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SECM's Third Biennial Conference — The Society for Eighteenth-Century Music will hold its third biennial conference jointly with the Haydn Society of North America at Scripps College in Claremont, California from Friday, 29 February to Sunday, 2 March 2008. The deadline for regular conference registration (no late fee) has been extended to January 31, 2008 due to the holiday season.
Program
Registration form (pdf)
Transportation
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Understanding Bach’s B Minor Mass will be held from 2–4 November 2007 at Queen’s University Belfast. For further information visit the symposium’s web site.
The Amherst Early Music Festival will offer classes in historical dance (Renaissance, Baroque; Baroque dance notation); a fully staged opera (Cavalli’s La Calisto 1652); a special Baroque dance project; lectures; concerts; and more.
7-15 July 2007
Faculty: Kaspar D. Mainz, Dorothy Olsson.
Location: Connecticut College at New London, Connecticut
Further information here (follow the link to the Historical Dance Program) or send e-mail to info@amherstearlymusic.org
Performance Practice: Issues and Approahces
Rhodes College
Memphis, TN
4–6 March 2007
The Department of Music of Rhodes College invites proposals for papers and performances for a conference on "Performance Practice: Issues and Approaches," to be held 4–6 March, 2007. The conference will feature scholarly papers and roundtables on issues related to performance practice as well as performances and lecture recitals illustrating approaches to historically informed performance. Proposals on a wide range of topics are encouraged, including, but not limited to, issues relating to specific composers, geographic areas, and periods of music history from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century, performance practice of repertoires outside the traditional canon of Western Music, and the impact of technology on performance practice. It is expected that papers for the conference will be published.
A highlight of the conference will be the keynote address by Christopher Hogwood, one of the leading figures in historically informed performance. This address will constitute the Rhodes College 2007 Springfield Lecture in Music. A performance of Mendelssohn's St. Paul by the Rhodes Singers, Rhodes MasterSingers, soloists, and members of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra will also be featured as part of the conference.
The Yale Institute of Sacred Music in New Haven, Connecticut announces its 2006 Summer Term (with SECM member Markus Rathey on the faculty). Details at www.yale.edu/sdqsummerterm/.
The Mozart Society of America announces a conference that they are jointly sponsoring with the Santa Fe Opera 29 June - 1 July 2006.
Sponsored by the Mozart Society of America
and the Santa Fe Opera
celebrating
The 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth
The 50th anniversary of the founding of the Santa Fe Opera
The 10th anniversary of the founding of the Mozart Society of America
29 June - 1 July 2006, Santa Fe, New Mexico
This three-day conference will center around Die Zauberflöte, scheduled to be performed by the Santa Fe Opera on Saturday, 1 July. In addition to a keynote address, three paper sessions, and a panel presentation by music and stage directors of Mozart’s operas, registrants will be guests for a tour of the Santa Fe Opera, and will attend the dress rehearsal and opening night performance of Die Zauberflöte.
More information and a registration form can be found here.
Genre in Eighteenth-Century Music, the second biennial conference of the Society for Eighteenth-Century Music, will be held 21–23 April 2006 in Williamsburg, Virginia. The program is available here. Further information about the conference, including lodging and attractions in and around Historic Williamsburg can be found here. The registration form can be downloaded here.
The annual SECM Meeting at the American Musiclogical Society's convention in Washington will take place on Friday 28 October beginning at 7:00. Julian Rushton will be the keynote speaker presenting "What does this remind me of? Plagiarism or shareware in eighteenth century music."
An abstract is given below. The program will also include live performances of string quartets by Pleyel and Rosetti.
Julian Rushton to give SECM keynote in Washington, DC
Julian Rushton
Emeritus Professor of Music, University of Leeds
Chairman, Musica Britannica
Date and Time: Friday 28 October, 7:00 pm
Title: What does this remind me of? Plagiarism or shareware in eighteenth century music.
