Events & Workshops
(updated quarterly)
For a complete listing of festivals and workshops, check the Early Music
America website at
http://earlymusic.org/resources/events.
May 23 - 25, 2008:
Purcell's Muse. VdGS Third Coast Memorial Day Workshop
Music Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Faculty: Wendy Gillespie, Mary Springfels,
Craig Trompeter and Brent Wissick. Contact Russell Wagner,
email:
russell@chicagocelloworks.com;
web site:
http://www.vdgsa.org/3rdCoast.
June 15 - 21, 2008:
San Francisco Early Music Society. Baroque Music & Dance Workshop
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA. Viol: David Morris. Contact: Phoebe Craig; 510-684-5177;
Email:
phebec@aol.com;
web site:
http://www.sfems.org.
June 22 - 28, 2008:
San Francisco Early Music Society. Renaissance Workshop
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA. Faculty: Rebekah Ahrendt, John Dornenburg,
Margriet Tindemans. Contact: 510-528-1725;
Email:
sfems@sfems.org;
web site:
http://www.sfems.org.
June 22 - 29, 2008:
"Quel Grand Plaisir!" French music from 1100-1750
13th Annual Early Music and Dance Summer Workshop. World Fellowship Center, Conway, NH.
Co-directed by Jane Hershey and Larry Wallach. Contact: 603-899-5036;
Email:
larry@simons-rock.edu or
worldf@worldfellowship.org.
June 26 - July 3, 2008:
Pinewoods Early Music Week
Plymouth, MA. Viols: Sarah Mead, Larry Lipkis, Ros Morley. Contact: Steve Howe 413-268-7426;
Email:
camp@cdss.org;
web site:
http://www.cdss.org/camp.
June 29 - July 6, 2008:
Advanced Viola da Gamba Workshop
Canadian Amateur Musicians/Musiciens Amateurs du Canada. CAMMAC Centre (north of Montreal).
Faculty: Margaret Little, Betsy MacMillan & Elin Söderström. Contact: Margaret Little,
Email:
mlittle@vl.videotron.ca
July 6 - 12, 2008:
Pacific Northwest Viols Summer Workshop
University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA. Faculty: Margriet Tindemans, Jack Ashworth,
Lee Inman, Larry Lipnik, Mary Springfels, and Craig Trompeter.
Contact: Cathy Palmer at
Email:
pnv08workshop@gmail.com
July 12 - 19, 2008:
Madison Early Music Festival
"Handel's Journey: From Germany to England via Italy." Madison, Wisconsin.
Viols: David Morris and David Douglass. Contact Chelcy Bowles: 608-265-5629;
Email:
cbowles@dcs.wisc.edu
July 14 - 20, 2008:
13th annual Summer School in the Goutelas Castle
(Beaujolais, France). French Music from the time of Henry IV to Louis XIV.
Viols: Sylvia Abramowicz & Jonathan Dunford. Sign up (in French).
Contact:
Email:
dunford@a2violes.com if
you have problems with the French forms.
Web site:
http://www.a2violes.com/goutelas/Goutelas8.html.
July 24 - July 30, 2008:
Ringve International Summer Course in Early Music and Dance
Trondheim, Norway. Viol: Wieland Kuijken. Contact: Tore Aaen Aune +47-4040-4584;
Email:
toreaune@online.no;
web site:
http://www.ringvecourse.no.
July 28 - August 8, 2008:
Vancouver Early Music Baroque Instrumental Programme
The Apotheosis of the French Baroque. Viol: Jaap ter Linden. Designed for advanced level
participants. Contact: 604-732-1610
Email:
workshop@earlymusic.bc.ca;
web site:
http://www.earlymusic.bc.ca.
August 7 - 17, 2008:
Baroque in 415Hz: Purcell's Dioclesian & Small Ensembles
Bechyne, Czech Republic. Presented by La Pellegrina. Contact: +31 619 224 758
Email:
info@pellegrina.net;
web site:
http://pellegrina.nl.
August 10 - 16, 2008:
Viols West
San Luis Obispo, CA. Faculty: M. Bishop, T. Chancey, J. Dornenburg, W. Gillespie,
J. Jeffrey, L. Lipnik, S. Mead, R. Morley, D. Morris, B. Wissick.
Contact Alice Renken, email:
arenken@sandwich.net
August 23 - 26, 2008:
International Masterclass
in Portogruaro, (near Venice) Italy. Fondazione Musicale Santa Cecilia.Viol: Vittorio Ghielmi.
Inclusive festival dates are 16 August to 3 September. Viol masterclass is 23-26 August.
Contact: Fabio Fiorellini Bernardis; tel. 0421 270069; fax 0421 273878; cell +39 349 1862846;
Email:
fabio.fiorellini@fmsantacecilia.it;
web site:
http://www.fmsantacecilia.it.