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ARTHUR HAAS (HARPSICHORD) is one of the most sought after performers and teachers of Baroque music in the United States today. He has performed as soloist all over the US and Europe, and China, and teaches in several of the most prestigious music schools in the country including the Yale School of Music, Stony Brook University, and the Mannes College of Music. He is featured on numerous CDs including solo French music, Bach keyboard concertos, and chamber music of Couperin, Bach, and Telemann.

Praised for his “ravishing vehemence” and “soulful performance” (New York Times), VIOLINIST DANIEL S. LEE has appeared as a soloist and leader with Early Music New York, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Quodlibet Ensemble, and Yale Schola Cantorum, among others. He is the founding director of the critically-acclaimed period ensemble, the Sebastians. He has given lectures and masterclasses at Connecticut College, Manhattan School of Music, Purchase College (SUNY), University of Kansas, and UNC Chapel Hill. He is currently on the faculty at Yale School of Music. More information can be found at www.danielslee.com.

JUDITH MALAFRONTE (MEZZO SOPRANO) has sung with opera companies, orchestras, oratorio so cieties, and early music groups throughout the world. Holding degrees from Vassar College and Stanford University, she has recorded for major labels in a broad range of repertoire and writes regularly for Opera News, Early Music America magazine, and other print and online outlets. At Yale University, Malafronte teaches freshman seminars on Shakespeare and Music, Literature and Opera, instructs choral conductors in vocal technique, and gives courses in historical performance.

Virginia Baroque Performance Academy Director

BAROQUE WORKSHOP SCHEDULE 2019

www.svbachfestival.org/baroque

Asbury United Methodist Church205 S Main St, Harrisonburg, VA 22801

SUNDAY, JUNE 9 7:00pm Reception, Registration, and Orientation

MONDAY - FRIDAY, JUNE 10-14 9:00-10:15am Masterclass #1 10:30-11:45am Masterclass #2 12:00-1:00pm Bach Festival Noon Chamber Recital 2:30-4:00pm Baroque Chamber Ensembles Evening Individual practice

SPECIAL EVENTS:TUESDAY, JUNE 11 4:30pm Field Trip: Hiking/Walking in the Shenandoah National Forest

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12 4:20pm Special Session: Faculty presentation Topic TBA

THURSDAY, JUNE 13 7:30pm Baroque Academy Faculty Concert “Bach says Bonjour” Judith Malafronte, mezzo soprano Anne Timberlake, recorder Daniel Lee, violin Martha McGaughey, viola da gamba Arthur Haas, harpsichord

FRIDAY, JUNE 14 4:30pm Informal Performance 6:00pm Group Dinner outing

SATURDAY, JUNE 15 10:00am Workshop Student Concert 11:15am Workshop Farewell Reception 12:00pm Bach Festival Noon Chamber Recital

MARTHA MCGAUGHEY (VIOLA DA GAMBA) studied with Jodi Saval and Wieland Kuijken. For many years she was a member of the Five Centuries Ensemble, based in Paris. A founding member of Gold and Glitter, Martha is on the faculty of Mannes College of Music in New York and has taught at the Eastman School of Music and the Ecole Nationale de Musique Angoulême (France).

ANNE TIMBERLAKE (RECORDER) performs and teaches across the United States. She holds de grees in recorder performance from Oberlin Con servatory and Indiana University and was the re cipient of a Fulbright Grant. Anne is a founding member of the ensemble Wayward Sisters, which won Early Music America’s Naxos Recording Competition and released its debut CD in 2014. Anne has also received awards from the American Recorder Society and the National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts.

LYNNE MACKEY has performed as harpsichord concerto soloist, and also in chamber music and duo harpsichord concerts. She holds piano performance degrees from the Eastman School, The Juilliard School, and the University of Michigan, and has performed in the United States, Europe, Brazil, and Africa. She founded the Virginia Baroque Performance Academy in 2009.

Baroque Workshop

JUNE 9-15, 2019H A R R I S O N B U R G , VA

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Baroque Workshop

JUNE 9-15, 2019H A R R I S O N B U R G , VA

THIS WORKSHOP IS DESIGNED to give participants hands-on experience in Baroque technique and interpretation through master classes and coached ensemble sessions with internationally acclaimed faculty. We welcome players of all levels in this five-day Baroque immersion course. Pitch will be at both 415 and 440. Solo practice time will be available for all participants.

HIGHLIGHTS• Harpsichord: solo repertoire, continuo skills, coached ensembles. No early keyboard experience required.• Violin/Viola: solo repertoire, period performance practice (Baroque and modern violin), and coached ensembles.• Viola da gamba/Cello: solo, consort and duo repertoire, individual coaching on bass lines, coached ensembles, (bass

lines and obbligato parts), and introduction to viol for string players.• Singers: solo, duet, and trio repertoire, ornamen tation, rhetoric, and coached ensembles. Music for all voice types.• Recorder: technique, period performance practice, solo repertoire, coached ensembles.• Chamber music: all participants will be involved in the coached ensemble sessions.

Some scholarships available for full workshop

The Shenandoah Valley, home of the Virginia Baroque Performance Academy, is rich in history and natural beauty. There are museums, battlefields, caverns, rivers, forests, and mountains to explore. Nearby Staunton is the home of The American Shakespeare Center and The Blackfriars Playhouse, the world’s only replica of Shakespeare’s indoor theatre.

THE VIRGINIA BAROQUE PERFORMANCE ACADEMY

is part of theSHENANDOAH VALLEY BACH FESTIVAL

Celebrating its 27th season

Three festival concerts during the week(Sunday, Friday and Saturday, EMU campus)

Baroque Academy Faculty Concert“Bach says Bonjour”

(Thursday Evening, Asbury United Methodist Church)

Final Sunday Leipzwig Service(EMU Campus)

Daily Chamber Concerts(Monday-Saturday, Asbury United Methodist Church)

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JUNE 9-15, 2019A S B U R Y U N I T E D M E T H O D I S T C H U R C H2 0 5 S . M A I N S T R E E TH A R R I S O N B U R G , VA 2 2 8 0 1

Baroque Workshop

HOW TO APPLYFor application, fees, schedule, housing options,

workshop artist faculty concert, and workshop reviews, see:

www.svbachfestival.org/baroque

CONTACTFor questions or more information,

contact Lynne Mackey, Director lmackey8@gmail.com

2019 WORKSHOP FEESFULL WORKSHOP TUITION $450(Sunday through Saturday Noon) • All Master classes and Ensemble coaching• 6 Bach Festival Chamber Music Concerts• Special Afternoon Faculty presentations • Baroque Faculty Concert (complimentary ticket)

MORNING ONLY TUITION $250 (Monday-Friday)

• Masterclass session #1• Masterclass session #2

AUDITOR (no participation) Week $150 Day $30

DEPOSIT REQUIRED WITH APPLICATION $25(non-refundable)

Balance of tuition due by June 1, 2019.