Past Events
Detail from Sir Henry Unton, unknown artist, c. 1596, from
the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, UK.
Jan
Events
THE VIOLA DA GAMBA SOCIETY OF GREATER NEW YORK PRESENTS
an evening of Chamber music with
WIeland Kuijken, viola da gamba
Eva Legêne, recorder
Arthur Haas, Harpsichord
Tuesday,
April 7, 2009
8:00 p.m.
The Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew
263 West 86th Street
(at West End Avenue)
The program will include works of J. S. Bach, Marin Marais, Georg Philipp Telemann, Jean-Henri d’Anglebert, and Jan van Eyck. Mr. Kuijken will perform Marais’ great Suite in E-Minor, including the famous lament for the composer’s departed teacher, the Tombeau de Sainte-Colombe.
Wieland Kuijken’s illustrious career has included extensive touring and recording as a soloist, with the Alarius Ensemble, and with the Kuijken Quartet. Since 1970 W. Kuijken has taught at the Conservatoires of Brussels and of the Hague, where he has been a mentor and inspiration to a generation of viola da gamba artists and period-instrument performers. The April 7 concert marks Wieland Kuijken’s first appearance in New York City in over a decade.
General admission tickets are priced at $25, or $10 for students, To make reservations ask questions, please, contact John Mark Rozendaal by telephone: 914.806.7407; or email:
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SATURDAY,
APRIL 18, 2009 9:00am-4:30pm,
At Grace Church School (click to see it on google maps)
86 Fourth Avenue (Entrance on East 11th Street), NYC
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Viola da Gamba Society of Greater New York
Annual Membership Meeting and Play-in!
Don't miss our first and largest event of the year!
Date: Saturday, September 13
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Place: Columbia Teacher's College, Horace525 West 120th Street, NYC, room 435As usual, this will include
- playing morning and afternoon in pot luck consorts or ensembles coached by Ros Morley (a.m.) or Judith Davidoff (p.m.)
- a novice class led by Lisa Terry (know anyone who'd be interested?)
- a silent auction, with consort sheet music, concert tickets, and much more
- a preview of the coming year's events
- a viol orchestra led by John Mark Rozendaal
- conviviality and catching up with friends
Pitch: A=440
Necessity: Music stand
THE VERSATILE VIOL
A full-day workshop.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Marais Nouveau: A New Portrait, a New Method
a lecture/demonstration/class by
Jonathan Dunford
Date: Saturday, March 29, 2008
Time: 2 pm to 5 pm
Where: the home of Jillian Samant, 26 East 22 Street, #9, New York City (between Broadway and Park Avenue)
The VdG/GNY is excited to present the New York City teaching debut of Jonathan Dunford, an American who has lived in Paris since 1985.
Over the last two decades, Mr. Dunford has become one of the principal forces in the resurgence of solo seventeenth century music for unaccompanied bass viol, performing to critical acclaim throughout Europe and winning such prizes as the diapason d’or and the choc de la musique for his recordings.
Among his musicologic contributions are editions of many previously unpublished works for solo viol and articles for the New Grove's Dictionary. Members of on-line early music and viol list serves will be familiar with Mr. Dunford’s consistently cogent, informed, and generous contributions.
In the first part of the event, Mr. Dunford will discuss a portrait that had long been considered to depict Johannes Schenck, leading us through the many clues that firmly establish it as a representation of Marin Marais. This lecture will be FREE to members.
Following a short break, Mr. Dunford will lead a technique class using exercises and examples from the first volume of his newly published tutor, which concentrates on French viol technique as it was practiced in Paris at the time of Sainte-Colombe and Marin Marais, making extensive use of historical treatises, such as Jean Rousseau’s 1687 method from Paris. Please bring a bass viol if you whish to participate.
A few copies of Mr. Dunford’s tutor may be available for purchase at the class.
Hausmusik!
Informal consort-playing opportunity for members.
Intermediate-level music this time, making moderate demands on the players.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
1 to 4 p.m. or thereabouts
at the home of Fran Hettinger
Manhasset, NY
(Nassau County, just over the border from Queens)
If you'd like to participate, e-mail Fran promptly at
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, or call her at (516) 365-8944.
Fran's house is easily accessible via the Long Island Railroad. The address and travel directions will be provided when you contact her. Music will be provided, but if you have a new or favorite piece you'd like to play, feel free to bring it. No need to bring a music stand to this session.
The Viola da Gamba Society of Greater New York presents a miniworkshop
"All the Colours in the Air"
Led by John Mark Rozendaal
Sunday, January 27, 2008
1 - 3:30 p.m.
The Viola da Gamba Society of Greater New York
presents
A MIDWINTER SOIRÉE DE VIOLE
Thursday, February 21st, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.
at
Jane Furth's Home
34 Perry Street
Getting Acquainted with le Nymphe di Rheno
Bass Viol Duos of Johann Schenck
Led by Lucy Bardo
A Mini-workshop Presented by The Viola da Gamba Society of Greater New York
Saturday, October 27, 2007
10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
MEMBERSHIP MEETING AND PLAY-IN 2007!
Sunday, September 23, 2007
9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Horace Mann Hall
Teachers College, Columbia University
POT LUCK PLAYING
Consorts will include up to 6 players, depending on enrollment. Groups are chosen by lot, mixing all playing levels. Tuning will be A=415 this year. Please bring some 4-part to 6-part music to share!
