Amherst Early Music

Winter Weekend Workshop
Class Selection Form

CLASS PLACEMENT FORM FOR WINTER WEEKEND WORKSHOP 2008

If we know you just bring us up to date;
newcomers please fill out this form carefully,
using a separate form for each applicant.
If you have questions call the office: 617-744-1324

First Name: Last Name:
Address:
City: State: Zip:
Eve Phone: Day Phone
Occupation: Age (approx.):
Email:

MUSICAL SKILLS (for all applicants) Rate yourself from 1 to 5 below (1 = best)

Clef reading: treble	bass	c-clefs
Rhythmic accuracy:	Reading from parts:	Knowledge of Renaissance Style:

If you had to choose, would you rather be placed in a class:
well within your ability or a bit above your head?

Below: Rate yourself from 1 to 5 (1=best). Put brackets around any you don't own or won't bring.

RECORDERS Bass-owners: for optimum class placement, bring your own bass!

S A A8va T B GB Do you also own Renaissance recs?: S A T B

Select Overall Playing Level

Sightreading

BOWED STRINGS Treble Tenor Bass How well do you read tablature? VIOLIN VIOLA VIELLE/REBEC

Select Overall Playing Level

Sightreading

FLUTES Renaissance Baroque Type pitches you will bring:

Select Overall Playing Level

Sightreading

REEDS and BRASS such as shawms, curtals, sackbuts, cornetti, krummhorns etc. List, giving sizes and playing level for each; bracket any you don't own or won't bring.

PLUCKED STRINGS: LUTE GUITAR HARP OTHER

KEYBOARD: HARPSICHORD ORGAN OTHER

VOICE: S A CT T B

Sightreading

OTHER List:

Please give a brief summary of your studying and playing experience for each instrument and for voice and anything else you think we should know. Have you studied privately? For how long, and with whom? What classes have you taken? Do you participate regularly in an ensemble? With whom? Any experience with Renaissance notation? Have past placements at Amherst Early Music workshops been satisfactory? Please type in the space below.

Class Descriptions

Indicate choices at left. If your first choice is labeled "give second choice," mark it "1st" and indicate your second choice with "2nd".

CLASSES 9:00 TO 10:30

1st	2nd
		No Class
		Recorder Consort and Technique (Beckmann, Horst, Kimball) Varied repertoire, individual attention, some one-on-a-part playing. We sort you.
		Renaissance Recorders Consorts (Powers, Roberts) Classes will play Rogers Consort of Breukink instruments (Roberts) and Prescott matched set (Powers). Advanced. Give second choice. Consort preference: Breukink \| Prescott
		Notation Ensemble (Petersen) For recorder players interested in playing from original notation. Readable and playable pieces! Fun and challenging for all!
		Viol Consorts (Cunningham, McGaughey) English repertoire, individual attentions, and one-on-a-part playing.
		Dance Warm-up and Baroque Dance Technique (Mainz, Olsson) A gentle warm-up followed by a focus on basic steps and step combinations for the bourée, chaconne, passacaglia, menuet, and other dance types. Some attention will also be given to arm movements. Two levels.
		Baroque Master Class (Tol, Ngai, Baird, Bailey, Haas) Public "private lesson" for advanced students who prepared a piece. Indicate whether you wish to perform or audit. If performing, give name of piece and bring at least eight copies of the score so all may look on. If class is large, performing slots may be limited to advanced students only. Please select: I will play Recorder \| Violin \| Vocal \| Harpsichord I will Audit \| Perform \|\|\| Piece: Pitch? A=440 \| A=415 \|\|\| (Recorders or violins) Accompanist needed? Yes \| No

CLASSES 11:00 TO 12:30

1st	2nd
		No Class
		Circa 1500: Music published by Petrucci (Beckmann, Kimball, Petersen, Powers, Roberts) Gorgeous and challenging Franco-Flemish repertoire for recorders and Renaissance flutes. We sort you.
		Voices and Viols (Cunningham) Lush and Lovely sonorities, satisfying repertoire.
		Violin Ensemble (Ngai) Class will be split into small ensembles. Repertoire to include LeClair and Telemann.
		Notation Ensemble (Horst) For all players and singers comfortable with C clefs and duple meter notation. Some easier pieces. Some challenges. Musical rewards guaranteed.
		Recorder Master Class (Tol) A continuation of the morning master class for recorder players. You may take either or both sessions. I will Audit \| Perform \|\|\| Piece: \|\|\| Pitch:A=440 \| A=415
		Baroque Style for Singers (Bailey, McGaughey) Please bring pieces for coaching on phrasing, articulation, ornamentation, and working with a continuo line.
		Fix that Continuo Part! (Haas) For harpsichordists and others who are interested in learning how to make improvements on printed continuo realizations.
		Baroque Dance Topic: Chaconne and Passacaglia (Mainz, Olsson) Phrases from notated chaconnes and passacaglias will be taught from original notation. An introduction/review of Beauchamp-Feuillet notation will also be offered. Two levels.

CLASSES 1:45 TO 3:15 (Saturday and Sunday only)

1st	2nd
		No Class
		Purcell Dances (Horst, Petersen) Delightful repertoire with challenges in all parts. For recorders. Intermediate.
		What's in a Name? English Fantasias and In Nomines (Tol) Fabulous 17th-century repertoire for recorders. Advanced. Give second choice
		Baroque Ensemble Music for one-on-a-part recorders (Beckmann) Challenging music by Boismortier, Telemann, Bach, adapted for recorders. For 4-5 advanced players; give second choice.
		Jacobean Consort (Cunningham) Beautiful English repertoire for viols.
		Baroque Ensembles (Haas, McGaughey, Powers, Roberts) Recorders, flutes, other winds, strings, keyboards. Advanced. Enrollment limited. Give second choice. Instrument: Pitch: A=440 \| A=415
		Music from Purcell's Dioclesian (Ngai, Stone, Bailey) For solo singers (all voice ranges), chorus, string players, anc continuo. Parts and score available here. Solos by audition only. Advanced.
		La Matelotte and other French Contredanses (Mainz) The English country dance was enthusiastically embraced yet modified for the French court. Learn La Matelotte ("Female Saylor") and other contredanses in the French style.

CLASSES 3:30 TO 4:30 (Saturday and Sunday only)
Large group playing and singing for all. Check those you will attend. (If your plans change later, don't worry; we just need a rough idea.)
Saturday
Sunday

Baroque Deportment and Gesture (Olsson) An introduction to 18th-century deportment (how to stand, walk, etc.), stage posture, and gestures based on period sources. For singers and dancers.

Winter Weekend WorkshopClass Selection Form

Winter Weekend Workshop
Class Selection Form