The Renaissance Band Brings Back the World of Don Quixote By Anne Schuster Hunter The 400th anniversary of the death of Miguel de Cervantes gives us the chance to marvel once again at his most amazing creation: Don Quixote, four centuries old and going strong for every one of them. Since its first appearance in 1605 (Part I) […]
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The album centers on the lute as both an heir to tradition and a living, breathing instrument. It features Ronn McFarlane (lute), Brian Kay (vocals and komuz, a fretless stringed instrument), Willard Morris (colascione, a relative of the bass lute), and Mattias Rucht (percussion).
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Resources to help you make Early Music Month a success. We continue to add to this toolkit, so please check back for more as EMM approaches. If you have suggestions for materials, contact EMA! Ideas for Early Music Month There are many ways to celebrate Early Music Month, below you will find just a few
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EMA’s monthly featured member profile. Pedro Funes is currently the Assistant Orchestra Director at Oak Ridge High School in Conroe, Texas. He graduated from the University of Houston where he majored in Double Bass performance under Dennis Whittaker. He was the Head Orchestra director at Park View Intermediate School for 3 years. In addition, he received his Master’s Degree in Early Music at Indiana
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Summary For over 30 years, Early Music America (EMA) has served as the service organization for the field of early music in North America. EMA fosters the performance, scholarship and community of early music through grants, awards, competitions, and festivals. Founded in 1985, EMA provides its over 2,000 members with publications, resources, advocacy, networking and
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The festival will mark its 50th-anniversary season with a host of enticing programs. “If music be the food of love, play on,” begins the most famous opening speech in Shakespeare. The line also supplies the title for the concert that will launch the 50th-anniversary season of Indianapolis Early Music’s Early Music Festival. The opening event
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Contributed by Benjamin K Roe It was no easy task to compose seven adagios lasting ten minutes each, and to succeed one another without fatiguing the listeners; indeed, I found it quite impossible to confine myself to the appointed limits. – Franz Joseph Haydn Next to the Christmas holidays, there is no other time of
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Article contributed by Benjamin K. Roe Yes, ‘tis the season for shamrocks, leprechauns, and a bender or two. A good time to check in on a new program just launched by the long-running West Coast baroque ensemble Musica Pacifica – a group that plays, in the words of critic Schwartz, “with both liveliness and a
