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The Lutheran Summer Music Academy & Festival presents the Baltimore Consort in a guest artist concert.
Cost: Ticket prices are $12 for adults, $10 for students and seniors.
Location: the Center for Faith and Life on the campus of Luther College, Decorah, Iowa.
For more info: call 612-879-9555 or 1-888-635-6583; or e-mail BArneson@LutheranMusicProgram.org.
Monday, July 7, 2003, 6:00 PM.
The Ravinia Festival Bach Marathon II: The Complete Works for Solo Violin, performed by violinist Christian Tetzlaff. The performance will include a dinner break.
Cost: Tickets are $25 to $40, lawn $10.
Location: the Martin Theater, Ravinia Park, 200 Ravinia Park Road, Highland Park, Illinois.
For more info: call 847-266-5100; e-mail tickets@mail.ravinia.org; or visit the Festival website.
Friday, July 11, 2003, 7:30 PM.
The 2003 Indianapolis Early Music Festival presents Capriccio Stravagante performing "Les Voix Humaines," French chamber music of the Baroque period, including works by Marais, Couperin, and Rameau.
Cost: Tickets are $18, or $90 for a Festival ticket.
Location: the Indianapolis Art Center Auditorium, 820 E. 67th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana.
For more info: call 317-251-5190; mail Festival Music Society, 6471 Central Avenue, Indianapolis, 46220; or e-mail merfms@msn.com.
Saturday, July 12, 2003, 7:30 PM.
The Madison Early Music Festival presents Musica Pacifica in concert, "A Family Affair; or the Father, the Son & the Godfather". Pre-concert lecture at 6:30 PM.
Cost: Tickets are $12, $10 for students/seniors. (A Festival Concert Pass for all eight Festival concerts and six pre-concert lectures may be purchased in advance or at the door for $45, $40 for students/seniors.)
Location: the Humanities Building, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music, 455 N. Park Street, Madison, Wisconsin.
For more info: call 608-263-6670; or visit the Festival website.
Sunday, July 13, 2003, 7:00 PM.
The Ravinia Festival presents the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, Conductor, joined by Pekka Kuusisto, violin, performing a traditional rendition of Handel's Water Music Suite. Then Jimmy Bosch's Salsa Dura will join the CSO to perform The Four Seasons ("Four Seasons with a Twist") by Vivaldi/Lederer.
Cost: Tickets are $20, $30, or $40, lawn $10.
Location: the Pavilion, Ravinia Park, 200 Ravinia Park Road, Highland Park, Illinois.
For more info: call 847-266-5100; e-mail tickets@mail.ravinia.org; or visit the Festival website.
Sunday, July 13, 2003, 7:30 PM.
The Madison Early Music Festival presents a concert, the "Organ Music of J.S. Bach". Pre-concert lecture at 6:30 PM.
Cost: Tickets are $12, $10 for students/seniors. (A Festival Concert Pass for all eight Festival concerts and six pre-concert lectures may be purchased in advance or at the door for $45, $40 for students/seniors.)
Location: the Humanities Building, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music, 455 N. Park Street, Madison, Wisconsin.
For more info: call 608-263-6670; or visit the Festival website.
Sunday, July 13, 2003, 7:30 PM.
The 2003 Indianapolis Early Music Festival presents "Louis Louis: A Day in the Life of Louis XIV," music, song, and dance from the time of the Sun King, France's Louis XIV.
Cost: Tickets are $18, or $90 for a Festival ticket.
Location: the Indianapolis Art Center Auditorium, 820 E. 67th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana.
For more info: call 317-251-5190; mail Festival Music Society, 6471 Central Avenue, Indianapolis, 46220; or e-mail merfms@msn.com.
Tuesday, July 15, 2003, 7:30 PM.
The Madison Early Music Festival presents the Newberry Consort in concert, "Bach and His Predecessors". Pre-concert lecture at 6:30 PM.
Cost: Tickets are $12, $10 for students/seniors. (A Festival Concert Pass for all eight Festival concerts and six pre-concert lectures may be purchased in advance or at the door for $45, $40 for students/seniors.)
Location: the Humanities Building, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music, 455 N. Park Street, Madison, Wisconsin.
For more info: call 608-263-6670; or visit the Festival website.
Thursday, July 17, 2003, 7:30 PM.
