Viola da Gamba Society - New England

Viola da Gamba Society - New England Fall Workshop 2009
"Wellesley - Bridging the Centuries: Music for Voices and Viols"

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"Wellesley - Bridging the Centuries: Music for Voices and Viols" Fall 2009
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Viola da Gamba Society—New England
Fall Workshop 2009

Wellesley
Bridging the Centuries
Music for Voices and Viols

Jewett Arts Center
Wellesley College, Wellesley MA
Saturday, September 19, 2009

Registration deadline: August 29, 2009

Music Directors:
Laura Jeppesen &Wendy Gillespie
Coordinator: Sybil Kevy

More than thirty years ago, in 1976, the first workshop of the Viola da Gamba Society of New England was held on the beautiful campus of Wellesley College. On September 19, 2009, Wellesley will again be the host of another day long workshop, for which the theme will be music for voices and viols through the centuries. Coaches will come from the Boston area and beyond.

Mary Ann Ballard will lead a beginners’ class. Pre-formed consorts are welcome as always.

Special Note!!!: Our fall workshop is part of "A Weekend of Early Music at Wellesley College", featuring workshops sponsored by Amherst Early Music & The Viola Da Gamba Society of New England, and a capstone concert "Celebrating The Viola da Gamba at Wellesley College - Honoring Professor Emeritus Owen Jander", Professor Emeritus of Wellesley College and mentor to many musicians during his years there. On Sunday, September 20 at the Tishman Commons building,7:00 p.m.,there will be a concert, free and open to the public, entitled “Wellesley Women Bridging the Centuries” with music by composers from the fifteenth century to the present; a reception will follow. Performers will include Mary Ann Ballard, Ruth Cunningham, Wendy Gillespie, Tracy Hoover, Lynn Tetenbaum, and others, and former and current viol teachers Adrienne Hartzell and Laura Jeppesen. On Saturday, from 1:45-2:30, there will also be a round table discussion, “Life as a viol player after Wellesley,” led by Professor Jander with Wellesley alumnae.

Schedule		Details
9:00 - 9:30	Registration and setup
9:30 - 10:45	Class I	A=415
11:00 - 12:15	Class II	Please bring a stand
12:30 - 1:30	Lunch & Annual Meeting	For scholarship and senior rates, call Sybil Kevy (508-358-2097).
1:45 - 2:30	Panel Discussion
2::45 - 4:00	Class III

For questions about the workshop contact Wendy Gillespie or
Sybil Kevy

Directions to: Wellesley College 106 Central St., Wellesley, MA, 02481

Click Here for Map of the Wellesley College campus. To use, place your cursor over the name of the facility or building you wish to find; a circle will appear on the map showing you which one it is!

For even more explicit directions to the Wellesley Campus than those listed below, click here to see Wellesley's own directions page.

FROM THE EAST:
Take the Massachusetts Turnpike to Exit 16. Follow Route 16 West for 4.7 miles to a stoplight. * Go straight on 135 West. At the third light, take a left into the main entrance of the college.

FROM THE WEST:
Take the Massachusetts Turnpike to Exit 14. Go south on Interstate 95 for 0.5 mile to Exit 21B, Route 16 West. Follow for 2.9 miles to a stoplight. Go straight on 135 West. At the third light, take a left into the main entrance of the college.

FROM THE SOUTH:
Take Interstate 95 North to Exit 21B, Route 16 West. Follow for 2.9 miles to a stoplight. Go straight on 135 West. At the third light, take a left into the main entrance of the college.

FROM THE NORTH:
Take Interstate 95 North to Exit 21B, Route 16 West. Follow for 2.9 miles to a stoplight. Go straight on 135 West. At the third light, take a left into the main entrance of the college.

DIRECTIONS TO JEWETT AUDITORIUM:

As you exit the Davis Parking Facility, walk back to the campus road and turn right. Turn right at the first road (in front of the Davis Museum). Walk in front of the Museum, up the stairs on the left and up the next set of stairs just ahead that go under-neath the Jewett Arts Center.

Registration Information:

Please Fill In Your Information:

Name:	_________________________________________________
Address:	_________________________________________________
	_________________________________________________
	_________________________________________________
Phones:	_________________________________________________
Email:	_________________________________________________

__This is a new or changed address.

Classes

Please put a number next to each class description according to your preference (eg. The number one (1) would indicate your first choice, and so on.

_____	Comme femme (Binchois) & later settings of the tune (Agricola)
_____	Une jeune fillette & la Monicha (du Caurroy, Bach)
_____	Susanne (Lassus, Byrd, others)
_____	Virgine bella (Dufay, others)
_____	English consort music
_____	Consort songs

Please circle your level for the instrument(s) you wish to play:

Treble	B	LI	MI	HI	A
Tenor	B	LI	MI	HI	A
Bass	B	LI	MI	HI	A

(For self-rating information, please visit www.vdgsa.org. Go to Conclave registration, click on Conclave Class
Registration form, and find on page 2 a self-rating guide (by Martha Bishop), which offers good guidelines for
evaluating your level)

[ ] I would like to play in the Beginners’ class

[ ] I will be playing with a preformed consort.

[ ] Please send me music for my classes in advance

[ ] Please tell me what pieces I will be playing in my classes in advance

I would like to sing in a consort song class:

Soprano

Alto

Tenor

Bass

Lunch:

Lunch is available at the Bae Pao Lu Chow Dining Room,located on the 4th floor of the Wang Campus Center. Visitors are welcome, and pay a flat rate of $5.50. Cash and major credit cards are accepted.

PLEASE NOTE: The VdGS-NE will NOT provide lunch for this workshop.

Workshop Volunteer Opportunities:

__I will help with morning set-up
__I will help clean up at the end of the day

Fees:

_____	2009 – 2010 Membership Dues only: ($15)	($15)
_____	Registration only	($70)
_____	Registration and Dues	($85)
_____	Beginners’ Class	($20)	(Beginner's pay only this fee)
_____	I want to support the VdGS-NE with a Contribution:
	( Friend: $25 Sponsor: $50 Patron: $100 Donor $250)

	TOTAL ENCLOSED:	________

Please make your check payable to VdGS-NE and send with this form to:
Sybil Kevy, 154 Plain Rd., Wayland, MA 01778

Registration Deadline: August 29th, 2009
Late registrations will be accepted only if space is available!

Workshop Flyer