Recorder Workshop

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Saturday, April 30th, 2022
9:30 AM to 5:00 PM

Salt Spring Baroque Music Society is presenting a three-day recorder workshop led by Italian recorder and traverso specialist Romeo Ciuffa. The workshop is for intermediate and advanced players.

Mr. Ciuffa is a sought-after baroque flute and recorder player, and has had a stellar musical career, performing, recording, and teaching internationally. He performs regularly with Contrasto Armonico, is the founding member of the “Cappella Musicale Enrico Stuart Duke of York”, and founded the “Arcangelo Corelli Ensemble” with which he recorded ten CDs of excerpts from Seventeenth and Eighteenth century European music.

If you would like to hear Romeo’s playing, you can watch him play in a recent Salt Spring Baroque concert on our YouTube channel here https://youtu.be/IdVTRE5_ihM.

More information about the workshop and a registration form can be found on our website at www.saltspringbaroque.com.

The pitch will be A=440 Hz.

The workshop will include

– study of 16th-18th c. recorder music

– consort playing

– coaching of pre-formed ensembles

– private and group lessons

– master classes

The fee is $200. The fee includes admission to a concert by Romeo on Sunday May 1 @7:30 pm at the Phillip T. Young Recital Hall at UVIC. Romeo will perform on his collection of various recorders, and will be accompanied by Marco Vitale on harpsichord.

Register on our website here www.saltspringbaroque.com.

Once we know the number of participants, and which recorders they play, we will have a better idea of the schedule, and what material we will work on.

Covid-19: All participants will be required to show proof of full Covid-19 vaccination. Masks are recommended when not playing an instrument and moving around the room.