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MIYO AOKI
Lieblich gedackt & Borrowed Music from Down Under
Miyo Aoki has performed with groups in the US, Germany, and Poland and is a member of the Farallon Recorder Quartet. She has premiered works by contemporary composers Natalie Williams and Agnes Dorwarth, and in recent years was delighted to play with the Boise Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, Oregon Symphony, and Eugene Symphony, respectively, in performances of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Miyo holds an Artist Diploma from the Hochschule für Künste in Bremen, Germany, where she studied with Han Tol, and degrees in both early music performance and mathematics from Indiana University, where she studied with Eva Legêne.
2023 A Classes
2023 A Classes
2023 B Classes
2023 B Classes
JAMES CHAUDOIR
Saturday Night Event & Ariadne Musica
Professor Emeritus of Music Composition at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and avid recorder player who has written extensively for the instrument.  His composition "Waltz" was featured as the 2017 Play-the-Recorder Month Composition for the American Recorder Society.  Member: ARS Play-the-Recorder Month Task Force, and Oak Park Recorder School Board of Directors.
Music Director: Milwaukee Area Recorder Society, and The Renard Consort (Appleton, WI).

920-379-3327 / chaudoir.music@gmail.com
DAVID LEE ECHELARD
Bridging the Renaissance and Baroque &
 Monteverdi's Messa a quattro voci
David received his MFA in Early Music Performance, from Sarah Lawrence College. While living in NYC, performed and recorded with Pomerium Musices, The Taverner Consort, New York Schola Antiqua and the Baltimore Consort. Mr. Echelard serves as voice educator and Director of Polyphonic music at the SSPX Saint Thomas Aquinas Seminary, artistic director of the Blue Heron Consort Early Music Vocal ensemble & "Hurly Burly" a French Traditional music ensemble. David chooses to live in Winona, Minnesota, is a freelance vocalist, performer, and spends most of his time playing the Hurdy Gurdy and planning his next big adventure.
LISETTE KIELSON
Recorder Orchestra! & Carefree or Anguished:: Madrigals of Musica Transalpina and the English Renaissance

Based in Central Illinois and the Chicago area, Lisette Kielson performs as recorder soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player throughout the Midwest. Past President of the ARS, Lisette continues her love of teaching by serving as Music Director of the Chicago Recorder Society, as faculty member of Madison Bach Musicians Summer Chamber Music Workshop, and as Zoom instructor for students of all levels from across the country. Lisette holds Bachelor and Master Degrees from Indiana University and a post-master's Diploma from The Royal Conservatory of The Hague. She has recorded with Centaur Records as well as with her own label and is a founding member of Chicago Recorder Trio.
LAURA KUHLMAN
Loud Band
Laura Kuhlman resides in Portland, OR where she is the music director for the Portland Recorder Society and the Recorder Orchestra of Oregon. She is also a member of the Oregon Renaissance Band.  Laura has been an active advocate for early music, including serving on the Board for the American Recorder Society and the Early Music Guild of Oregon.
(630) 240-3489 / shawm1550@gmail.com
LIZA MALAMUT
 Renaissance Loud Band &
Profane Polyphony and Modest Motets!
Liza Malamut specializes in historical trombones and is Artistic Director of The Newberry Consort in Chicago. She is also a founding member of Incantare, an ensemble of violins and sackbuts. A passionate teacher and researcher, she teaches sackbut at Indiana University and is a coeditor and contributor for the book Music and Jewish Culture in Early Modern Italy: New Perspectives, winner of the 2023 Ruth A. Solie Award. When not engaged in musical activities, Liza can usually be found on a hiking trail, reading a good book, or both.
MONA MANN
Advanced Beginner Consort
Mona Mann teaches K-4 General Music at Lincoln Elementary School in River Forest, Illinois. She is an Orff- Schulwerk recorder teacher trainer at the University of St. Thomas summer Orff levels training course. Ms. Mann earned a degree in Flute and French from Indiana University Bloomington, a performance degree from the Conservatoire National de Region de Strasbourg in Strasbourg, France, and a Master's in Music Education from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. She is certified in the Suzuki Recorder Method Books 1-5.  She is in her 22nd year of public school music teaching.
ERICA RUBIS
Viola da Gamba program to be annouced
Erica Rubis, viola da gamba, is a versatile performer on both viols and Baroque cello. Performances range from renaissance viol consort music to improvising and co-creating new music.  Erica holds a B.A. in Music from St. Olaf College, a Performer's Certificate from The Royal Conservatory in The Hague, Netherlands, and an MM in Early Music Performance at Indiana University. She is a member of Alchymy Viols and Les Ordinaires Trio, and also plays with Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, Bourbon Baroque, Catacoustic Consort, and Generation Harmonique. Recordings include Les Ordinaires, Inner Chambers and contemporary music of Tomas Lozano, Eternal Juan Ramón Jiménez. Active in music education, Erica holds regular workshops on the viola da gamba for string students and has pioneered a multi-media program, Shakespeare's Ear, with regular tours since 2009.
JOHN MARK ROZENDAAL
30/60 & Playing from Original Notation
John Mark Rozendaal specializes in teaching and performing stringed instrument music from the Baroque and Renaissance eras. As founding Artistic Director of the Chicago Baroque Ensemble, Rozendaal performed and led seven seasons of subscription concerts, educational programs, radio broadcasts, and recordings for the Cedille and Centaur labels. Rozendaal served as principal 'cellist of The City Musick, and Basically Bach, and has performed both solo and continuo roles with many period instrument ensembles. In addition to his work with Trio Settecento, Rozendaal performs as a member of Brandywine Baroque Ensemble and LeStrange Viols.
A dedicated teacher, Rozendaal is in demand as a workshop instructor and often joins the faculties of the Viola da Gamba Society of America Conclave, Viols West's annual workshop, Amherst Early Music, Madison Early Music Festival, and the Music Institute of Chicago's annual Baroque Festival. Rozendaal teaches private lessons and Viola da Gamba Dojo classes at his studio in Manhattan.

KATHERINE SHULDINER
Viola da Gamba
Katherine Shuldiner is a viola da gamba performer, teacher, and advocate based in Chicago. She graduated from Oberlin Conservatory under the tutelage of Catharina Meints.  Katherine performs extensively with numerous ensembles such as The Newberry Consort and the Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra and has delivered acclaimed performances of Bach's St. Matthew and St. John Passion.
She served on the board of the Viola da Gamba Society of America and  the Oak Park Recorder School. Katherine is a dedicated educator who teaches viola da gamba to students of all ages. Along with her private studio, she currently serves as the Viola da Gamba Teacher and Assistant Baroque Orchestra Director at Stevenson High School. In the summer, she also teaches at early music programs such as the Madison Early Music Festival, Mountain Collegium, VdGSA Conclave, and Whitewater Early Music Festival, where she also holds the position of viola da gamba program director.
ANNE TIMBERLAKE
Party Time & Rest Cure!
Anne Timberlake has performed in 34 US states, playing repertoire from Bach to 21st-century premieres. She holds degrees in recorder performance from Oberlin Conservatory and Indiana University. Critics have described her playing as "dazzling" (Chicago Classical Review) and "preternaturally persuasive" (The Ann Arbor Observer). A Fulbright grantee, Anne won Early Music America's Naxos Recording Competition with her ensemble Wayward Sisters. Anne is a passionate and prolific teacher, and regularly leads workshops across the United States as well as webinars and online courses. She is on faculty at Oberlin Conservatory's Baroque Performance Institute.