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The University of Oregon’s Oregon Bach Festival is happy to present the ninth annual Musicking Conference, “Musicking: Culturally Informed Performance Practices,” to be held in person in Eugene, OR on Tuesday, April 9 through Friday, April 12, 2024. The 2024 conference will bring together research, education, and performance by considering scholarship and performance practice studies

The Folger Institute at the Folger Shakespeare Library offers long-term fellowships for scholarly research and short-term fellowships for both scholarly and artistic research. For the 2024-25 year, applicants may request virtual, onsite, or hybrid residencies! Learn more and apply at https://www.folger.edu/research/the-folger-institute/fellowships/

As its name suggests, Byrd’s 1589 volume of songs titled Songs of Sundrie Natures varies widely in scoring, style, and mood. Byrd’s preface says that he is “desirous to delight thee with varietie, whereof (in my opinion) no Science is more plentifully adorned then Musicke,” and he offers the book as a musical compilation “to