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About Chapters and Consorts
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ALABAMA |
Alabama Recorder Society-Arab, Al
Meeting monthly September through May in members' homes. Contact for date, time, and place.
See our page on Facebook
Jennifer Garthwaite, 256-574-5556
Birmingham
Janice Williams, 205/870-7443
Nov.-June, first Saturday, 2:30-4:30
p.m.
Shades Valley Presbyterian Church
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ARIZONA |
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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
mason_scott@ti.com
Sept.-April, second Sunday,
1:30-3:15 p.m.
Benedictine
Monastery Chapel, 800 N. Country Club,
Tucson
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ARKANSAS
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Aeolus Recorder Konsort (ARK) of Central
Arkansas
Don Wold, 501/666/2787
dcwold@ualr.edu
http://www.ualr.edu/recorder
Bella Vista Recorder Consort
Barbara McCoy, 479/855-6477
Meet each Thursday afternoon at the home
of Bill and Eileen Rees
http://web.me.com/reesort2/Site_2/BVRC.html
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CALIFORNIA |
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.mpro-online.org/
Monterey Bay Recorder Society
Susan Renison, 831-335-5869,
passerinus@yahoo.com
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 AM - 12 PM at 121 Sierra Vista Dr., Redlands, CA
92373
Sacramento Recorder Society
Mark Schiffer, 916/685-7684
marschif@gmail.com
http://www.sacrecorders.org
San Diego County Recorder Society
Vanessa Evans, 619-297-2095
vanessaalleyn@cox.net
http://sdcrs.jascopacific.com/
San Francisco Recorder Society
Greta Hryciw, 415/377-4444
gr8asf@yahoo.com
http://arssanfrancisco.org
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.
Ellen Johnsen, (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)
Sharon Holmes, 310-379-2061
lesterp2@roadrunner.com
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COLORADO |
Boulder
Mike Emptage, 970/667-3929
cnm@frii.com
Meetings are usually, but not always, the
second Sunday of the month, from 2-5 PM,
September through May.
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church
3700 Baseline Rd.
Boulder, CO
Early Music Society of Western
Colorado-Players Consort (Grand
Junction)
Bev Jackson, 970/257-1692
Denver Chapter
Jon Casbon, jcasbon@gmail.com
http://www.DenverRecorderSociety.org
StopTime Recorder Jazz Ensemble
Denver, CO
Formed in 2008, the ensemble is an ambassador for the Denver Chapter.
They perform early jazz before diverse audiences with a goal of
introducing the recorder to a broad range of listeners.
They meet weekly in one of the member’s homes. Membership is by
invitation. They are brushing up their repertoire and plan to create a
demonstration CD. Recorders rock and they prove it at their
performances.
Info: Dick Munz, 303-286-7909,
dickmunz@gmail.com
Fort Collins
Cindy Henk, 970-988-0160
cindy.henk@gmail.com
http://www.fortnet.org/recorder
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CONNECTICUT |
Eastern Connecticut Recorder Society
Betty Monahan, 860-536-7368
http://www.connrecorders.org
Recorder Society of Connecticut
Elise Jaeger, 203/792-5606
http://www.recordersociety-connecticut.org
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DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA |
Washington Recorder Society
In 2013 WRS will be celebrating their
50th year as a chapter of ARS!
See chapter website for meetling dates and
location.
Vicki Walter, 301-891-1367
http://www.meto.umd.edu/~baer/WRS
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DELAWARE |
Brandywine
Roger Matsumoto, 302/731-1430
Sept, Nov, Jan, Mar, & May @ second
Friday, 7:30-10 p.m.
New Ark United Church of Christ,
Main Street
Newark, DE
All levels welcome
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FLORIDA |
Fort Myers Recorder and Early Music Society
Sue Groskreutz, 239/267-1752
suegroskreutz@comcast.net
Meet monthly. Call Sue for meeting time
and place.
Imperial Recorder Consort
(Lakeland)
Viola J. Spencer, 863/644-8345
Meet every Friday at 9:00 a.m.
First United Methodist Church, 72 Lake
Morton Dr, Lakeland FL 33801-5345
Miami
Ruth Trencher,
trencher3380@bellsouth.net, 305/665-3380
http://www.miamiars.org
Suncoast Recorder
Ensemble (New Port Richey)
Pat Deighton, 352-232-1622,
mdeighton@verizon.net
Orlando
ORLANDO CONSORT
Advanced
group meets every Monday at 7 PM to 9 PM in member's home.