IF YOU DON’T WANT A POT LUCK CONSORT
Players of all levels who don’t want to trust to chance can sign up for the structured coached morning and afternoon consort led by Judith Davidoff. Parts may be doubled in this group.
NOVICE CLASS
We’ll also be holding a (free) morning introductory class for absolute beginners. We’ll supply instrument and teacher.
POT LUCK DINING
If you’d like to make a dish to share, please note that on your registration form. If you don’t want to contribute, please bring a brown bag lunch. Dessert and beverages will be provided for everyone.
SILENT AUCTION
We’ve already lined up some wonderful objects and services ranging from luxurious to whimsical, but we still need your (tax-deductible) contributions and enthusiastic bidding to make this a success! Note that the auction will end at 1:30.
THE MEETING
Topics include a preview of events for this coming year and a discussion of aims and projects. Please come and participate—help the VdGS/GNY be the group you want it to be.
VIOL ORCHESTRA
We’ll end the Play-In with everyone participating in the Ad Hoc Viol Orchestra of Greater New York!HAUSMUSIK
SPRING WORKSHOP
Date: Saturday, May 12, 2007
A full-day workshop presented by the Viola da Gamba Society/Greater New York
9:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Grace Church School
86 Fourth Avenue (entrance on East 11th Street), NYC
Robert Mealy, Director
with Shira Kammen, Lawrence Lipnik and Lisa Terry
Join our guest experts Shira Kammen and Robert Mealy in Royal Consorts, a workshop devoted to the delights of 16th and 17th century English consort music. Classes will feature the great consort and dance repertoire from early Elizabethan through Jacobean periods, including a special session, “The Masquer’s Delight,” an entry into the vivid world of royal theater music for viol band.
Register by Friday, April 13, 2007 with a check for $50 with the registration form
A GALA GAMBA WEEKEND
WITH ALISON CRUM & ROY MARKS
March 3 and 4, 2007
JENKINS CONSORT CLASSES LED BY ALISON AND ROY
for upper level players
Saturday, March 3rd, 1:30-4:30 p.m., at the home of Martha Bixler MASTER CLASS TAUGHT BY ALISON
Sunday, March 4th, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Martha's PLUS A "CURTAIN-RAISER"…
Saturday, March 3rd, 10:30 a.m. to noon
John Mark Rozendaal's Dojo, to be led by Alison that day, at Martha's
(No registration necessary; $15 per person; drop-ins welcome) AND A FITTING FINALE!
Sunday, March 4th, 3 p.m.
New York Consort of Viols, with Boys' and Men's Choir and the Boychoir Viol Consort
performing Spanish Music of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
Church of the Transfiguration, 1 East 29th Street
(Tickets for VdGS/GNY: $15 at the door)
SPRING ALL-DAY WORKSHOP
Saturday, May 20, 2006
9 am to 4:30 pm
The Light of Spain, with Elizabeth Macdonald, Judith Davidoff, Pat O'Brien and Webster Williams.
We will gather together to play villancicos, vihuelas, canciones, differencias, and danzas in a new venue:
Grace Church School
4th Avenue an 11th Street
For VdGS/GNY members only:
A VISIT TO THE VIOLS
OF THE METROPOLITAN
a special tour of the Metropolitan Museum's instrument collection featuring a talk by Ben Hebbert currently a Fellow at the Met, who is visiting from Oxford University.Saturday, February 25th, 2006, 2 to 4:30 p.m.
(meet at Fifth Ave. & 82nd Street entrance at 1:45 p.m.) VdGS/GNY members are once again being offered the opportunity to visit the Met's extensive collection of viols--instruments that are in storage as well as on exhibit--and hear about their very interesting histories. On this occasion, Ben Hebbert will speak about how the the viols of the Metropolitan fit into the evolution of the instrument from the 1560s to the 18th century. He will show slides of viols belonging to the Met as well as to other collections, and he will bring a very interesting instrument of his own that he plays.
WORKSHOP: "Fors seulement"
Sunday, March 12, 11 am - 1 pm
Lucy Cross will conduct a mini-workshop for intermediate players at her home that explores the various instrumental settings of the great 16th century vocal melody, "Fors seulement."
A MINIWORKSHOP IN TABLATURE MUSIC
Open to beginners who would like to get a taste of tablature, and to those with tablature experience. The session will include works by Hume and others, and will be led by Parthenia members Rosamund Morley and Lisa Terry.
Saturday, October 22, 2005, 1 pm to 3 p.m
Note: Pitch will be at A=440. As a follow-up to the tablature workshop (and to fill a gaping hole in the availability of modern entabulations of tablature music) you may download Captain Humes Musicall Humors, 1605, in its entirety -- all 115 pieces -- for free in a modern entabulation (NOT a facsimile and not handwritten), set by Anthony Chalkley. It even comes in 3 versions -- PDF (for those who just want to print it out or for Mac users) and StringWalker and Midi; the latter versions can even be edited if you have String Waker and Django programs on your computer.
To get it, go to: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/tony.c/fretful/ViolPage.htm
or google Anthony Chalkle
More lyra-viol music now available for free download: Manchester Lyra Viol Manuscript, 46 pieces in the first three tunings, in an elegant contemporary intabulation along with transcriptions into staff notation, are now posted on the VdGSA website, VdGSA.org. Click on the link on the home page.
Workshop
The Fourth Skill:
The Eloquent Bow
Wednesday, November 9, 7:30 to 9:30 pm
At the home of Martha Bixler