{"id":3949,"date":"2020-08-06T14:09:34","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T14:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amateurmusic.org\/info\/?page_id=3949"},"modified":"2020-11-17T02:52:57","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T02:52:57","slug":"ow-eblumenstock","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/amateurmusic.org\/coda\/resources\/ow-eblumenstock\/","title":{"rendered":"At Home with Elizabeth Blumenstock"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t\"AMN\n\t\t\t\t\"\"\n\t

Workshop Archive<\/h1>\n\t

Four sessions<\/h1>\n

October 6 \u2219 13 \u2219 20 \u2219 27, 2020<\/h1>\n

\n\t\tA message from our mentor:\n\t<\/h2>\n\tWhen I first became interested in historically informed performance, I imagined that playing Baroque music would simply be a matter of playing the violin a little bit differently. \u00a0I was right, but I was also so mistaken! It is more an attitude, a unique expressive commitment, and a joy.\u00a0\u00a0I am very much looking forward to being with all of you in our four sessions together, as we explore the fascinating history and meaningful practice of Baroque style!\n

– Elizabeth Blumenstock<\/p>\n

\n\t\tSeries Overview from Elizabeth\n\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\tSession I – October 6 – Expression in Baroque string playing<\/b><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t

(Participants may wish to take notes, and please have your intruments handy, tuned to A415, for at least the first three sessions)<\/p>\n

We will talk about the different means of expression used by string players in modern and baroque style, the role of vibrato and dynamic use of the bow, the respective properties of modern and Baroque bows, and will discuss ways of using modern setup to achieve a more baroque sound. \u00a0I will play some demos in both styles, and we will actually practice some fundamental baroque bow exercises during this class.<\/p>\n\t\t\tSession II – October 13 – Rhetorical music: What is it, and why does it matter? Is it fun? Yes!<\/b><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\tI will give a brief history of the rhetorical style, emphasizing both rhetoric as embedded in music by the composer, and as a part of the performer’s attitude and delivery. \u00a0I will play examples of both aspects of rhetoric. \u00a0We will review the fundamental bow exercises towards the end of the class.\n\t\t\tSession III – October 20 – What does the music mean? How can you tell what is important?<\/b><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\tWe will explore the dual roles of musical intuition and musical analysis, and why both are important in arriving at a gratifying and communicative understanding of what you are trying to “say” when you perform a piece. \u00a0I will introduce you to my seven Imaginary Friends: Melody Queen, Harmony Girl, Rhythm Boy, the Phrase-meister, the Actor, the Pace-maker, and their boss, the Great Goddess of Affect, and will play bits of music which demonstrate their roles. \u00a0We will again review the fundamental bow exercises towards the end of the class.\n\t\t\tSession IV – October 27 – Putting it all together – applying all the concepts we’ve discussed…<\/b><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\nAs far as our time permits, we will work through short sections of each of the pieces you submitted, showing how rhetoric, bowing, and the Imaginary Friends all coordinate to produce an animated and expressive performance.\n\t

Bibliography, for those who want to delve deeper<\/h2>\n\t

(with links when available online)<\/p>\n\t\t\tArticles from 20th\/21st century authors<\/b><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t

“Musica Poetica,” Dietrich Bartel<\/p>\n

“Music as Speech,” Nikolaus Harnoncourt<\/a><\/p>\n

“Baroque String Playing for Ingenious Learners,” Judy Tarling<\/p>\n

“The Weapons of Rhetoric,” Judy Tarling<\/p>\n

“How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony and Why You Should Care,” Ross Duffin<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\tHistorical treatises<\/b><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t

“On Playing the Flute,” Johann Joachim Quantz<\/a><\/p>\n

“A Treatise on the Fundamental Principles of Violin Playing,” Leopold Mozart<\/a><\/p>\n

Giuseppe Tartini’s letter to Maria Lombardini<\/a><\/p>\n\t

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Widely admired as a Baroque vionist of expressive eloquence and technical sparkle,\u00a0Elizabeth Blumenstock<\/strong>\u00a0is a longtime concertmaster, soloist and leader with the Bay Area\u2019s Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and American Bach Soloists, concertmaster of the International Handel Festival in Goettingen, Germany, and artistic director of the Baroque Music Festival Corona del Mar.<\/p>\n

Her love of chamber music has involved her in many accomplished and interesting smaller ensembles oved the years, including the Galax Quartet, which performs both early music and commissioned contemporary works, Voices of Music, Musica Pacifica,\u00a0Live Oak Baroque, Severall Friends, and Ars Lyrica Chamber Players. Festival performances include the Boston and Berkeley Early Music Festivals, the Carmel Bach Festival, the Oulunsalo Soi festival in Finland, and the San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival, among many others. She has recorded over 100 CDs for Harmonia Mundi, Dorian\/Sono Luminus, Virgin Veritas, Koch, Naxos, Reference Recordings and others.<\/p>\n

An enthusiastic teacher, Blumenstock teaches at the Juilliard Historical Performance Department, the San Francisco Conservatory, the American Bach Soloists\u2019 summer Festival and Academy, the International Baroque Institute at Longy, and the Valley of the Moon Music Festival in Sonoma, California.\u00a0\u00a0She plays a violin built by Andrea Guarneri in 1660 in Cremona, which is on generous loan to her from the Philharmonia Baroque Period Instrument Trust.<\/p>\n\t

If you have questions<\/h5>\n

Please email us\u00a0at info@amateurmusic.org and we will get back to you as soon as possible.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBack to Main Workshops Page\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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