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CRITERIA FOR
RESEARCH ON RECORDER ORCHESTRAS

Richard Geisler, Dir. of the Village & Early Music Society of Nevada County, California, would like to contact leaders of recorder chapters and ensembles which have rehearsed and then performed instrumental and/or choral works in formal concert to a public audience in their communities.

Please respond to Richard Geisler if you meet the following criteria:

  1. The orchestra is comprised of at least 15 recorderists but also MAY include other instruments and possibly singers: e.g. string quartet, organ, harpsichord, chorus.
  2. The entire recorder family is represented & played: Si-S-A-T-B-Gb-Cb
  3. The orchestra plays multi-part compositions of 9 or more parts specifically arranged or composed for large recorder ensemble or recorder orchestra.
  4. The orchestra presents concerts periodically: e.g. once, twice, thrice annually, etc.
  5. The orchestra is rehearsed and conducted by one or more professional leaders.
  6. Concerts are performed for a public audience drawn from the immediate community.
  7. Concerts are 1 hour or longer and may involve other local amateur and/or professional musicians and ensembles.
  8. Concerts MAY be recorded with cassettes/CDs of performances made available to participants and audience or other interested people.
Concerts MAY be recorded with cassettes/CDs of performances made available to participants and audience or other interested people.

Contact is sought with leaders and groups that have moved the recorder more into the public eye and ear, according to the criteria listed above.

Please contact: