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Viols West Workshop 2018Lawrence Lipnik and Rosamund Morley,
Music Directors
Melita Denny, Administrative DirectorAugust 5-11, 2018
California Polytechnic State UniversitySan Luis Obispo, CA
Viols West is a week-long summer workshop for viola da gamba
playersof all levels. In four classes each day, our excellent
faculty provides instruction in technique, consort and solo
literature. Evenings are filled with musical activities, including
ad hoc consorts, mini classes or presentations, and a faculty
concert, providing both formal and informalopportunities for
participants to play, listen, and learn. The week begins with a
welcome playing session on Sunday evening. Classes run Monday
through Friday ending with a festive student concert on Friday
night.
The setting for the workshop is the campus of California
Polytechnic State University, on the edge of San Luis Obispo, a
peaceful town in thebeautiful rolling hills of California’s central
coast, midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco. The city is
served by a small airport and an Amtrak station. Our shortened
Thursday schedule allows you to take advantage of San Luis Obispo's
popular Farmers’ Market night (where there are plenty of choices
for your dinner), spread your towel by the ocean, visit giant Morro
rock, or compare the vintages of local wineries.
HousingOur housing will be in Poly Canyon Village. All the rooms
are grouped in suites of four sharing bathroom facilities and a
common kitchen and living room area. Most of the bedrooms are for a
single occupant but there are a few double rooms available. The
cost per person is the same either a single or a double room. Wifi
internet connection, swimming pool, and community room facilities
are available to us during our stay. Poly Canyon Village is located
on the edge of campus with trails for walking and hiking near by.
Link for Pictures of Poly Canyon VillagePlease note that most of
the dorm rooms are not ADA compliant. There are a few ADA rooms
available to us. If you need any special accommodations please make
sure to let us know on your registration. MealsA very basic
breakfast, choice of muffin or bagel with spread and coffee or tea,
is included in the price of your room. This year we have added the
choice of a fuller catered breakfast for those who want this
option. All meals are catered through conference services. We dine
al fresco in the plaza next to our dormitory. You may opt out of
the meal plan completely if you prefer to make your own meals. Each
suite contains a small kitchen with stove, microwave, and
refrigerator. However the kitchens are not equipped with cookware,
dishes, or utensils. If you plan to do your own cooking, you will
need to bring your own pans and dishes.
Faculty**********
Joanna Blendulf John Dornenburg Wendy Gillespie Julie Jeffrey
Lawrence Lipnik Martha McGaugheyRosamund Morley David Morris Mary
SpringfelsBrent Wissick
Erik Andersen*********
http://www.calpolyconferences.org/accommodations/polycanyon.asp
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Enrollment & FeesTuition:Registration before June 1:
$610Registration after June 1: $640
Room & Board (all meals catered): $780Room & Board
(lunch and dinner only): $710Room only (no meals): $570Conference
fee for those staying off campus: $60
In recognition of the generous support of the local VdGSA
chapters we are offering a $15 discount on tuition to members of
VdGS-Pacifica and the Viols West chapter of VdGSA.
Full refund will be given for cancellation before June 1, 2018.
Half refund will be given for cancellation before July 1, 2018. No
refunds can be given after July 1, 2018.Registration form and full
payment for the workshop must be received no later than July 5.
Payment must be made by check or money order as we are not equipped
to accept credit cards.
***All checks must be made payable to VdGS-Pacifica *** Mail
payment and registration form to:
Melita Denny, Viols West Workshop 2018, 1640 Colgate Drive,
Davis, CA, 95616. ScholarshipsWe recognize that attending a
workshop like this is beyond the means of some players. We offer a
few work-study scholarships. Please contact Melita Denny for more
information about these.We also recommend looking for information
on workshop scholarships/grants from organizations that support the
study and performance of early music.
Viola da Gamba Society of AmericaEarly Music AmericaViola da
Gamba Society-Pacfica – Contact President Cindi Olwell:
[email protected]
Arrival and DepartureCheck-in is from 2-5pm on Sunday, August 5.
