Sing-along workshop with
the Boston Camerata
19th century American spirituals
About the Event
Dates and Times
Tuesday, January 28, 2025 | 3:30pm and 6:30pm Pacific
Who should attend?
Everyone who wishes to learn more about this American music tradition and participate in an inspiring concert with Boston Camerata!
Location
The Chan Center for the Arts, 170 Valencia St., San Francisco
Schedule
3:30–5:30pm: Workshop I
for more advanced singers or those who wish for greater immersion
5:30–6:30pm: Dinner break: pizza provided!
6:30–8:30pm: Workshop II
everyone is welcome!
Is there a cost?
Single workshop: $25
Both workshops: $40
Pay-what-you-can option: we welcome all who wish to join, at whatever level of cost you can afford.
$5 minimum for credit card security.
If “pay what you can” means you can pay a little more and support the work of AMN — many thanks!!
How do I prepare?
Download your music and learn the part. Videos are provided for your reference.
Tell me more about participating in the concert!
San Francisco Early Music Society is presenting two concerts with Boston Camerata:
Thursday, Jan. 30 at 7:30pm
Location: First Church Berkeley UCC, 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley
Friday, Jan. 31 at 7:30pm
Location: St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 1111 O’Farrell, San Francisco
You are welcome to participate in one or both (or neither) of these concerts.
All attendees must have concert tickets, which are available on the SFEMS website and will also be available to purchase at the workshop. Pay-what-you-can option is available.
All workshop attendees will have access to special reserved seating and will be welcomed onstage to sing the workshop repertoire.
REGISTER NOW!
About the Mentors
Meet our distinguished mentors for this program: Anne Azéma and Boston Camerata
French-born vocalist, scholar and stage director Anne Azéma has directed The Boston Camerata since 2008 and the French ensemble Aziman, which she founded, since 2005. Intensely engaged since her student days with the song repertoire of the Middle Ages, she is esteemed as a charismatic solo performer. But she is also widely admired for her creative skill in building and directing complete musical productions of varied styles and periods, both for her recital programs and for larger ensemble forces (concert and stage) in Europe and the United States.
The Boston Camerata occupies a unique place in the densely populated universe of European and American early music ensembles. Camerata’s distinguished rank stems partly from its longevity: founded in 1954, when the field of endeavor was in its infancy, as an adjunct to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts’ musical instruments collection, Camerata is now one of the longest-lived groups to be vigorously functioning up to the present day.
photo by Robert Torres
Workshop Materials
Let Us Cheer the Weary Traveler
Pretty Home
Cussetta, The Sacred Harp, Philadelphia, 1844
How Precious is the Name
My God Delivered Daniel
Roll Call
Shall We Gather at the River
Weeping Pilgrim
The Boston Camerata: We’ll Be There
American Spirituals, Black and White, 1800-1900
Anne Azéma, director
Joel Cohen, program creator
Anne Azéma, Camila Parias, Deborah Rentz-Moore, MaKayla McDonald, Jordan Weatherston Pitts, Corey Dalton Hart, Phillip Bullock, Luke Scott, vocalists
Libor Dudas, keyboard; Joel Cohen, guitar; Eric Martin, fiddle; Ian Saunders, contrabass
Presented by Music Before 1800
Bill Barclay, Artistic Director
Performed at Corpus Christi Church, New York, NY (2022)
Let Us Cheer the Weary Traveler
Pretty Home
Cussetta
How Precious is the Name
My God Delivered Daniel
Roll Call
Shall We Gather at the River
Weeping Pilgrim
Program Notes
Jordan Weatherston Pitts discusses We’ll Be There
Thank you!
Thank you to our partner, San Francisco Early Music Society.
The San Francisco Early Music Society was founded in 1975 as a membership organization to promote the performance of and appreciation for early music. For more than four decades, SFEMS has been at the forefront of the early music revival, and remains the Bay Area’s portal for early music. For more information please visit their website.