BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_YorkBEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:241@earlymusicamerica.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241207T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241208T163000 DTSTAMP:20241120T143304Z URL:https://www.earlymusicamerica.org/events/aem-online/ SUMMARY:AEM ONLINE DESCRIPTION:The Breath of Winter with Jennifer Carpenter\, recorder\nDecemb er 7\, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. ET\n“The breath of winter holds a hushed enchant ment\, a captivating stillness.” Scenes of winter and holiday revelry ca ptivated many Renaissance poets and composers\, including Lassus\, Weelkes \, Campion\, and others. We’ll focus on how we use our breath as both an intimate connection to the instrument and to the character of the poetry expressed through music. Open to: recorder players\, intermediate and up\, viols also invited! Pitch: A=440Hz\nPercussion in Medieval\, Renaissance\ , and Traditional Music with Peter Maund\, percussion Part II\nDecember 7\ , 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. ET\nWe know that a wide variety of percussion instrumen ts were used in medieval and renaissance music\, e.g.\, drums of all shape s and sizes\, bells\, cymbals\, rattles\, etc.  We don't know what the mu sicians actually played on these instruments. In this class we'll explore how to add percussion to medieval and renaissance European music.  We wil l examine different approaches and styles in playing monophonic vs. polyph onic music and how percussion can enliven (or\, uh\, deaden) a piece. Part icipants may play percussion\, a melody instrument\, switch from one to th e other or just listen!  Those who don't own a drum can use any handy per cussion instrument you have at home\, such as a pot\, pan\, cardboard box or wastebasket (preferably empty). Tuning for this class is A=440. This cl ass builds and expands on the concepts presented in my previous AEM classe s on "Percussion in Medieval and Renaissance Music”\, presented in early 2023\, and November 2024. Those classes however\, are not a prerequisite. Everyone is welcome. Open to: all. Pitch: A=440 Hz.\nComposer as Artisan: Baroque Composition and Modeling for Early Musicians\, with Nicola Canzan o\, keyboards and composition\nDecember 8\, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. ET\nHow on ea rth did Handel write an opera in two weeks? How was it possible for Bach t o produce a cantata every week? For that matter\, did Telemann ever sleep or eat? These composers wouldn’t have been able to complete works of suc h high quality so quickly by broodingly awaiting inspiration for the right notes — they had to use their craft! In this class\, a simple method to understand the grammar and available “ingredients” of baroque reperto ire will be presented. We will try to understand the basic logic by which a phrase is constructed\, and then we will then use this to model our own compositions after pieces in the repertoire. An overview of a curriculum f or further study will also be given. Open to: all interested musicians and composers.\nNowell Sing We: Songs for the Season\, Songs for the Solstice \, with Emily Eagen\, voice\nDecember 8\, 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. ET\nAs the days grow darker\, come sing songs to warm the spirit! We'll look at a wide ra nge of medieval\, renaissance\, and early baroque songs that evoke the sac red and secular celebrations of the season and capture the beauty and myst ery of wintertime. Repertoire will be drawn from medieval English carols\, broadside ballads\, Spanish villancicos\, French and German carols\, and more! With an emphasis on repertoire that you can get up and running right away\, we'll fold in vocal technique tips to help you make the songs real ly sing\, and discuss ideas for how to perform these songs both as solo an d ensemble music. These are wonderful melodies to play as well as sing\, a nd all singers and instrumentalists are welcome! Open to: all singers\, in strumentalists also welcome. Pitch: A=440 Hz.\n \;\nJoin AEM ONLINE fo r new classes in each month! There is no need to create an AEM account\, r egister for any number of sessions - classes are $30 each. Music for the c lasses is posted in advance. Recordings of the class are available to part icipants for 7 days. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.earlymusicamerica.org/wp-content/upl oads/2024/11/6.jpg CATEGORIES:Concerts LOCATION:https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/online/december-7-8-classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR