www.amherstearlymusic.org

Amherst Early Music FestivalDirected by Frances Blaker

July 8-15, and July 15-22Connecticut College, New London CT

Expanded vocal programsLargest recorder program in U.S.

Renaissance reeds and brass

New London Assembly Festival Concert Series

Viol Excelsior Historical Dance

M u s i c o f F r a n c e a n d t h e L o w C o u n t r i e s

RECORDER Tom Beets** Letitia Berlin Frances Blaker Deborah Booth* Karen Cook** Saskia Coolen* Maria Diez-Canedo* Eric Haas* Valerie Horst Lisette Kielson* Na’ama Lion* Alison Melville** Emily O’Brien** Patricia Petersen Wendy Powers Bart Spanhove** Nina Stern** Jennifer Streeter Joris Van Goethem* Paul Van Loey* Reine-Marie Verhagen** EARLY NOTATION Valerie Horst Carol Marsh** Patricia PetersenRENAISSANCE REEDS Marilyn Boenau Sally Merriman Debra Nagy* Daniel Stillman** Wouter VerschurenCORNETTO** Kiri Tollaksen**SACKBUT** Wim Becu**

VIOL AND VIELLE Nathan Bontrager Sarah Cunningham* Shira Kammen** Heather Miller Lardin* Loren Ludwig Paolo Pandolfo* John Mark Rozendaal** Mary Springfels** Jaap ter Linden*BAROQUE VIOLIN Julie Andrijeski* Peter Lekx Jane Starkman*BAROQUE CELLO* Jaap ter Linden*DOUBLE BASS* Heather Miller Lardin* Tracy Mortimore*HARPSICHORD John Bailey Hsuan-Wen Chen* Kathryn Cok** Alissa Duryee Arthur Haas* Masayuki Maki Dylan Sauerwald* Jennifer Streeter Peter Sykes* Alastair ThompsonLUTE Xavier Diaz-Latorre* Jason PrisetBAROQUE FLUTE Na’ama Lion*BAROQUE OBOE* Debra Nagy*

BAROQUE BASSOON* Wouter VerschurenPERCUSSION** Glen Velez**VOICE AND THEATER Benjamin Bagby** Michael Barrett** Stephen Biegner* Cayla Cardiff Tracy Cowart Pamela Dellal** Emily Eagen Paul Guttry Daniel Johnson Temmo Korisheli Anna Lenti* Jason McStoots* Drew Minter* Adam Pearl* Lawrence Rosenwald Aaron Sheehan* Peter Stewart* Kent Tritle* Geoffrey WilliamsHISTORICAL DANCE* Kaspar D. Mainz* Dorothy Olsson*NEW LONDON ASSEMBLY** Karen Axelrod** Philippe Callens** Brad Foster** Shira Kammen** Eric Martin** Emily O’Brien** Andrew Swaine**

*Week One Only **Week Two Only

CENTRAL PROGRAM The Central Program is our largest and most flexible program, with over 100 students each week. It offers a wide variety of classes for most early instruments, voice, and historical dance. Play in a consort, sing music by a favorite composer, read from early notation, dance a minuet, or begin a new instrument. Questions? Call us at (781)488-3337. Check www.amherstearlymusic.org for a full list of classes by May 15.

New to the Festival? Fear not! Our open and inviting atmosphere will make you feel at home right away.

PREVIEW OF CENTRAL PROGRAM CLASSES (There will be more!)Recorder Ars Subtilior, L’Homme Arme masses, Passions of the French Baroque, Practice Practicing, Renaissance Recorders, Recorder Orchestra with Joris Van Goethem* and Tom Beets**, Baroque Orchestra* with Frances Blaker, Percussion and Recorders**, and more.

Viol Paolo Pandolfo* master class, viol consorts, Roman de Fauvel, Vielle, Viol Excelsior**— take your playing to the next level!

Reeds and Brass Philippe de Monte, Shawm Bands in the Netherlands, Reed Making, Hapsburg Choirbook Project, Triple Choir for Loud Instruments with Wouter Verschuren, and more.

Voice Pamela Dellal** master class, Roman de Fauvel, 16th-century chansons with viols, Vocal Ensemble with Temmo Korisheli* and Geoffrey Williams**, and more.

