For an extensive listing of workshops offered by other groups in the region and across the country, see www.seattle-recorder.org and www.americanrecorder.org.
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Session Music links:
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2025 NORTHWEST RECORDER MEET
Saturday, April 19
10:00am to 5:00pm
Sand Point Community UMC – Perry Hall
4710 NE 70th Street, Seattle
$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. Pitch A = 440
Schedule for the Day:
9:30 am Registration and set-up
10-11:45 Potpourri led by Peter Seibert
11:45-1 Bring or buy lunch (coffee and tea provided)
1-2:45 Tomás Luis Victoria/Klezmer led by Laura Kuhlman
2:45-3:15 Break
3:15-5 Girl Power! led by Laura Townsend
5-5:30 Clean-up and departure
Presented by Moss Bay Recorder Society and Seattle Recorder Society
Pre-registration is strongly encouraged to assist with planning. Email Laura Townsend at mbrsmem@gmail.com to pre-register, for the link to the music or with any questions. Payment not due until the day of the Meet.
A link to the music will be sent to participants and posted here in advance of the meeting. Let Laura know if you would like to have music printed and brought to you. A few extra copies will also be available at the Meet. This music is for the use and enjoyment of this particular workshop and may be protected by copyright. The music is for educational purposes only. Please do not distribute this music outside this workshop. You only need to print out the parts you want to play.
We look forward to having you join us for a wonderful day of music making, fellowship and fun!
Download flyer: NW Recorder Meet 2025 Flyer
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Playing Session Descriptions
Potpourri will feature some delightful Renaissance and Baroque pieces as well as several of Peter Seibert’s own compositions, All Things are Quite Silent, an arrangement of an English folksong, and Divertimento (2010). He will guide us through Le Jeune’s Revecy venir du printemps, a familiar chanson with a tricky rhythm, followed by Hassler’s “Mein G’muth ist mir verwirret,” a German song that uses the same rhythm. This melody later became the well-known Passion Chorale melody of Bach, so we’ll try our hands at Bach’s Befiehl du deine Wege. Peter will round out the session with selections from Handel’s Water Music Suite No. 1 and perhaps something by perennial favorite Isaac.
Laura Kuhlman’s playing session will include music from two topic areas:
Tomás Luis Victoria: a sacred life of music
Tomás Luis Victoria was not only the greatest Spanish Renaissance composer but also one of the greatest composers of church music of his day in Europe. He dedicated himself to the Catholic faith through his music, which is all sacred and only using Latin texts. Musicologists hear in his music a mystical intensity and direct emotional appeal in his musical phrases and word painting. Lucky are we today to be able to experience the brilliant mind of this beloved composer. We will unfold, analyze and play some of his many hymns, motets and mass settings.
The Klezmer Recorder Band
Ready to get your fingers jumping?! Well, welcome to the Klezmer Recorder Band. Klezmer music is an instrumental musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe. As Klezmer music reached the United States, it was influenced by the traditions of American big bands and other popular music styles. We will explore some of the many styles of Klezmer playing and the tunes that were used for the various celebrations of Jewish life.
Girl Power! Laura Townsend will explore works composed and/or arranged by female musicians. From Raffaella Aleotti’s Renaissance motet Vidi Speciosam to Annabel Knight’s arrangement of a favorite Beatles tune, we will traverse the ages. We’ll make stops along the way for A Staffordshire Ramble by Alyson Lewin, visit turn-of-the-20th-century New England to hear some of Amy Marcy Beach’s work, and swing by mid-century Chicago for a work by Florence Price. All aboard for a fabulous musical journey!
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Instuctor Bios
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 Personal Study Program. In 1983, he founded the Port Townsend Early Music Workshop, which he directed until 2001. He has written numerous articles for the American Recorder. Peter continues to be active as a composer and has had two new choral works performed this year. His compositions for recorders and for viols are played world-wide.
