Powerful Practice

Tuesdays, 4/29, 5/6, 5/13, and 5/20 at 3:30 PM, CT

In this live, four-week small-group short course, we’ll explore important principles of effective practice and work toward applying principles in our own routines. We’ll discuss concrete strategies that work, the practice pitfalls you may be falling prey to, and why some conventional practice wisdom is wrong.

With great power comes great responsibility! Gain confidence in your practice. 

Course fee: $99

Register on my website! Registration will be closed if the participant limit is met.

Powerful Practice

Tuesdays, 4/29, 5/6, 5/13, and 5/20 at 3:30 PM, CT

In this live, four-week small-group short course, we’ll explore important principles of effective practice and work toward applying principles in our own routines. We’ll discuss concrete strategies that work, the practice pitfalls you may be falling prey to, and why some conventional practice wisdom is wrong.

With great power comes great responsibility! Gain confidence in your practice. 

Course fee: $99

Register on my website! Registration will be closed if the participant limit is met.

A Workshop for Baroque Ensembles Focusing on 17th Century Music
with the Members of In Stile Moderno

Musicians of the 17th century, moving away from the polyphonic ‘Stile Antico,’ began to embrace a ‘Stile Moderno.’ Spend the day exploring music of this period and perfecting your ensemble technique with the expert members of In Stile Moderno (Agnes Coakley Cox, Nathaniel Cox, Dan Meyers, and Cameron Welke). Come with your own baroque ensemble or we’ll match you up.

Baroque guitars, theorbo and archlute join forces with voice, cornetto, recorder and percussion, in a rich sampler of 17th-century Italian music. Taking its name from a villanella by Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger, the program also features works of Barbara Strozzi, Claudio Monteverdi, Carlo Milanuzzi, and others.

Powerful Practice

Tuesdays, 4/29, 5/6, 5/13, and 5/20 at 3:30 PM, CT

In this live, four-week small-group short course, we’ll explore important principles of effective practice and work toward applying principles in our own routines. We’ll discuss concrete strategies that work, the practice pitfalls you may be falling prey to, and why some conventional practice wisdom is wrong.

With great power comes great responsibility! Gain confidence in your practice. 

Course fee: $99

Register on my website! Registration will be closed if the participant limit is met.

The Highland Park Recorder Society is offering a Consort Studio in central New Jersey, monthly sessions in ensemble playing for intermediate and above recorder players to play with one another and other instruments under a skilled conductor, with professional accompaniment.

Music Director Steven Russell will lead a “Consort Studio” ensemble of recorder players in an exploration of Baroque Trio Sonatas through rehearsal, instruction and demonstration and end with the players opportunity to play solo alto with a professional ensemble of harpsichord and violin, flute, or oboe depending on the music. Focusing on ensemble skills, this will take place in a welcoming, intimate environment that encourages people to feel comfortable to get up and play. We will have opportunities to warm up on Renaissance music with SATB recorders, so bring all sizes.
 

January 11, 2025

Giuseppe Sammartini Sonata II in F for 2 Alto Recorders and Continuo

Meredyth Coleman, oboe

Ruth Ochs, cello

Second part played by oboe

February 22, 2025

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Trio in F Major for Bass Recorder, Viola, and Continuo

Tina Wagner, viola

Ruth Ochs, cello

We will play the recorder part on alto first, then anyone who wants can play on bass

Both treble clef and bass clef parts are available

March 22, 2025

Georg Friedrich Handel Sonata II in F for Alto Recorder and Violin (Op. 2 No. 4)

Alexei Yavtuhovich, Violin

Ruth Ochs, cello

April 26, 2025

Georg Philipp Telemann Trio Sonata in A Minor (42:a6) for alto recorder and oboe.

Nick Gatto, oboe

Ruth Ochs, cello

May 24, 2025

Georg Philipp Telemann Trio Sonata in F (42:F6) for alto recorder and violin.

Alexei Yavtuhovich, Violin

Ruth Ochs, cello

June 28, 2025

Georg Philipp Telemann Trio 8 in B Flat Major for alto recorder and solo harpsichord.

Steven Russell, harpsichord

TBA, cello