The recorder events at this year’s conference will really “expand the vision” geographically, with a masterclass clinician from Brazil and a conference coordinator from Canada. Clea Galhano is a brilliant teacher. I have enjoyed her masterclasses in the past and am looking forward to seeing her work with the students at the conference.
Expanding student opportunities, with the addition of a recorder consort as well as masterclass lessons. The consort will have a series of rehearsals during the conference, with a performance TBA. It is open to any student in Book 3 and up. We encourage as many recorder students as possible to audition for both the masterclass and consort. I am very excited about the consort, as this is the first time that we are having such a group at the conference, hopefully made up of students from all over North and South America. Look for the audition information in upcoming issues of the ASJ and on the web.
We will be expanding instrumentation, offering sessions that are not recorder-specific but of general interest to all, such as baroque dance. The baroque dance sessions were extremely popular at the last conference, as both students and teachers of all instruments got to experience dancing the Minuet, along with other dances. We are looking forward to having these sessions again and plan to offer more! All recorder teachers are invited to submit session proposals.
—Kathleen Schoen, Recorder Coordinator
