Miyo Aoki: October 24, 2026

Description

With its independent, interweaving melodies, Renaissance polyphony offers great satisfaction to both the player and the listener. The recorder’s close connection with breath makes it an instrument well-suited to shaping the individual melodies that each play an important role in a polyphonic composition. In this session, we’ll explore fifteenth- and sixteenth-century polyphony from both England and the Continent, including works by Robert Johnson, Christopher Tye, and Cristóbal de Morales. And: NAVRS's anniversary number 5 will make a special appearance in the selected compositions! Miyo Aoki is a dedicated recorder player and teacher and creator of Recorder from the Ground Up, a unique teaching method forthcoming from Seattle Historical Arts for Kids. She is a member of the Farallon Recorder Quartet and has performed in the US, Germany, and Poland, with groups including The Eurasia Consort, Utopia Early Music, and Gamut Bach Ensemble; and at the Amherst Early Music Festival, Berkeley Early Music Festival and Whidbey Island Music Festival. She has premiered works by contemporary composers Natalie Williams, Agnes Dorwarth and Adam Haws, and in recent years she was delighted to play with the Boise Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, Oregon Symphony, and Eugene Symphony, respectively, in performances of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. In addition to private lessons, she teaches regularly for Seattle Historical Arts for Kids and at workshops around the country, including the Port Townsend Early Music Workshop, Amherst Early Music Festival, Early Music Week at Pinewoods, and Hidden Valley Early Music Workshop. Miyo holds a KAZ Diplom (Artist Diploma) from the Hochschule für Künste in Bremen, Germany, where she studied with Professor Han Tol, and degrees in both early music performance and mathematics from Indiana University, where she studied with Professor Eva Legêne. The Zoom link will be live beginning at 1:30 pm Eastern (12:30 pm Central, 11:30 am Mountain, 10:30 am Pacific). Please join us as we will use the time to chat and use breakout rooms to get to know one another. We have announcements approximately 5-10 minutes before the hour and the music begins at 2:00 pm eastern. NOTE: After you register, you will receive a confirmation email with a link to the music for the session, which will be available at least one week before the event.