Performances and Teaching

 

Lessons and Online Classes

We are teaching private lessons and classes via Zoom. Please contact us through our Contact page for more information. We are also running the Amherst Early Music Festival Online classes which start up again on January 6, 2024. Please visit https://www.amherstearlymusic.org to register.

American Recorder Society members are invited to apply for scholarships to weekend and weeklong workshops.  Scholarships are available to players of all ages and ability levels.  Applicants may join the ARS at a special ½ price rate if not already a member.  Visit americanrecorder.org/scholarships for more details and to apply.

 

IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS

 POSTPONED DUE TO COVID! NEW DATES ARE MARCH 25TH TO MARCH 30TH WITH TISH, FRANCES, AND VICKI, with Shira Kammen on Monday night and Tuesday during the day. APPLY NOW!

Next Level Recorder Retreat!Hidden Valley Music Seminars in Carmel Valley Village, California.

Join Tish, Frances, Vicki Boeckman, and Shira Kammen for this intensive four-day workshop on technique, repertoire,  and consort skills. Download flyer and registration form here: Next Level 2024 Flyer – New Dates

Spaces will fill up soon so contact us now at tibiarecorderduo@gmail.com if you would like to apply for a spot.

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April 13, 2024

Central Coast Recorder Society all-day workshop with Tish Berlin and Frances Blaker. Private lessons can be scheduled for Friday afternoon April 12th. For more information visit https://centralcoastrecorders.org/workshop/

April 27-29, 2024

Winds and Waves Recorder Workshop with Tish, Frances, and Cléa Galhano in Lincoln City on the beautiful Oregon coast! Download flyer WsWs 2024 flyer !

Tish Berlin, Cléa Galhano, Frances Blaker. Photo by Bill Stickney

May 11, 2024

Capitol Early Music presents Camerata Transcontinental in a workshop for recorders, viols, and lutes. Recorder faculty are Tish Berlin, Frances Blaker, and Lawrence Lipnik. Classes for viol and lute also. Visit here for more information and to register.

Larry Lipnik, Frances Blaker, Tish Berlin

June 30 – July 14, 2024

Amherst Early Music Festival, Union College in Schenectady, NY. Visit here for more information and to register.

August 25 – 29, 2024

Next Level Recorder Retreat Southeast, Shrinemont Conference Center, Orkney Springs, Virginia.

October 27-November 2, and November 3-November 9, 2024 

Hidden Valley Early Music Road Scholar, Carmel Valley, CA. Open to intermediate to advanced recorders and viols. Week 2 includes a special auditioned track for advanced dulcian and shawm players with Marilyn Boenau and Tish Berlin. Visit https://www.roadscholar.org/find-an-adventure/6254/national-road-scholar-recorder-early-music-workshop/dates/ to register. If you are told that enrollment is closed, write to hiddenvalleymusic.org to ask about openings.

Week 1 faculty: Recorder: Tish Berlin, Frances Blaker, Larry Lipnik; Viola da gamba: David Morris; Early strings: Shira Kammen

Week 2 faculty: Recorder: Tish Berlin, Frances Blaker, Larry Lipnik; Viola da gamba: Mary Springfels, Larry Lipnik; Dulcian/shawm: Marilyn Boenau

Concerts

The Academy of Ancient Music (Ann Arbor, MI) presents Calextone. Friday January 12th and Saturday January 13th. Visit here for more information.

Cantori New York presents a new work by Calliope Tsoupaki, with Farallon Recorder Quartet and Parthenia Viol Consort. March 9th and 10th. Visit here for more information.

Capitol Early Music presents Camerata Transcontinental in a musical tour across England and the European continent in a concert featuring recorders, viols and lute. May 12th. Visit here for more information.

The San Francisco Early Music Society presents the Farallon Recorder Quartet on the Main Stage at the Berkeley Festival and Exhibition. Friday June 14th. Farallon and Parthenia joint concert Sunday June 16th. More information will become available soon at https://www.sfems.org/berkeley-festival