BRS West is now Recorders/Early Music MetroWest We have a new name, and will continue our same program! Recorders/Early Music MetroWest was founded in 1999 as BRS-West (a
satellite program of the Boston Recorder Society) to encourage consort
playing and musician development in Boston's western suburbs. R/EMM
is a participatory early music program which serves the greater
MetroBoston area with consort classes, workshops and concerts.
We begin our sixth season in September 2004, welcoming 50 or more
early instrumentalists each month, with four or five coaches leading
consort groups at most meetings. Our members range in age from 17
to 70, and come from communities in New Hampshire, Rhode Island,
and Central Massachusetts as well as the metroBoston area.
Calling all Singers & Early Instrumentalists!
Recorders/Early Music MetroWest invites you to our three Summer Music
Evenings at Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm Street in Concord. Scores for
singers are provided; scores or parts for instrumentalists will be available
(please bring a music stand).
Suggested donation to support this program is $3. Refreshments are provided
at a break.
R/EMM's program director Sheila Beardslee organizes these informal music
evenings as an opportunity for singers and instrumentalists alike to
explore new repertoire and enjoy a few old favorites. Founder and director
of the REMM program since 1999, Sheila has led eight music performance and
study trips to Italy for talented amateur musicians. A graduate of the New
England Conservatory of Music, Sheila has taught at Wellesley College,
Tufts University and for workshops from Maine to Miami and many places in
between .2004 Summer Music Evenings
Monday, June 7, 2004 at 7:30 PM
"My Heart, Cor Mio, Mon Coeur"
Love songs from Europe & America
Monday, July 12, 2004 at 7:30 P M
"Christmas in July"
Favorite seasonal carols, motets & dances from
Germany, France & England
Monday, August 9, 2004 at 7:30 PM
"A Century of Psalms"
Simple & complex psalm settings, 1520-1620,
by Palestrina, Monteverdi, LeJeune, Sweelinck & others
Recorders/Early Music MetroWest 2004-2005 Winter program
Recorders/Early Music MetroWest, the MetroWest's participatory early music
program, starts its sixth season of music-making in September 2004. Please join us for a great year of music with inspiring coaches.
All early instruments are welcomed,and singers are often invited to join us
for special programs. We play at modern pitch, a=440. Please bring a music
stand with you.
We meet at Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm Street in Concord,
Massachusetts, easily accessed from I-495 and I-95 via Route 2 to Route 2A.
For door-to-door driving instructions, please visit
http://www.mapquest.com/directions.
Meeting dates and times to be announced
FEES
REMM Membership $99 year
(no additional fees required for regular 2nd Saturday Program).
This is less than $7 per session! Discounts available to students,
seniors and low income. Save $10 if you are already a member of another ARS Chapter!
Click here for a PDF Membership form..REMM Sustaining Membership $40 - when you can't attend every meeting, but want to support this program. Pay just $10 /meeting when you can join
us....
Visitors $12/meeting (applicable to membership at time of visit).
Special workshops for singers are $15/morning which includes music. REMM members who attend the special singers' workshops pay just $10.
National ARS membership $40
Please consider listing REMM as you "home chapter". You may include your national ARS dues with your membership, and we will forward them for you.
Q & A
Who is eligible for Recorders/Early Music MetroWest programs?Anyone who enjoys early music, especially the recorder and its repertoire
spanning five centuries! REMM offers ensembles at four or five levels with
professional coaches (depending on monthly program). Players of other
early instruments -- viols, Renaissance reeds and brass, lute -- are also
welcomed. We offer several programs during the year for singers, too.
Do I have to be a member?Your membership supports our programs and covers the cost of hiring the
very best coaches available, as well as a donation to Trinity Episcopal Church
for use of their space. Visitors are welcomed at a fee of $12/meeting
(applicable to REMM membership at that meeting). We encourage you to
consider membership in the American Recorder Society as well.
DirectionsFrom Interstate 495, take Rte 2 EAST
to Rte 2A/Concord at Paparazzi/Best Western (1st light after Concord Rotary);
turn left at the light and follow Rte 2A (Elm St) towards Concord Center to
Trinity Church.
From Interstate 95/128, take Rte 2 WEST to Rte 62 light at Emerson Hospital;
turn RIGHT; merge right onto Main St;
turn LEFT on River St. after boathouse.
For further information on REMM programs, please call Sheila Beardslee,
978/263-9926, or send e-mail to sheilabb@earthlink.net
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