2026 Workshop with Tish Berlin

Twin Cities Recorder Guild Workshop with Tish Berlin

May 9, 2026

By a Woman Writ: Celebrating Women Composers from the 16th Century to Today, with Tish Berlin

Revel in a sampling of the wealth of repertoire by women composers ranging from Leonora d’Este to Florence Price. We’ll choose a few pieces to dig into, and play through as many of the rest of these pieces as we can in a day:  an ethereal motet on the Sicut lilium text by Leonora d’Este, daughter of Lucrezia Borgia and a nun, a madrigal by Maddalena Casulana, one of the first published woman composers, an instrumental sinfonia by Leonora Duarte, member of a family of musicians who immigrated from Portugal to Antwerp, a beautiful 5-part motet by the Bolognese nun Lucrezia Orsini Vizzana, a madrigal by the Augustinian nun Vittoria Aleotti, an evocative hymn to the evening by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, and beautifully-atmospheric contributions from the 20th and 21st century by Florence Price and Frances Blaker.

Schedule for the day:

Saturday May 9 2026

Location:  Olivet Congregational Church, 1850 Iglehart Ave, St.Paul, MN

-       Note – enter from the courtyard on Dewey

-       https://olivetucc.net/

9:30 – Doors open, set up (bring your music stand), pay by cash or check

Or pay ahead by Zelle – to tcrecorderguild@gmail.com

10 am – 1 pm – music making with Tish Berlin, there will be a break at some point in the morning

1 pm – 2 pm – LUNCH on your own –

Bring a bag lunch and eat in the church’s lovely courtyard, or inside at tables

Or get something from a local restaurant a few blocks away

2 pm – 4 pm – more music making

We will conclude by 4 pm

Questions?   E-mail   TCRecorderguild@gmail.com