Baroque Performance Institute
June 17 to July 1, 2012
JUNE 17 - JULY 1, 2012
"circa 1700@oberlin.edu/France"
featuring large-scale works of Marais and Rameau
This year marks the 40th anniversary and the 41st year of the Baroque Performance Institute at Oberlin, America's premiere summer workshop for baroque instruments and voice.
The internationally renowned faculty, headed by the members of the Oberlin Baroque Ensemble, Michael Lynn, Marilyn McDonald, Catharina Meints, and Webb Wiggins, will again lead daily masterclasses and ensemble coachings. Faculty and student concerts promise to offer memorable listening and music-making experiences, lectures, and informal open discussions to stimulate the intellect. The ever-popular baroque dance classes provide excellent physical exercise as well as a kinetic appreciation for the rhythms that underlie so much music of the baroque era.
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE
FACULTY CONCERTS: A concert of intimate French chamber works (Friday 22 June), and a festive large-scale program oon Friday 29 June, featuring selections from Marin Marais's opera Alcyone and Jean-Philippe Rameau's Les Indes galantes. For this program, the faculty orchestra core will be augmented by advanced students, and there will be the opportunity for singers and instrumentalists alike to participate in the chorus.
FACULTY FRINGE CONCERTS will present masterful interpretations of important and representative solo and small ensemble pieces.
TWO STUDENT CONCERTS (23 June and 30 June) will showcase the work of the faculty-coached ensembles that constitute the main components of each afternoon's schedule. Repertoire is wide-ranging, and need not be restricted to French works.
DAILY MASTERCLASSES for all instruments; natural ensembles that constitute the main component of each afternoon' schedule. Repertoire is wide-ranging, and need not be restricted to French works.
SPECIAL KEYBOARD CONTINUO CLASSES to help players of all ages improve their figured bass realization skills.
DAILY BAROQUE DANCE CLASSES help "get the kinks out" and stimulate deep-body understanding of the rhythms that underpin so much baroque music.
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS - please see registration page for more information.
STUDENT ORCHESTRA, led by BPI faculty members, offers all comers the opportunity to participate in a large-scale ensemble under the leadership of some of the finest baroque teachers in the country.
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