If you would like to join a congenial group of residents learning together, WV recorder players have a Recorder Consort directed by a professional musician. If you have no musical experience, please log in and contact the person listed at the bottom of the page to help you get started. We can lend you a recorder and beginning instruction book, or you may purchase your own. To join the consort you must meet the director. We welcome anyone to join us for Recorders For Fun on Saturday afternoons.
"Learning to play a new instrument is one of the activities which qualifies as excellent for brain health as we age."
Our Consort meets once a week for two hours. There is a modest monthly cost which you may have added to your WV bill (or pay another way). This group meets year-round.
"Playing that new instrument with others adds to brain health because it takes a higher level of skill and also is a very social activity."
WV Recorders give at least one concert a year and often play at various informal events. A smaller group, different each month, plays at Wisteria in The Neighborhoods.
These players make all arrangements for activities themselves. This group has a steering committee with a named treasurer and has received funding through the Resident Council, so Resident Council financial procedures are observed. WV Recorders may be contacted through the Resident Council Performing Arts Councilor.
"I have found that playing recorder with others has helped me learn to be less affected by my mistakes in music and in everyday life."