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We are currently accepting enrolments for the 2010 NRC, you can download a PDF enrolment form here.
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What's new for 2010
The NRC has an enviable reputation as being one of the most innovative recorder courses in the UK. Each year offers new classes and new ideas, many previously unheard of within the recorder world. The 2010 NRC will be no exception to this rule - here are just a few highlights:
We welcome a resident accompanist to the course: Rosemary Robinson. Rosemary is well-known as a superlative keyboard player. From accompanying Alan’s Masterclasses to leading the Jazz & Blues Orchestra in ‘Take 5’, Rosemary will make a significant contribution to the course.
The eminent composer Paul Burnell makes his debut tutoring on a recorder course with an exciting range of classes exploring contemporary notation and structural devices, along with some more conventionally notated modern recorder music. Say it, Hit it! involves rhythmic spoken-word ensembles and percussive pieces.
We are delighted to welcome Alan Davis back to the NRC as a tutor after a twenty year break. Along with Masterclasses, orchestral conducting and his technique class on English Grounds, Alan will endeavour to get us to love our scales. This class is a must for all recorder players!
Andrew Melville continues to develop his reputation as one of the most innovative recorder tutors in the UK with his sessions. ‘The Language of Music’ explores the ideas in Deryck Cooke’s book of the same name and gives us a great excuse to play a lot of interesting and enjoyable music.
The National Gemshorn Orchestra (NGO) made its debut at the 2009 NRC. Massed ranks of gemshorns may be a rare sight and sound but they performed to such acclaim that Steve Marshall has composed a concerto for the NGO to perform in his evening session in the 2010 course!
Footnote: A Word to the Traditionalists
If you are more comfortable with Gabrieli than Glass or prefer Trio Sonatas to Gemshorn Orchestras, fear not! Along with the new, the experimental and the downright wacky, the NRC offers a great selection of classics, both old and new, from the recorder repertoire.
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