Seasonal Music on Recorders and Early Guitars

About the musicians

An active performer and teacher, Patrick Rafferty concertizes across the Midwest and teaches in a variety of studio and classroom settings. A polished interpreter of the traditional guitar repertoire, he is equally at home in a wide range of popular and world music styles. Rafferty recently extended his interests to early guitar and has offered concerts, lectures, and recitals on the history of the guitar across the region. His performances on Renaissance, Baroque, and 19th-century Romantic guitars include concerts for Early Music Missouri, St. Louis Classical Guitar, and the Budds Center for American Music Studies.

Anne Timberlake grew up in early music, beginning her studies as part of Indiana University’s precollege recorder program. She later earned degrees in recorder performance from Oberlin Conservatory and Indiana University. She has received awards from the American Recorder Society and the National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts, and was awarded a Fulbright Grant. With her ensemble Wayward Sisters, Timberlake won Early Music America’s Naxos Recording Competition, releasing a debut CD on the Naxos label in 2014.

About Early Music Missouri

Early Music Missouri began in 2018 with informal concerts. The group has since grown to become an important part of the region’s musical life, presenting concerts, workshops, master classes, and lectures regionally and nationally. Concerts feature Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and early Classical repertoire played on instruments (originals and reproductions) from these eras. Using historical documents and original musical scores, and guided by modern research, performances reflect a historically informed approach to technique, interpretation, and performance.