Learn
For information regarding workshops and lessons for children click here.
Workshops
TBA
Group Classes
Spring/Fall sessions for intermediate/advanced students in the Greater Los Angeles area
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Thomas Axworthy Recorder Classes
Individual and group classes in Whittier
Renaissance/Baroque music for intermediate/advanced students at the Manhattan Beach Art Center
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Teachers
Tom Axworthy, scemc@earthlink.net
Los Angeles region | All ages
Rotem Gilbert, rotem.gilbert@gmail.com
South Pasadena | Adults
Ricardo Berón, ribecu@gmail.com
SF and SG Valleys | Adults | Speaks Spanish
Brenda Bittner, BBBitt@aol.com
Westside, South Bay | Adults
Inga Funck, Funck.inga@gmail.com
All ages | Speaks German
Joel Peisinger, jpeisinger@hotmail.com
Hollywood | Speaks Spanish
Online Instruction
Music with Mr. ErdoÄŸan
20 lessons on YouTube for beginner Sopranos (can be used for Tenor) - reading sheet music, basic songs, scales
Ensemble Playing (open to new members)
Monthly | Hollywood Hills | Joel Peisinger | jpeisinger@hotmail.com
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Arroyo Recorder Collective (ARC)
Monthly | Intermediate to Advanced | Pasadena | Ricardo Beron | ribecu@gmail.com
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Windsong Players
Weekly | Monday afternoons in Fullerton | Spanish, French, Hebrew, Mandarin spoken | Jim Forrest | stringpresser@earthlink.net
Method Books and Videos
[can use Soprano instructions to learn Tenor]​
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Frances Blaker, Opening Measures
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Mario Duschenes publications
Purchasing a Recorder
Concert Calendar
For information about baroque and renaissance concerts, please contact the Southern California Early Music Society (SCEMS) earlymusicla.org, and the Chamber Music Newsletter for Southern California at jeninger@earthlink.net.
This page also provides a sampling of recorder artists and recorder repertoire. From there, you can look for those pieces and artists online.
Online Listening
Recorder Artists & Ensembles
Recorder Music Mail is a company located in the UK that sells sheet music for recorders. When ordering, the credit card company will convert the payment to US dollars. Minimum shipping cost to the US is £4.50, or about $6.29 (payment information can be found in their Terms and Conditions).