Baroque violin and cello: Master classes, Early Baroque String Technique, Baroque Orchestra, Baroque Ensembles.

Harpsichord Master classes, Dutch keyboard music, Basso Continuo, Baroque ensembles.

Oboe, Flute, Bassoon Master classes, Oboe band, Flute topics and ensembles, Renaissance Flute Consort, Baroque Orchestra, and more.

Historical Dance Baroque dance technique, rehearsals for Lully opera Cadmus et Hermione.

Music Teachers: Learn new repertoire, expand your teaching tools, and receive documentation for CEU’s from your school system. Scholarship available.

Week 1: July 8-15Voice, recorder, viol, violin, cello, lute, Renaissance reeds, flute, oboe, bassoon, harpsichord, historical danceSpecial Auditioned Programs (see website)Baroque Academy & OperaAdvanced Recorder Intensive Choral Workshop

Week 2: July 15-22Voice, recorder, viol, Renaissance reeds and brass, flute, harpsichord, frame drum, early notation, New London AssemblySpecial Auditioned Programs (see website)Roman de Fauvel Medieval ProjectEnsemble Singing IntensiveVirtuoso Recorder Seminar

Amherst Early Music Festival 2018

AMHERST EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL FACULTY

All concerts at 7:30 in Evans Hall, unless otherwise noted. Join us for pre-concert madrigals in the courtyard and post-concert receptions.Tuesday, July 10 14th-Century Avant-Garde Les Delices in collaboration with Blue Heron. The 14th century’s unparalleled freedom of thought inspired composers to fearlessly explore rhyth-mic complexity and flirt with the limits of what is possible in performance. Music by Machaut, Senleches, and others explore the relationships between mathematics, science, symbol, and sound. Scott Metcalfe (vielle & gothic harp), Debra Nagy (recorders, douçaines, harp, and voice), and singers Jason McStoots and Martin Near. Thursday, July 12 Amherst Baroque Soloists Dazzling French and Dutch Baroque music with Jason McStoots and Aaron Sheehan, tenors; Julie Andrijeski, violin; Saskia Coolen, recorder; Na’ama Lion, flute; Debra Nagy, oboe; Wouter Verschuren, bassoon; Jaap ter Linden, cello; Paolo Pandolfo and Sarah Cunningham, viol; Heather Miller Lardin, violone; Xavier Diaz-Latorre, lute; Arthur Haas and Peter Sykes, harpsichord. Friday, July 13 at 8:00 p.m. Opera Project: Jean-Baptiste Lully’s Cadmus et Hermione (1673) With this piece Lully and Phillippe Quinault invented a new type of entertainment called the tragedie lyrique. The delightful plot involves high-born lovers, mythical beasts, gods and goddesses, and comic servants. Fully staged, with student singers, dancers, and orchestra. Drew Minter, stage director; Adam Pearl, music director. Saturday, July 14 Student Concerts (in Crozier, free) 11:15 a.m. Choral Workshop (Harkness Chapel); 1:00 p.m. Baroque Academy; 2:30 p.m. Central Program; 4:30 p.m. Baroque Academy Vocal Soloists perform staged Baroque cantatas with instruments, Jason McStoots, director (Evans Hall)

Amherst Early Music Festival ConcertsSaturday, July 14 7:30 Musique du Joye A festive evening with many top international musicians performing a wide range of repertoire. Virtuosic Baroque solos, gorgeous Renaissance consorts of viols, recorders, and loud instruments, Medieval polyphony.Monday, July 16 Final Favorites The Flanders Recorder Quartet performs a program of favorite pieces. Don’t miss this chance to hear them in their last season together! Works by Costanzo Festa, Robert Parsons, Matthew Locke, and J.S. Bach. After the concert they will be awarded the American Recorder Society’s Distinguished Achievement Award. Thursday, July 19 The Wanderer Renowned Medieval specialist Benjamin Bagby performs a riv-eting solo program of works about travel and adventure: an English voyage to the hereafter from Beowulf, Anglo-Saxon elegies from the 10th century, and colorful stories from the life of Oswald von Wolkenstein.Friday, July 20 The Hapsburg Choirbook Belgian sackbut player and conductor Wim Becu leads this large-scale project of works by Franco-Flemish composers Philippe de Monte and Lambert de Sayve who worked for the Hapsburgs in Vienna and Graz. Singers, brass, and reed instruments will gather around large choirbooks to recreate 16th century performance practice.Saturday, July 21 Student Concerts (in Crozier, free) 11:15 am New London Assembly Musicians; 1:00 Roman de Fauvel; 2:30 p.m. Central Program; 4:30 p.m. Ensemble Singing IntensiveSaturday, July 21 7:30 Musique du Joye A festive evening with many top international musicians. Virtuosic Baroque solos, gorgeous Renaissance consorts of viols, recorders, and loud instruments, Medieval polyphony.

