Saturday, August 1
Elinor Frey Live - Concert #4 - Bach Suite 4
Elinor Frey -- Baroque Cello
Elinor Frey performs Bach Suite 4 and interviews Rafael Sánchez Guevara in Mexico City.
Program: Bach - Cello Suite no. 4; Bach - Partita no. 3: Preludio, Loure; Gabrielli - Ricercar 7
2:30pm - Live Stream
$20(CAD), $10(CAD) students/low income
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/elinor-frey-live-concert-4-bach-suite-4-guest-rafael-sanchez-guevara-tickets-106534028146
Elinor Frey -- Baroque Cello
Elinor Frey performs Bach Suite 4 and interviews Rafael Sánchez Guevara in Mexico City.
Program: Bach - Cello Suite no. 4; Bach - Partita no. 3: Preludio, Loure; Gabrielli - Ricercar 7
2:30pm - Live Stream
$20(CAD), $10(CAD) students/low income
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/elinor-frey-live-concert-4-bach-suite-4-guest-rafael-sanchez-guevara-tickets-106534028146
Wednesday, August 5
SoHIP Online Concert Series
Lyracle: Ashley Mulcahy, mezzo-soprano; James Perfetta, viola da gamba
8pm - streamed on YouTube, Facebook, and SoHIP's website
More about Lyracle
Lyracle: Ashley Mulcahy, mezzo-soprano; James Perfetta, viola da gamba
8pm - streamed on YouTube, Facebook, and SoHIP's website
More about Lyracle
Wednesday, August 12
SoHIP Online Concert Series
Berwick Fiddle Consort: Lydia Becker, Antoine Chabot-Couture, Julia Connor, Sarah Douglass, Anna Maberry
8pm - streamed on YouTube, Facebook, and SoHIP's website
More about Berwick Fiddle Consort
Berwick Fiddle Consort: Lydia Becker, Antoine Chabot-Couture, Julia Connor, Sarah Douglass, Anna Maberry
8pm - streamed on YouTube, Facebook, and SoHIP's website
More about Berwick Fiddle Consort
Sunday, August 16
Elinor Frey Live - Concert #3 - Bach Suite 3
Elinor Frey -- Baroque Cello
Elinor Frey performs Bach Suite 3, the violin Chaconne on vc piccolo, and interviews Lev Bratishenko, curator and critic in Montréal. Program: Bach - Cello Suite no. 3; Bach - Partita no. 2: Ciaccona; Colombi - Ciaccona
2:30pm - Live Stream
$20(CAD), $10(CAD) students/low income
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/elinor-frey-live-concert-3-bach-suite-3-guest-lev-bratishenko-tickets-106533223740
Elinor Frey -- Baroque Cello
Elinor Frey performs Bach Suite 3, the violin Chaconne on vc piccolo, and interviews Lev Bratishenko, curator and critic in Montréal. Program: Bach - Cello Suite no. 3; Bach - Partita no. 2: Ciaccona; Colombi - Ciaccona
2:30pm - Live Stream
$20(CAD), $10(CAD) students/low income
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/elinor-frey-live-concert-3-bach-suite-3-guest-lev-bratishenko-tickets-106533223740
Early Music Week at Pinewoods: Faculty Lecture
"Ottoman and Turkish Music from the 18th-20th century" by Daphna Mor
What is a Samai? How does music in a 16/4 measure pattern sound like? Who was Prince Dimitri Cantemir and how did he change history of Ottoman Music? Have you personally played or hummed with Kudüm, Kanun, Tanbur and Ud before?
Join Daphna Mor for some history, theory, and music listening (or playing/ humming* -music is instrumental , but singable).
*If you plan to play, prepare melody instruments (440, treble clef) or percussion instruments. Scores will be shared on screen.
8pm - Zoom link sent to registrants
FREE, donations gratefully accepted
Registration and details at https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/early-music-week/
"Ottoman and Turkish Music from the 18th-20th century" by Daphna Mor
What is a Samai? How does music in a 16/4 measure pattern sound like? Who was Prince Dimitri Cantemir and how did he change history of Ottoman Music? Have you personally played or hummed with Kudüm, Kanun, Tanbur and Ud before?
Join Daphna Mor for some history, theory, and music listening (or playing/ humming* -music is instrumental , but singable).
