Meetings in 2023-2024
Upcoming Meeting Dates
We meet monthly in-person on Saturdays at 2:00 – 4:30 pm, October – March. Each April we gather on a Saturday to play all day at our annual Moss Bay Meet. This year the Annual Meet is co-sponsored with the Seattle Recorder Society. Our next Annual Meet is Sat. April 27, rescheduled from April 13.
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!!! DATE CHANGE ALERT: Annual Meet is rescheduled to Sat. April 27 from April 13 !!!
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Save the date!
MOSS BAY ANNUAL MEET, co-sponsored with the Seattle Recorder Society
Sat., April 27, 2024 from 9:30am – 5pm
Sand Point Community Church — Perry Hall, 4710 NE 70th Street, Seattle, 98115
Three Sessions of Recorder Music – Come for one, two or all three!
$60 for all day or $25 for a single session
Please bring all of your recorders, compatible instruments, a music stand,
a pencil, something for your lunch, and, optionally, a snack to share.
Schedule for the Day:
9:30 am Registration and set-up
10-11:45 Playing session led by Peter Seibert
11:45-1 Bring or buy lunch (coffee and tea provided)
1-2:45 Playing session led by Laura Townsend
2:45-3:15 Break (snacks)
3:15-5 Playing session led by Vicki Boeckman
Pre-registration is strongly encouraged to assist with planning. Payment not due until day of Meet.
Please email your intent to come — or any questions you may have to Laura at beginbaroque@gmail.com.
Peter Seibert is a conductor and composer who has a life-long relationship with the recorder. He was music director of the Seattle Recorder Society from 1970 – 2015. As a board member of the American Recorder Society, he established the ARS Educational Program. In 1983, he founded the Port Townsend Early Music Workshop, which he directed until 2001. His compositions for recorders and for viols are played world-wide.
Laura Townsend combined her two passions, recorder playing and teaching, about 12 years ago and has been developing her skills as a recorder teacher and ensemble leader ever since. She is Music Director of MBRS, leads SRS’s Back Room Gang and has a teaching studio with many ensembles as well as individual students. Originally trained as a developmental psychologist, she’s dedicated to discovering the most effective ways to learn and is committed to continuing to grow her own skills. She takes lessons with Vicki Boeckman, played with the Recorder Orchestra of Puget Sound, studied conducting with Peter Seibert, performed with the ensemble Quintessence, and attends workshops as often as possible.
Vicki Boeckman has been performing and teaching since the 1980s. She is a sought-after instructor at workshops around the country, currently a member of the Farallon Recorder Quartet, Music Director for the Seattle Recorder Society, and with Charles Coldwell, co-director of the ‘soon to be revived’ Recorder Orchestra of Puget Sound. Vicki adores teaching children as well as adults and has been on the faculty of Music Center of the Northwest since 2005. She is overjoyed to be returning to live, in-person concerts and workshops, and honored to be a part of Seattle’s vibrant music community.
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If you know in advance please email Music Director Laura Townsend at beginbaroque@gmail.com with your intent to come and desired part so that we prepare enough music printouts for everyone. A link to the music will also be sent to participants in advance of the meeting.
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In Person Protocols:
- Email Laura your intent to come and desired part, if known.
- No blowing mouthpiece condensation outward; “sucking” is OK!
- We prefer that you are up to date with your COVID vaccinations but do not require it.
- We prefer that you test for COVID within 24 hours of attending the meeting, if feasible, but do not require it.
- Please stay at home if you are coughing, feeling ill, or suspect you have been exposed to Covid or the flu.
Email Laura Townsend: beginbaroque@gmail.com
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We meet in-person on Saturdays at 2:00 – 4:30 pm. Locations are announced as they become available.
2023-24 Monthly Meeting Dates
October 14, 2023, Redmond Library Meeting Room #1, 15990 NE 85th St, Redmond 98052.
November 18, 2023 Shoreline Library, 345 NE 175th St, Shoreline 98155.
December 9, 2023, Mountlake Terrace Library Large Meeting Room, 23300 58th Ave. W, Mountlake Terrace 98043
January 13, 2024, Mountlake Terrace Library Large Meeting Room, 23300 58th Ave. W, Mountlake Terrace 98043
February 10, 2024. Mountlake Terrace Library Large Meeting Room, 23300 58th Ave. W, Mountlake Terrace 98043, led by guest director Laura Kuhlman, Director of the Portland Recorder Society and the Recorder Orchestra of Oregon
March 9, 2024. Kenmore Library Meeting Room, 6531 NE 181st Street, Kenmore 98028
In 2024 we began our new opportunity for members to share up to 5 minutes of music.
Feel free to contact Laura Townsend at beginbaroque@gmail.com with any questions or to request a printed packet of music to be brought to the meeting.
We have brought back our tradition of a break with snacks and drinks in the middle of the meeting and continue to follow our new health protocols.