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 Performance Workshop, specifically for modern instrument performers hosted by First Presbyterian Church, August 24th–26th.
The 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 instrument
Working closely with Baroque Music Montana faculty, participants will use these elements to inspire fresh, invigorated, and uniquely personal performances! This year’s workshop will feature a special faculty performa
nce on Saturday, August 25th. Faculty includes Carrie Krause (violin), Adriane Post (violin), Paul Dwyer (cello), John Lenti (lute, guitar), Nate Helgeson (bassoon), and Benedict Williams (harpsichord).
The workshop is open to students, amateur, and professional players of string, wind, and keyboard instruments, as well as guitar or lute with at least four years playing experience and adequate reading skills. Must be 14 or older. Limited to 50 participants. Cost is $175. Registration deadline is May 31st. For further workshop details and to register, visit www.bozemansymphony.org. Contact info@bozemansymphony.org or call (406) 585-9774 with additional questions.
