Upcoming Meeting
March 14, 2014
Alexandra Opsahl conducting
7:30, prelude at 7:20 with SAMS Quartet
Alex Opsahl studied with Peter Holtslag and Daniel 
Bruggen at the Royal Academy of Music, graduating in 2004 with First Class Honors. She went on to study privately in Italy with Bruce Dickey, continuing these studies at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. She was the winner of the 2003 Moeck Solo Recorder competition, the 2001 and 2003 RAM Early Music Prize and 2003 Hilda Anderson Dean Award. She works now both as a cornettist and recorder player across Europe and the US.
Alex has performed with the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra under Ton Koopman, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Apollo’s Fire, the Green Mountain Project, Le Studio Musique Anciennes de Montréal, Cappella Artemisia, Musica Angelica, The Whole Noyse and American Bach Soloists. She has performed at the Berlin Philharmonie, Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room and the Royal Albert Hall, and played in filmed productions of L’Incoronazione di Poppea with both Oslo Opera and Glyndebourne Opera. She recorded the Vivaldi’s Concerto in C Minor, RV 441 with the Norwegian period orchestra Barokkanerne under the label 2L. Alex is a member of the Dark Horse Consort, and is the Music Director of LA-based ensemble Tesserae.
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Here's the music we'll be playing.
Massaino choir one
Massaino sop1c1
Massaino sop2c1
Massaino altc1
Massaino bassc1
Massaino choir two
Massaino alt1c2
Massaino alt2c2
Massaino tenorc2
Massaino bassc2
Bartolini choir one
Bartolini-sop1c1
Bartolini-sop2c1
Bartolini-altc1
Bartolini-bassc1
Bartolini choir two
Bartolini-sop1c2
Bartolini-sop2c2
Bartolini-altc2
Bartolini-bassc2
About OCRS
If you play recorder or gamba, we invite you to join us on the second Friday of each month September through June at 7:30 p.m. Our meetings are playing sessions conducted by professional musicians. All size recorders and all playing levels may attend. Each meeting is preceded by a prelude performed by members at 7:20. We meet at Trinity Episcopal Church, 2400 Canal Street in Orange, Calif. Map and directions. More