The Madison Early Music Festival presents the Faculty Concert, "Music from the Collegium Musicum of Leipzig circa 1729". Pre-concert lecture at 6:30 PM.
Cost: Tickets are $12, $10 for students/seniors. (A Festival Concert Pass for all eight Festival concerts and six pre-concert lectures may be purchased in advance or at the door for $45, $40 for students/seniors.)
Location: the Humanities Building, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music, 455 N. Park Street, Madison, Wisconsin.
For more info: call 608-263-6670; or visit the Festival website.
Friday, July 18, 2003, 7:30 PM.
The Madison Early Music Festival presents Piffaro in concert, "Stadtpfeiffer! Music of German Town Bands". Pre-concert lecture at 6:30 PM.
Cost: Tickets are $12, $10 for students/seniors. (A Festival Concert Pass for all eight Festival concerts and six pre-concert lectures may be purchased in advance or at the door for $45, $40 for students/seniors.)
Location: the Humanities Building, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music, 455 N. Park Street, Madison, Wisconsin.
For more info: call 608-263-6670; or visit the Festival website.
Saturday, July 19, 2003, 7:30 PM.
The Madison Early Music Festival presents the All-Festival Concert, "Music of J.S. Bach, J.L. Bach, Kuhnau, Telemann, Selle and Rosenmüller". Pre-concert lecture at 6:30 PM.
Cost: Tickets are $12, $10 for students/seniors. (A Festival Concert Pass for all eight Festival concerts and six pre-concert lectures may be purchased in advance or at the door for $45, $40 for students/seniors.)
Location: the Humanities Building, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music, 455 N. Park Street, Madison, Wisconsin.
For more info: call 608-263-6670; or visit the Festival website.
Wednesday, July 23, 2003, 6:30 PM.
The Grant Park Orchestra, Nicholas Kraemer, Conductor, together with trumpeter David Gordon, will perform a concert, "From the Italian Baroque".
Cost: Free admission.
Location: the Petrillo Music Shell in Grant Park, located at the corner of Jackson Boulevard and Columbus Drive, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-742-4763; e-mail grantparkmusic@mindspring.com; or visit the Grant Park Music Festival website.
Friday, July 25, 2003, 7:30 PM.
The 2003 Indianapolis Early Music Festival presents Musicians of Old Post Road performing "Fandango!", including Boccherini's rousing fandango quintet, Soler's passionate fandango for solo keyboard, along with regional premieres of two Boccherini sextets for flute and strings, and a rarely performed keyboard quintet by Soler.
Cost: Tickets are $18, or $90 for a Festival ticket.
Location: the Indianapolis Art Center Auditorium, 820 E. 67th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana.
For more info: call 317-251-5190; mail Festival Music Society, 6471 Central Avenue, Indianapolis, 46220; or e-mail merfms@msn.com.
Sunday, July 27, 2003, 7:30 PM.
The 2003 Indianapolis Early Music Festival presents the Ivory Consort performing "Music in the Land of Three Faiths," a fascinating mosaic of songs from the Golden Age of Spain, when Jews, Muslims and Christians forged a common musical language.
Cost: Tickets are $18, or $90 for a Festival ticket.
Location: the Indianapolis Art Center Auditorium, 820 E. 67th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana.
For more info: call 317-251-5190; mail Festival Music Society, 6471 Central Avenue, Indianapolis, 46220; or e-mail merfms@msn.com.
Indianapolis Early Music Festival
A production of the Festival Music Society of Indiana, The Indianapolis Early Music Festival takes place every June and July at the Indianapolis Arts Center, Indianapolis, Indiana. In the beginning, the Festival concentrated on the major works of the Baroque era but was later expanded to include that of the Renaissance and Medieval periods. Music played at FMS concerts was generally composed between 900 A.D. and 1800 A.D. Performances have included vocal music, both choral and solo; instrumental music, both ensemble and solo; and dance, court, folk and ballet.
Indianapolis EMF 2003 events are scheduled for June 27, June 29, July 11, July 13, July 25, and July 27.
For more info: call 317-251-5190; mail Festival Music Society, 6471 Central Avenue, Indianapolis, 46220; or e-mail merfms@msn.com.
Bristol Renaissance Faire
Saturdays and Sundays, June 28 thru August 24, 2003, 10 AM to 7 PM.
