PERIOD PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP
August 24-26, 2018
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 period 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 workshop faculty, participants will use these elements to inspire fresh, invigorated, and uniquely personal performances!
Workshop Information
Eligibility:
Students, amateur, and professional players of string, wind, and keyboard instruments, and guitar or lute with at least four years playing experience and adequate reading skills. Ages 14 and older. *Limit 50 participants*
Gambists, singers, and other instruments admitted by request.
Professional players will have a separate class, contingent upon registration.
Fees:
Full Workshop - $175 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 your instrument
Working closely with workshop faculty, participants will use these elements to inspire fresh, invigorated, and uniquely personal performances!
Workshop Information
Eligibility:
Students, amateur, and professional players of string, wind, and keyboard instruments, and guitar or lute with at least four years playing experience and adequate reading skills. Ages 14 and older. *Limit 50 participants*
Gambists, singers, and other instruments admitted by request.
Professional players will have a separate class, contingent upon registration.
Fees:
Full Workshop - $175 total
Additional private lesson by request: $30 per 30 minutes
*Registration for the workshop closes May 31st, 2018.
***Deadline now extended until June 15th, 2018.
***Deadline now extended until June 15th, 2018.
Schedule of Events
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Friday, August 24th
4:45-5:00 Orientation 5:10-5:40 Technique Class 5:50-6:50 Chamber Ensembles 7:00-7:30 Dinner Lecture 7:40-8:40 Orchestra Saturday, August 25th 10:00-10:10 Orientation 10:15-11:00 Chamber Ensembles 11:15-11:45 Technique Class 12:00-1:00 Masterclass 1:10-1:40 Lunch Lecture 1:45-3:15 Chamber Ensembles 3:30-5:00 Orchestra 5:00-6:00 Private Lesson (By Request) 7:30-8:15 Faculty Concert This concert is free and open to the public First Presbyterian Church, 26 W Babcock St, Bozeman, MT 59715 |
Sunday, August 26th
1:00-1:10 Orientation 1:15-1:45 Masterclass – may visit any class 1:55-2:40 Chamber Ensembles 2:50-3:30 Orchestra 4:00-5:00 Final Performance Free Performance: Sunday, August 26th, 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
Assistant principal cellist of the Chicago Lyric Opera and the Handel & Haydn Society, Paul has a varied resume from heavy metal cello quartets to Fulbright scholar and Carnegie Hall Soloist.
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 Masters 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
Assistant principal cellist of the Chicago Lyric Opera and the Handel & Haydn Society, Paul has a varied resume from heavy metal cello quartets to Fulbright scholar and Carnegie Hall Soloist.
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 Masters Degree in harpsichord from the Royal Academy of Music.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION, AUGUST 25th, 26th 2018
What: Faculty Concert
When: Saturday, August 25th, 2018 - 7:30pm
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 26th, 2018 - 4:00pm
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 24th-26th. Workshop faculty will present a free concert Saturday, August 25th beginning at 7:30pm, at First Presbyterian Church (26 W. Babcock St., Downtown Bozeman). A second free performance featuring workshop participants will be held on Sunday, August 26th, at 4:00pm 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 third 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. Their faculty performance on August 25th at 7:30pm will include: Virtuoso divisions and Country Tunes from the English Baroque, Handel - Trio sonata in F op. 3 no. 2, Galliard - Sonata in D minor for bassoon, Geminiani - The Bush Aboon Traquair, and The Country Lass from "The Art of Good Taste in Music."
Joining the I-90 Collective is London harpischordist Benedict Williams, baroque bassoonist Nate Helgeson, and Bozeman's own Breana McCullough on baroque viola and viola da gamba. Originally from Bozeman, McCullough held leadership roles in orchestra and band at Bozeman High School, performed with the Bozeman Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Choir, and held a volunteer internship with the Symphony. As aspiring classical musician, she attended Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, becoming a founding member of the Campanile String Quartet and a principal player of the Concordia Orchestra. She would later transfer to the University of Colorado pursuing a degree in performance which will soon be completed.
When: Saturday, August 25th, 2018 - 7:30pm
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 26th, 2018 - 4:00pm
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 24th-26th. Workshop faculty will present a free concert Saturday, August 25th beginning at 7:30pm, at First Presbyterian Church (26 W. Babcock St., Downtown Bozeman). A second free performance featuring workshop participants will be held on Sunday, August 26th, at 4:00pm 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 third 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. Their faculty performance on August 25th at 7:30pm will include: Virtuoso divisions and Country Tunes from the English Baroque, Handel - Trio sonata in F op. 3 no. 2, Galliard - Sonata in D minor for bassoon, Geminiani - The Bush Aboon Traquair, and The Country Lass from "The Art of Good Taste in Music."
Joining the I-90 Collective is London harpischordist Benedict Williams, baroque bassoonist Nate Helgeson, and Bozeman's own Breana McCullough on baroque viola and viola da gamba. Originally from Bozeman, McCullough held leadership roles in orchestra and band at Bozeman High School, performed with the Bozeman Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Choir, and held a volunteer internship with the Symphony. As aspiring classical musician, she attended Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, becoming a founding member of the Campanile String Quartet and a principal player of the Concordia Orchestra. She would later transfer to the University of Colorado pursuing a degree in performance which will soon be completed.