Events & Workshops

(updated quarterly)

For a complete listing of festivals and workshops, check the Early Music America website at http://earlymusic.org/resources/events.

April 3 - 6, 2008: SABO (Seattle Academy of Baroque Opera) Workshop
For singers and continuo players. Viol: Margriet Tindemans.
Email: info@seattleacademyofbaroqueopera.org;
Web site: http://www.seattleacademyofbaroqueopera.org

April 19 - 27, 2008: 8th International Baroque Academy: Brilliantly Baroque 2008
Thoiry, France. Viol: José Vazquez, Lucia Krommer. For complete program, fees and registration go to http://www.festesdethalie.org/ORPHEON/orpheon_2008/08baroc_e.html.

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.

May 23 - 26, 2008: Amherst Early Music Memorial Day Weekend Workshop
Orangeburg, NY. Contact: 617-744-1324;
Email: info@amherstearlymusic.org; web site: http://www.amherstearlymusic.org.

May 25 - 31, 2008: 10th Annual Summer Texas Toot
Denton, TX. Contact: Daniel Johnson; 512-371-0099;
Email: info@toot.org; web site: http://www.toot.org.

June 2 - 8, 2008: Berkeley Festival & Exhibition
Berkeley, CA. Contact: 510- 642-3499; web site: http://www.bfx.berkeley.edu.

June 8 - 13, 2008: Adult Early Music Workshop
Interlochen, MI. Contact: Kristin Hills; 231-276-7387
Email: hillskc@interlochen.org; web site: http://www.interlochen.org.

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 15 - 29, 2008: Baroque Performance Institute, "Music in Paris 1632-1764"
Oberlin, OH. Faculty: Catharina Meints, Kenneth Slowik, Mary Anne Ballard. Contact Anna Hoffmann; 440-775-8044;
Email: ocbpi@oberlin.edu; web site: http://www.oberlin.edu/con/summer/bpi.

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 5, 2008: Mountain Collegium
Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC. Viols: Martha Bishop, Lisle Kulbach, Holly Maurer, Gail Ann Schroeder, Ann Stierli. Contact: Pat Peterson 919-683-9672;
Email: patpetersen@earthlink.net; web site: http://www.MountainCollegium.org.

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 6 - 20, 2008: Amherst Early Music Festival
New London, CT. Music of Germany. Contact:
Email: info@amherstearlymusic.org; web site: http://www.amherstearlymusic.org.

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 20 - 26, 2008: Mideast Workshop
Pittsburgh, PA. Viols: Judith Davidoff, Mary Johnson. Contact: Marilyn Carlson 614-754-7233;
Email: mcarlson@columbus.rr.com; web site: http://www.mideastearlymusic.addr.com.

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 27- August 4, 2008: VdGSA Conclave
Franklin Pierce College, Rindge, NH. web site: http://vdgsa.org/pgs/conclave.html.

July 27 - August 3, 2008: Cambridge Early Music Summer Schools
English Baroque: Blow and Purcell. Cambridge, UK. Contact: +44-01-1223-847330
Email: info@cambridgeearlymusic.org; web site: http://www.cambridgeearlymusic.org.

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 3 - 10, 2008: Cambridge Early Music Summer Schools
Renaissance Music: The Triumphs of Maximillian. Cambridge, UK. Contact: +44-01-1223-847330
Email: info@cambridgeearlymusic.org; web site: http://www.cambridgeearlymusic.org.

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 21 - 31, 2008: Accademia d'Amore
Seattle, WA. For advanced singers and continuo players. Viol: Margriet Tindemans. Contact: Seattle Academy of Baroque Opera 206-913-2073
Email: info@seattleacademyofbaroqueopera.org; web site: http://www.seattleacademyofbaroqueopera.org.

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.