Welcome to the Chicago Chapter of the American Recorder Society!

Please join us at our monthly meetings! We meet the third Sunday of every month, September through May, at 2:00PM, this season at a NEW LOCATION: Covenant Presbyterian Church 2012 West Dickens Chicago, Illinois (Near the corner of Damen and Armitage, close to the Armitage exit on the Kennedy Expressway; parking lot and street parking) Meeting in the Education Building.

For more information, you can e-mail our president, Mark Dawson or our treasurer,  Dale Fitschen (just click on the name to email)

All skill levels welcome! The only requirement is an interest in the recorder and all the music, ancient and modern, that can be played on it!

To join us, just click on the Recorder Players above!

Please come join us at our September  meeting! The Chicago ARS is on summer vacation, until September, 2010! Please mark your calendars and come join us in the Fall! If you have any questions about the Chicago ARS chapter, or need any information about us, please contact us by  email, either: Larry Johnson or Mark Dawson   (just click on the name to email) As always, all are welcome to participate in our meetings, or to just listen.   Also, at some point during our sessions, we always enjoy refreshments and the chance to socialize with  fellow recorder enthusiasts! Hope to see you at the next meeting! Stay tuned for information on our meeting schedule for 2010 / 2011. We hope to see you soon!

Members of the Chicago ARS at play at the Bristol Renaissance Faire.

Visit these other recorder and early music sites!

Early Music Chicago Website

Click here to return to the Chicago ARS Homepage.

National ARS Website

Early Music Network

Above, the Duneland Consort once more led the group in playing many-part and double-choir pieces for broken consort (with lots of BUZZY insturments!) at the March, 2007, meeting.

Below, Mary Ann Wolff Gardener leads the group in playing English music through the ages, at the January, 2004, meeting.

Below, Dr. Enrique Arias expounded upon the Spanish Renaissance at the October, 2003, meeting.