Spend a day filled with revelry and merriment, the arts, enlightenment, and delightful family fun. Discover the entertainment on 16 open air stages; discover the feasting by sampling delectable treats from 50 food booths; discover the marketplace--over 180 high quality arts and crafts shops.
Location: Bristol, Wisconsin (near the Illinois/Wisconsin border).
Friday thru Sunday, July 25-27, 2003.
The Historic Brass Society Early Brass Festival.
For more info: call 212-627-3820; or e-mail president@historicbrass.org.
Sunday July 27 thru Sunday August 17, 2003.
The Vancouver Early Music Festival, a series of summer early music concerts in conjunction with the Vancouver Early Music Programme & Festival.
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
For more info: write Early Music Vancouver, 1254 West 7th Avenue, Vancouver BC, Canada V6H 1B6; call 604-732-1610; or e-mail staff@earlymusic.bc.ca.
Thursday June 26 thru Thursday July 3, 2003.
The Early Music Week at Pinewoods, sponsored by the Country Dance and Song Society.
Location: Pinewoods Camp, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
For more info: call 413-268-7426; e-mail camp@cdss.org; or write Country Dance and Song Society, 132 Main St/PO Box 338, Haydenville, MA 01039-0338.
Friday June 27 thru Saturday July 5, 2003.
The Western Wind Workshop in Ensemble Singing, Session I.
Location: Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts.
For more info: call 212-873-2848; or write The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble, 263 West 86th Street, New York, NY 10024.
Sunday thru Saturday, July 6-12, 2003.
The Seattle Recorder Society presents the Port Townsend Early Music Workshop. The workshop offers the opportunity for players of recorder, viol, and historical winds to study and play music of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Baroque, and the 20th century.
Location: the Fort Worden State Park Conference Center, Port Townsend, Washington.
For more info: call 206-362-8062; or e-mail annstickney@attbi.com.
Sunday thru Sunday, July 6-13, 2003.
The World Fellowship Center presents its 8th Annual Early Music Week. Focused ensembles for experienced adults; mixed ensembles for 9-14 year-olds who read score; English Country Dancing for all; musical activities for all levels of playing experience (grand band & chorus). Classes for singers, recorder, viol, lute, early wind and early keyboard players (a=440Hz).
Location: Conway, New Hampshire.
For more info: write World Fellowship Center, PO Box 2280, Conway, NH 03818-2280; call 603-447-2280; or e-mail worldf@worldfellowship.org.
Monday, July 7, 2003.
The Lutheran Summer Music Academy & Festival presents the Baltimore Consort in an Academy-wide workshop.
Cost: Ticket prices are $12 for adults, $10 for students and seniors.
Location: the Center for Faith and Life on the campus of Luther College, Decorah, Iowa.
For more info: call 612-879-9555 or 1-888-635-6583; or e-mail BArneson@LutheranMusicProgram.org.
Monday thru Friday, July 7-11, 2003.
Monday thru Friday, July 14-18, 2003.
The University of Michigan Harpsichord Workshops. These workshops are designed for players of all levels of experience with the harpsichord. Lectures, private lessons, and small and large group classes.
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan.
For more info: call 734-665-2217, 734-764-2506, or 734-764-0583; or e-mail eparment@umich.edu.
Wednesday July 9 thru Sunday July 20, 2003.
The Colorado Recorder Academy is an enjoyable, intensive musical experience in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Open to young recorder players, ages 12-18. Along with an excellent faculty and high musical standards for individual and group playing, the CRA offers a variety of stimulating and enriching activities. Distinguished faculty include Scott Reiss and Tina Chancey, both founders and Co-Directors of Hesperus; Linda Lunbeck, founding member of the Diverse Passions early music ensemble; and others.
Cost: The cost is $900 (includes tuition, room and board, and activity fee).
Applications, due April 11, 2003, should include: a teacher letter of recommendation, a recording (cassette or CD) of two contrasting pieces; and $50 application fee payable to the Colorado Recorder Academy. Get the application form here and additional information here.
For more info: mail Linda Lunbeck, 5361 Gunbarrel Circle, Longmont, CO 80503-8603; call 303-530-2144; or e-mail lunbeck@frii.com.
Thursday thru Tuesday, July 10-15, 2003.
The Eastman School of Music presents a workshop Vocal Techniques in Baroque Literature. Sessions are organized in master class and lecture/discussion formats.
Location: Rochester, New York.
