Generally, people don’t realise that recorder playing is alive and kicking all over the UK, not just in amateur groups but professionally. The Chichester u3a Recorder Group is for players who have played in the past and want to take it up again. If you only play one instrument but are ready and willing to take on a second, then you’re also welcome. But only playing one instrument restricts playing opportunities for everyone else.
We meet weekly and all the music is provided. Like all instruments, you need to spend time working to play well, but it’s a wind instrument that doesn’t require an embouchure and, if you develop problems with fingers, there are specialists who can add keys to your recorder to fit your situation.
The range of music available to play is boundless! In Tuesday Recorders we don’t sit around playing Greensleeves: we play everything from the C15th through to the Wallace & Gromit theme tune. There are many living composers and arrangers who produce wonderful music for us to play and enjoy. We’ve even had a little suite of music written specially for us: The Chichester Miniatures.
Sometimes we’ve performed at u3a coffee mornings and even once up at the Festival Theatre at a morning for Under-Fives. We’ve taken part three times in the Chichester Festival of Dance, Music and Speech and been awarded 90% or more by the adjudicator. So this is the kind of group you would join: keen players, ambitious, focussed on achievement. And if you want to spread your recorder wings wider, We can help you do that.
If you think it’s a group for you, you can come as a visitor for a session to see how you get on. It’s a friendly supportive group and we will make you feel at home.