while visiting one of North America’s most exquisite 18th-century seaside towns. Concerts, dances, sessions, classes, lectures with leading artists in the realms of traditional folk, early music, dance and improvisation. Work study & scholarships available. Gourmet cuisine.

2012 Faculty and Guest Artists:
Sophie Larivière, recorder;  Rachel Brown & Matthias Maute, recorder, baroque flute
Chris Norman, Brad Leftwich, Emer Mayock, David Greenberg, Patsy Seddon, Marie Bouchard, Barry Phillipo, Mathew Olwell, Marlys Norman, Eamon O'Leary, Edmund Brownless, Adrianne Greenbaum, Patrick Olwell, Forbes & Yola Christie

See website for pricing structure.

Boxwood
PO Box 225
Lunenburg, NS B0J2C0
CANADA

Contact: Chris Norman; boxwoodfestival@me.com
443.352.0502 (USA)
902.553.0651 (CANADA)
boxwood.org

JULY 29-AUGUST 4, 2012
RECORDER AT THE CLEARING
The Clearing, Ellison Bay, WI

Directors: Pat Badger, Adrianne Paffrath

Recorder ensemble has been a tradition at The Clearing for over 25 years. Ensemble playing is the week's focus. Each day begins with a warm-up of voices and bodies as we sing rounds and ready our muscles for performance.

Daytime sessions focus on rhythmic challenges, recorder technique and ensemble blend; emphasis is on growth, process and, most of all, enjoyment. To participate fully, you need at least intermediate skills on a C or F recorder.

Adrianne Paffrath coached on recorder with ARS teachers. She is music director at Racine's First Presbyterian Church. Patricia Badger has studied early music instruments, natural and classical trumpet. She is performing arts head of The Prairie School. Jointly, they have performed for Medieval festivals, grape stompings, Shakespeare celebrations and a circus parade.

Cost: $860 Dorm Room Package
$890 Two-Person Room Package
$1250 Single-Person Room Package (limited availability)
$485 Commuter (limited availability)

Contact: The Clearing
PO Box 65, Ellison Bay, WI 54210-0065
877-854-3225; 920-854-9751 (fax)
clearing@theclearing.org
theclearing.org

JULY 29-AUGUST 3, 2012 (day camp)
SAN FRANCISCO EARLY MUSIC SOCIETY
CHILDREN’S MUSIC DISCOVERY WORKSHOP
(ARS Workshop Member)
Crowden Center for Music in the Community, Berkeley, CA

Director: Letitia Berlin

A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Early music and Renaissance social history for young people from ages 7 to 15. Study the music and dance of England in Shakespeare’s time. Beginners to advanced students are welcome. Instruction includes mixed ensembles, musicianship, Renaissance dance, crafts, games and a production of a Shakespearean play! Friday night theater project presentation and student recital, with a delicious potluck feast.

Featuring recorder faculty Louise Carslake. Other faculty: Letitia Berlin, musicianship; Shula Kleinerman, theater project and dance; Carla Moore, violin and viola; Farley Pearce, cello and viola da gamba; Yuko Tanaka, harpsichord.

For adults during the workshop: a special music history/listening course, “Baroque and Beyond: the Music of Telemann and his Successors,” which will be presented by John Prescott, M-F 9:30-Noon. www.sfems.org for details.

Please note this is a day camp. Out-of-town students, please contact the director regarding accommodations with host families. Some financial aid available.

Cost $430 ($460 after May 1); $50 discount for additional siblings; some financial aid available.

