Fifty-Ninth National Conference of the College Music Society
Community Engagement
Santa Fe New Mexico

                   

 


  PRESENTER: Dr. Fred Kersten

Presentation at:

PACIFICA SENIOR LIVING-Santa Fe


Thursday, October 27, 2016

3:00PM









             

Translucent Recorders provided 
courtesy of:
Yamaha Corporation of America

                                                 

Welcome to our Page! 

I am pleased to be able to present and look forward to meeting you at our session.  I will be playing some wonderful music and sharing my abilities and knowledge of the recorder.


Please check out the highlighted link and look at the introductory information about this  wonderful instrument. You can download the free document for your files.  (click here) 

If you would like to communicate with me, I look forward to any questions about the recorder and will immediately answer.  My e-mail address is: fredkers@fredkersten.com 






Tentative Compositions Performed

2016 National Conference Overview
 

Hear and see Fred play an excerpt from the first number!


About Fred Kersten
Fred, a senior citizen, has taught  online graduate music education courses as a course facilitator for Boston University for over seven years.  He holds five degrees in music, music education, and school administration and has published over 57 articles and two book chapters related to music education.  His book, Teaching Recorder in the Music Classroom, published by NAfME, is widely distributed and is presently being revised for a second edition.  His classical recorder study was with John DeLucia of national note and Eve Legene at Indiana when she was Chair of the Early Music Institute. He is a strong recorder performer and has extensive experience playing in both consorts and as a solo performer.  He has presented workshops on recorder and pedagogy for MENC, NYSSMA, NJMEA, and CMS and published articles in The American Recorder and General Music Today. His community outreach activities have included presentations for local and national civic groups.  

 


A Presentation Review!
We had a terrific presentation from Fred Kersten, on the history, construction,tonal range, music and capabilities of the Recorder. His gift to us was a blend of information, humor, and beautifully played music.

Fred is a highly educated and talented musician and college professor punctuated his informative, and often humorous,commentary by playing beautiful musical compositions that ranged through Medieval,Renaissance, and Baroque periods to “Falling in Love with You,” and all on different types of Recorders. Among the compositions he played were pieces by Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi. Fred provided the group an excellent handout that complemented his dialogue with expanded explanations of the pieces he played. It also clearly described the history and development of the Recorder.

Fred briefly talked about the structure,material composition, musical tonal range and cost of the different types of Recorders that existed throughout history, and in the present day. Particular attention was given to Renaissance and Baroque Recorders. Fred described the cost-benefits of different types of wood and plastic instruments.

There is no question that Fred showed us the full range and capabilities of this unique and flexible instrument. As he played each piece, he did so with the passion and flair of someone who loves this instrument and has played it a good portion of his life. Fred’s  fingerings and the arrangements he played were done in such a way we were not only hearing a beautiful melody, we were also hearing layers and waves of sound. Boy,can he move his fingers! It was great presentation!! One we will all remember!!!