***NEXT MEETING*** The next regular meeting of the Boston Recorder Society will take place this coming Sunday, January 27, from 7:00 until 9:30 PM. The meeting will take place in the Painters and Allied Trades Building, 25 Colgate Road in Roslindale, Mass. Directions are at the end of this message. REFRESHMENTS I Fiffari will bring refreshments to the January meeting. The Joyful Noise group will provide refreshments in February. GROUPS AND COACHES TOM ZAJAC COACHES JOYFUL NOISE A multi-instrumentalist specializing in the medieval and Renaissance periods, TOM ZAJAC is a member of the wind band Piffaro as well as his own group Ex Umbris. He has recorded and performed in the U.S. and throughout the world as a member or guest with many of America’s leading early music ensembles. He performed in the East Wing of the White House during the Clinton administration, played serpent in a piece by P.D.Q. Bach on A Prairie Home Companion, and his bagpipe (on a recording, of course) awoke the astronauts every morning on a 2001 space shuttle mission. This winter, he played in a 13th-century music-theater project, Le Tournoi de Chauvency, with the French-American company Ensemble Aziman, giving performances in France, Luxembourg, and the U.S. His most recent interest is in learning the beautiful repertory of Ottoman court music, performing with the Boston-based group Dünya. He teaches at Wellesley College. REMINDER - DOORS WILL BE LOCKED BY 7:30PM The Painters and Allied Trades Building has asked us to keep the doors locked after 7:30pm during our monthly meetings. If you are late you will need to call Heloise to let you in the building - 781 507-4891. More Information about monthly meetings Phone: Lisa at (781) 646-9645 Email: info@bostonrecordersociety.org Web: HELP WITH BRS'S SEARCH FOR A NEW LOCATION For more information visit our website page ***SAVE THESE DATES*** HELOISE DEGRUGILLIER, JUSTIN GODOY, AND TOM ZAJAC IN CONCERT Saturday, January 26 at 3pm (please note the special time) Friends Meeting House, 5 Longfellow Park (off Brattle St .) Cambridge , MA 02138 . 781/646-9645 $15/$10 members of BRS, other recorder organizations, Friends Meeting at Cambridge , st, sr, li. Children free. www.bostonrecordersociety.org BRS 2007-2008 CONCERT SERIES Cameraderie: Sonja Lindblad & friends: Sat. Feb. 16 The Quilisma Consort & Tom Zajac: Sun. March 2 John Tyson, Nancy Armstrong, Ching-Wei Lin, and Miyuki Tsurutani: Sat. March 29 Eric Haas & Olav Chris Henriksen: Sun. April 20 BRS REGULAR MEETINGS All regular meetings are on Sunday. Dec 9, Jan 27, Feb 24, March 30, April 27, & May 18 BRS WORKSHOP WITH MARILYN BOENAU Music for the Duke of Lerma - April 19, 2008 Marilyn will lead a special workshop presenting a fascinating look into the repertoire of the church wind band in Lerma, Spain, ca. 1600. Please watch this newsletter, and our website, for details. ***UPCOMING CLASSES AND PLAYING SESSIONS*** THE TREBLEMAKERS The Treblemakers meets Tuesday evenings 7:30 to 9:30 in Framingham, and welcomes players of recorders, crumhorns and other instruments. Please call Tobi Hoffman for details: 508 881-1124. BREATH AND SOUND FOR RECORDER PLAYERS A new class offered by Heloise Degrugillier In this workshop, students will learn to undo bad breathing habits and begin to discover a dynamic range of sounds on the recorder. Exercises will include blowing with an open throat, high notes, and legato playing. Open to recorder players of all levels. Classes will take place in Heloise's new home in Medford, right off 93 and two minutes away from public transportation. Sundays, February 10, 17, and 24 from 2 – 3:30pm $75 for three sessions. Contact Heloise: 781 507-4891 or hdegrugillier@yahoo.com February 9, 2008 Recorders/Early Music MetroWest Holiday Fanfare Consort Visitors $10; R/EMM Members FREE Please remember that you can always enter any event you want to tell BRS friends and members about on our online calendar at . For a more complete list of upcoming early music concerts all over New England, please surf to and click on the Calendar Newsletter items If you have something that you would like to have listed in the next issue of this newsletter, send it to the publicity committee at . ***DIRECTIONS TO OUR MEETINGS*** DIRECTIONS FROM THE NORTH From the Fenway /Kenmore Square area, take the Jamaicaway past Jamaica Pond. Keep left after the pond rotary. At the next rotary, at the intersection of Centre Street, take the Arborway (Route 203) past the entrance to the Arnold Arboretum. Just before the road goes up onto an overpass, bear right onto the exit for Forest Hills. Turn right at the bottom of ramp onto Washington Street. ***ALTERNATIVELY***Do you fear the Fenway and Kenmore Square and the crazy speeders on the Jamaicaway? Take heart! You can still get to our meetings. Go out Huntington Avenue past Northeastern and the Museum of Fine Arts. Continue straight until the trolley tracks veer left, just before the Jamaicaway overpass. Bear left, following the trolley tracks, onto South Huntington. Continue straight until you see the Monument dead ahead. Then bear left again onto South Street, passing the Loring-Greenough House. Continue straight until you go under the Route 203 overpass. You are now on Washington Street. IN EITHER CASE, once you are on Washington Street you will pass three lights, all very close together. Between the lights, you’ll see the Forest Hills T Station on your left. The third light is Ukraine Way, which crosses over the rail tracks. After Ukraine Way, look for (but don't take) the fourth right, Mahler Road. Turn right onto Colgate Road, the next right after Mahler. The sign is hard to see! If you see Archdale Road, you've gone too far. Colgate Road is a short dead-end street. The Painters and Allied Trades building and parking lot are on the right. DIRECTIONS FROM THE WEST There are many alternatives, but this is the most straightforward way: from 95/128 on the west side of greater Boston, take Exit 20 to get onto Route 9 East toward Boston. Follow Route 9 (Boylston Street) past the Chestnut Hill Mall all the way to Brookline Village, about 6 miles in all. After the traffic light at Cypress Street, watch for Von Huene’s Early Music Shop on the left and, at the next traffic light, a fire station on the right. Pass the fire station and go under the pedestrian footbridge. The Jamaicaway overpass is straight ahead. Either take the ramp up onto the Jamaicaway, or go under the overpass and bear right onto South Huntingdon. Follow the “Directions from the North†above. DIRECTIONS FROM THE SOUTH From 95/128 on the south side of greater Boston, take Exit 15A to get onto Route 1A North toward Dedham. In the middle of Dedham, just before the Dedham Mall, bear right onto Washington Street. If you miss the turn, you can get onto Washington by going through the Mall parking lot. After following Washington Street 4 miles, watch on the left for Archdale Road. Beyond Archdale, take the next left onto Colgate Road. The sign for Colgate can be hard to see. If you see Mahler Road, you've gone too far. DIRECTIONS BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION Take the Orange Line to Forest Hills, the last stop. Exit the toll booth and turn right out the doors (do not take stairs). This takes you to a bus turn-out, off Washington Street. Turn left and walk 2/3 of a mile down Washington Street to Colgate Road. Or, take any of the Washington Street buses towards Roslindale: buses 30, 34, 34E, 35, 36, 37, 40, or 51. Get off at Archdale Road and walk back one block to Colgate. If you have a correction or suggestion regarding the following directions, please send it to the publicity committee .