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Selected Recorder Societies

American Recorder Society
Amherst Early Music/City Recorder
New York Recorder Guild
Recorder Society of Connecticut
Princeton Recorder Society

Boston Recorder Society
Early Music Foundation
Early Music Boston--R/EMM
Society of Recorder Players (UK)
Guild for Early Music

 

Recorder Sales, Repairs, and Advice

Magnamusic Distributors. Sheet music, recorders, recorder accessories.  

vonHuene Workshop. Early Music Shop of New England.

Courtly Music Unlimited Elaine and Richie Henzler, Proprietors, run workshops, and sell "everything for the recorder enthusiast" (sheet music, instruments, accessories). The website has a free trill chart.

 

Miscellaneous Resources

Early Music: Explaining your love of Early Music to friends and family: a short humorous film (click here).

The Recorder Page A compendium of links, compiled by Australian Nicholas S. Lander. " . . .provides links to articles, lists, catalogues and databases concerning all aspects of the recorder worldwide".

Boston Early Music News Lists concert, workshop, lecture and exhibit events in the six-state New England region. Edited by Sheila Beardslee Bosworth.

Werner Icking Music Archive. Free sheet music downloads; a wide selection of early music.

Classical Net - Early Music Files and Links. Eclectic set of Links to early music festivals and concerts.

Early Music Resources on the Web. Links to early music instruments, festivals, ensembles, as well as some scholarly resources.

Musica Sacra et Profana. Great source for early music because it includes detailed descriptions.

Early Music Boston. Overlaps with BEMN, but includes wider range of concerts and early music events in the Boston area.

Recorder Fingering is an interactive fingering chart for recorders. It lists basic fingerings, alternate fingerings and trill fingerings. The current version supports Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass recorders.

If you're an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch owner, it is easily available on the iTunes App Store.

Music Education: Learn to Play the Recorder. (Music Production Schools) A resource for musicians and educators working with children.

David Coffin's Ace Recorder. David has been presenting Music Enrichment Programs in schools since 2000, but has been practicing the recorder since 1963. He built an app because he thinks it's an important tool for beginning recorder players. We all know the recorder is one of the easiest instruments to play and one of the hardest to play well. Check out his web site and see if his app will work for you.

S'Cool Sounds. Music in the Classroom—A Hands-On Experience
Nina Stern, Artistic Director; A Project of GEMS.
The S'Cool Sounds music program provides children in grades K-5 with life-long advantages for learning, growing, and living by teaching them to play a musical instrument in the classroom.

 

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