Laura Kuhlman resides in Portland, Oregon and up until 2014, was active in Chicago, Illinois, where she spent many years as a freelance musician. From Bach to Broadway, Laura has enjoyed partnerships with several early music ensembles. She is music director of the Portland Recorder Society and the Recorder Orchestra of Oregon, is past President of the national American Recorder Society and has taught at many early music workshops around world. Laura also performs, leads and arranges music for the lively medieval band, Musica Universalis, whose purpose is to play early music in unusual places and collaborations with other artistic disciplines. Laura is an active performer for the English Country Dance community in Portland, a member of the rowdy horn section in the acclaimed Portland Megaband. In addition, Laura teaches flute, saxophone, recorder, renaissance double reeds and renaissance bagpipes both at workshops and in her home studio. If she’s not playing music, look for Laura on her bike in the hills and dales of Oregon or in her glass studio!
Laura Townsend is the director of the Moss Bay Recorder Society, leads Seattle Recorder Society’s Back Room Gang and has a teaching studio in Seattle. Originally trained as a developmental psychologist, she’s dedicated to discovering the most effective ways to learn and is committed to growing her own skills. She takes lessons with Vicki Boeckman, plays in the Recorder Orchestra of Puget Sound, studied conducting with Peter Seibert, performs with the ensemble Quintessence, and attends workshops as often as possible.
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ALL-DAY RECORDER WORKSHOP WITH THE FARALLON RECORDER QUARTET, Friday April 11, 2025
The BC Recorder Society is thrilled to present a full-day workshop and concert with the
fabulous Farallon Recorder Quartet – Moss Bay’s beloved former director Miyo Aoki, with Vicki Boeckman, Tish Berlin and Frances Blaker.
This hands-on BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH workshop will feature music from the Middle Ages to the Baroque, and will involve ensemble playing for all participants, as well as three sessions of separate classes for emergent and experienced players. The day will conclude with an hour-long concert by the Farallon Recorder Quartet. For workshop details, click HERE.
Make your plans today to join these four outstanding recorderists in this first major workshop hosted by BCRS since 2020. Seating is limited to 40 for the workshop, and to 60 for the concert – book your spot now! We open registration on February 15 – the workshop is on April 11.
We know it conflicts with the Columbia Gorge workshop – but since it’s over-subscribed, we thought some people might consider this one instead. We’re hoping that’s the case!
For those who are unable to join in person, BCRS is offering the workshop and concert on
Zoom. The lower price reflects the more limited experience offered, a bit like being a “fly on the wall”. The camera will be static and turned on only during the playing sessions and
concert; Zoom attendees will only be able to play along, and will not interact with teachers or other participants.
The workshop will not be recorded for later sharing and/or viewing.
Date: Friday, April 11, 2025
Time: Workshop: 10am to 3pm PT; Concert: 4pm to 5:00pm PT
Please note: bring your own lunch; tea and coffee will be provided
Location: BCRS member Josine’s Westacre Farm in Maple Ridge, approximately 50 km
east of Vancouver
Cost for In Person Attendees
— Package of workshop and concert: $150CDN members; $200CDN non-members
— Concert only: $20CDN members; $30CDN non-members
Cost for Zoom Attendees
Workshop and concert package: $60CDN members; $75CDN non-members
Remember that the lower cost reflects the more limited experience offered on Zoom.
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NORTHWEST RECORDER MEET (MOSS BAY MEET) 2024
Twenty-five enthusiastic participants gathered for the annual Moss Bay Meet on Saturday, April 27, 2024 at the Sand Point Community Church. This year the Meet was co-presented with the Seattle Recorder Society. Peter Seibert led us through a selection of pieces from medieval through classical periods, culminating with his own composition “Short (and) Suite”, complete with soloists. Vicki Boeckman selected several beautiful renaissance-baroque choral pieces, and an 8-part double-choir Sinfonia. She closed the session with Arthur Sullivan’s lovely “The Long Day Closes”. In the last session we rearranged ourselves as Laura Townsend challenged us with contemporary compositions by Steve Marshall, including his four-choir, 16-part “All Creatures of our God and King”.
A heartfelt thanks to all the directors for a sensational musical day!
