The Bozeman Symphony & Baroque Music Montana Present:
Period Performance Workshop
"The British Isles & Folk Baroque!"
August 18 - 20, 2023
Period Performance Workshop
PUBLIC EVENTS:
The below events are a light-hearted exploration of the British Isles surrounding the Civil War, Interregnum, and Restoration. Find out why the British are so dour, why Charles II hiding out in France was nice, and why the music of the Isles is so very good.
All events will be held at First Presbyterian Church located at 26 W. Babcock St., Downtown Bozeman
The below events are a light-hearted exploration of the British Isles surrounding the Civil War, Interregnum, and Restoration. Find out why the British are so dour, why Charles II hiding out in France was nice, and why the music of the Isles is so very good.
All events will be held at First Presbyterian Church located at 26 W. Babcock St., Downtown Bozeman
Friday, August 18, 2023
5:45 pm - 6:15 pm // Dinner Lecture Featuring: John Lenti, lute (Fellowship Hall) 7:00 pm // Faculty Concert (Sanctuary) |
Saturday, August 19, 2023
1:10 pm -1:40 pm // Lunch Lecture Featuring: Nate Helgeson, baroque bassoon (Fellowship Hall) |
Sunday, August 20, 2023
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm // Student Final Concert (Sanctuary) |
Workshop Registration
Eligibility: Students, amateur, and professional players of violin, viola, cello, wind instruments, keyboard instruments, and guitar or lute with at least four years playing experience and adequate reading skills. Ages 14 and older. Limit 50 participants. Viols, singers, and other instruments admitted by request. Professional players will have a separate class, contingent upon registration.
Fees: full workshop, $250.00 total
Private Lessons: available upon request - $35 per 30 minutes.
Venue: First Presbyterian Church located at 26 W. Babcock St., Downtown Bozeman
Online Registration closed June 15, 2023. If you would still like to apply, please email info@baroquemusicmontana.org for late registration guidance.
Eligibility: Students, amateur, and professional players of violin, viola, cello, wind instruments, keyboard instruments, and guitar or lute with at least four years playing experience and adequate reading skills. Ages 14 and older. Limit 50 participants. Viols, singers, and other instruments admitted by request. Professional players will have a separate class, contingent upon registration.
Fees: full workshop, $250.00 total
Private Lessons: available upon request - $35 per 30 minutes.
Venue: First Presbyterian Church located at 26 W. Babcock St., Downtown Bozeman
Online Registration closed June 15, 2023. If you would still like to apply, please email info@baroquemusicmontana.org for late registration guidance.
Schedule of Events
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Thursday, August 17, 2023
6:00-7:00 Backyard Baroque + Potluck (optional) 500 Black Bear Rd, Bozeman, MT 59718 Friday, August 18, 2023 1:00-1:10 Orientation 1:15-1:45 Technique Class 1:55-2:55 Chamber Ensembles 3:05-3:50 Special Topics Class 4:00-5:00 Orchestra 5:10-5:40 Private Lessons (optional) 5:45-6:15 Dinner Lecture 7:00 Faculty Concert |
Saturday, August 19, 2023
10:00-10:20 Orientation & Warm 10:25-11:10 Chamber Ensembles 11:15-11:35 Coffee Break 11:40-12:20 Special Topics Class 12:30-1:05 Masterclass/Technique Class 1:10-1:40 Lunch Lecture (David Greenberg on traditional tunes from the baroque era) 1:40-2:40 Break 2:40-3:45 Chamber Ensembles 3:55-5:05 Orchestra 5:15-6:45 Private Lessons (optional) 7:30-9:00 Baroque-okee 419 S Grand Ave, Bozeman, MT 59715 |
Sunday, August 20, 2023
11:00-12:00 Church Music (optional) 12:45-12:55 Orientation 1:00-1:40 Masterclass 1:50-2:35 Chamber Ensembles 2:45-3:30 Orchestra 4:00-5:30 Final Performance 6:00 Closing Potluck 500 Black Bear Rd, Bozeman, MT 59718 |
Faculty Biographies
Violinist Carrie Krause is the Bozeman Symphony's Concertmaster. She has performed as soloist from the Leipzig Bach Festival to the Boston Early Music Festival, and as a member of Apollos’ Fire at the BBC Proms. She is Artistic Director of Baroque Music Montana.
