PERIOD PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP
August 14-16, 2020
First Presbyterian Church, Bozeman, Montana
Artistic Director: Carrie Krause
Faculty: The I-90 Collective
First Presbyterian Church, Bozeman, Montana
Artistic Director: Carrie Krause
Faculty: The I-90 Collective
Are you curious what information is available about historical performance?
Do you love history, music, and the stories it has to tell?
Baroque Music Montana offers a period practice workshop, specifically for modern instrument performers.
This workshop will explore
Working closely with our faculty, participants will use these elements to inspire fresh, invigorated, and uniquely personal performances!
Workshop Information
2020 Theme: “Rome: Music in the Cardinal Courts”
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 - $200 total
Additional private lesson by request: $30 per 30 minutes
Do you love history, music, and the stories it has to tell?
Baroque Music Montana offers a period practice workshop, specifically for modern instrument performers.
This workshop will explore
- Original sources (manuscript scores and first editions, iconography, writing) and their clues for today’s performers
- Varied articulation
- Rhetorical, communicative sound
- Ornamentation and improvisation
- Open, centered, relaxed physical approach to instrument
Working closely with our faculty, participants will use these elements to inspire fresh, invigorated, and uniquely personal performances!
Workshop Information
2020 Theme: “Rome: Music in the Cardinal Courts”
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 - $200 total
Additional private lesson by request: $30 per 30 minutes
*Registration deadline is May 31st
Schedule of Events
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Monday, August 10th
6:00-7:00 Backyard Baroque + Potluck (optional), Address: 500 Black Bear Rd Friday, August 14th 1:00-1:10 Orientation 1:15-1:45 Technique Class 1:55-2:55 Chamber Ensembles 3:05-3:40 Special topics class 3:50-4:50 Orchestra 4:55-5:55 Private Lessons (optional) 6:00-6:30 Dinner Lecture 7:00 Faculty Concert Saturday, August 15th 10:00-10:10 Orientation 10:15-11:00 Chamber Ensembles 11:10-11:45 Technique Class 11:45-12:15 Coffee break 12:15-1:05 Masterclass 1:15-1:45 Lunch Lecture 1:45-2:30 Break 2:30-3:30 Chamber Ensembles 3:45-4:45 Orchestra 4:55-6:25 Private Lessons (optional) 7:30-9:00 Baroque-okee, 419 Grand |
Sunday, August 16th
12:45-12:55 Orientation 1:00-1:40 Masterclass 1:50-2:35 Chamber Ensembles 2:45-3:30 Orchestra 4:00-5:00 Final Performance 5:30 Closing Potluck, Address: 500 Black Bear Rd Free Performance: Sunday, August 16th, 4:00pm First Presbyterian Church, 26 W Babcock St, Bozeman, MT 59715 |
Faculty, The I-90 Collective
Carrie Krause, violin
Concertmaster of the Bozeman Symphony, Carrie has performed as soloist from the Leipzig Bach Festival to the Boston Early Music Festival, and as a member of Apollo’s Fire at the BBC Proms.
Adriane Post, violin
Founding member of the acclaimed Diderot String Quartet, specializing in early romantic repertoire, and ensemble in residence at Holy Trinity in New York City and the National Cathedral in D.C. Adriane is described by Early Music Magazine as one of North America’s “brightest and best.”
Paul Dwyer, cello
Founding member of the acclaimed Diderot String Quartet, specializing in early romantic repertoire, and ensemble in residence at Holy Trinity in New York City and the National Cathedral in D.C. Adriane is described by Early Music Magazine as one of North America’s “brightest and best.”
John Lenti, lute and guitar
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.”
Nate Helgeson, bassoon
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 Master’s Degree in Harpsichord from the Royal Academy of Music.
Carrie Krause, violin
Concertmaster of the Bozeman Symphony, Carrie has performed as soloist from the Leipzig Bach Festival to the Boston Early Music Festival, and as a member of Apollo’s Fire at the BBC Proms.
Adriane Post, violin
Founding member of the acclaimed Diderot String Quartet, specializing in early romantic repertoire, and ensemble in residence at Holy Trinity in New York City and the National Cathedral in D.C. Adriane is described by Early Music Magazine as one of North America’s “brightest and best.”
Paul Dwyer, cello
Founding member of the acclaimed Diderot String Quartet, specializing in early romantic repertoire, and ensemble in residence at Holy Trinity in New York City and the National Cathedral in D.C. Adriane is described by Early Music Magazine as one of North America’s “brightest and best.”
John Lenti, lute and guitar
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.”
Nate Helgeson, bassoon
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 Master’s Degree in Harpsichord from the Royal Academy of Music.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION, AUGUST 14th - 16th 2020
What: Faculty Concert
When: Friday, August 14th, 2020 - 7:00 pm
Where: First Presbyterian Church (26 W. Babcock St., Downtown Bozeman)
Admission: Free and Open to the Public, All Ages
What: Workshop Concert
When: Sunday, August 16th, 2020 - 4:00 pm
Where: First Presbyterian Church (26 W. Babcock St., Downtown Bozeman)
Admission: Free and Open to the Public, All Ages
Baroque Music Montana and the Bozeman Symphony present the Period Performance Workshop, specifically for modern instrument performers, hosted by First Presbyterian Church, August 14th-16th. Workshop faculty will present a free concert Friday, August 14th beginning at 7:00 pm, at First Presbyterian Church (26 W. Babcock St., Downtown Bozeman). A second free performance featuring workshop participants will be held on Sunday, August 16th, at 4:00 pm presenting chamber and orchestra works from the baroque period, also at First Presbyterian Church. Both performances are free and open to the public.
Entering its fifth year, workshop participants will spend three days examining original manuscript sources, conventions of baroque style as it relates to modern instruments, improvisation, and historical cultural context. The workshop is led by Artistic Director Carrie Krause and members of the I-90 Collective, comprised of busy baroque soloists, who perform extensively across the country and abroad with many of America's leading period-instrument ensembles.
When: Friday, August 14th, 2020 - 7:00 pm
Where: First Presbyterian Church (26 W. Babcock St., Downtown Bozeman)
Admission: Free and Open to the Public, All Ages
What: Workshop Concert
When: Sunday, August 16th, 2020 - 4:00 pm
Where: First Presbyterian Church (26 W. Babcock St., Downtown Bozeman)
Admission: Free and Open to the Public, All Ages
Baroque Music Montana and the Bozeman Symphony present the Period Performance Workshop, specifically for modern instrument performers, hosted by First Presbyterian Church, August 14th-16th. Workshop faculty will present a free concert Friday, August 14th beginning at 7:00 pm, at First Presbyterian Church (26 W. Babcock St., Downtown Bozeman). A second free performance featuring workshop participants will be held on Sunday, August 16th, at 4:00 pm presenting chamber and orchestra works from the baroque period, also at First Presbyterian Church. Both performances are free and open to the public.
Entering its fifth year, workshop participants will spend three days examining original manuscript sources, conventions of baroque style as it relates to modern instruments, improvisation, and historical cultural context. The workshop is led by Artistic Director Carrie Krause and members of the I-90 Collective, comprised of busy baroque soloists, who perform extensively across the country and abroad with many of America's leading period-instrument ensembles.