For more info: e-mail ced@esm.rochester.edu.
Thursday thru Tuesday, July 10-15, 2003.
The Eastman School of Music presents a workshop Continuo Realization for Keyboardists. Two levels of instruction are combined into one institute. For the beginner course, no prior experience in harpsichord playing is required.
Location: Rochester, New York.
For more info: e-mail ced@esm.rochester.edu.
Saturday thru Saturday, July 12-19, 2003.
The Madison Early Music Festival features three world-renowned guest artist-in-residence ensembles--Musica Pacifica, Newberry Consort, Piffaro--and other artist/teachers offering eight days of workshop classes and a seven-concert series focusing on the music of Bach, his contemporaries, and his immediate predecessors. Besides enjoying the concerts offered by guest artists and faculty, individuals who participate in Workshop Classes will find opportunities to learn and practice instrumental and vocal skills, become familiar with German Baroque performance practice and repertoire, learn about the history of music and art through lectures and demonstrations, and perform with other participants along-side faculty and guest-artists. Coached sessions are available for active performing groups or individuals formed into groups prior to the festival that arrive en masse, or with consorts that are formed at the Workshop.
Location: Madison, Wisconsin.
For more info: call 608-262-2451; or e-mail cbowles@dcs.wisc.edu.
Sunday thru Saturday, July 13-19, 2003.
The San Francisco Early Music Society presents its Medieval/Renaissance Workshop, "Music from England, France, and the Netherlands." Classes for advanced and intermediate players as well as classes in early strings, lute, voice, brass, and reeds.
Location: San Rafael, California.
For more info: call Hanneke van Proosdij, 510-236-9808; e-mail medren@lanset.com.
Friday July 18 thru Sunday July 27, 2003.
The Longy School of Music presents the International Baroque Institute, a comprehensive program for professional and pre-professional singers, dancers, and players of Baroque violin, cello, recorder, traverso, oboe, bassoon, trumpet, viola da gamba, lute and harpsichord. Master classes, ensembles, orchestra sessions, continuo coaching, concerts, lectures and projects, and opportunities for public performances.
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts.
For more info: write Sarah Oehmcke, Director of Continuing Studies and Summer Programs, Longy School of Music, One Follen Street, Cambridge, MA 02138; call 617-876-0956 ext. 523; or e-mail soehmcke@longy.edu.
Sunday thru Saturday, July 20-26, 2003.
The San Francisco Early Music Society presents its Recorder Workshop. For devoted amateurs in a friendly, intimate atmosphere.
Location: San Rafael, California.
For more info: call Frances Feldon, 510-527-9029; e-mail franfel@aol.com.
Sunday thru Saturday, July 20-26, 2003.
The Mideast Workshop offers instruction in basic music skills, early music topics related to the current theme, as well as technique classes (all levels) for many different early instruments and a variety of ensembles ranging from small to large.
Location: La Roche College, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
For more info: call 614-457-1403; or e-mail mcarlson@columbus.rr.com.
Sunday thru Saturday, July 20-26, 2003.
Recorder at the Clearing, a recorder workshop for experienced players.
Location: Ellison Bay, Wisconsin.
For more info: e-mail clearing@theclearing.org.
Monday thru Sunday, July 21-27, 2003.
Canto Antiguo West Coast Early Music & Dance presents an early music and recorder workshop designed to broaden the performance skills of experienced students, and introduce Renaissance and Baroque instruments and musical experiences to beginning and intermediate players.
Location: Chapman University, Orange, California.
For more info: call 909-626-4322 or 800-358-6567.
Friday thru Sunday, July 25-27, 2003.
The Historical Harp Society Annual Workshop & Conference.
Location: Storrs, Connecticut.
For more info: call 630-584-5259; or e-mail BigHarper@aol.com.
Friday July 25 thru Saturday August 2, 2003.
The Western Wind Workshop in Ensemble Singing, Session II.
Location: Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts.
For more info: call 212-873-2848; or write The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble, 263 West 86th Street, New York, NY 10024.
Sunday July 27 thru Saturday August 2, 2003.
The Vancouver Early Music Programme & Festival Early Music Workshop, "To Syngen and to Pleye: Early Music for Singers & Instrumentalists," a one-week workshop for singers and instrumentalists of various levels.
