April 11 & 12
Playing with Playford - Tina Chancey, viola da gamba
Playing with Playford – We've heard of John Playford’s English Dancing Master, but how about Apollo’s Banquet, the Division Violin, and Catch as Catch Can? Much of Playford's music is intended for amateur players in the tavern and at home. We'll take a look, play tunes from each, and talk about different ways to arrange and perform them.
Open to all instruments, level will be middle intermediate/advanced. Pitch: A=440 Hz
Flower Power - A Musical Bouquet for Springtime with Annette Bauer
As a celebration of spring time, this session explores compositions from the 14th-17th centuries that name or reference flowers. Among them the rose - often used as a symbol for the divine love of the virgin Mary, and by extension, of romantic love between humans - the lily - with strong historical ties to femininity, motherhood, and fertility, also associated with the French royal household as fleur-de-lis - and the honeysuckle - carrying meanings of affectionate, lasting bonds, and devoted love. Music by Machaut, Bedyngham, Playford, and Holborne, among others.
Open to: recorders, intermediate and up, other melody instruments welcome (sound files are created with 4-foot recorders, i.e. beware the octave!) Pitch: A = 440
About AEM Online Classes
About AEM Online Classes
Registrants will receive an email with a link to a webpage for each class. Visit the webpage for music and class materials, (available in advance!) and at class time for the Zoom link. Miss a class or want to see two at the same time? Class recordings will replace the Zoom links after the class, and be available for seven days. Weekend classes run 90 minutes, with the first 10 minutes for introductions and last-minute tech help.
