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| September 8th 2012 | Special Event |
| Time | 4:30 pm |
| Campus | UM |
| Location | Fine Arts Center, Room 170 |
| Title | Five College Early Music Program Auditions and Information Fall 2012 |
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We invite students, faculty, and community members to audition for one or more ensembles, or to consider learning a historical instrument. The auditions are "painless" experiences. Performances sponsored by the program feature baroque and Renaissance music played on modern and period instruments and sung in historically-informed style. Ensemble credit is available. Come talk to us! Sign up for a specific time at Smith and Mount Holyoke; it will be first-come, first-served elsewhere, and no one will have to wait long. Come see us!
Tuesday September 4: 4:30-6:00 PM Room 170 FAC, University of Massachusetts 6:30–7:30 PM Room 7 Music Center, Amherst College Wednesday September 5: 12:00-1:00 and 2:45-4:00 PM, Room 210 Pratt Hall, Mount Holyoke College 4:30-5:30 PM Music Lounge, Hampshire College Thursday, September 8: 11:00 AM-1:00 PM Room 170 FAC, University of Massachusetts 4:00–5:30 PM Room 103, Sage Hall, Smith College Here is what we offer: The Five College Early Music Collegium: for singers interested in large-scale Renaissance choral works, one-on-a-part ensembles, and/or occassional solos; historical instrumentalists of all sorts. The Collegium singers and wind players rehearse on Tuesday evenings 7-9 at UMass this semester; string players TBA. Great fun! Euridice Ensembles: our umbrella organization for faculty/student chamber groups specializing in 17th and 18th century music. Modern and early string, wind, and keyboard players from all five campuses are invited to participate in these historical performance-oriented bands. Be coached and play or sing alongside recognized professionals! Rehearsals TBA Voces Feminae: our womens' vocal ensemble, a small ensemble of women's voices concerned primarily but not entirely with Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque repertory. Rehearsals Wednesday evenings 7-9 Loud Band: trombonists and double reed players who would like to make the pretty easy transition to Renaissance versions are more than welcome! Rehearsals Tuesdays 6:30 – 8:00. Medieval Ensemble: new, exciting and popular, a chance to experience harps, citoles, organetto, fiddles and/or sing the powerful music of the middle ages. Gregorian Chant Choir (rehearsals TBA) 17th Century Song Seminar for singers and keyboard (rehearsals tba) Viol and Recorder consorts, and Group Lessons in Lute, Renaissance Winds, and Viol!(rehearsals TBA) For more information about Early Music and auditions: Contact Robert Eisenstein, Director of Early Music: reisenst@music.umass.edu 413.538.2079 |
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