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Issue Contents
August 2008

President's Message, Scholarship Winner, Hard Copy - Rhythm and Movement, Anthony Rowland-Jones, Board Meeting Minutes

May 2008

President's Message, Email Lists, Recorders Based on Historical Models, Hard Copy, Recorder Camp

August 2007

In Memory of Susan Howell, Presidential Farewell, Texas Toot and Bart Spanhove, Board Member Election, New ARTAfacts Editor, Hard Copy - Musicality

Sept & Dec 2006

Hard Copy, ARS Education Committee News, Nina Stern's Workshop, Reviews, Indiana Recorder Workshop

June 2006 Hard Copy, Recorder Player's Bookshelf, Texas Toot Tales, Francis Colpron Workshop, Bach Around the Clock, Baroque Ornamentation Tutor, Catherine Hawkes
March 2006 Hard Copy, Classroom Recorder with Nina Stern, Summer Suzuki Institute, Recorder Academy, Plastic vs Plastic, DoIt! Play Recorder Series, Anthony Rowland-Jones
Sept & Dec 2005 Hard Copy, BloomingToot, Cradle of the Consort Ideal by Keith Polk, History of the Suzuki Recorder School, Tribute to Scott Reiss, Recorder Omnibus Review
June 2005 Hard Copy (Board Candidates), Freestyle Group Improvisation, Interview with Matthias Maute, Reviews: Do-It! Play Recorder, Vol. 1, Do-It! Improvise, Vol. 1, Recorder & Improvisation Part I, Katy Rogers Portrait
March 2005 Hard Copy, Montreal, Teenagers I, Teenagers II, Portrait of Ensemble Dreiklang, Recorder Companion, Companion Tracks, Manfredo Zimmerman II
December 2004 Hard Copy, ICRO Report I, ICRO Report II, Recorder Improvisation, Montreal, Baroque Consorts
September 2004 Hard Copy, Klara Song, Manfredo Zimmerman I, Suzuki Method for Recorder, Stage Fright, Amherst, ARS Conference
June 2004 Hard Copy, History of the Recorder, Telemann's Canonic Sonatas, Bart Spanhove Interview, Frans Brüggen at 60, Workshop in Italy
March 2004 Hard Copy, Nina Stern Interview, Developing Style, Praetorius Recorder Orchestra

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ARTAfacts Volume 6, No.1 - March, 2001
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  • ARTA News

  • Hard Copy (thumb nail health issues)

  • Interview with Nikolaj Terasov, by Susan Groskreutz

  • From the Editor, by Patrick O'Malley

  • ARTA News

ARTAfacts Volume 6, No.2 - June, 2001
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  • More About Thumb Technique, by Kay Jones

  • Hard Copy (buttress finger technique, repertoire lists, arias with recorder, reading
    alto 8va, teaching cut time meter, teacher camaraderie, great basses)

  • Listing of Workshops

  • More Csacan Music, by Sabine Haase-Moeck

  • Board of Directors Candidate Statements

ARTAfacts Volume 6, No.3 - September, 2001
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  • Recorder Master Class, by Carole Rogentine

  • Hard Copy (CD play-alongs and accompaniments, Capriol Suite reissue,
    recorders for small hands, performance venues, Bach sonatas on CD, digital
    sheet music)

  • Summary of News from the European Recorder Teachers Association (ERTA)
    Branches in the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria and the Netherlands

  • Report from the ARTA Meeting at the Texas Toot, by Susan Groskreutz

ARTAfacts Volume 6, No.4 - December, 2001
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  • Suzuki Institute

  • International Young Artists Presentation

  • Hard Copy
             Method Books for Adults
             Junior Consorts
             Arrangements
             Job Pairing
             Music Benefits Children
             415 Bass Recorders
             Idea File

  • From the Editor

  • Board Election Results

  • Meet Susan Roessel

  • Meet Charles Fischer

  • ERTA News

  • Anthony Rowland-Jones Interview, Part I

  • Tips for School Teachers

ARTAfacts Volume 7, No.1 - March, 2002
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ARTAfacts Volume 7, No.2 - June, 2002
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ARTAfacts Volume 7, No.3 - September, 2002
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ARTAfacts Volume 7, No.4 - December, 2002
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ARTAfacts Volume 8, No.1 - March, 2003
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ARTAfacts Volume 8, No.2 - June, 2003
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  • Hard Copy, Board Election Statements, Board Meeting Notes

ARTAfacts Volume 8, No.3 - September, 2003
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  • Hard Copy, Posture and Breathing, Walter Bergmann, Recorder Research and Information Guide

ARTAfacts Volume 8, No.4 - December, 2003
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  • Hard Copy, Adrian Brown Interview, Recorder Orchestras, Recorder Kids, Concert Review