Violinist David Greenberg specializes in baroque violin and Cape Breton Fiddling. He graduated from Indiana University’s Early Music Institute, and has since recorded over 80 CDs and concertizes the world over. He is a composer & arranger, dedicated to folk performance education, and published the treatise on Cape Breton fiddling.
Cellist Annabeth Shirley recently returned from study at the Hague and performances with Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Nederlandse Bachvereniging, and Le Concert d’Apollon, Annabeth plays with Seattle Baroque and Portland Baroque.
Lute and guitarist John Lenti is a multi-year winner of the Early Music America/Naxos competition and backbone of leading early music ensembles to major opera companies, John is praised by Gramophone for his “nuanced beauty and character.” John is praised by Gramophone for his “nuanced beauty and character,” and he regularly appears with the Metropolitan Opera in NYC.
Bassoonist Nate Helgeson is a founder and performer with America’s premier period instrument ensembles, Nate appears with Tafelmusik, American Bach Soloists, and as frequent featured soloist with Portland Baroque. Benedict Williams, harpsichord A chorister at King’s College Cambridge and a music scholar at Oundle School, Benedict graduated from the University of York with a First Class Degree and holds a Masters Degree in Harpsichord from the Royal Academy of Music.
Harpist Anna O'Connel has found her true calling in research and performance of various medieval, renaissance, and baroque harps, specializing in self-accompaniment or her own singing from the medieval to the baroque eras. Her research in medieval music includes the evolution of German sangspruchdichtern, a musical/poetic form that lasted well into the renaissance, and early 1600s music, especially that of Francesca Caccini and women performers of the Medici court. Outside the academic sphere, Anna is a folk harpist, appearing on the sound track to Netflix’s The Witcher Soundtrack, and her own EP Folk Tale War.
Violinist Carrie Krause is the Bozeman Symphony's Concertmaster. She has performed as soloist from the Leipzig Bach Festival to the Boston Early Music Festival, and as a member of Apollos’ Fire at the BBC Proms. She is Artistic Director of Baroque Music Montana.
Violinist David Greenberg specializes in baroque violin and Cape Breton Fiddling. He graduated from Indiana University’s Early Music Institute, and has since recorded over 80 CDs and concertizes the world over. He is a composer & arranger, dedicated to folk performance education, and published the treatise on Cape Breton fiddling.
Cellist Annabeth Shirley recently returned from study at the Hague and performances with Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Nederlandse Bachvereniging, and Le Concert d’Apollon, Annabeth plays with Seattle Baroque and Portland Baroque.
Lute and guitarist John Lenti is a multi-year winner of the Early Music America/Naxos competition and backbone of leading early music ensembles to major opera companies, John is praised by Gramophone for his “nuanced beauty and character.” John is praised by Gramophone for his “nuanced beauty and character,” and he regularly appears with the Metropolitan Opera in NYC.
Bassoonist Nate Helgeson is a founder and performer with America’s premier period instrument ensembles, Nate appears with Tafelmusik, American Bach Soloists, and as frequent featured soloist with Portland Baroque. Benedict Williams, harpsichord A chorister at King’s College Cambridge and a music scholar at Oundle School, Benedict graduated from the University of York with a First Class Degree and holds a Masters Degree in Harpsichord from the Royal Academy of Music.
Harpist Anna O'Connel has found her true calling in research and performance of various medieval, renaissance, and baroque harps, specializing in self-accompaniment or her own singing from the medieval to the baroque eras. Her research in medieval music includes the evolution of German sangspruchdichtern, a musical/poetic form that lasted well into the renaissance, and early 1600s music, especially that of Francesca Caccini and women performers of the Medici court. Outside the academic sphere, Anna is a folk harpist, appearing on the sound track to Netflix’s The Witcher Soundtrack, and her own EP Folk Tale War.