Contact: Letitia Berlin
SFEMS, PO Box 10151, Berkeley, CA 94709
510-559-4670
discoveryworkshop@sfems.org
www.sfems.org

AUGUST 11-18, 2012
EARLY MUSIC WEEK AT PINEWOODS CAMP
(ARS Workshop Member)
Pinewoods Camp, Plymouth, MA

Performers and/or Faculty include:
Geert van Gele, Judy Linsenberg & Pat Petersen (recorder)
Ellen Delahanty (voice & recorder)
Daphna Mor (recorder & percussion)
Joan Kimball & Bob Wiemken (Renaissance winds)
Tom Zajac (winds & All-Camp Collegium)
Frances Conover Fitch (harpsichord and director)
Eric Haas (recorder and flute)
Scott Higgs & Peggy Vermilya (English country dance)
Jane Hershey, Larry Lipkis, Sarah Mead & Mary Springfels (viol)
Dorothy Olsson (Historical dance)
Tim Rayborn (lute, voice & percussion)

This unique Early Music workshop takes place at beloved and semi-rustic Pinewoods Camp near Plymouth, Massachusetts. In a relaxed atmosphere, campers combine classes with renowned performers, historical and English Country Dance classes, evening dances, lectures, an all-camp Collegium, swimming, delicious meals, a faculty concert, a hilarious scholarship auction, fun skit night, and informal music-making.

This year's theme is The Iberian Spirit: Spain, Portugal and the Hispanic Diaspora. Classes related to this theme will be supplemented by basic technique classes, chorus and historical dance.

The Viol Intensive, directed by Mary Springfels, will provide more focus on the viol, although these members will be full participants in the workshop. 

Cost:  $910, Scholarships available

Presented By:
Contact: Steve Howe
Country Dance and Song Society, 116 Pleasant St., Suite 345
Easthampton, MA 01037-2759
413-203-5467 x2
camp@cdss.org
cdss.org/em

AUGUST 18, 2012
LOBSTICKS SECOND ANNUAL RECORDER WORKSHOP

9:00AM to 4:00PM
Unitarian Universalist Church of Bangor Maine
Featuring: Deborah Booth

Two levels of instruction: beginner/intermediate and intermediate/advanced
Sponsored by AcouSticks Recorder Consort

Description: There will be. Watch our website for more information: AcouSticks.net

Info: Anne Hess, 207-827-5991, anneh5012@gmail.com

http://acousticks.net/index.html

SEPTEMBER 24 - OCTOBER 1, 2012
MEDIEVAL CROSSROADS OF EUROPE MUSIC WORKSHOP
Castle Glarisegg, Steckborn, Switzerland

Join us for an intimate, seven-day recorder workshop in Switzerland! This intensive workshop will cover many musical styles including Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and beyond.
Our faculty features four beloved and accom­plished recorder instructors: Vicki Boeckman, Clea Galhano, Gayle Stuwe Neuman, and Philip Neuman. Students will play in both small groups and large ensemble.

Intermediate to advanced recorder players are encouraged to apply, but musicians in voice, viola de gamba, and double reed instruments are also welcome.
In addition to making beautiful music, work­shop attendees can explore the region through planned excursions and optional trips. You’ll also have the opportunity to enjoy locally fo­cused cuisine and experience Swiss hospitality at its finest.

The workshop price of $1650 includes instruction, lodging, three meals a day, and planned excursions. $650 due 3/15/2012, balance due 6/15/2012

Info:  Esther Saulle, esthersaulle@yahoo.com
www.facebook.com/recorder.workshop

OCTOBER 6, 2012
PHILADELPHIA RECORDER SOCIETY WORKSHOP

9:00 AM-3:30 PM
600 E Cathedral Rd., Philadelphia

Recorder workshop led by Daphna Mor, at Cathedral Village
Info: www.philadelphiarecordersociety.org

OCTOBER 28-NOVEMBER 3, 2012
NOVEMBER 4-10, 2012
HIDDEN VALLEY INSTITUTE FOR THE ARTS
EARLY MUSIC RoadScholar
Carmel Valley, CA

Directors: Letitia Berlin, workshop; Peter Meckel, HVIA

Enroll for one or both weeks. Adults of all ages welcome.

Week I: intense classes for upper intermediate to advanced levels. Faculty: Farallon Recorder Quartet (Annette Bauer, Tish Berlin, Frances Blaker, Louise Carslake); viola da gamba TBA

Week 2 Faculty: Recorder, Tish Berlin, Frances Blaker; Viola da gamba, Joanna Blendulf; early strings, Shira Kammen; other faculty TBA

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