Sunday March 18 2012, 12-3 pm
Staller Center for the Arts on Stony Brook's main campus (off of Nicolls Rd)
Stony Brook University's Music Department blasts back in time for its third annual Early Music Day. An open-house atmosphere will allow attendees to explore every aspect of music from the Baroque, Renaissance and even Medieval periods. Included are abundant demonstrations on early instruments and music performances.
FREE Admission. All ages. Come and go as you please. Performances and Demonstrations by the Stony Brook Baroque Ensemble, graduate music majors, and guest artists. Bring your sheet music if you are a musician.
Period Instrument Demos on:
Keyboards: harpsichord, fortepiano, virginal, portative organ, clavichord, organ
Strings: violin, viola, cello, viola da gamba, violone, harp, guitar
Percussion: timpani, tenor drum, tambourine
Brass: horn, cornet, trumpet
Woodwinds: oboe, bassoon, flute traverso
Featured Presenters:
The Gregorian Chant Group at Stony Brook
Harpsichord Builder Allan Winkler
Followed by a "Baroque Sundays at 3" concert:
Sang Joon Park – One of the greatest Baroque flautists of his generation, and past winner of the Samuel Baron Award brings his new group, Aula Harmoniae to the Staller Center (Professor Arthur Haas, harpsichord; Martha McGaughey, gamba). Featured will be French Baroque masterpieces and newly discovered Spanish flute repertoire.
For more information, please email Bethany.Cencer@stonybrook.edu
Early Music Day 2012
Sunday, March 18, 12-3 PM
Schedule of Events
Please note: you are free to come and go to events as you please. Explore the different instruments!
(* indicates opportunity for visitors to touch and play instruments.)
Second Floor
Lobby Ensemble Music
Stony Brook Baroque Ensemble Members and Robert Warner, harpsichord
2309 Baroque Violin
Hyewon Kim
2310 Baroque Bass String Instruments: Cello, Viola da Gamba, Violone
Josh Schwalbach, Peeter Coco, Mohit Mansukhani
2313 Baroque Woodwinds: Oboe, Bassoon, Flute (flute 2-3 pm only)
Glenda Bates, Jessica Kunttu, Laurie Baefsky
2314 Lecture/Demonstration on French dances (1:30-3 pm, presentations every half hour)
Caren Abramoff
2315 *Introduction to Harpsichord Building
Allan Winkler
2318 Renaissance Harp (1-3 pm, presentations every half hour)
Rachel Brandewein
2319 *Harpsichord Lessons
Anna Parkitna
2322 Harpsichord Recital (12:45-2:45 pm, please enter/exit quietly)
Students of Arthur Haas
2338 *Brass and Organ: Natural Horn, Cornetto, Valveless Trumpet, Portative Organ
Amanda Tabor, Luke Balslov, Stephen Gamboa
2343 *Fortepiano and Virginal (12:30-3 pm)
Joyce Chen
Third Floor
3317 Stony Brook Chant Group (performances begin at 1 & 2)
Michael Richardson, David Blake, Jacek Blaszkiewicz, Christopher Reames, J.J. Hudson
3319 *Clavichord
Jeff Schaufeld
3331 *Baroque Percussion: timpani, side drum, tambourine
Megan Bednarz
3352 Baroque Guitar
Barkley Heuser
Thank you to the following individuals for assisting with this event:
Michael Hershkowitz, Director of Concerts and Community Education
Paul Newland and the Staller Center for the Arts
Dr. Judith Lochhead, Chair of the Stony Brook Music Department
Anna Reguero for publicity assistance
Andrea Paldy, writer for The Village Times Herald
All of the participants for volunteering their time and talents
Harpsichord movers and tuners
Harpsichordists:
Bethany Cencer
Joyce Chen
Stephen Gamboa
Laurence Vesyoly
Robert Warner
Greeters:
Natalie Kress
Laurence Vesyoly
Bill Wolf
***Events are ongoing unless specified otherwise. Note that the Gregorian chant group will sing from 1-1:30 and 2-2:30 only.
Link to Allan Winkler's homepage: http://www.mindspring.com/~