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2013 Workshops GUIDE and Festivals March April 8 – 10 March Texas Early Music Festival, Houston, TX. Ars Lyrica Houston, Houston Early Music, Da Camera Houston, and Mercury will cooperate in presenting the first Texas Early Music Festival. Repertoire includes: Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater (Mercury) with soprano Amanda Forsythe and countertenor Tim Mead; Le Poéme Harmonique in “Venezia”; Acis & Galatea, directed by Tara Faircloth, with soprano Blair Doerge, countertenor Ryland Angel, tenor Derek Chester, baritone Michael Kelly, and bass-baritone Timothy Jones. Classical 91.7 KUHA is the official media sponsor of the Festival. FMI: www.MercuryHouston.org/Houston-BaroqueMarathon 4-7 April Continuo: The Art of Creative Collaboration, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA. Master classes, lectures, concerts and demonstrations. Featuring: Gregory Crowell, Charlotte Mattax Moersch, Ed Parmentier, Byron Schenkman and Stephen Stubbs on harpsichord/organ, with Amanda Forsythe, Pacific Lutheran University’s Choir of the West, Ingrid Matthews, Jennifer Rhyne, Svend Rønning and Douglas Williams. FMI: www.westfield.org. 15 – 18 March Columbia Gorge Early Music Retreat, Portland, OR. Ensemble classes for low intermediate to advanced recorder players will range from Renaissance consort music and Baroque to contemporary works and music for double reeds and percussion. Viola da gambas also welcome. Five faculty members ensure small class sizes with personalized attention. Evening events will include a faculty concert, English Country Dance and madrigal singing. Note: The 2013 Retreat is FULL to capacity! Please consider adding yourself to the waiting list; email jeannelynch@gmail.com. Faculty/Performers: Vicki Boeckman, Gayle and Philip Neuman, Laura Kuhlman, Rotem Gilbert. FMI: Jeanne Lynch, Columbia Gorge Early Music Retreat c/o Jeanne Lynch, 1916 SE 29th Ave., Portland, OR 97214; tel: 503-234-2530; jeannelynch@gmail.com; http:// portlandrecordersociety.org/ Descriptions of over 80 early music workshops and festivals, both in Europe and North America. Visit www.earlymusic.org for the most recent and updated listings. Luc Olivier Merson (1846-1920). The Dance of the Betrothed (left panel of triptich) 40 Spring 2013 Early Music America RÉUNION DES MUSÉES NATIONAUX / ART RESOURCE, NY 16 March Blue Heron Vocal Workshop, Cambridge, MA. Sing music selected from this season’s programs, under the direction of Scott Metcalfe, and learn something about how it might have been sung by its original performers. Faculty/Performers: Scott Metcalfe. FMI: Gail Abbey, Blue Heron, PO Box 372, Ashland, MA 01721; tel: 617-960-7956; office@blueheronchoir.org; www.blueheronchoir.org/events/event_130316.html 29 March – 1 April National Easter Viol School (Australia) 2013, Brisbane, Australia. Viol players have met at Easter in Australia continuously since 1979. In 2013 we are delighted to return to sunny Brisbane for Easter and to welcome Mary Springfels to Australia. The workshop is fully tutored, with four sessions per day. All standards are catered for. Lunch and teas are included in the fee. Players from outside Queensland will be accommodated with local players during the workshop, or can stay in hotels in the area if desired. In 2013 we will be welcoming Baroque string players to the Viol School, to play in consorts and chamber music as well as have a session on viols. A Tutor’s concert will take place, probably on the Easter Sunday evening. Faculty/Performers: Mary Springfels (viol), Polly Sussex (viol), Michael O’Loghlin (viol), Patrice Connelly (beginner viols), Shannon Scheltema (viol), Margaret Caley (Baroque violin). FMI: Patrice Connelly, Australian Viola da Gamba Society Inc, QLD 4514 Australia; tel: +61 7 5496 3439; patrice@saraband.com.au; www.avdgs.org.au 13 April Moss Bay Meet, Kirkland, WA. All-day playing for recorder players of all levels. Music starts at 10 am, with a fabulous potluck lunch at noon, then continues until 5 pm. Faculty/Performers: Sally Mitchell, Larry Stark, and more lead playing sessions. FMI: Sally Mitchell, Moss Bay Recorder Society, tel: 206-3283381; salmitch@earthlink.net; http://mossbayrecorders.org/ 19 – 21 April Baldwin Wallace Bach Festival, Berea, OH. 2013 marks the 81st year of BW’s annual Bach Festival. This year’s festival celebrates the music of J.S. Bach and his contemporaries with three days of concerts and events. Faculty/Performers: Sherezade Panthaki, soprano; Meg Bragle, mezzo-soprano; Thomas Cooley, tenor; Christopheren Nomura, bass; Balint Karosi, organ; Markus Rathey, lecturer; Dwight Oltman, Festival Music Director; Dirk Garner, Festival Choral Director; Steven Gross, Bach Service Director; John Brndiar, Festival Brass Director. FMI: Erika Haskell, Conservatory Event Coordinator, Baldwin Wallace University, Merner Pfeiffer #239, 49 Seminary St, Berea, OH 44017; tel: 440-826-8070; bachfest@bw.edu; www. bw.edu/academics/libraries/bach/festivals/bachfest/ 22 April – 22 May Virginia Arts Festival, Portsmouth & Norfolk, VA. Performing arts events of all kinds. Early music events include REBEL on April 22 and Bach’s Bminor mass by Juilliard415, Yale Schola Cantorum, and Yale Baroque Ensemble on April 28. FMI: Virginia Arts Festival; fcombs@vafest.org; www.vafest.org/2013/index.php 7 – 29 April Winds and Waves Recorder Workshop, Otis, OR. Come work on a wide variety of recorder music from the past and present under the guidance of an internationally renowned faculty. Winds and Waves, founded by the Oregon Coast Recorder Society, offers graded technique and repertoire classes, plus general “grand consort” sessions. Workshop tuition includes a faculty concert on Friday evening, April 26. Faculty/Performers: Frances Blaker, Letitia Berlin, Cléa Galhano, Louise Carslake. FMI: Jennifer Sibara, Interim Program Manager, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology; founded by the Oregon Coast Recorder Society, 56605 Sitka Drive, Otis, OR 97368; tel: 541-994-5485; fax: 541-994-8024; info@sitkacenter.org; www.sitkacenter.org http://www.westfield.org http://www.MercuryHouston.org/Houston-Baroque-Marathon http://www.MercuryHouston.org/Houston-Baroque-Marathon http://www.mossbayrecorders.org/ http://www.portlandrecordersociety.org/ http://www.portlandrecordersociety.org/ http://www.bw.edu/academics/libraries/bach/festivals/bachfest/ http://www.blueheronchoir.org/events/event_130316.html http://www.vafest.org/2013/index.php http://www.earlymusic.org http://www.avdgs.org.au http://www.sitkacenter.org

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Early Music America Spring 2013

Editor's Note
Reader Forum
Sound Bytes
Profile: Peter Nothnagle Early Music Engineer
Musings: Best of the Year
Recording Reviews
"Skillful Singing" and the Prelude in Renaissance Italy
Almira: Handel's Fountain of Youth?
Tempesta di Mare: Making a Splash with Fasch
2013 Guide: Workshops & Festivals
What I Did at Summer Camp
Book Reviews
Ad Index
In Conclusion: Teaching Recitative in Mexico

Early Music America Spring 2013