Recorder

September 1, 2012 by Kathleen Schoen

The recorder events at the recent SAA Biennial Conference had a very international flavour, with participants from Bermuda, Brazil, and Canada as well as the United States. Teachers and students worked together with our clinician, Renata Pereira, to perform a… Read more ▶

September 1, 2012 by Kathleen Schoen

On Monday, June 28, a young recorder player named Bryan Duerfeldt performed on the stage of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, along with the other 2012 US Presidential Scholars in the Arts. Read more ▶

March 13, 2012

Hello recorder players and teachers!
Have you registered for the SAA Conference yet?
If you haven’t been before, this is the year to do it!

Not only do we have some excellent recorder events planned, featuring our guest clinician from Brazil, Renata Pereira,… Read more ▶

March 8, 2010 by Kathleen Schoen

The Edmonton Suzuki Flute and Recorder Society used their annual Winter Recital in January 2010 as a fundraiser for earthquake relief in Haiti.
They raised $226.50 with a silver collection at the door, but with the matching grant for donations from… Read more ▶

November 5, 2009

Student participants are still needed for the following events at the 2010 SAA Conference next May:

Bass: SYOA 1, SYOA 2, Bass Choir
Flute: Masterclass, Performing Ensemble
Guitar: Masterclass, Non-Preformed Chamber
Recorder: Masterclass, Recorder Consort, Non-Preformed Chamber

Applications are being accepted until November 30.
See the… Read more ▶

November 4, 2009

Student participants are still needed for the following events at the 2010 SAA Conference next May.

Bass: SYOA 1, SYOA 2, Bass Choir
Flute: Masterclass, Performing Ensemble
Guitar: Masterclass, Non-Preformed Chamber
Recorder: Masterclass, Recorder Consort, Non-Preformed Chamber
Piano: Concerto performance (due December 15)

Applications are being… Read more ▶

October 1, 2009

The 14th biennial SAA Conference will “feature our own” distinguished SAA members, friends, and former Suzuki students who are now young artist-teacher professionals as our special clinicians for the instrument master classes. True to the theme of the Conference,… Read more ▶

July 15, 2009

Check out this great article about the Great Lakes Institute in Hamilton, Ontario:
Soothing Sidewalk Serenade
JEFF MAHONEY
THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR
Jul 14, 2009
For a magical hour every July, pedestrians and motorists along King Street West in Hamilton feel a breeze of flute, recorder… Read more ▶

June 16, 2009 by Mary Halverson Waldo

“Is that a recorder? But it sounds so beautiful!” I hear this exclamation time and again, following Suzuki group or solo concerts. Or, I’ll hear an incredulous observer from the non-Suzuki recorder community such as the American Recorder Society, saying,… Read more ▶

June 16, 2009 by Mary Halverson Waldo

The January 2009 Suzuki Festival in Lima, Peru, was in full swing; but as it progressed I kept trying to find a time to connect with Padre William Lopez. Over the past several years, the young Padre had been bringing… Read more ▶