If arriving at the San Luis Obispo airport or Amtrak station, be
sure to let Melita know by e-mail when and where you will be
arriving so we can make arrangements for you to be picked
up.Check-out is on Saturday morning before 10AM. If you are
traveling by train or catching an afternoon flight, you are welcome
to bring your luggage to the large meeting room and socialize with
your fellow travelers until it is time to depart.
Harpsichord Nina Bailey will be participating as our resident
harpsichordist. She will play for some of the classes andwill be
available by prior arrangement for evening ad hoc
playing.ShopsPeter Ballinger and Leslie Gold will bring some of PRB
Productions' extensive catalog of beautiful editions of early and
contemporary music. To shop in advance see their website:
prbmusic.com. They cannot bring everything to the workshop so if
you see something on the website you would like to buy, contact
them by email at least three weeks before the workshop:
[email protected]
Any questions?For information about registration and facilities,
contact:Melita Denny, [email protected]; 805-835-9173
For questions about classes, contact the music directors:
Lawrence Lipnik, [email protected] 917-533-2920Rosamund Morley,
[email protected] 917-501-7779
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]://pacificaviols.org/index.html#officershttps://www.earlymusicamerica.org/education/summer-workshop-scholarship/https://vdgsa.org/pgs/gia.html
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Viols West 2018 - Classes
First Morning Class
First period classes focus on technique and repertoire and will
be assigned on the basis of level and instrument. To ascertain your
level, please refer to the self-rating guide found on the website
of the Violada Gamba Society of America here:
https://vdgsa.org/pgs/selfrate.html
Second Morning Class
Andersen All Rest Sweet Nymphs: A gentle approach to playing
fantasies, madrigals and dances that were enjoyed by English viol
players around 1600.
Limit 6
Wissick LI+ – I+ Favorite Tenorlied: Immerse yourself in some of
the most iconic music of 16th Germany by playing the music of
Ludwig Senfl, master of tenor songs ranging from bawdy to
biographical.
Limit 8
Blendulf LI+ – I+ High Consorts: Play some of the most charming
English music for viols without the need for a bass viol –
canzonets and fantasies of Michael East, Thomas Mor-ley, John
Wilbye and Thomas Weelkes. This class will focus on drawing a sweet
tone from smaller instruments. Some doubling.
Trebles & tenors only, limit 6
Morris I – UI Fire and Frost: One four-letter word (Ardo: I
burn), five different poems and eight great composers from the late
16th c. all add up to a fantastic musical exploration. Music by
Monterverdi, de Monte and more.
Limit 10, singers welcome
McGaughey I – UI+ Across the Channel and Back: Play glorious
dance music enjoyed at the courts of two Kings named Louis in
France, and two Kings named James and Charles in England.
Doubling.
Limit 10
Jeffrey UI+ Sonetti Spirituali: Explore PRB's new edition of
Pietro Vinci's Sonetti Spirituali, 5-part madrigal settings of
texts by Vittoria Colonna, Italy's very first published female poet
(and Michelangelo’s best friend).
Limit 5
Gillespie UI – UI+ Music Divine: Spend the week exploring and
comparing the consort music of Thomas Tomkins and his predecessor
as organist at the Chapel Royal, Orlando Gibbons.
Limit 6
Springfels UI – A A Tale of Two Musicians: 1680 was a banner
year for the viol consort. Work as a quartet to play Purcell
fantasies and theater music and as an octet for Charpen-tier’s
Suite for viols.
Limit 8
Dornenburg UI – A Marais – Character pieces can be fun! Explore
Marais’ colorful program music from the notorious “Operation” to
“The Play of the Shuttlecock” in a non-threatening class of unison
playing. Secrets of coup d’archet, les points, enfler, pincé,
batement, plainte, tenüe, tremblement, coulé de doigt, etc. will be
revealed!
