Join Us

Joining us is easy. But if you wish to attend for a first time as a non-member, it is free (with a $10 charge for additional monthly or special meetings thereafter until you join).

You can join by downloading and printing out the pdf form, filling out the information, and sending it with a check to our Treasurer. Alternatively, you can download and print out the pdf form, fill in the information, and mail it to our Treasurer, but pay electronically rather than including a check..

For electronic payments, you can use Venmo, and make the payment to our account, East Bay Recorder Society, which is listed as a business. Please list the renewal amount and donation amount if any in the "what's this for?" box.

The fees for 2025/2026 are as follows:

Individual $70
Family (2 members, same address) $80
Student (high school and full-time undergrads) $15

click here for a pdf form

Your membership begins in September of each year. We definitely love early music, and the EBRS is an Affiliate of the San Francisco Early Music Society as well as being a Chapter of the American Recorder Society, but we do not limit ourselves. Any good piece written for the recorder is worth our attention.

Join us and you will find the East Bay Recorder Society is an active group full of lively people who love to play the recorder (and other instruments too, which we particularly include in occasional “collegium” playing sessions and at member recitals).

We have nine or ten chapter meeting/playing sessions a year conducted by professionals who provide us with delightfully different music each month. We normally hold at least one members' recital every year. We often have a summer picnic, play-in and potluck (photo from a prior summer's play-in below). We electronically publish a monthly newsletter for members during our playing season.

Click here to download the SATB, choral reduction version of our anthem (written for us by our "composer in residence", Glen Shannon).