On June 4, Carolina Mountains Recorder Society, with ARS Traveling Teacher Jody Miller (Atlanta) successfully conducted its first of 3 grant-funded workshops on Zoom and in-person, at Carolina Village, Hendersonville, NC, after a 2-year Covid delay.
Workshop 1 included in-person players from central and western North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee - as well as Zoom attendees from farther afield, and Jody helped small groups and individuals with private lessons before and after the group session.
Featured composers on June 4 included Josquin, Senfl, and Willaert, of the court of Ercole D’Este, Duke of Ferrara (1431-1505). The effects of text and specific playing techniques upon musical decisions were central topics of Workshop 1.
The next 2 grant-funded workshops (August 6, October 8) will address music of composers employed by other European nobility who, during their reigns, promoted music and musicians. Workshops 2 and 3 will be offered in-person and online through Zoom, again with opportunities for private instruction.
The Traveling Teacher Program is only one of the many creative, effective ways that ARS uses its resources to promote the recorder, and our CMRS Chapter is excited to have finally begun to initiate its grant activities.
- Submitted by Susan Hartley
Photo: CMRS Workshop 1 in-person participants with Jody Miller and the Carolina Village Moose-cot