PERIOD PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP
August 16-18, 2019
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 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. Gambists, singers, and other instruments admitted by request. Professional players will have a separate class, contingent upon registration. *Limit 50 participants*
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 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. Gambists, singers, and other instruments admitted by request. Professional players will have a separate class, contingent upon registration. *Limit 50 participants*
Fees:
Full Workshop - $175 total
Additional private lesson by request: $30 per 30 minutes
*Registration for the workshop closes May 31st, 2019.
Schedule of Events
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Friday, August 16th
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 17th 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 18th
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 18th, 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 17th, 18th 2019
What: Faculty Concert
When: Saturday, August 17th, 2019 - 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 18th, 2019 - 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 16th-18th. Workshop faculty will present a free concert Saturday, August 17th 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 18th, 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 fourth 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: Saturday, August 17th, 2019 - 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 18th, 2019 - 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 16th-18th. Workshop faculty will present a free concert Saturday, August 17th 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 18th, 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 fourth 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.