Recorder and Piano World: Ensembles #2

RENAISSANCE & BAROQUE RECORDERS

Recorder Ensembles in Redding, California

Introduction | Novice Ensemble | Advanced Novice Ensemble|

Intermediate and Advanced-Intermediate Ensemble |

How do I join an ensemble?
 American Recorder Society: Redding Chapter

Novice Ensemble: The "Castle Musicians"

The original Castle Musicians (above) started as part of a Shasta College class. We continued to meet as an ensemble on a regular basis. Members discovered that—

Recorder playing is not only rewarding in itself, but we meet other people with whom we enjoy playing!

As of April 2013, the Castle Musicians is a progressing novice ensemble. The group is a continuation for students from the classes at the Senior Citizens Hall in Redding.

Currently the group is a trio, playing unison and part music, learning alto fingering, and acquiring interpretive skills.

Playing in a Recorder Ensemble

Revelling Recorders plays part music and requires sight-reading ability. Current repertoire includes Elizabethan and Jacobean music, as well as French Baroque arrangements.

Intermediate and Advanced-Intermediate Ensemble: Willow Wind Consort

Performing at the Old Shasta Museum, December, 2010: "Old-Time Holiday in the Parks"

Kay and Barbara Condon (left to right).
We performed carols in various arrangements, German Advent songs, as well as English Renaissance music.

Members of the Intermediate Ensemble play multiple instruments (soprano, alto, tenor, and bass,) read treble and bass clefs, and play standard recorder repertoire.

The ensemble performs German, French, English, Italian, and Irish repertoire--from Medieval through contemporary periods. A dynamic duo! However, we would love to expand to a trio or quartet.