CANTO: Boot Camp for Singers
In March 2020, New York City vocal coaches Rachelle Jonck and Derrick Goff, suddenly out of work, created a Facebook group for singers to practice together: Bel Canto Boot Camp.
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For Lawes’ ‘Harp Consort,’ No Right Answers
You’re set to play William Lawes’ ‘Harp Consorts’ with three friends. But first answer the big question: which harp are you going to use? The decision touches on cultural politics and fraught matters of historical performance.
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Rayner Taylor and the ‘Immigrant School’ of the Early Republic
Rayner Taylor, by his training and contacts, brought to the cultural landscape of the nascent United States the highest levels of musical education and stylistic perspective. Taylor composed chamber music that catered to the growing musical marketplace (sonatas, popular arrangements, songs) and also larger-scale symphonic works.
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CD Review: You’ve Got Mail—a Forgotten Violinist Gets Her Due
She’s remembered for a letter the great Tartini sent her, a key document on 18th c. violin technique. But Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen was herself an inventive composer, and this is the first historical performance CD of her engaging Violin Duets Op. 5.
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A Happy Return at Viola da Gamba Society’s Conclave 2022
After two pandemic years, the Viola da Gamba Society of America returned to an in-person Conclave, and almost 200 viol enthusiasts attended. One satisfied gambist filed an one-the-scene report.
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