Beginner's meet every Friday 12:30 PM to 2 PM at the Maitland Senior
Center
345 S. Maitland Ave.
Maitland, FL 32751
Cheri Grayson, 407-299-3076,
orlandoconsort@gmail.com
http://sites.google.com/site/orlandoconsortfl/
Palm Beach Recorder and Early Music Society
Gail Hershkowitz
duopiano@comcast.net 561/732-5985
http://www.PBRecorder.org
Pasco Collegium Recorder Consort (Bayonet Point)
Marlene Cracraft, 727-868-8651
Pilgrim Pipers (Largo)
Meet Fridays, Sept. to May, 10:00 am-11:30 am
Pilgrim Congregational Church
6315 Central Ave, St. Petersburg, FL 33710
Elizabeth Snedeker 727-596-7813
elizsmusic@tampabay.rr.com
Sarasota
Nancy Paxcia-Bibbins, 941-536-0621
npaxciabi@gmail.com
http://www.sarasotarecorder.org
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GEORGIA |
Atlanta
Contact Mickey Gillmor, 404/872-0166
http://home.mindspring.com/~gillmorm/ |
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HAWAII |
Hawaii
Irene Sakimoto, 808/734-5909
Almost year-round, third Monday, 7:15-9:30
p.m.
Honolulu Academy Arts Center at Linekona
11111 Victoria St., Honolulu HI 96814
Additional help for beginners before
meetings
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
isakimot@hawaii.edu
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.
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IDAHO |
Les Bois Recorder Society
Kim Wardwell, 360-202-3427
Meet at United Methodist Cathedral of the
Rockies in Boise
717 N. 11th St., Boise ID 83702-5365
Meetings are the first Sunday of each month,
schedule permitting.
3:00 p.m. Beginners
4:00-6:00 p.m. All players
LesBoisRecorderSociety.org
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ILLINOIS
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Chicago
Dennis Sherman, 773-764-1920
Monthly meetings at Covenant
Presbyterian Church 2012 West Dickens
Ave.
Chicago, IL 60647-4531
http://chicagorecorders.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)
James Heup, 630-851-5364
www.westsubems.org
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INDIANA |
Duneland Early Music Consort
Every Wednesday night @ 7pm
2163 La Pine St., Portage, IN 46369
Kristin Sturgeon (219/762-5567) |
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LOUISIANA |
Baton Rouge
John Waite, 225/925-0502
http://www.brrecorders.org
New Orleans Recorder Society
Victoria Blanchard, 504/861-4289
Year-round, each Monday, 7:30- 9:30p.m.
Meetings are held at Lambeth House
Auditorium. Group plays several times
yearly for St. George's Episcopal Church
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MARYLAND |
Consort Anon
(Columbia)
Helen-Jean Talbott, 301-464-3709
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~consort_anon/index.htm
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)
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MASSACHUSETTS |
Boston Recorder Society
Betty
Cohen,
bettycohen3@gmail.com
info@bostonrecordersociety.org
http://www.bostonrecordersociety.org
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
Alan Karass, 508-847-8559
cdbittner@verizon.net |
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MICHIGAN |
Ann Arbor Recorder Society
Kevin Gilson, 443-280-1296
Meetings are
at 7:30 PM, the first Monday of each month,
September to June.
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 306 N.
Division St.
Ann Arbor MI 48104
Kalamazoo Recorder Players
Annette Brown, 269/762-7503
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, second Sunday, 1:30-4:30 p.m.
First United Methodist Church
320 W. 7th St., Royal Oak
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
The Balmy Zephyrs (Traverse City)
Sharon Fidler, 231/947-7926
Western Michigan:
Jocelyn Shaw, 231/744-8248
redfernshaw@gmail.com
Muskegon Recorder Players
Meet Monday evenings 6:30 - 8:30 PM
alternately at the home of Marge Winter (call for address) and
St. Gregory's Episcopal Church
1200 Siminole Rd, Norton Shores, MI.
Mundy's Joy
Meets weekly on Monday mornings 10 AM - 12 PM
Charles Bouwsama, 616-454-1552
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MINNESOTA |
Twin Cities
Anne Mundahl, 651-895-5049
Meet the third Sunday of the month from
September to May.
http://a415software.com/tcrg/ |
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MISSOURI |
Arch City Consort (St. Louis)
Kathy Sherrick, 314-302-3545
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
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NEBRASKA |
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NEVADA |
Sierra Early Music Society
Kathy Bohrer,
kathy.bohrer@sbcglobal.net 775/393-9002
Intermediate players meet monthly on a Saturday from 1-3 PM at a member's home in the Reno/Sparks area.
