Woodwinds Articles

1001 Notes: Valentine for an Avian Muse

April 23, 2010 by Dorothy Barth

Authors's Note: Birds love the recorder! This article appeared in the February 2010 issue of Parrots Magazine in the UK. It describes my musical relationship with a very talented budgie named Pippin, who...
In Praise of the Recorder

April 23, 2010 by Dorothy Barth

I play both the violin and recorder, and I love both instruments. To gain mastery in each takes years of discipline. However, the recorder, introduced as a beginner's instrument in U.S. schools because...
There's No Place I'd Rather Be

April 23, 2010 by Dorothy Barth

Recently I was winding down from a rather long day of recorder and violin practice and happened to catch most of the PBS American Masters presentation entitled Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends. During...
Practice Makes Perfect

August 05, 2009 by Greta Haug Hryciw

If you are having difficulty with a particular passage of music (try as you might, you just can't seem to consistently get it to come out right), try following these simple, yet effective "rules...
The RECORDER ORCHESTRA Experience *

August 03, 2009 by Greta Haug Hryciw

Many members of the American Recorder Society (ARS) have had the pleasure of attending workshops with a number of fellow enthusiastic recorder players. Some have played in an entire roomful of recorders...

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