Greater Philadelphia Area Recorder Academy
The Greater Philadelphia Area Recorder Academy offers recorder players and ensembles an opportunity to study with professional recorderist Rainer Beckmann. Students learn how to improve technique and interpretation of music performed on recorder.
Classes are one hour for solo and duet classes and ninety minutes for trio and larger ensemble classes. Individual lessons provide personal attention on technique and interpretation while ensemble lessons focus on group dynamics and ensemble development.
Fall 2007 dates:
September 29
October 27
November 17 (early afternoon)
On Saturday, June 16, 2007, the Greater Philadelphia Area Recorder Academy commemorated the completion of the semester with a Spring Recital. The concert featured the academy's students and provided a representative insight into the work accomplished during the past six months.
The program of the recital focused on music from England and Germany, including sonatas by G.F. Händel and G.Ph. Telemann, English grounds from the end of the 17th century, as well as Jacobean consort music. Furthermore, neo-romantic compositions from the second half of the 20th century were heard along with G. Fauré's famous Pavane, here performed in an arrangement for recorder sextet.
 Click to see the 2007 recital program (PDF). |
 Click to see a collage of photos from the 2006 recital. |
Click to see the 2006 recital program (PDF). |
Fees: Two or more students should divide the lesson cost among the group.
1 hour = $60.00
1.5 hour = $90.00
Plus $2.00 per student for site use.
Policies:
- Scheduling a lesson.
Please contact Rainer Beckmann via email (info@PhilaRecorderAcademy.org) to schedule a lesson. Scheduling will be possible throughout the semester depending on the availability of lesson slots.
- Changing a lesson.
Closing date for any changes is the first day of classes. Thereafter, the student is considered responsible for his or her lesson slot. A lesson schedule and contact information of the recorder academy participants will be provided in order to facilitate later changes.
- Beginning and ending on time.
Lessons start either on the hour or half-hour. Students enter the lesson room some minutes in advance with their stuff unpacked to guarantee a timely progression of classes.
- Paying the instructor.
Payment to the instructor is made at the beginning of class, so that the full time allotment can be devoted to the lesson, and a following student's time is not eventually taken up.
- Managing an emergency.
If a student needs to change a lesson slot due to an unanticipated conflict, the instructor is to be contacted ASAP. Every effort will be made on his side to arrange for the lesson to be covered. However, in the event that a lesson slot can not be covered, the lesson fee will be asserted.
Location: Lessons will be in the music room of a private home. There is ample
parking, and the Ambler PA site is conveniently located on Cedar Hill Road
between Horsham Road (Route 463) and Welsh Road (Route 63) near Route 309. Address, directions, and a
map are available.
Rainer Beckmann, originally from Germany, studied the recorder with Heiko ter Schegget, Baldrick Deerenberg, and Marion Verbruggen at the Utrechts Conservatory, Netherlands. After professional experiences in the Netherlands, Germany, and France, he moved to Brazil in 1997 to teach recorder and music history at the State University of Ceará in Fortaleza. Residing in Philadelphia since 2004, Rainer performs with the baroque orchestra Tempesta di Mare and was invited to direct recorder workshops and playing sessions in Newark (DE), Philadelphia, Princeton (NJ), New York, and Long Island. He is on the faculty of the upcoming Amherst Early Music winter workshop in Philadelphia.
For more information or to schedule lessons, please contact the instructor:
Rainer Beckmann
2101 Chestnut St. Apt. 1012
Philadelphia PA 19103
info@PhilaRecorderAcademy.org
267-968-0645
Click here for a printable flyer in PDF format.
