The Recorder Group

Leader:  Joan Gibson - recorder@ashbyu3a.co.uk -

The recorder group, meet twice a month, to make music in a relaxed, fun way. I would hope that we would be able to cater for a wide range of experience and skill. We usually meet each month on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays at 10am, but occasionally it varies. Check here for up to date information.

February

On 5th February, we were back in our usual schedule of first and third Thursdays, which we are hoping to maintain for the rest of the year. We had a record-breaking attendance of 17 members, missing only one member, who had gone off in search of winter sun and warmth. We are introducing some new music, while also unearthing some which we have played in the past, but not recently. We started with some music which wasn’t very complicated, to get us warmed up.

On 19th February we suffered from half-term syndrome, and our attendance numbers plummeted to 10, with none of our usual tenor players. Luckily Nick had brought his tenor, so he bravely played tenor where needed, despite his not playing tenor very often. Swapping from one size of recorder to another can be tricky, especially if you aren’t used to it! We managed to play the music on our list, spending time sorting out some more difficult passages. We will have to return to some, to iron out the problems. We looked at another new piece: good sight-reading practice.