for Recorders-The Artistic Directors of the award-winning Terra Nova Consort have been in residence at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for over ten years. This their first publication contains over 40 arrangements for recorders of RenaissanceEnglish and Scottish Country-Dance music as early as Playford and up to the present. The arrangements in this book were written and performed by Patricia O'Scannell herself an accomplished recorder player in the context of musicbeing set for dances balls and workshops and are an excellent tool for aspiring players. The settings are for two to four recorders allowing for numerous combinations of voicing depending on what the players have at hand andinclude O'Scannell's insightful comments about style and technique. The music may also be played on a variety of other instruments common to the genre and used by aficionados seeking arrangements for Scottish and Englishrepertoire to play with dancers. Written for intermediate through advanced players with some parts appropriate for beginners this collection will appeal to all serious recorder players.

American Folk Music is just right for Recorder. The are 34 songs in this collection from the lyrical beauty of Amazing Grace and Shenandoah to the rollicking good fun of Lane County Bachelor and Old Joe Clark these tunes will keep you playing and keep your listeners dancing and singing. All of the tunes are notated for soprano recorder. They can be played on recorder alone or with piano guitar or any chord instrument. Chord symbols are included with the music. The lyrics are included in the book. Lyrics can help with learning rhythm or with memorization of the melody. They allow the player to sing as well as play or to invite others to sing along. Besides they are fun. The Play-along audio files has separate channels for recorder and piano accompaniment. The audio files includes all of the tunes with Jessica Walsh on recorder and Andrew D. Gordon on piano followed by a Piano only Play-Along featuring wonderful piano accompaniments arranged by Anita Briggs. The music notation for the piano accompaniments are available as PDF files for download from the publishers web site www.adgproductions.com.