Basses only, must read altoclef.
https://vdgsa.org/pgs/selfrate.html
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First Afternoon Class
Morris LI – I Song and Dance: Play madrigals and dance suites –
at least one of each every day– and enjoy repertoire bridging the
renaissance and baroque eras. Music of Morley,Holborne, and their
circle.
Limit 8
Blendulf I – I+ Chantez! Chansons, Madrigals and Fantasies by
16th-century French and Franco-Flemish composers: Du Caurroy,
Claude LeJeune, Giaches de Wert and others
Limit 8
McGaughey I+ – UI Introduction to Marais: Explore this beautiful
repertoire in a class offering novices a chance to become
acquainted with French style through the remarkable solo works of
Marin Marais.
Basses only, must read alto clef
Lipnik UI Great Danes: Musical treasures and rarities from 17th
century Denmark and Northern Germany. Discover instrumental and
vocal works by native composers Mogens Pedersøn and Hans Nielsen,
as well as favorites by other celebrated com-posers in residence:
Dowland, Simpson, Borchgrevinck, Brade and Greebe.
Limit 5, tenorsmust read tre-ble & alto clefs
Jeffrey I – UI The In Nomine from Taverner to Purcell: Survey
the viol consort’s most iconic genre, from origin to apotheosis,
used by 16th- and 17th-century English com-posers as a playground
for compositional inspiration and display. We will look at some of
the best and brightest of these pieces with the In Nomine line
evenly parceled out over the week, giving each player a chance to
anchor the consort.
Limit 6
Springfels UI Se Qual Dolor: This monumental 6 voice madrigal by
Marenzio in 10 sections is rarely performed; revel in the delicious
word painting for which Marenzio was so famous.
Limit 6
MorleyWissick
I+ – A Jenkins & Lawes: Spend a week delving into the most
challenging and beloved music in the viol canon.
Limit 6 each consort
Gillespie UI – I+ Year of the Women: Play music from several
centuries by, for and about women. Music from 3 to 6 parts. Some
doubling.
Limit 6
Dornenburg UI+ – A
The Newly Discovered Telemann Fantasias: The first major
addition to the solo viol repertory in our time. We will work on
some of these fascinating pieces together in a non-threatening
class of unison playing.
Limit 8Basses only,must read alto clef
Second Afternoon ClassVoices and Viols
LipnikWhen in Rome: Glorious sacred music inspired by the
Counter-Reformation. Motets by Palestrina, Lasso, Victoria,
Philips, Tallis and more. All sizes of viols and singers
welcome.Limit 60
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Viols West 2018 ~ Faculty
Joanna Blendulf, Bloomington, INJoanna Blendulf has performed
and recorded with leading early music ensembles throughout the U.S.
and is a sought-after instructor and coach. She maintains an active
performance schedule on viols, pardessus de viole, and baroque
cello, working with the Nota Bene Viol Consort, Wildcat Viols, the
Catacoustic Consort, Trio Pardessus, Leonarda's Circle, the
Portland Baroque Orchestra and Pacific Music Works. Joanna has been
on the faculties of the University of Oregon, the Berwick Academy
of the Oregon Bach Festival as well as viol workshops across the
country. Ms. Blendulf is Associate Professor of Music (baroque
cello and viola da gamba) at the Indiana University Jacobs School
of Music.