Abstract: The use of material of earlier origin has been remarked upon in the work of many 18th-century composers. This paper will revisit a couple of
instances, considering in detail whether they really are minor instances of
plagiarism, or merely coincidental; if the figures that appear in different
works are highly characterized, one may feel there is less chance of
coincidence, but still we may be dealing here with shareware rather then
theft. I shall refer to pieces by the Bachs, Gluck, Philidor, and
Mozart.
Conference on Music in 19th-Century Britain
Following the success of the 2001 conference at the Royal College of Music and the 2003 conference at the University of Leeds, we are pleased to announce that the Fifth Biennial International Conference on Music in 19th-Century Britain will be held at the University of Nottingham from Thursday 7 July until Sunday 10 July 2005, under the auspices of the School of Education and the Department of Music.
The conference, which covers all aspects of music in Britain during the 'long' nineteenth century, will include over 70 paper sessions, a keynote address, and a concert of vocal music.
The keynote address is 'On Constructions of Mendelssohn and Britishness,' by R. Larry Todd
For full details of the program click:
here
2005 American Handel Society conference in Santa Fe, 17-20 March 2005
American Classical Orchestra
Mozart Masterworks Symposium, Open Rehearsal, and Period-Violin Masterclass
Tuesday, October 5, 2004
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Christ Church
520 Park Avenue at 60th Street
New York, NY
As part of the first New York Early Music Celebration, the American Classical Orchestra, the tri-state area’s only period-instrument orchestra, will present a symposium on Mozart in conjunction with the Orchestra’s concert on October 7th. The scholarly panel includes:
Bruce MacIntyre (CUNY): “Spirituality in Mozart”—Implications in the Coronation Mass and Regina Coeli, K. 276.
Kathryn Libin (Vassar): “Touring from Vienna to Prague”—1786, composing the famous “Prague Symphony.”
Michael Ruhling (RIT): “Mozart’s Orchestra”—A period-instrument orchestra as a medium for genius.
An open rehearsal by the American Classical Orchestra will follow these talks.
Continue the morning’s discussion with the panelists over a brown-bag lunch.
In the afternoon, Stephanie Chase, the soloist in the concert, and Linda Quan, ACO concertmaster, will co-teach a master class in Classic violin performance practice. Those interested in performing in the master class should contact Tom Crawford, ACO Artistic Director and Founder (Crawford@amerclassorch.org)
The symposium and master class are a wonderful opportunity for scholars, students, and music-lovers alike to explore Mozart’s music and life. Audience participation is highly encouraged.
Mozart Masterworks: Thursday, October 7, 2004
Featuring Stephanie Chase, violin and the Trinity New Haven Choir of Men and Boys
Regina Coeli, K. 276
Coronation Mass
Violin Concerto, No. 3
Symphony, No. 38 “Prague”
TICKETS
Symposium: $25 (FREE with Mozart Masterworks Concert Ticket purchase)
Master Class: $25
Concert: $50–$30
To purchase tickets or for more information contact the American Classical Orchestra, PO Box 441, Greenwich, CT 06836. Ph: 203-396-0199; Fax: 203-396-0306. Online: www.amerclassorch.org
International Rosetti Society
5th Rosetti Festival in Ries
5-13 June 2004
The Amherst Early Music Festival
will offer classes in historical dance (Renaissance, Baroque; Contredanses from Germany); a fully staged opera workshop (G.F. Händel's Almira 1705); lectures; concerts; and more.
10-18 July 2004
Faculty: Kaspar D. Mainz, Dorothy Olsson.
Location: Bennington College at Bennington, Vermont
Further information here (follow the link to the Historical Dance Program) or send e-mail to info@amherstearlymusic.org
Society for Eighteenth-Century Music -- 1st Independent Conference:
"Music in 18th-Century Life: Cities, Courts, Churches"
Georgetown University, Washington, DC 30
April-2 May 2004 Program
28th Classical Music Festival, 31 July-16 August 2003
Haydn Society of California Conference, 29-30 March 2003
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