*If you plan to play, prepare melody instruments (440, treble clef) or percussion instruments. Scores will be shared on screen.
8pm - Zoom link sent to registrants
FREE, donations gratefully accepted
Registration and details at https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/early-music-week/
Monday, August 17
Early Music Week at Pinewoods: Madrigal Sing- and Playalong
Join us on Monday evening to sing and play favorite madrigals together. Early Music Week faculty will present madrigals with all the parts covered so we can all join in singing and playing together from home. Music will be provided in advance in PDF format; sing or play whichever part strikes your fancy!
8pm - Zoom link sent to registrants
FREE, donations gratefully accepted
Registration and details at https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/early-music-week/
Join us on Monday evening to sing and play favorite madrigals together. Early Music Week faculty will present madrigals with all the parts covered so we can all join in singing and playing together from home. Music will be provided in advance in PDF format; sing or play whichever part strikes your fancy!
8pm - Zoom link sent to registrants
FREE, donations gratefully accepted
Registration and details at https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/early-music-week/
Tuesday, August 18
Early Music Week at Pinewoods: Faculty Lecture
"Pilgrims' Progress: Music of the Plimoth Colony Settlers" by Dan Meyers and Karen Burciaga
2020 marks the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower’s sailing, and the newly restored Mayflower II has just come back to Plymouth! Dan and Karen of Seven Times Salt will give a lecture with musical examples following the passengers from their homes in turbulent 1590s England to religious refuge in the Netherlands, and onward to the unfamiliar shores of New England. Contrary to what the history books tell us, the Plimoth colonists, or “Pilgrims” as they were later called, were a diverse group of Separatists and Anglicans, religious zealots and irreverent opportunists from many walks of life, and they brought with them experiences of music as varied as their reasons for coming to the New World. We’ll discuss music of the Elizabethan tavern and theater, songs by Thomas Ravenscroft, Dutch tunes, the Ainsworth Psalter, and (of course) Playford’s English Dancing Master.
8pm - Zoom link sent to registrants
FREE, donations gratefully accepted
Registration and details at https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/early-music-week/
"Pilgrims' Progress: Music of the Plimoth Colony Settlers" by Dan Meyers and Karen Burciaga
2020 marks the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower’s sailing, and the newly restored Mayflower II has just come back to Plymouth! Dan and Karen of Seven Times Salt will give a lecture with musical examples following the passengers from their homes in turbulent 1590s England to religious refuge in the Netherlands, and onward to the unfamiliar shores of New England. Contrary to what the history books tell us, the Plimoth colonists, or “Pilgrims” as they were later called, were a diverse group of Separatists and Anglicans, religious zealots and irreverent opportunists from many walks of life, and they brought with them experiences of music as varied as their reasons for coming to the New World. We’ll discuss music of the Elizabethan tavern and theater, songs by Thomas Ravenscroft, Dutch tunes, the Ainsworth Psalter, and (of course) Playford’s English Dancing Master.
8pm - Zoom link sent to registrants
FREE, donations gratefully accepted
Registration and details at https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/early-music-week/
Wednesday, August 19
SoHIP Online Concert Series
The Cramer Quartet: Jessica Park, violin; Chiara Fasani Stauffer, violin; Keats Dieffenbach, viola; Shirley Hunt, cello
8pm - streamed on YouTube, Facebook, and SoHIP's website
More about The Cramer Quartet
The Cramer Quartet: Jessica Park, violin; Chiara Fasani Stauffer, violin; Keats Dieffenbach, viola; Shirley Hunt, cello
8pm - streamed on YouTube, Facebook, and SoHIP's website
More about The Cramer Quartet
Early Music Week at Pinewoods: Faculty Lecture
"Audible Visions: The poetry of Vittoria Colonna illuminated by music" by Sarah Mead, Anney Barrett, & Michael Barrett
Explore how three elements – the words of the poet, the polyphony of the composer, and the sounds of the instruments – came together in one project. Three Pinewoods EMW teachers describe the journey that led to the recording of Pietro Vinci’s “Sonetti Spirituali” with illustrations, poetry, and videos of their concert.