John Dornenburg, Oakland, CA John Dornenburg teaches viola da
gamba at Stanford University andviolone at UC Berkeley. Accolades
include: Emeritus faculty in musichistory, CSU Sacramento;
Soloist's Diploma from the Royal Conservatoryof The Hague with
Wieland Kuijken; studies with Nikolas Harnoncourt atthe Salzburg
Mozarteum. He has made over 30 CD recordings of solo andchamber
music on all sizes of the viol, including two discs
forunaccompanied viol, the sonatas by J.S. and C.P.E. Bach, and the
thirdbook of Marin Marais. He has recently completed a new
recording ofmusic from Marais’ second book with the Irish
harpsichordist MalcolmProud. www.johndornenburg.com
Wendy Gillespie, Bloomington, IN Wendy Gillespie is a musician
who taught early bowed strings, historical performance, and early
notation at Indiana University in Bloomington for more than thirty
years. She has performed all over the world with ensembles ranging
from the Ensemble Sequentia to the English Concert, participating
in more than 100 recordings for Linn, Harmonia Mundi, EMI, Virgin
Classics and other recording companies. As a member of the viol
consorts Fretwork and Phantasm, Ms. Gillespieshared three
Gramophone awards and several other cool prizes. In 2011,she
received EMA’s Thomas Binkley Award, and in 2012, the Alumnae
Achievement Award from her alma mater, Wellesley College. Wendy is
Past President of the Viola da Gamba Society of America. She is
very
much in favor of books and enjoys marbling paper.
http://www.johndornenburg.com/
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Julie Jeffrey, Richmond, CAJulie Jeffrey has been playing the
viol since 1976. She has performed throughoutthe U.S., in Canada,
Mexico, Europe and Australia, and teaches privately and atworkshops
in the U.S. and abroad. Ms. Jeffrey is the founder of Wildcat
Viols, amember of Sex Chordae Consort of Viols and the Antic Faces
broken consort,and embodies half of the viol duo Hallifax &
Jeffrey. She is co-founder and co-director of Barefoot Chamber
Concerts, has served on the board of directors ofthe Viola da Gamba
Society of America and the San Francisco Early MusicSociety, and is
a co-founder and active member of the Viola da Gamba
Society,Pacifica Chapter.
Lawrence Lipnik, Sunnyside, NY Lawrence Lipnik has performed
with many acclaimed early music ensembles including Anonymous 4,
Piffaro, the Venice Baroque Orchestra, Waverly Consort, and is a
founding member of the viol consort Parthenia and vocal ensemble
Lionheart. He has prepared an authoritative edition of Francesco
Cavalli’s La Calisto, commissioned by the Juilliard School, served
as recorder and gamba soloist for staged opera productions
including Monteverdi's Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria at Wolf Trap and
Telemann's Orpheus with the New York City Opera. In addition to
performing, he enjoys a busy teaching schedule which has included
recorder, viol, and early music performance instruction at Wesleyan
University, national and international festivals including the
Benslow Music Trust in the UK, Port Townsend, San Diego and Madison
Early
Music Festivals, Pinewoods, Collegium Director at Amherst Early
Music, and is currently serving as music director of the Viols West
Workshop in San Luis Obispo, California with his colleague Rosamund
Morley. He is also a contributor to The Cambridge Companion to
Shakespeare and Contemporary Dramatists. Recent performance
highlights include performances at the Berkeley Festival,
appearances with ARTEK, TENET, the Indiana University Historic
Performance Institute at the Bloomington Early Music Festival and
early opera residency at Carnegie Mellon University.
Martha McGaughey, New York, NYMartha McGaughey studied with
Jordi Savall and withWieland Kuijken. She is a founding member of
the NewYork-based group Empire Viols (with Carlene Stober andArthur
Haas), which was in residence at SecondPresbyterian Church from
2000-2016 and now performs atthe Church of the Transfiguration. She
has recorded forthe Fonit Cetra and Erato labels in Italy and
France, andcollaborated with the British viol consort Phantasm on
aCD of the music of William Byrd. Ms. McGaughey taughtat the École
National de Musique in Angoulême, (France)and at Stanford
University. Since 1986, she has been onthe faculty of Mannes, The
New School for Music, in New York. She has twice been a Regents’
Lecturerat the University of California, and teaches regularly at
summer workshops around the country. In the 2016-2017 season, she
was a featured soloist with the China National Symphony in Beijing,
and also gave several masterclasses in France. When she is not
playing or teaching viol, Ms.McGaughey teaches English as a Second
Language at NYU and at Building One Community, the Center for
Immigrant Opportunity, in Stamford.
