I shot an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For, so swiftly it flew, the sight
Could not follow it in its flight.

I breathed a song into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For who has sight so keen and strong,
That it can follow the flight of song?

Long, long afterward, in an oak
I found the arrow, still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end,
I found again in the heart of a friend.

(Longfellow, 1845)

CDs are available for 6 AROW programs! See below!

2010 -2011 Concert Season: OUT the DOOR

First event: The Sept. 18 annual DAY OF SIGHT-READING

Note the change of day: now Sept 18th instead of Sept 4th.

At Zion Lutheran Church, 5201 Park Ave in the Piedmont area of Oakland, is open to any and all intermediate recorder players; it is how AROW begins a new repertory.

If any you live around the Greater S.F. Bay Area, you are invited to attend
this day-long event. It will put you in the middle of the sound and kind of
music a recorder orchestra can play.

Download a registration form

Or contact Dir. Richard Geisler to receive a registration form by mail: richgeis@oro.net.

The program is titled “OUT THE DOOR.” Pieces from it will be selected for
sightreading on Sept. 18th.

You will be joining others to play music that speaks of the human moods,
emotions and experiences that can happen when we step outside the boxes we
call our lives... and into the Great Outdoors.

AROW rehearses monthly on Saturdays (10:00 a.m.– 4 p.m.), September-February at Zion Lutheran Church, Oakland. Inquiries are welcome. See the Contact page

AROW CDs Now Available

• A Medieval Pilgrimage
• The French Spirit
• Evening in the Village
• The Teutonic Spirit
• Music of the British Isles
• Fancy Free

Visit the Past Programs page for more information.