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Concert at Taylor House in Jamaica Plain, Friday, March 23 at 8 pm

sheila — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:19:30 +0000

Soprano Eileen Cecilia Callahan joins recorder players Sheila Beardslee, George Mastellone, Brian Warnock & Henia Yacubowicz for a program of Lenten chorales and penitential psalms. This program features works by Byrd, Wilby, Morley, Bull, Hassler, Pedersøn, Cato, Lassus, Scarlatti, Buxtehude, Pachelbel and Bach.

Friday, March 23 2012 at 4 PM
Taylor House Bed & Breakfast, 50 Burroughs St, Jamaica Plain, MA
directions at http://www.taylorhouse.com/aamaps.html
Suggested Donation $10 For reservations, please call 617.985.9334

Prelude Concert at Trinity Episcopal Church, March 4, 2012 at 5 PM

sheila — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:13:02 +0000

Soprano Eileen Cecilia Callahan joins recorder players Sheila Beardslee, George Mastellone, Brian Warnock & Henia Yacubowicz for a 30 minute program of Lenten chorales and penitential psalms. This program features works by Byrd, Wilbe, Morley, Bull, Hassler, Pedersøn, Cato, Lassus, Scarlatti, Buxtehude, Pachelbel and Bach.

Following our concert program, the Trinity Parish Choir (Robert Barney, director) will sing choral evensong, featuring canticles and the verse anthem “My shepherd is the living Lord” by Thomas Tomkins.

Sunday, March 4, 2012 at 4 PM
Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm Street, Concord MA
directions at http://www.trinityconcord.org/diretions.shtml
FREE For further information, please call 978/369-3715

Ethical Society, February 5, 2012 at 10:00 AM

sheila — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:05:29 +0000

We play transcriptions of organ chorales by Buxtehude, Pachelbel and Bach for the Ethical Society’s morning meeting on Sunday, February 5 at Blacksmith House in Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA.

October 8, 2011: No meeting

sheila — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:01:25 +0000

Trinity has need of its space for the whole day. Our first meeting will be Saturday, November 12. See you then!

November 12, 2011: Music from Renaissance France

sheila — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:01:05 +0000

Join us for a morning of chansons, motets, mass movements, playful dances and fantasies

Coaches Justin Godoy, Eric Haas, John Tyson and Sheila Beardslee lead consorts at four levels in two sessions; each group will work with two coaches over the morning.

Please RSVP by Thursday, November 10.

2011-2012 Membership $75; $70 for seniors, students & members of other recorder societies.
Consort Visitors $15

December 10, 2011: Winter’s Festivities

sheila — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:59:36 +0000

Our annual holiday musicale — carols, dances, songs and more with winter and holiday themes.

First session: Consorts by level
Second session: Grande Bande with each coach leading a 20-minute session.
Coaches are Heloise Degrugiller, Emily O’Brien and Sheila Beardslee.

Please RSVP by Thursday, December 8 if you will attend.
Bring your recorders, music stand and pencil.
Consort visitors $15. R/EMM members free.

January 14, 2012: Bach & his contemporaries

sheila — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:59:19 +0000

Enjoy a morning with Bach and his Baroque contemporaries, playing organ transcriptions, selections from Art of the Fugue, cantata excerpts and more!

Our coaches – Sarah Cantor, Daniel Meyers, Héloïse Degrugillier and Emily O’Brien — lead consorts at four levels in two sessions; each group will work with two coaches over the morning.

Please RSVP to sheilabb [at] verizon [dot] net by Thursday, January 12.

Consort Visitors $15
Young Recorder Players (grade 5 to age 18) $5

February 11, 2012: Love, Italian-style

sheila — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:58:36 +0000

Bravo, Amore! Celebrate Cupid’s hits (and near misses) with a morning of madrigals from Italy.

March 10, 2012: Beyond Baroque — Music written after 1800

sheila — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:57:17 +0000

There’s plenty of beautiful music for recorders written after 1800. Come and discover it with us!

April 14, 2012: No meeting

sheila — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:56:49 +0000

Ars et Amici is on tour in the Dolomites & Venice.

If you’re interested to join our trip as a singer or adventurer,
please contact director Sheila Beardslee, at sheilabb [at] verizon [dot] com.

Our travel dates are April 11-23, 2012; this is a self-funded trip.