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For a complete listing of festivals and workshops, check the Early Music America website at http://earlymusic.org/events.
June, 2013
9-16 June, 2013: The Boston Early Music Festival
Boston, MA. Official web site. The VdGSA will be hosting several events and offering scholarships to a gamba master class with Philippe Pierlot. More information here.
July, 2013
6-12 July, 2013: Madison Early Music Festival (MEMF)
Madison, Wisconsin. Now in our 14th season, Madison Early Music Festival is a week of concerts, workshops and special events. The theme of the 2013 Festival is "A Festive Celebration of the German Renaissance" featuring the following ensembles: Calmus Ensemble Leipzig, Dark Horse Consort, Parthenia - A Consort of Viols, Piffaro, The Renaissance Band For more information, see their website at madisonearlymusic.org.
21-28 July, 2013: VdGSA Conclave
Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR. For more information, see the announcement on this site.
August, 2013
5-10 August, 2013: 17th INTERNATIONAL COURSE - EARLY MUSIC & DANCE IN THE GOUTELAS CASTLE
LOIRE-FOREZ, 42130 MARCOUX, FRANCE. Music & dance in XVIIth century. Disciplines : lute, viola da gamba, voice, baroque dance. Violins, traversos & other instruments are welcomed. Teachers : Sylvia ABRAMOWICZ & Jonathan DUNFORD: viola da gamba, Eugène FERRÉ: lute, Monique ZANETTI: voice, Cecilia GRACIO MOURA: baroque dance. This course is open to music students, amateurs with good sight reading abilities and also to baroque or classical musicians willing to deepen their knowledge of all forms of baroque dance. Pedagogical fee: lute, viola da gamba, voice: less than 26 years old : 200€ /+ 26 : 250€. Dance or ensemble music only: less than 26 years old : 170€ /+ 26 : 200€. Full boarding in Goutelas castle: double room : 325€ / single : 400€. Contact : Association A 2 Violes Esgales, 25 rue de Cotte 75012 PARIS. ph: (33) 01 43 415 415 fax : (33) 06 63 42 90 22 Site : http://www.a2violes.com/new/html/pages/stages/Stage%20de%20Goutelas%202013.pdf. Click here for email address.
http://www.a2violes.com/new/html/pages/stages/Stage%20de%20Goutelas%202013.pdf
17-24 August, 2013: Irish Recorder and Viol Course
An Grianán, Termonfechin, Ireland. Now in its 42nd year, the Irish Recorder and Viol course is designed for players of recorders, viols and other early instruments, and covers a wide repertoire from the 15th to the 21st centuries. Held in An Grianán (a residential college and conference centre just 35 miles north of Dublin and close to the many antiquities and sights of the historic Boyne Valley) sessions include one-to-a-part groups, lectures, technique classes, consort songs, trio sonatas, choir, large and small ensembles. Tutors: Ibi Aziz, Marion Doherty, Pamela Flanagan, Emma Murphy, Marion Scott, Philip Thorby.
For more information and an application form contact Mrs Patricia Flanagan at info@irishrecorderandviolcourse.org. (tel. 00 353 (0) 1 8337869) or visit the Irish Recorder and Viol Course website at www.irishrecorderandviolcourse.org.