Local classes and teachers
Group classes
If you know of other recorder or early music classes in Southern California, please contact the webmaster. Include "OCRS" in the subject line.
Music for Recorders led by Richard Glenn
The class meets 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturdays in Irvine. The tuition is $10 for each session. The class is geared toward intermediate players, but beginners with some experience may participate. For more information please call Richard at (949) 786-5455
Recorder Players West led by Rotem Gilbert
meets on Wednesday afternoons from September through May at St. Bede’s Episcopal Church, 3590 Grand View Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90066 Intermediate/Advanced from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m., Advance from 4:45 to 6:15 p.m. “Under the able direction of Rotem Gilbert, RPW provides group classes for anyone interested in improving their recorder ensemble and overall musicianship skills in a safe and nurturing environment.” For more information, visit the website at www.recorderplayerswest.org or send an e-mail to Bill Griffin at info@recorderplayerswest
Rio Hondo Recorder Workshop and Collegium Musicum, conducted by Tom Axworthy
The class meets on Saturdays.
The intermediate class is 9-11 a.m. and the advanced class is 11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m. The location is 11057 Valley View Avenue (five houses north of Telegraph Road), Whittier, California. Please bring a music stand.
Tuition is $150 each for the Collegium Musicum and for the advanced class. For more information, call 562-946-4001 or cell phone 562-773-2265 or e-mail scemc@earthlink.net
Il Pffaro de Sade
This is an on-going class on Thursday nights (7:45-9:45) for recorder players as well as players of shawms, crumhorns, dulcians, cornetto, sackbutt. etc. Call Tom Axworthy for further information on this class (562) 773-2265.
Private instruction
We are compiling a list of recorder or gamba teachers in Orange and Los Angeles counties who provide private instruction to individuals or groups. If you know or are such a teacher contact the webmaster so we can list you here as a service to our members. Include a short paragraph describing what you teach.