During my short stay in Portland, I had an occasion to visit a recorder maker Gerry Leatherman. Gerry showed me his newly made instruments and his working room. It was a wonderful experience to try out Gerry’s instruments and see the process of recorder making. Gerry started making recorders not a long time ago but […]
read moreToday I attended an amazing concert of the group Frisson, organized by Neskowin Chamber Music. Frisson is an explosive group of rising classical stars who are the best of the recent graduates of the top U. S. music schools including Julliard, Curtis, and Yale. The group is led by Artistic Director and virtuoso oboist Thomas Gallant […]
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I was invited to become a recorder resident at Sitka Center for Art and Ecology in Otis, OR. The residency is for 6 weeks. At the end of the residency, I’ll teach at Winds and Waves recorder workshop with Frances Blaker, Tish Berlin, and Cléa Galhano. During my stay at Sitka, I will be working […]
read moreMy dear friend and recorder colleague, David McGown, has made a video with Tina Chancey as a part of the American Recorder Society Practice Project. The video is focused on G. F. Handel´s Sonata in C major, Op. 1 , No. 7, HWV 365. See the video on Youtube!
read moreThe second Amherst Weekend Spring Break Workshop has just finished. About 80 musicians came this weekend to share music at the campus of George Washington University. After the last successful workshop, the participation has grown up and the instrument choice as well. Most of the participants were recorder players but also lutenists and viol players […]
read moreIt was a pleasure to participate in the organ concert on Saturday, March 10, at Church of the Atonement, Silver Spring, MD. The organist, Dr. Dale Voelker, was fabulous. On the program: J. S. Bach: Praeludium et Fuga in G minor (BWV 535) J. S. Bach: Allein Gott in der Höh´ sei Ehr´ (BWV 663) […]
read moreToday we’ve had a chance to perform in a beautiful chapel of the Retirement Community in Catonsville, MD. The atmosphere was amazing and the audience was super friendly. We could present all recorder sizes (from sopranino to contrabass) and types (renaissance, baroque, and transitional recorders). Most of the audience saw different kinds of the recorder […]
read moreI was honored to play with North Carolina Baroque Orchestra in the series of concerts and lectures on Jan 29 – Feb 2. Program: Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben, BWV 248.IV (Part IV of Weihnachts-Oratorium/Christmas Oratorio), JS BACH Das ist je gewißlich wahr, Heinrich SCHÜTZ Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht, BWV 124, JS BACH Magi […]
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“Only” 15 recorders…Much or less it seems, my list of needed instruments is far to be accomplished. However, I believe this is a normal case of a recorder player. We can assume that the recorder needs and the purchase decisions can be based on these categories: Size: sopranino, soprano, alto in f/g, tenor in c/d, bass, great […]
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This is my first contact with the recorder. However, my serious playing started at the age of 7. At this time, the recorder in the Czech Republic served as a tool to prepare children for playing some genuine instrument, such as flute, trumpet, or clarinet. No recorder in Czech conservatories and no skilled recorder teachers. […]
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