R O Y A L C O NSORTS

A full-day workshop presented by the Viola da Gamba Society/Greater New York

Saturday, May 12, 2007

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 16^th and 17^th 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.

Robert Mealy is known to viol players as a teacher (VdGSA Conclave, SFEMS workshops, Amherst, the Madison Early Music Festival) as well as a performing member of the King's Noyse and Fortune's Wheel. He is concertmaster of the distinguished Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, and serves in this capacity frequently with orchestras in New York City. Robert recently was appointed director of the Yale Collegium, and teaches at Harvard College. Shira Kammen has spent well over half her life exploring the worlds of early and traditional music. A member of Ensemble Alcatraz, Project Ars Nova, and Medieval Strings, she has also performed with numerous other groups and taught at workshops including Amherst and SFEMS. Lawrence Lipnik is well-known to VdGS/GNY as a performer and teacher and is a member of the New York Consort of Viols and Parthenia. Lisa Terry is a member of Parthenia and ARTEK, and teaches at the French-American School of Music in Manhattan as well as workshops around the U.S.

SCHEDULE

9:00 – 9:30 a.m. Registration

12:50 – 1:45 p.m. Lunch

9:30 – 10:00 Lecture/demonstration

1:45 – 3:00 Third class

10:10 – 11:25 First class

3:10 – 4:15 Viol Band

11:35 – 12:50 Second class

4:15 –4:30 Farewells

Registration: Please fill out the form below and return it by Friday, April 13, 2007 with a check for $50 made out to VdGS/GNY (plus dues if not currently a member) to Lisa Terry, registrar. Those wishing music sent in advance can indicate this on the form. Some work study discounts are available; please inquire on the form. For questions, contact Lisa at lisanterry@aol.com, or at 718-457-7892.

Bonus Concert: Hear Robert Mealy and Shira Kammen perform repertoire featured in this workshop in “Royal Consorts: Theatrical chamber music for viols, violins and organ,” with Parthenia and guest organist John Scott. $15.00 reduced price for workshop subscribers. Friday, May 11, 2007 at 8 p.m., Corpus Christi Church in Manhattan. Info and reservations 212-358-5942.

Transportation: Grace Church School is convenient to public transportation (R, 4, 5, 6, and L trains at Union Square; B, F, V trains at Sixth Ave and 14th Street; many buses). Street parking is possible, but you should get there early, as you may have to drive east to find a spot.

Final notes: We expect to limit enrollment to the responses postmarked by April 13. If your registration arrives later, you will be put on a waiting list, in the order your registration is received. Pitch for the workshop will be A=415. You must bring a music stand (stands cannot be provided!) and your lunch (there is no time to go out, so have lunch with you). Coffee, seltzer, morning munchies and lunch dessert will be provided.

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Registration Form / ROYAL CONSORTS / Saturday, May 12, 2007

Name__________________________________________ E-mail_________________________________

Address________________________________________ Phone(s)________________________________

I will bring: ___Treble ___Tenor ___Bass. I also play:______________________________

Playing level: __Lower Intermed __Intermed __Adv Int __Adv ___Other (please explain)_________

Clefs I read: __Treble __Alto __Treble 8vb __Bass

___Please e-mail me music as PDF files.

__$50 workshop fee enclosed __I am interested in work study.

Dues (if not current member) enclosed: __$20 __$15 (student) __$30 household

Total enclosed: $_________ (Please make check payable to VdGS/GNY.)

Please return by Friday, April 13, 2007 to Lisa Terry, 67-25 47^th Avenue, Woodside, NY 11377