Beginning players meet twice a month on Thursdays from 1-2:30 PM, also at a member's home in Reno.
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NEW HAMPSHIRE |
Monadnock
Kris Schramel,
kristine@crocker.com
or
Lynne Herzog, 802/254-1223
Serving New Hampshire and Vermont recorder
players
Sept.-May, third Saturday, 1:30-4:00 p.m.
Meetings on Birge St., Brattleboro, VT |
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NEW JERSEY |
Bergen County
Reita
Powell, 201-944-2027
Meetings led by professional coaches
second Wednesday Sept.-June.
Temple Adas Emuno, 254 Broad Ave, Leonia,
NJ 07606
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, 732/922-2750
Sept.-June, third Monday, 7:45-9:45 p.m.
Unitarian Universalist Meeting House,
1075 W. Front St., Lincroft NJ 07738
All levels welcome
Princeton
Skip Kestler, 609-683-0358
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) |
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NEW MEXICO |
Albuquerque
Bryan Bingham, chapter representative,
505/299-0052
Oct.-June, first Friday, 715-9:45 p.m.
Heights Cumberland Presbyterian Church
http://rgrecorders.org/abq
Rio Grande
(Las Cruces/El Paso)
Sylvia Burke, 575-522-1742
info@rgrecorders.org
http://www.rgrecorders.org
Santa Fe
Gus Winter,
505-603-8034
Sept.-May, third Tuesdays
Community Center of Whole Foods Market, Cordova & St. Francis, Santa
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NEW YORK |
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Buffalo
Mark Jay,
mjay4784@verizon.net,
716/649-1127
http://buffalorecorder.synthasite.com/
Hudson Mohawk
Lee Danielson, 518/785-4065
http://www.hudsonmohawkrecorder.org/
Adirondack Baroque
Consort
Joseph Loux,
518/756-2273
http://www.abconsort.org
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
Jessica Brennan, 585-683-2802
http://www.rochars.org
Rockland Recorder Society:
Sept.-June
Jackie Mirando, 845-624-2150
musicmaker222@aol.com
The New Suffolk Consort (New Suffolk)
Patsy Rogers (631/734-7485)
Westchester Recorder Guild
Erica Babad
erica@tany.com
http://www.westchesterrecorderguild.org |
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NORTH CAROLINA |
Carolina Mountains Recorder Society -
Brevard
Susan Hartley, 423-612-0421
Meets monthly at Lutheran Church of the
Good Shepherd, Brevard. Contact for day and
time.
Greenville Recorder Society
Jon Shaw, 252-355-2737,
johshaw@suddenlink.net
Triad Early Music Society (Greensboro)
Donna
Yaniglos 336-292-9995
dyaniglos@triad.rr.com
Triangle
Jan Jenkins, 919-870-0759
http://www.trianglerecorder.org
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OHIO |
Greater Cleveland
Edith Yerger, 440/826-0716 edithyerger@att.net
June-May, Third Sunday, 2:30-4:30 p.m.