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Rosamund Morley, Brooklyn, NYRosamund Morley has performed on
all the viols and their medieval ancestors with early music
ensembles as diverse as ARTEK, The Boston Camerata, Piffaro, Les
Arts Florissants, Sequentia, the Venice Baroque Orchestra and the
Waverly Consort. She is a member of the viol consort Parthenia,
with whom she plays both early and new music. Her summer teaching
has included workshops in Canada, the UK and Italy as well as the
USA. She coaches the viol consort for the Yale Collegium Musicum,
teachesprivately in New York City and at the Neighborhood Music
School in New Haven, CT and is the Music Director of the Viola da
Gamba Society of America's annual Conclave.
Davis Morris, Oakland, CA David Morris is an active performer
and coach specializing in the musicof the 17th and 18th centuries.
He is a member of the Galax Quartet andQuicksilver and is a
frequent performer with NYS Baroque and theBoston Early Music
Festival Orchestra. He has coached at the MadisonEarly Music
Festival, SFEMS summer workshops and regionalworkshops and
conclaves of the VdGSA. He received his B.A. and M.A.in Music from
U.C. Berkeley, and has recorded for Harmonia Mundi,New Albion,
Dorian, New World Records, CBC/ Radio Canada and NewLine
Cinema.
Mary Springfels, Cerrillos, NMMary Springfels is a veteran of
the American early music movement. She began her professional
career nearly 50 years ago as a member of the New York Pro Musica,
and has been working steadily ever since. After many years as a
freelancer in New York, she assumed the post of Musician in
Residence at the Newberry Library in Chicago, and directed the
Newberry Consort for 25 years. While in Chicago, Mary taught at the
University of Chicago and Northwestern University, and formed the
Second City Music, a viol trio, with Craig Trompeter and John Mark
Rosendaal. Ms. Springfels has taught at the nation's outstanding
early music
workshops for decades: The Amherst Early Music and Madison Early
Music Festivals, the SFEMS Medieval and Baroque Weeks, the VdGSA
Conclave, and Viols West are among them. After moving toNew Mexico
in 2008, Ms. Springfels took up freelancing again. She performs
frequently with The Folger Consort, Ars Lyrica of Houston, the
Texas Early Music Project in Austin, and Sonoma Bach in California.
With Elizabeth Blumenstock, she recently formed Severall Friends,
based in Santa Fe. This new cooperative has undertaken performances
of everything from music of 14th Century Italy to Bach.
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Brent Wissick, Chapel Hill, NC Brent Wissick is Professor of
Cello and Viol at the University of NC at Chapel Hill where he has
taught since 1982. He was President of the Viola da Gamba Society
of America from 2000-2004 and has been attending and teaching at
VdGSA Conclaves since 1979. He first taught at a Viols West
workshop in 1986 and loves to come back whenever he can. He thinks
that the viol keeps all of us young.
We are pleased to have Erik Andersen as a part-time member of
the Viols West Workshop faculty this year. An up-and-coming young
professional, he shows outstanding commitment to early music
performance, excellence in teaching, and support for the viol
community. In addition to the résumé given below Mr. Andersen
served as one of the teachers for VdGSA Conclave beginners class in
2017.
Erik Andersen, San Francisco, CAIn his teens, Erik Andersen
discovered his passion for teachingthrough the InterSchool
Orchestra of New York’s teaching internprogram and has been
teaching ever since. He has performed withseveral early music
ensembles in the U.S. and Japan and enjoysbefriending and learning
from everyone he meets. Since moving toSan Francisco in 2016, he
has actively served as a performer andeducator through outreach
programs, benefit concerts, and as a musicteacher and coach for
students of all ages. His teaching approach isbest described as
eclectic, drawing not only from his experiences withseveral modern
and historical bowed instruments, but also fromlanguage pedagogy
and body-learning practices. He received a Bachelor of Music from
the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, and is
currently a candidate in the Masters of Teaching Program at the
University of San Francisco.
