Desert Pipes

Phoenix Chapter of the American Recorder Society

 

2012 Workshops

 

Around the World with Pipes and Strings

Workshop with Annette Bauer and Shira Kammen

Saturday, February 25, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Orangewood Presbyterian Church, 7321 N. 10th St., Phoenix AZ 85020

Annette Bauer and Shira Kammen bring their expertise and energy to the desert for a journey around the world with a variety of styles of music. Acclaimed performers and teachers from the San Francisco Bay Area, Annette will lead the morning sessions and Shira will join us in the afternoon to offer additional classes, including fun with improvisation and creative approaches to the music we love. String players are welcome to all sessions! Workshop tuning is A = 440.

 

Character Through the Ages

Workshop with Louise Austin

Saturday, April 14, 9:30 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday, April 15, 1:00 – 4:30 pm
Lessons available Sunday morning
Orangewood Presbyterian Church, 7321 N. 10th St., Phoenix AZ 85020

Louise Austin leaves her home in chilly Wisconsin for recorder fun in the sun to lead us in an exploration of the often charming and sometimes challenging “personalities” and characteristics found in recorder literature, from ancient to modern, including arrangements and adaptations for recorder, dance music, and of course, going Baroque! She’ll also share her recipe for a tasty feast of recorder technique from appetizer through dessert. In addition to all-day Saturday and Sunday afternoon workshop sessions, Louise will offer individual and ensemble lessons on Sunday morning.

 

For both the February and April workshops, click for information and registration forms.

 

Prescott 2012 — Louise Carslake

August 10-12
Friday, August 10 play-in at the Yavapai Hills Club House
led by Ann Koenig
Saturday, August 11 at the Highlands Center for Natural History
all day workshop with Louise

 

Vicki Boeckman

November 11 and 12

 

See Us on YouTube!

Concert at Foothills Library in Glendale, AZ January 17, 2009

Rehearsing with a lute player.

Pavan by Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656), played by recorder players from Arizona Central Highlands Recorder Society-Prescott, Phoenix Desert Pipes, Arizona, and players from surrounding states, at the 10th Annual Prescott Recorder Workshop, August 2011, led by Luoise Carslake.

 

Desert Pipes a Winner in the ARS Annual Play-the-Recorder-Month

Desert Pipes held their 50th Anniversary Celebration March 13, 2010.

Pictures of the event.

Desert Pipes (DP) of Phoenix was another winner [of the annual Play-the-Recorder Month contest]. They wrote, “We had one exciting, big celebration, a 50th Anniversary Party! After ARS Board member Bonnie Kelly’s visit to a chapter workshop in 2009, at which time she presented us with a certificate of recognition of our chapter’s history, we learned that our chapter is actually older than we thought. It was in 1958 that the Phoenix Recorder Society was founded by Sanford Kaye, a former student of Erich Katz in New York City. Mr. Kaye is over 90 years old and still living in the Phoenix area. His son shared early chapter documents with us, including a copy of the chapter charter granted to the Phoenix chapter by the ARS in 1962. We ‘averaged’ the two dates 1958 and 1962 and decided to celebrate our 50th birthday this year, in 2010.” The anniversary celebration was held at a Phoenix church convenient for players from Phoenix, Tucson, Payson and Prescott. About 30 people performed or conducted, plus 35 audience members. Four former chapter music directors, with tenures going back to the 1970s, were invited to be honored, as well as a person who has been a continuous chapter member for 40 years! The recognition ceremony was followed by a DP concert, plus several other ensembles and guest performers from around Arizona, and an open play-in, with pieces conducted by three of the four former directors and the current director. A grand total of 65 people celebrated the birthday. Two classical guitarists joined the chapter in playing Dowland songs and as continuo players for Baroque pieces. It was fitting to have guitars join in, as one of the earliest DP documents, a local newspaper article dated November 30, 1958, announces a joint concert of the Phoenix Recorder Society and the Phoenix Classical Guitar Society. The event also included informational displays about the ARS, DP and the recorder; photos and documents from the chapter’s history; CD and music book sales, and sales of tote bags and shirts with a special 50th anniversary logo designed and embroidered by a DP member; flyers for the 9th Annual Prescott Summer Workshop; and a favorite, the DP “garage sale.” Their event earned a gift certificate from Glen Shannon Music, www.glenshannonmusic.com.

From the September 2010 American Recorder magazine

 

For more information, contact info@desertpipes.org.