Recorder teacher, Greta Haug-Hryciw, is part of the third generation in a family of San Francisco musicians. Her early exposure to these musical influences shaped her understanding and appreciation of great music. As a child, she studied piano technique and theory with Bethel Melvin, and later with San Francisco Symphony pianist, Reina Schivo. Her interest in the recorder blossomed during high school and for a several years she played with the San Francisco branch of the New York Recorder Workshop under the direction of Peter Ehrlich and has studied recorder with Hanneke van Proosdij. Greta acted as co-director of the American Recorder Orchestra of the West (AROW) with Richard Geisler from 2005-2010, and has been guest conductor for several chapters of the American Recorder Society (ARS). Greta has been music director for Half Moon Bay’s Coastal Repertory Theatre (CA), is the founder of the recorder quartet, SDQ. She teaches private recorder lessons to students of all ages. She has enjoyed having administrative responsibilities at several workshops put on by the San Francisco Early Music Society, and has produced and coordinated a number of 1-2 day music workshops for other professionals. Greta and her husband, Lloyd, work together every day at their photography studio in San Francisco, accompanied by their two schipperkes.