2025

An intensive and intimate recorder course for intermediate and advanced players of all ages. Six days of technique classes, small ensemble and chamber ensemble. Each group  works with a variety of world renowned tutors.

International: 

Sarah Jeffery (UK)

Chris Orton (UK)

Anna Stegmann (GERMANY) 

Kamala Bain (NEW ZEALAND) 

National: 

Alana Blackburn (NSW) 

Alexandra Bailliet-Joly (NSW) 

Robert Manley (NSW) 

Robyn Mellor (ACT) 

Daniel Murphy (NSW) 

Kimberley Scriven (NSW) 

Zana Clarke (NSW)

Brendan O'Donnell (SA)

Alicia Crossley (NSW)

Hannah Coleman (VIC)

Robyn Mellor (ACT)

Ruth Wilkinson (VIC)

Join us for a lovely afternoon of music with the Recorder Co-op, featuring special guest Kamala Bain (NZ). This program celebrates both the rich repertoire of the Renaissance consort and contemporary works for recorder quintet.

Calling all recorder players aged 5–21! Join us for a day of music-making at every level — from beginner to pre-professional.

Explore repertoire from the medieval, renaissance, and baroque periods right through to contemporary ensemble playing.

Tutors: Ruth Wilkinson, Rodney Waterman, Rachel Snedden, Katherine Stacey, Alexandra Bailliet-Joly

Step into an enchanting world where birdsong meets music! The Magpie and the Nightingale weaves the sounds of nature through the expressive tones of recorders, guitar, and cello—blending Renaissance, Baroque, and contemporary Australian works.

RCM Lunchtime Concert Series No.8: The Magpie and the Nightingale

Tutors: Ruth Wilkinson and Alexandra Bailliet-Joly

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​Gala Dinner: NQ Club, 241-245 Flinders Street, Townsville.

Concert: St. James Cathedral, 36 Cleveland Terrace, Townsville.

Recorder Co-op Quartet: Summer Haze

Join the Recorder Co-op Quartet for an afternoon of beautiful music spanning centuries. This one-hour program, Summer Haze, features the music of the renaissance performed on a matched consort of recorders based on historical Danish models, alongside striking contemporary works commissioned especially for the ensemble.

Performers: Ryan Williams, Hannah Coleman, Ruth Wilkinson, Alexandra Bailliet-Joly

The Recorder Co-op and the Next Generation

Don't miss this concert, join us for an afternoon of music with The Recorder Co-op and special guest Kamala Bain (NZ), performing alongside exceptional young recorder players in a beautiful program for double choirs, featuring Renaissance consort recorders.

Join your recorder playing friends for two days of playing at our Bundanoon Weekend Workshop. Although we’re yet to decide on the tutors, it promises to be a weekend of varied repertoire and approaches. Please secure your accommodation quickly, particularly if you’re planning on staying at the Bundanoon Hotel. Stay tuned to the website for the opening of registrations!

Tutors: Ruth Wilkinson, Daniel Murphy and Alexandra Bailliet-Joly