8pm - Zoom link sent to registrants
FREE, donations gratefully accepted
Registration and details at https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/early-music-week/
"Audible Visions: The poetry of Vittoria Colonna illuminated by music" by Sarah Mead, Anney Barrett, & Michael Barrett
Explore how three elements – the words of the poet, the polyphony of the composer, and the sounds of the instruments – came together in one project. Three Pinewoods EMW teachers describe the journey that led to the recording of Pietro Vinci’s “Sonetti Spirituali” with illustrations, poetry, and videos of their concert.
8pm - Zoom link sent to registrants
FREE, donations gratefully accepted
Registration and details at https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/early-music-week/
Thursday, August 20
Early Music Week at Pinewoods: Faculty Concert
Early Music Week faculty will present a variety of live and pre-recorded performances. This event will be streaming on Facebook Live on the CDSS page, but you don’t need a Facebook account to watch – just follow this link.
8pm - Zoom link sent to registrants
FREE, donations gratefully accepted
Details at https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/early-music-week/
Early Music Week faculty will present a variety of live and pre-recorded performances. This event will be streaming on Facebook Live on the CDSS page, but you don’t need a Facebook account to watch – just follow this link.
8pm - Zoom link sent to registrants
FREE, donations gratefully accepted
Details at https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/early-music-week/
Saturday, August 22
Amherst Early Music Online - Just the "Bass"ics: Introduction to Continuo Playing for Viols and Other Low Instruments
Heather Miller Lardin, instructor
New to single line continuo playing? Want to hone your Baroque bass line skills for post-quarantine ensemble playing? We'll explore articulation, shaping, affect, and more, using 18th-century treatises (think Corrette, Quantz, Muffat) and repertoire (think Bach, Handel, Corelli). Remember, it’s all about the bass! Open to: upper intermediate to advanced viols, cello, violone, and double bass; bass wind instruments also welcome. Pitch: A=415.
1-2:30pm EDT - online course (link sent to registrants)
$25 per session
https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/weekend_online_classes
Amherst Early Music Online - A Certain Obscurity: Musical Puzzles
Wendy Powers, instructor
Canons—musical puzzles that turn a single line into more than a single line by some form of notational manipulation—have been around since the 13th century, and are some of the most delightful works for amateur players of recorder and other instruments. This session will explore works for two and three parts from the Middle Ages through the 20th century, with works by Ghirardello da Firenze, Guillaume de Machaut, Guillaume Dufay, Josquin des Prez, Henry Purcell, Georg Philipp Telemann, and Jack Beeson. Beeson’s Sonata Canonica for two alto recorders can be ordered from Galaxy Music. Geared to upper intermediate to advanced SATB recorders.
3-4:30pm EDT- online course (link sent to registrants)
$25 per session
https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/weekend_online_classes
Heather Miller Lardin, instructor
New to single line continuo playing? Want to hone your Baroque bass line skills for post-quarantine ensemble playing? We'll explore articulation, shaping, affect, and more, using 18th-century treatises (think Corrette, Quantz, Muffat) and repertoire (think Bach, Handel, Corelli). Remember, it’s all about the bass! Open to: upper intermediate to advanced viols, cello, violone, and double bass; bass wind instruments also welcome. Pitch: A=415.
1-2:30pm EDT - online course (link sent to registrants)
$25 per session
https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/weekend_online_classes
Amherst Early Music Online - A Certain Obscurity: Musical Puzzles
Wendy Powers, instructor
Canons—musical puzzles that turn a single line into more than a single line by some form of notational manipulation—have been around since the 13th century, and are some of the most delightful works for amateur players of recorder and other instruments. This session will explore works for two and three parts from the Middle Ages through the 20th century, with works by Ghirardello da Firenze, Guillaume de Machaut, Guillaume Dufay, Josquin des Prez, Henry Purcell, Georg Philipp Telemann, and Jack Beeson. Beeson’s Sonata Canonica for two alto recorders can be ordered from Galaxy Music. Geared to upper intermediate to advanced SATB recorders.
3-4:30pm EDT- online course (link sent to registrants)
$25 per session
https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/weekend_online_classes
Sunday, August 23
Amherst Early Music Online - On the Practice or Art of Dancing Part II
Tanja Skok, instructor
In June we spent the first part of our work getting familiar with some of the most important chapters in the treatise of Giulielmo Ebbreo’s De Pratica Seu Arte Tripudii/On the practice of Dancing. This time, we will start the class by going over the movements and qualities that we worked on in the previous session and spend some more time on learning basic steps and applying them to the dance. Together with live accompaniment of Xavier Díaz-Latorre on the lute or vihuela, we will add another layer to the challenge. Open to: dancers, others who want to learn about early dance, and instrumentalists who want to try skills learned in Xavier Díaz-Latorre’s August 16 class.