Beachwood Branch of Cuyahoga County
Library
25501 Shaker Blvd., Beachwood, OH 44122
Rosewood Consort
Akron, OH
Meets every Sunday at St. Bernard's
Church, Akron, OH
Contact: Alan Purdum, 330/673-5590
Toledo
Charles Terbille, 419-536-3227
opcit@buckeye-express.com
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OREGON |
Eugene American Recorder Society
Lynne Coates 541/345-5235
Oregon Coast
Corlu Collier, 541/961-1228
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
http://www.coastrecorder.org
Portland Recorder Society
Zoë Tokar, 971/325-1060
www.portlandrecordersociety.org
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PENNSYLVANIA |
Angelica Consort
Ruth Bossler 610/777-9510
Meets each Monday night
www.angelicaconsort.org
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, 412-486-0482
Tharphappy@aol.com
http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/lukas/pcars/
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RHODE ISLAND |
Rhode Island
For meeting information please contact David
Bojar, 401/944-3395 |
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SOUTH CAROLINA |
Olde Pipes Consort
(Charleston)
Meet Mondays, 3:00-4:00 pm
The Lowcountry Senior Center
865 Riverland Dr, Charleston, SC 29412
Janet Jones, 843-343-4093
Lowcountry Pipers (Charleston)
Meet Monday afternoons, 1:30-2:30 pm
The Lowcountry Senior Center
865 Riverland Dr, Charleston, SC 29412
Adelaide Nichols, 843-762-4184,
anichols.2@juno.com |
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TENNESSEE |
Greater Knoxville Recorder Society
Ann Stierli, 828-877-5675
http://sites.google.com/site/knoxvillerecordersociety/schedule
Greater Nashville Chapter
Carol Vanderwal, 615/226-2952
Meet third Sunday of the month
Belmont United Methodist Church, 2007
Acklen Ave., Nashville, TN 37212
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
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TEXAS |
Austin
Dave Melanson, 512-495-4180
http://main.org/austinars/index.html
Dallas
Alice Derbyshire, 940-300-5345
http://dallasrecordersociety.org/
Houston
Recorder Consort
Meet weekly in member's homes
Contact Doyle Horton, 713-957-3569 or
Ingrid Wade, 281-855-2674
Rio Grande (Las Cruces/El Paso)
Sylvia Burke, 575-522-1742
info@rgrecorders.org
http://www.rgrecorders.org
The Wireless Consort (North Texas)
Cornell Kinderknecht 972/241-6215,
http://www.texasearlymusic.com/wc |
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UTAH |
Utah Recorder Society
(Salt Lake)
Mary Johnson, 801/272-9015
Meetings are usually the 3rd Friday of
month, 7:00 pm
Meeting place by arrangement.
Call Mary Johnson, 801-272-9015,
newtqueen@comcast.com
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VERMONT |
Monadnock
Kris Schramel,
kristine@crocker.com
Lynne Herzog, 802/254-1223
Serving New Hampshire and Vermont recorder
players
Sept.-May, third Saturday, 1:30-4:00 p.m.
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VIRGINIA |
Northern Virginia
Edward
Friedler, 703/425-1324
Each Sunday, 6:30-8:30 pm
7617 Little River Turnpike, 7th fl.,
Annandale
www.nvrs.info
Shenandoah Recorder Society
(Charlottesville)
Ms. Gary Porter 434-284-2995
gporter70122@netscape.net
http://www.srsva.org
Tidewater Recorder
Society
Meet second Sunday, 4 PM
St. Martin's Episcopal Church
1333 Jamestown Rd., Williamsburg VA
Vicki Hamilton Hall, 757/784-2698
www.tidewaterecorder.org |
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WASHINGTON |
Cascade Recorder Consort
(Enumclaw)
James Verschaeve (360/802-0326)
Columbia Basin Recorder Society (Pasco)
Phyllis Brandt 509/545-1417
Moss Bay
James Verschaeve, 253-249-4272
Sept-March, 2nd Saturday at 2pm; April 2nd Saturday all day. No regular
venue.
http://www.mossbayrecorders.org
Seattle
Tomo Morita 425-301-5767
http://www.seattle-recorder.org |
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WISCONSIN |
Milwaukee
Carole Goodfellow, 262/763-8992
Second Sunday, 1:30 p.m.
St. Mary's College
Winds of Southern Wisconsin:
Greg Higby, 608/256-0065
ghigby@mailplus.wisc.edu
http://www.windsofsouthernwisconsin.org/
The Recorders of Merrywoode (Kenosha)
Meets every other Tuesday at 7:00 PM
at 8065 43rd Ave, Kenosha WI 53142
Thomas E. Van Dahm
tandlvandam@att.net |
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CANADA |
ALBERTA
Edmonton Recorder
Society
Vivien Bosley, 780-439-3215
www.edmontonrecordersociety.org
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Vancouver
British Columbia Recorder Society
Tony Griffiths, 604-222-0457, agriff@interchange.ubc.ca
http://www.bcrecordersociety.com/
ONTARIO
Toronto Early Music Players Organization
(TEMPO)
Sharon Geens, 416/699-0517
sharongeens@rogers.com
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~dresher/TEMPO
QUEBEC
Montreal Recorder
Society
Mary McCutcheon, 514/271-6650
marymccut@primus.ca
http://www.fluteabecmtl.ca
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