Tea and Cakes

This piece is published by the Americsn Recorder Society.

From C to Shining C

[May 28, 2025]

You can find the book on this page of the IMSLP.

Weights and Measures: Scale Melodies for Recorder (and other instruments)

Twenty-four one-page scale studies in all of the major and minor keys, in versions for soprano recorder (c fingerings) and alto recorder (f fingerings). They can also be played on just about any melody instrument.

I also made transcriptions of the recorder version for viola and for bass clef instruments of every stripe (the lowest pitch is F).

You can listen to performances of some of these here.

The music for this set of scale pieces is available on this page of the IMSLP.

May 2021 UPDATE: I have set these pieces as duets (recorder and violin)! You can find them through the IMSLP link, or through this post.

2023 UPDATE

Any and all of the versions work perfectly well on the viola d'amore!

Where do the Old Years Go?

December 21, 2019

And there's an instrumental version (in a slightly quicker tempo) for alto recorder (or violin) and piano:



And there is (of course) a version for viola and piano:



You can find the music for both versions on this page of the IMSLP, and also listen to a recording of it here.

New Year's Greeting for Solo Recorder

[December 31, 2015]

A PDF file of this can be found on this page of the IMSLP.

Here's a nice recording of the piece played on violin! [Yes. It can be played on just about any instrument.]

New Divisions on Green Sleeves to a Ground

February 2, 2013

This is part of Daniel Wolf's The New Division. You can download a PDF of this Division here. There's a computer-generated recording of it here.

New Divisions on an Old Italian Ground

October 26, 2012

This is part of a project coordinated by Daniel Wolf that involves 24 composers writing new divisions on top of 24 Grounds found in John Walsh's 1706 The Division Flute. You can download the music and listen to a recording (of me playing both parts--with a few foibles and a bit of erratic intonation in the beginning) on this page of the IMSLP.

[UPDATE] Daniel Wolf's complete publication is here.

El Hotel Electrico for Recorder, Oboe, and Bassoon

May 5, 2012

This piece can be used to accompany Segundo de Chomón's 1908 Film El Hotel Electrico, and a second oboe or a piccolo can play the recorder part (as written) if a recorder player is not available. The score and parts are available here.



Here is a performance with piccolo playing the recorder part (what a great idea).

Transcription: Fiocco Allegro for Recorder Quartet

You can download the score and parts here.

Music for Recorder and Four Drums

July 23, 2007

Like a lot of recorder music from the 17th and 18th centuries, it also lies very well on the violin! You can listen to a computer-generated recording here. It is available here from Subito Music.

Music for 1601 ...Conversation as it was by the Social Fireside in the Time of the Tudors...

The late Raoul Ronson, the founder of Seesaw Music, asked me if I could set Mark Twain's 1601 to music. I told him that I couldn't do it and still remain a "lady," but I could write some introductory and curtain music for an imaginary production. (Does anybody actually perform the play?)

June 28, 2004

You can listen to the Pavane and Galliard, and order the music from Subito.

Transcription: Handel Concerto Grosso HWV 301 for Recorder and String Quartet

September 10, 2016

This is a transcription of the Handel Oboe Concerto in B flat major for recorder and string quartet. I have kept the articulations that are in the urtext. I would encourage recorder players to apply articulations that suit their interpretations. You can get the music on this page of the IMSLP.