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2011 Jewell Early Music Summer Festival and Workshop
Four concerts and a plethora of workshops are sure to engage those early music enthusiasts as the 2011 Jewell Early Music Summer Festival begins July 26th.
The Kansas City Baroque Consortium is pleased to announce the third annual Jewell Early Music Summer Festival and Workshop.
* A four concert summer series of period performances featuring early music from across the European continent.
* A 5-day workshop exploring the art of period performance for vocalists and instrumentalists hosted by William Jewell College.
* Baroque Outside the Box! A series of illuminating discussions and informal performances for the interested observer and the ingenious learner.
Members of the Kansas City Baroque Consortium directed by Trilla Ray-Carter, will be joined by St. Louis Baroque members Jeffrey Noonan, lute and theorbo; Charles Metz, harpsichord; and William Bauer, violin along with vocalists Jay Carter, countertenor, Sarah Tannehill Anderson, soprano, Anthony Maglione, tenor and others for a richly varied series of historically informed performances.
Concert 1
The German and Austrian Baroque
Tuesday, July 26, at 7:30 p.m.
Renee Kelly's at Caenen Castle
12401 Johnson Drive, Shawnee, Kansas 66216
Admission: $30 at the door. Limited Seating, reservations required: jemsfest@gmail.com
JEMS Fest for Joplin, a benefit for the Joplin Schools Music Program
The Jewell Early Music Summer Festival will kickoff its third annual summer concert series with a "JEMS Fest for Joplin" concert benefitting the Joplin Schools Tornado Relief Fund at Renee Kelley's at Caenen Castle. This historic renaissance castle-style home built in 1907 and refurbished in 2004 as a private event venue will serve as a beautiful backdrop for an evening of German and Austrian Baroque music performed on period instruments featuring members of the Kansas City Baroque Consortium, St. Louis Baroque, and vocalists, Sarah Tannehill Anderson, soprano, Jay Carter, countertenor, and Tony Maglione, tenor. Proceeds from the evening will benefit the music programs for the Joplin Schools destroyed in the May 22 tornado. Limited seating, reservations required. For more information contact Trilla Ray-Carter: jemsfest@gmail.com.
Concert 2
The French Baroque
Thursday, July 28, 7:30 p.m.
The Chapel at Village Presbyterian Church
6641 Mission Road, Prairie Village Kansas
General Admission is $15, $10 for seniors and students. Tickets are available at the door.
A program of French Baroque works features harpsichordist, Charles Metz of St. Louis Baroque performing on his 1981 Walter Burr copy of the Benoit Stehlin Harpsichord (1760) at the Smithsonian Museum. He will be joined by Jeff Noonan on lute and theorbo, Trilla Ray-Carter, baroque cello, Jay Carter, countertenor, Sarah Tannehill Anderson, soprano and members of the Kansas City Baroque Consortium.
Concert 3
The English Renaissance
Saturday, July 30, 7:30 p.m.
Founders' Hall at Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral
415 West 13th Street, Kansas City, MO 64105
General Admission is $15, $10 for seniors and students. Tickets are available at the door.
The third concert of the 2011 summer series will feature the JEMS Fest Singers in a concert of a cappella choral works by the English Rennaissance composer William Byrd. Vocalists include: Sarah Tannehill Anderson, Amy Waldron, Jay Carter, Melissa Carter, Tony Maglione, Eddie Straub, Evan Courtney, Doug Maag.
The Jewell Early Music Workshop
August 1-5, William Jewell College
The Jewell Early Music Workshop for vocal, choral and instrumental performance explores historically informed performance practice of the Baroque period. Hosted by William Jewell College, participation is open to advanced high school and college musicians, accomplished amateurs, and instructors. Participation fees are $125-$250 for the week. Interested observers may attend morning or afternoon sessions for $10 which includes the daily afternoon Seminar Series: "Baroque Outside the Box", exploring rhetoric, gesture, performance practice and research of early music.
The Workshop Seminar Series: Baroque Outside the Box!
A series of illuminating discussions and informal performances for the interested observer and ingenious learner.
August 1-4, 3:30-4:45 Gano Chapel, William Jewell College
General Admission $10 per day, payable at the door.
Topics include: "Rhetorically Singing", the language of early music, with Jay Carter, countertenor; "Why Corelli Counts" with Jeff Noonan, lute; and "Harmonia Artificiosa - Altered Tunings in the High Baroque" with Bill Bauer, violin.
Free Workshop Showcase Concert
Featuring participants and faculty of the 2011 Jewell Early Music Summer Workshop.
Friday, August 5, 5:00 p.m.
Liberty United Methodist Church
1001 Sunset Avenue, Liberty, MO 64068
Admission is Free
Special Evening Concert and Dinner package is available for August 5th.
Please inquire for details at
Concert 4
Final Concert: Handel, the Ultimate Cosmopolitan
August 5, 8:00 concert, 7:00 pre-concert talk
Liberty United Methodist Church
1001 Sunset Avenue, Liberty, MO 64068
General Admission is $15, $10 for seniors and students. Tickets are available at the door.
Music of Handel, Wassenauer and Corelli will be presented on the 2011 summer series final concert featuring the JEMS Fest Workshop Chorale under the direction of Dr. Anthony Maglione in Handel's Ode to the Birthday of Queen Anne with members of the Kansas City Baroque Consortium and St. Louis Baroque. Soprano, Sarah Tannehill Anderson will be featured in Handel's recently discovered Gloria in Excelsis Deo, and countertenor, Jay Carter in Handel's Come la rondenilla from Tirsis.
For more information about the Jewell Early Music Summer Festival, contact Trilla Ray-Carter: jemsfest@gmail.com.
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