New York Recorder Guild

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New York Recorder Guild
Formation1961
HeadquartersNew York, NY
Website https://www.nyrg.org/

The New York Recorder Guild (NYRG) was established on October 16, 1960, as the New York chapter of the American Recorder Society, [1] and incorporated under its current name in 1975. [2] The goal of the organization was to increase interest in the recorder as an instrument and to promote music written for it. [3]

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History

The first president of the New York Recorder Guild was Bernard Krainis; Martha Bixler was appointed vice-president and, one year later in 1961, music director. [1] By 1972, the group had 185 members and organized rehearsals monthly with rotating conductors. [3] In the late 1970s, the group moved into offices shared with its parent organization, the American Recorder Society, at 12 East 16th Street, New York, NY. [4] They published the Early Music Newsletter regularly from 1977 through 1991. [5] [6] NYRG organized performances at St. Peter's Episcopal Church [7] [8] and Columbia University. [9]

Monthly gatherings of the group included into the early 2000s, [10] after which point group became largely inactive. [2] In 2017, the NYRG was revitalized by Natalie Lebert and Deborah Booth, [11] with meetings at The Unitarian Church of All Souls in Manhattan. [12] [13] In 2022, these monthly meetings moved to the Church of Saint Mary the Virgin in Manhattan, [2] and NYRG members took part in subway performances of music by Bach, with The Uptown Cantata Project. [14]

Leadership

Past leadership of the NYRG has included:

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