1-2:30pm EDT- online course (link sent to registrants)
$25 per session
https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/weekend_online_classes
Amherst Early Music Online - Rhythm Ideas for Early Music: Adapting Middle Eastern Drum Rhythms for Use with Early Music in 3,4 and 6 Pulse Cycles
Glen Velez and Loire Cotler, instructors
Perhaps you heard Glen and Loire's amazing concert during the AEM Festival Online a couple weeks ago. It was inspiring! Now these masters of rhythm will work with you "in person.." to bring rhythm to the fore in your playing and singing of early music. Using the basic sounds of frame drumming we will gain practical knowledge of these very evocative Middle Eastern rhythm patterns. Many drummers in this field are already taking advantage of this readily available resource. Loire will show how her repertoire of special vocal syllables derived from scat singing and South Indian rhythm studies can be easily learned and adapted to interpret complex instrumental melodic material. Open to: new and experienced drummers and to anyone who wants to use their voice in this exciting way. What you learn here will inform your playing and singing especially of Medieval and Renaissance music. Glen has some drums available for sale, you can contact him directly at glenvelez@me.com if interested!
3-4:30pm EDT- online course (link sent to registrants)
$25 per session
https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/weekend_online_classes
Tanja Skok, instructor
In June we spent the first part of our work getting familiar with some of the most important chapters in the treatise of Giulielmo Ebbreo’s De Pratica Seu Arte Tripudii/On the practice of Dancing. This time, we will start the class by going over the movements and qualities that we worked on in the previous session and spend some more time on learning basic steps and applying them to the dance. Together with live accompaniment of Xavier Díaz-Latorre on the lute or vihuela, we will add another layer to the challenge. Open to: dancers, others who want to learn about early dance, and instrumentalists who want to try skills learned in Xavier Díaz-Latorre’s August 16 class.
1-2:30pm EDT- online course (link sent to registrants)
$25 per session
https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/weekend_online_classes
Amherst Early Music Online - Rhythm Ideas for Early Music: Adapting Middle Eastern Drum Rhythms for Use with Early Music in 3,4 and 6 Pulse Cycles
Glen Velez and Loire Cotler, instructors
Perhaps you heard Glen and Loire's amazing concert during the AEM Festival Online a couple weeks ago. It was inspiring! Now these masters of rhythm will work with you "in person.." to bring rhythm to the fore in your playing and singing of early music. Using the basic sounds of frame drumming we will gain practical knowledge of these very evocative Middle Eastern rhythm patterns. Many drummers in this field are already taking advantage of this readily available resource. Loire will show how her repertoire of special vocal syllables derived from scat singing and South Indian rhythm studies can be easily learned and adapted to interpret complex instrumental melodic material. Open to: new and experienced drummers and to anyone who wants to use their voice in this exciting way. What you learn here will inform your playing and singing especially of Medieval and Renaissance music. Glen has some drums available for sale, you can contact him directly at glenvelez@me.com if interested!
3-4:30pm EDT- online course (link sent to registrants)
$25 per session
https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/weekend_online_classes
Wednesday, August 26
SoHIP Online Concert Series
Seven Times Salt: Michael Barrett, voice, lute; Karen Burciaga, harp; Agnes Coakley Cox, voice; Nathaniel Cox, theorbo;
Dan Meyers, recorder, flute; David H. Miller, bass viol; Matthew Wright, lute
"Fair Phoenix: Tales of the Winter Queen" Music of Scotland, England, Germany and the Netherlands to accompany the life of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia
8pm - streamed on YouTube, Facebook, and SoHIP's website
More about Seven Times Salt
Seven Times Salt: Michael Barrett, voice, lute; Karen Burciaga, harp; Agnes Coakley Cox, voice; Nathaniel Cox, theorbo;
Dan Meyers, recorder, flute; David H. Miller, bass viol; Matthew Wright, lute
"Fair Phoenix: Tales of the Winter Queen" Music of Scotland, England, Germany and the Netherlands to accompany the life of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia
8pm - streamed on YouTube, Facebook, and SoHIP's website
More about Seven Times Salt