MUSIC AND INSTRUMENT EXHIBITIONSaturday, July 14, and Sunday, July 15 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Come try out a variety of instruments, meet instrument makers, and browse through music and books. Free and open to the public. In Crozier 108.

MUSIC AND INSTRUMENT EXHIBITION

Apply on our website, or fill out the application form and mail to:

Amherst Early Music, Inc.Marilyn Boenau – Executive Director, Sally Merriman – AdministratorNathaniel Allen House, 35 Webster St., West Newton, MA 02465 info@amherstearlymusic.org • 781-488-3337

Amherst Early Music Festival 2018

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city, state, zip code

phone: home, work or cell

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Principal instrument or dance: ___________ range: (viol and voice) ________

Second instrument or dance: ____________ range: (viol and voice) ________

Note here if you will be coming solely or primarily to take a particular class or program, or to study with a particular faculty member:

I would like to apply to:

Central Program 1st Week ____ 2nd Week _____ Both Weeks _____

Fees: Read the Tuition & Registration Fee sections before filling this out!

All applications must include minimum tuition deposit.

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$_____ Tuition deposit ($100 per week)

$_____ Tuition for Central Program ($600 full-time/ $390 half-day/ $575 dance)

$_____ Registration fee of $30 (if applicable)

$_____ $40 commuter fee (if not staying at the College)

$_____ Contribution

$_____ TOTAL I would like to apply for work-study aid. _____

Mail to: Amherst Early Music Nathaniel Allen House 35 Webster St. West Newton, MA 02465

Tel: 781-488-3337 Email: info@amherstearlymusic.org

Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut, has dramatic views of Long Island Sound and a 750-acre arboretum. The College has comfortable dorms, a beautiful concert hall, air-conditioned classrooms, and easy parking. The student center has a college store, snack bar, and post office. Beaches, nature preserves, Mystic Seaport, coffeehouses, and bookstores are a short drive away. See www.conncoll.edu.

TRAVEL Connecticut College is 60 miles from Providence, RI, off of I-95 in southeastern Connecticut. Amtrak trains and Greyhound Bus go to downtown New London, just 2 miles from campus. Newark Airport and Boston’s Logan Airport have good connections to Amtrak. The closest airport is Providence, RI (PVD). Van service to the college will leave PVD at 2:00 pm both Sundays and return at 8:00 am the following Sundays; inquire.

TUITION Attend full time both weeks and save $100! Central Program: $600 per week Dance Program: $575 per week Half-day tuition: $390 per week Special Auditioned Program Tuition: $650 per week

SCHOLARSHIPS AND WORK-STUDY Some AEM scholarships are available; see website. Scholarships are also offered by Country Dance and Song Society, Early Music America, American Recorder Society, Historical Keyboard Society of North America, and Viola da Gamba Society.

REGISTRATION FEE $30 Waived before March 31 with deposit or full tuition. Waived before May 1 with full tuition. Registration fee of $30 is required to submit audition materials for Special Programs and is non-refundable.

CANCELLATION POLICY Tuition is fully refundable before June 15, all but $100 before July 1 (July 7 for second week). No refunds on tuition after July 1 (July 7 for second week). Housing is fully refundable.

ROOM AND BOARD Single or double in the air-conditioned dorms is $395 per person per week, with linens. Single or double in the non a/c dorms is $195 per person per week, no linens. Single or double in the non a/c dorms is $230 with linens. All rooms have shared baths. A meal card for the week is $175. Individual meal prices are $5.50 breakfast, $8.50 lunch, and $13.50 dinner. If you will arrive early, stay late, or have a guest, please reserve additional nights on our website.

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