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Escorial
Palace, Spain
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July 1st - 6th, 2008
Optional
pre-workshop session June 30th & July 1st
Alexandria, VA
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A unique opportunity to study and sing with present
and
former members of:
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The Tallis Scholars
Magnificat
The Sixteen
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Chanticleer
Anonymous 4
The Monteverdi
Choir
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The workshop will be led by
Philip Cave, director of the early music ensembles
Magnificat and Orpheus, with
faculty members Sally
Dunkley, Jacqueline Horner Kwiatek,
Michael McCarthy and Steven Rickards. Participants will join in
coaching sessions, workshops and demonstrations of rehearsal
techniques, as well as more informal interactions with
workshop faculty.
We will also offer sessions for
conductors. These sessions will
include discussions on early music conducting techniques,
music editing, and how to choose a good edition. Coaching
will be available from the faculty members and opportunities
to conduct will be provided.
This year’s theme will be
KINGS and CONQUISTADORS, Music of Old and New Spain. The
workshop will study and sing music ranging from the medieval cantigas of the pilgrims to Sant’Iago to music of baroque
Spain and Mexico.
The workshop will take
place at the Virginia Theological Seminary, 3737 Seminary
Road, Alexandria, VA 22304. Please see further information
under the "facilities" link in the top right menu.
Accommodation will be
available at a special conference rate at the Washington
Suites Hotel, Alexandria, VA. There are several suite style
rooms available to meet your needs. Please see further
information under the "facilities" link in the top
right menu.
We are pleased to be able to offer some
additional rehearsal time for those who would like to be
better acquainted with their music before the
main workshop begins. On Monday 30th June and the
morning of Tuesday 1st July, tutors will be
available for note-learning and sectional rehearsal
sessions on the music that the whole workshop will sing
together. The "pre-workshop" is a good opportunity to
work on the music at a slower pace, to meet the faculty,
to socialize at a Reception and sit in on a faculty
rehearsal. Monday's activities take place at historic
Christ Church, in Old Town Alexandria.
Further
pre-workshop information can be found here.
On the final evening, Saturday 5th July,
there will be a concert given by workshop participants and
the faculty in the Pate Auditorium at Virginia Seminary. The
concert will be open to the public
The workshop finishes 6th
July with a sung morning service at historic Christ Church
in Old Town Alexandria.
There are
discounts for full-time music students and for those
applying as small groups. Academic credit and scholarship
assistance may be available. Please
contact us for further
information about these items.
Applications
can be made online at this website, or by mail. If you have
any difficulties navigating this site, or finding
information that you need, please
let us know.
(Please use the green menu bar on the top RIGHT side of
the page to navigate the workshop options.)
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