Join us for the TRS

Early Music Workshop
Terpsichore’s Holiday
Saturday, April 12, 2008

with special guests
Rainer Beckmann (Philadephia), Carol Marsh (Greensboro), Ann Stierli (Knoxville), Tom Zajac (Boston)
and your friendly facilitators
Patricia Petersen & Kathy Schenley

Spend a delightful spring Saturday in the country with expert teachers from near and far. We are delighted with this year’s team of terrific teachers, who will titillate us with tastes of dance music from medieval to modern, from Brazil to Croatia, from simple to elaborate. This workshop is intended for low intermediate to advanced recorder players. Singers and viol players are welcome in several classes, as noted below. Join us for the workshop at ...
Carolina Friends School, 4809 Friends School Road (off Mt. Sinai Road), Durham, NC.
Maps are available on the Carolina Friends School website, <www.cfsnc.org>, or by request.

Schedule:
9:00- 9:15 Registration and coffee 12:30-1:30 Lunch (see below; drinks provided)
9:15-10:45 Recorder consort, technique 1:30-2:45 Specialty & repertory classes (see below)
10:45-11:15 Coffee break 3:00-4:15 Specialty & repertory classes (see below)
11:15-12:30 Specialty & repertory classes (see below) 4:25-5:00 Large group playing

Program:

9:15 AM:
Recorder consorts: for all; we divide you by skill level.
Getting into the Groove: a complete technical makeover featuring simple exercises to improve the overall quality of your playing. (Ever thought about how recorder technique is related to flamenco dancing?) For the self-taught or novice player and for those who’d like to hear the German/Dutch/Brazilian take on technique.
Styling the Baroque Dance: allemande, courante, gavotte, minuet—what information do all those names give you about how to play the music? For hi int. to adv. recs with some knowledge of baroque style; continuo players welcome.

11:15 AM:
Bransles & Beyond: dances from Arbeau’s Orchesographie (1588). We will play & dance. Recs & strings, lo int. & up.
Renaissance Band: delightful Slavic dance music from 16th- & 17th-c. Poland. As no 4-pt dances survive from Polish sources, these are reconstituted from organ, harpsichord, & lute tablatures. Open to any and all, loud & soft instruments, int. & up.
Galliards with Schlag: rich ensemble music by Giovanni Maria Trabaci. Recs & strings, int. & up.
Holborne Holiday: a sight-reading marathon of this popular composer’s wonderful dance music. Recorders only, hi int. & up.
Variations on Drmes (by Martha Bishop): pronounced “DRR-mesh,” this popular folk dance, a so-called “shaking dance” from central Croatia, is multi-meter, rhythmically challenging, and great fun! Hi int.-adv., recorders only.

1:30 PM:
13th Century Dances: Medieval monophony with a flair. All insts including percussion, lo intermediate & up.
Improve your Improv: First steps, tricks, & techniques in improvising around dance tunes. Int. to advanced, recs & strings.
La Belle Danse: learn the basic step vocabulary of French Baroque dance, which dominated European stages and ballrooms from the 1680s until the French revolution. For all who can walk.
English Pavans: early 17th century, simple to complex. Extra large recorders welcome. Int. & up, recs & strings.
16th Century Hit Parade: Renaissance publishers sought to market their dance collections by including settings of popular chansons by the day's leading composers. We’ll play these songs & their dance versions side by side. Int. & up, recs, strings, voices.
Viva Brasil! Delve into Brazil’s fascinating wealth of rhythms and play lundu, forró, and bossa nova. Advanced, recs only.

3:00 PM:
From Vienna to New York, from waltz to swing, from Kreisler to Goodman. Recs only, low int. & up.
Ballets of Thomas Morley: explore the art of “singing” instrumental music thru these charming vocal pieces intended for insts & singers alike. Lo int. & up, recs, strings.
Pearls by Purcell: beautiful settings of tunes from his theater music, many used for English country dances. Int. & up, recs & strings.
La Spagna: From Anon. to Josquin, many composers wove intricate polyphony around this popular basse danse tune tenor. Advanced, recs only.
Eastern European Dance Hall: Dance Suites from Hungary, Croatia, Turkey, Czech Republic and others from the 16th-21st centuries. Advanced, recorders only.

4:25 PM:
Large group: farewell session for everyone.

Related Links:

*Class Descriptions (coming soon for 2008) *

Determining Your Playing Level

Workshop Flyer/ Registration Form

Registration and other information

•Lunch: There is not time to go off campus; please bring your own, or order a catered lunch (sandwich assortment, potato salad, cookie), for $8. We will provide beverages. Lunch orders must be placed by April 7.
•Fees: TRS members, $70; others, $80. AM only, members $35; others $40. A discount of $10 on full-time enrollment for applications received by March 24. Box lunch, $8. Fees refundable til April 1. For part-time enrollment, financial aid, or student work-study rates, call Pat at (919) 683-9672 (but not between March 11 and March 25) or e-mail at any time.
•Marketplace/Flea Market: Bring instruments and music that you would like to sell. Faculty CD's may be available!
•Accommodations: We will arrange local hospitality as available, or send info on local motel accommodations.
•Information: Pat Petersen, (919) 683-9672, patpetersen@earthlink.net, or Kathy Schenley, (919) 918-4159, katsch22@bellsouth.net
•Emergency phone, day of workshop only: (919) 614-1272 (Kathy's cell), (919) 452-7366 (Pat’s cell).
•Registration: return the form below with your check (made out to Triangle Recorder Society) to Pat Petersen, 1702 Vista St., Durham, NC 27701. Two people may apply on the same form, but please use different colors of ink for your class choices!
•Apply early, as this workshop often fills up! and PLEASE give 2nd choices!!! Your registration will be confirmed by e-mail by Apr. 2 (or whenever after that we receive your application) unless you request otherwise.

***Click here for the registration form.***
$10 discount for registrations received by March 24 !!

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