Virtual Chapter Meetings

Want to play with others, but you don't have a group in your area? Or, perhaps you play with a group but prefer not to meet in person due to the pandemic. Here are many options for meeting and playing with others on a virtual platform. There may be a visitor fee, or the amounts listed here may have changed -- to be sure, check the chapter website or contact their representative. All levels of players are welcome!

• North American Virtual Recorder Society navrs.org

  Our "doors" are open to anyone interested in joining our Chapter. As a North American Virtual Recorder Society member, you’ll be part of an online community of recorder players and get to participate in "playing meetings," workshops and technique sessions specific to our Chapter.  We're building a recorder community and hope you'll want to be a part of it. Check out the options below to learn more. Please note: Your first session does not require membership, but after that you must be a NAVRS Chapter member to attend playing meetings.
   

• The Atlanta Recorder Society is holding virtual monthly meetings and we welcome participation from anyone who is interested in joining us. Regular dues are $25/year, Supporting membership = $50/year.
   
• Lauda Musicam of Atlanta invites early musicians to participate in their online fall rehearsals. Lauda Musicam meets weekly each Tuesday evening, 7:00–8:30 PM ET, via Zoom videoconferencing platform. Lauda Musicam director Jody Miller will rehearse participants for a concert that will be presented IN PERSON on Sunday, November 13, in Atlanta. The in-person concert is not a requirement to participate, but anyone wishing to join for the actual concert will come to Atlanta for a Saturday, November 12 in-person rehearsal. Membership is $50 per semester for the online option. Lauda Musicam is a community-based early music ensemble that performs mostly Renaissance music using the types of instruments in use during that time. An evolution of the Emory Early Music ensemble, founded in the mid-1960s, Lauda took its present form in 2009 and now performs several concerts each year and is well known in the Atlanta area for the musical outlet it provides to the participants, as well as the concerts and instrument “petting zoos” they offer to audience members. For more details, visit www.laudamusicam.org

• The Dallas Recorder Society started hosting zoom meetings shortly after the pandemic started. In Sep 2021 we started hybrid meetings and plan to continue hybrid meetings for the foreseeable future. Our website is dallasrecordersociety.org.
   
• The Denver Recorder Society currently offers a hybrid format, attracting members from across the US and Canada. Our website is denverrecordersociety.org. Dues are $45 per season, or $10 per session. 

• The Greater Fredericksburg Chapter has been offering both virtual and hybrid. Our meetings are also recorded and go up on our Youtube channel so people can watch them at their convenience.

• Highland Park Recorder Society (NJ):  HPRS welcomes Early Music lovers, recorder players, singers, and musicians at all levels of experience, to join us in our online Seminar Series in Early Music Performance. We meet one Monday evening per month from 7:30 to 9:00 P.M. Eastern Time via Zoom to make music under professional musical direction. We begin with a Meet & Greet at 7:15 P.M. and conclude with a Q & A from 9:00-9:15 P.M.  In 2025-2026 we will be privileged to learn from Adam Gilbert, Rainer Beckmann, Annette Bauer, and Lewis Baratz. Music is sent to registrants in advance. Membership is $30 annually.  Online seminars are $25 each. For more information on the dates, topics, and artists, and to register, visit https://hprecorder.org/events/2026-online-seminars/.

• The Milwaukee Area Recorder Society (MARS)  is only meeting virtually via Zoom. We practice the second Sunday of the month and welcome visitors to join us. We have no foreseeable plans to meet in person, but will explore a hybrid model when we do so. Contact Deborah Dorn at dorndeborah03@gmail.com for more information. 

• The Orange County Recorder Society (ocrecorders.org) and the Southern California Recorder Society (socalrecorders.com) have joined together since September 2020 to offer joint Zoom monthly meetings and workshops. We have attracted new members from San Diego to Vancouver and welcome others who would like to join us.

• The Philadelphia Recorder Society offers hybrid meetings on third Saturdays at 10am. Contact them here.
   
• Portland Recorder Society members and guests play together monthly on the 1st Sunday of each month, with some exceptions (summer). Look on the website or newsletter to learn all the details each month, currently though zoom, including links to register for each session and to the music to be played. https://portlandrecordersociety.org/

• The Recorder Society of Long Island has been offering Virtual meetings since September 2020, moving to Hybrid for the Fall of 2021. Our Hybrid meetings are designed specifically to provide the optimal experience for both in-person players AND virtual ones. We welcome visitors and new members. Our current membership includes players from as far afield as Michigan and Maine in the US, as well as South Africa! Meetings this year are led by Music Director, Rachel Begley. Check out our website for more details: www.rsli.info

• The San Francisco Recorder Society started to offer online chapter meetings starting in May of 2020. We meet monthly (except in July) on either the 2nd or 3rd Sunday for 90-minute sessions from 2PM to 3:30PM Pacific Time (5PM Eastern), and live-stream over Zoom for members and guests who can't meet in person. (Check the ARS calendar for dates.) To be included on our mailing list for chapter meetings announcements, please send a request to SFRecorders@gmail.com. Be sure to include your name and hometown.

• The Seattle Recorder Society and Moss Bay Recorder Society have joined forces to offer virtual meetings on Zoom throughout the pandemic. We will be shifting to a hybrid format whenever possible going forward and welcome visitors from near and far! Visitors can buy a single meeting pass for $8 or a season membership for $40.http://www.seattle-recorder.org/Visitor_Meeting_Pass.html

• The St Louis Recorder Society (https://stlouisrecordersociety.weebly.com/) offers online sessions.