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Workshops 2014 and Festivals GUIDE March 2 - 8 March Sephardic Music Festival, Los Angeles, CA. The festival will continue SMF's cutting-edge reputation for presenting the best in contemporary Sephardic Jewish music from across the globe. Founded by American-Israeli producer Diwon, the SMF is the only Jewish music festival in the United States to focus exclusively on Sephardic music and culture and showcase the latest Mizrahi, Yemenite, and Ladino artists from around the world. The festival offers a platform for performers of traditional Sephardic folk music and innovators who fuse traditional Sephardic rhythms, melodies, and motifs with modern musical styles. With an incredible range of artists this year, the Sephardic Music Festival presents a colorful tapestry of music and culture as rich, vibrant, and diverse as the Jewish world itself. FMI: Erez Safar, Shemspeed/SMF, 302 Bedford Ave., Suite 132, Brooklyn, NY 11211; (323) 374-5921; press@shemspeed.com; www.sephardicmusicfestival.com 7 - 9 March Viola da Gamba Society of America, Young Players Weekend, Charlton, MA. This lowcost retreat is tailored for students and young professionals of all musical ability levels, beginner through pre-professional. For only $125, you will develop your viol playing with guidance from some of the nation's leaders in viol pedagogy and performance. Location: Prindle Pond Conference Center in Charlton, MA, one hour from Boston and Hartford, and three hours from New York City. Prindle Pond Conference Center offers ample meeting areas and breakout spaces, a gymnasium, and numerous hiking trails. The dining hall specializes in healthy and delicious home-cooked meals. Special dietary concerns are easily accommodated! Located in Central Massachusetts, just minutes from the Mass. Turnpike and Interstate 84. Local transportation can be arranged to get you from the airport/train station/bus station to the venue. Loaner instruments are available for those who need them. Mary Springfels and Loren Ludwig, guest coaches. FMI: Jessica Powell Eig, PO Box 582628, Minneapolis, MN 55458-2628; (855) 846-5415; young.players.weekend@vdgsa.org; www.vdgsa.org/pgs/youngplayersweekend 8 March Phoenix Spring Recorder Workshop with the Flanders Recorder Quartet, Phoenix, AZ. The Flanders Recorder Quartet will trade in the cloudy skies of Belgium for a full weekend of sunshine and warmth in Arizona, with a Saturday recorder workshop in Phoenix, followed by two performances, Sunday in Tucson and Monday in Flagstaff. The Desert Pipes, the Phoenix-area chapter of the American Recorder Society, invites you to our spring recorder workshop in Phoenix on Saturday, March 8, with FRQ members Bart Spanhove and Joris van Goethem at the helm. With these acclaimed clinicians and repertoire ranging from 16th century Spain through Bach and the Balkans to 2008 jazz, the workshop is the perfect way to begin an FRQ spring weekend in Arizona. FMI: Ann Koenig, Desert Pipes (Phoenix ARS), 9320 E. Karen Dr., Scottsdale, AZ 85260; (480) 551-6544; ann@aacraosw.org; www.desertpipes.org 8 March The Blue Heron Workshop, Cambridge, MA. Sing music from Blue Heron's repertoire under the direction of the ensemble's music director, Scott Metcalfe, in the very place it calls "home" for subscription concerts. Learn something about how the music might have been sung by the original performers. The 2014 workshop is co-sponsored by Night Song. Workshops are open to all, although pre-registration is required. Availability is limited. A boxed lunch is provided (included in the price). FMI: Scott Metcalfe, PO Box 372, Ashland, MA 01721; (617) 960-7956; scott@blueheronchoir.org; www.blueheronchoir.org/learn-more/workshops 14 - 17 March Columbia Gorge Early Music Retreat, Corbett, OR. The 2014 Retreat is sold out! Please join the waiting list and save the date for 2015: March 13-16. FMI: Jeanne Lynch, 1916 SE 29th Ave., Portland, OR 97214; (503) 234-2530; jeannelynch@gmail.com; www.portlandrecordersociety.org Descriptions of over 100 early music workshops and festivals, both in Europe and North America. Visit www.earlymusic.org for the most recent and updated listings. 