PERIOD PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP
"Where the Ladies Have No Pants” -
Paris in the Age of the Enlightenment
August 19-21, 2022
First Presbyterian Church, Bozeman, Montana
Artistic Director: Carrie Krause
Artistic Director: Carrie Krause
*Registration deadline is May 31, 2022
Are you curious what information is available about historical performance?
Do you love history, music, and its stories?
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
"Where the Ladies Have No Pants” - Paris in the Age of the Enlightenment
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: $35 per 30 minutes
Do you love history, music, and its stories?
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;
- larger cultural context of music;
- large & small ensembles, lectures, private lessons, and some events just for good musical fun!
Working closely with our faculty, participants will use these elements to inspire fresh, invigorated, and uniquely personal performances!
Workshop Information
"Where the Ladies Have No Pants” - Paris in the Age of the Enlightenment
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: $35 per 30 minutes
*Registration deadline is May 31, 2022
Schedule of Events
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Thursday, August 18, 2022
6:00-7:00 Backyard Baroque + Potluck (optional), Address: 500 Black Bear Rd, Bozeman, MT 59718 Friday, August 19, 2022 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 20, 2022 10:00-10:10 Orientation 10:15-11:00 Chamber Ensembles 11:10-11:50 Special Topics Class 11:50-12:15 Coffee break 12:15-1:05 Masterclass 1:15-1:45 Lunch Lecture 2:00-2:30 Break 2:30-3:35 Chamber Ensembles 3:45-5:00 Orchestra 5:10-6:40 Private Lessons (optional) 7:30-9:00 Baroque-okee, (Address: 419 Grand, Bozeman, MT 59715) |
Sunday, August 21, 2022
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, (Address: 500 Black Bear) |
Faculty Bio's
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 Apollos’ Fire at the BBC Proms.
Andrew McIntosh, violin
Andrew is a composer, violinist, violist, baroque violinist, climber, and blogger who teaches at the California Institute of the Arts, with musical interests covering a broad spectrum including historical performance practice, improvisation, microtonal tuning systems, long-form works, and the 20th-century avant-garde.
Annabeth Shirley, cello
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.
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 Apollos’ Fire at the BBC Proms.
Andrew McIntosh, violin
Andrew is a composer, violinist, violist, baroque violinist, climber, and blogger who teaches at the California Institute of the Arts, with musical interests covering a broad spectrum including historical performance practice, improvisation, microtonal tuning systems, long-form works, and the 20th-century avant-garde.
Annabeth Shirley, cello
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.
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.