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
For more info: write Early Music Vancouver, 1254 West 7th Avenue, Vancouver BC, Canada V6H 1B6; call 604-732-1610; or e-mail staff@earlymusic.bc.ca.
Sunday July 27 thru Sunday August 3, 2003.
The Viola da Gamba Society of America Conclave, "The Viol is My Delight." Classes, concerts, and seminars. Beginners welcome.
Location: St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota.
Sunday July 27 thru Friday August 8, 2003.
The Vancouver Early Music Programme & Festival Mediaeval Programme, "Heirs of the Troubadours: Courtly Love in the 14th Century," a two-week advanced-level course for singers and instrumentalists.
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
For more info: write Early Music Vancouver, 1254 West 7th Avenue, Vancouver BC, Canada V6H 1B6; call 604-732-1610; or e-mail staff@earlymusic.bc.ca.
Sunday July 27 thru Sunday August 10, 2003.
The Amherst Early Music Festival at Storrs, "Music of Iberia and the Low Countries." Two weeks of classes in Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music and dance at all levels for amateurs and professionals.
Location: the University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut.
For more info: write Amherst Early Music, 50 Hovey Street, Watertown, MA 02472-3355; call 617-744-1324; or e-mail info@amherstearlymusic.org.
Monday thru Friday, July 28 thru August 1, 2003.
The San Francisco Early Music Society presents its Music Discovery Workshop. Arts of the renaissance. Instruction in recorder, harpsichord, singing, dance, and music theory. For youth ages 7-15.
For more info: call Katherine Heater, 408-279-1694; or e-mail kheater@california.com.
Thursday thru Sunday, July 31 thru August 3, 2003.
Ars Musica Chicago in cooperation with DePaul University presents A Gregorian Weekend, a symposium/workshop/concert on Gregorian Chant (and chants from related traditions). The event is open to all who love to sing and chant, regardless of musical background.
Cost: $50 for the entire weekend, $15 for the Sunday concert alone ($12 for students & seniors).
Location: St. Vincent DePaul Church, 1010 W. Webster and DePaul University's Richardson Library, 2350 N. Kenmore, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info: call 312-409-7874; or visit www.ArsMusicaChicago.org.
Sunday, July 20, 2003, 10:00 AM to noon CDT.
The Venere Lute Quartet's new CD, "Sweet Division", will be featured on WFMT's "New Releases" program. (WFMT can be heard at 98.7 FM in the Chicago area and, on cable, at many other places around the country.) The recording includes works by Lassus, Palestrina, Praetorius, Holborne, and others, arranged for four lutes by members of the quartet, which includes Chicago-area lutenist Gail Gillispie.
Saturday, July 12, 2003, 6:30 PM.
Pre-concert lecture for the Musica Pacifica concert, presented by the Madison Early Music Festival.
Location: the Humanities Building, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music, 455 N. Park Street, Madison, Wisconsin.
For more info: call 608-263-6670; or visit the Festival website.
Sunday, July 13, 2003, 6:30 PM.
Pre-concert lecture for the concert, the "Organ Music of J.S. Bach", presented by the Madison Early Music Festival.
Location: the Humanities Building, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music, 455 N. Park Street, Madison, Wisconsin.
For more info: call 608-263-6670; or visit the Festival website.
Tuesday, July 15, 2003, 6:30 PM.
Pre-concert lecture for the Newberry Consort concert, presented by the Madison Early Music Festival.
Location: the Humanities Building, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music, 455 N. Park Street, Madison, Wisconsin.
For more info: call 608-263-6670; or visit the Festival website.
Thursday, July 17, 2003, 6:30 PM.
Pre-concert lecture for the Faculty Concert, presented by the Madison Early Music Festival.
Location: the Humanities Building, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music, 455 N. Park Street, Madison, Wisconsin.
For more info: call 608-263-6670; or visit the Festival website.
Friday, July 18, 2003, 6:30 PM.
Pre-concert lecture for the Piffaro concert, presented by the Madison Early Music Festival.
Location: the Humanities Building, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music, 455 N. Park Street, Madison, Wisconsin.
For more info: call 608-263-6670; or visit the Festival website.
Saturday, July 19, 2003, 6:30 PM.
Pre-concert lecture for the All-Festival Concert, presented by the Madison Early Music Festival.
Location: the Humanities Building, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music, 455 N. Park Street, Madison, Wisconsin.
For more info: call 608-263-6670; or visit the Festival website.
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