29 - 30 March Spring Weekend Workshop with Rachel Begley and Heloise Degrugillier, New Suffolk, NY. Classes for intermediate and advanced players may include technique, consort playing, master class, recorder choir, etc.-in short everything you want from a recorder workshop! FMI: Margaret Brown, Recorder Society of Long Island (RSLI), PO Box 233, New Suffolk, NY 11956; (631) 734-7343; maritbrown@optonline.net; www.RSLI.info April 2 April - 29 May Virginia Arts Festival, Norfolk, VA. Early music performances include Actéon and the Tallis Scholars. FMI: fcombs@vafest.org; www.vafest.org/2014/2014-performances/classicalmusic-2014 12 April Ann Arbor Recorder Society Spring Workshop, Ann Arbor, MI. Theme of the one-day workshop is Renaissance Music of the Court of Burgundy, featuring the works of Obrecht, Josquin, and others. The workshop leader is Kathryn Montoya, who teaches recorder and historical oboes at Oberlin Conservatory and the University of North Texas. She appears with a variety of orchestral and chamber music ensembles including the internationally acclaimed Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, Tafelmusik, the Wiener Akademie, Arion, and Hesperus, among others. Workshop participants are invited to bring recorders of all sizes as well as other early wind or string instruments, such as dulcians, crumhorns, or viols. The workshop is held at the Turner Senior Resource Center and lunch is provided. Registration fee is $40, or $35 if submitted by March 30. Registration forms will be sent to previous workshop attendees and Ann Arbor Recorder Society members. The 2014 information flyer/registration form will be available on the AARS website in March. FMI: Judy Smutek, 1724 Dexter Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48103; (734) 769-7083; jsmutek@umich.edu; www.a2recordersociety.org/Special_Events 12 - 14 April Mini-Course: 12th Century Aquitanian Polyphony, Boston University, Boston, MA. Benjamin Bagby, professor at the Sorbonne and director of the ensemble Sequentia, will return to CEMS this spring to teach a course on Aquitanian polyphony. May be taken for 0 or 1 credits. Open to auditors. Information about the application process and tuition may be found on our website, listed below. FMI: Scott Metcalfe, Center for Early Music Studies, School of Music, Boston University; 855 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215, (617) 353-6887; cems@bu.edu; www.bu.edu/earlymusic/2013-2014/mini-courses The Lute Player by Orazio Gentileschi (c.1563-1639). National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC 20 - 27 April Les Festes de Thalie: Brilliantly Baroque, Thoiry, Yvelines, France. Dear friends of the Festes de Thalie and Orpheon, professional musicians, and music lovers! You are welcome to our next course with concerts in Thoiry (near Paris and Versailles). Instruction for early music enthusiasts and modern instrumentalists and singers with an interest in Baroque and Renaissance music. All Baroque Early Music America Spring 2014 41 http://www.blueheronchoir.org/learn-more/workshops http://www.earlymusic.org http://www.portlandrecordersociety.org http://www.RSLI.info http://www.sephardicmusicfestival.com http://www.vafest.org/2014/2014-performances/classical-music-2014 http://www.vdgsa.org/pgs/youngplayersweekend http://www.a2recordersociety.org/Special_Events http://www.desertpipes.org http://www.bu.edu/earlymusic/2013-2014/mini-courses

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Early Music America Spring 2014

Editor's Note
Reader Forum
Sound Bytes
Musings: My No Early Music Dream
Profile: Choral Conductor Amelia LeClair
Recording Reviews
Donors ex machina
Three Small Nails
Early Music Is a Capital Idea
Composing Electronic Music for Baroque Instruments
2014 Guide: Workshops & Festivals
Book Reviews
Ad Index
In Conclusion: 4,568 Pages Ago

Early Music America Spring 2014