The Hamilton College Performing Arts Classical Connections series will present a concert by the Baltimore Consort on Saturday, Oct. 20, at 8 p.m. in Wellin Hall at the Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts.
The Baltimore Consort along with guest artist Danielle Svonavec (soprano) will delight the audience with a musical history lesson on period instruments as they perform early and traditional music of Scotland. They will explore the secular music of Scotland leading up to the English craze of the 17th- and early 18th-century England when "Scotch tunes" became popular in theaters, pubs and in the salons of aristocracy and royalty. The program will also follow the path of traditional Scottish song to the isolated hollows of Appalachia and far reaches of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
The Baltimore Consort has performed for audiences on both sides of the Atlantic and their CDs have earned a place on the Billboard Magazine Top-10 list. The group's arrangements of early music from England, Scotland, France, Italy and Spain speak to the heart as well as the mind, and their love for the early music of English/Scottish heritage has led them to delve into the rich trove of traditional balladry and dance tunes preserved in the Appalachian mountains and Nova Scotia.
Each of the Baltimore Consort's six members is highly acclaimed for the mastery of their respective instruments. Mary Anne Ballard, faculty member at the Oberlin Baroque Institute, has played the viol for the Oberlin Consort. Violist Mark Cudek, founder and director of the Peabody Renaissance Ensemble at John Hopkins University, also has mastered the Renaissance guitar and was awarded the Thomas Binkley Award for Outstanding Collegium Director in 2001. Violist Larry Lipkis, composer-in-residence and director of early music at Moravian College, has produced various concertos for the cello, bass trombone and bassoon. Lutenist Ronn McFarlane has produced more than 20 recordings and composed more than 25 new pieces for the lute. Mindy Rosenfeld, a founding member of the Baltimore Consort and a member of San Francisco's Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, is praised for her extraordinary flute proficiency and dynamic performances.
The Consort tours all regions of the USA, also appears frequently in Europe, and has held residencies at the Walters Art Gallery and the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, and the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston. Its performances on such syndicated radio programs as Performance Today, St. Paul Sunday, Millennium of Music, Harmonia and Onstage (CBC) have been broadcast far and wide.
Tickets for Baltimore Consort are $12 for Hamilton faculty and staff and $5 for Hamilton students. Student and group discounts are available. For more information or tickets, call the box office at 859-4331 or visit the Hamilton Performing Arts Web site.
The Baltimore Consort along with guest artist Danielle Svonavec (soprano) will delight the audience with a musical history lesson on period instruments as they perform early and traditional music of Scotland. They will explore the secular music of Scotland leading up to the English craze of the 17th- and early 18th-century England when "Scotch tunes" became popular in theaters, pubs and in the salons of aristocracy and royalty. The program will also follow the path of traditional Scottish song to the isolated hollows of Appalachia and far reaches of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
The Baltimore Consort has performed for audiences on both sides of the Atlantic and their CDs have earned a place on the Billboard Magazine Top-10 list. The group's arrangements of early music from England, Scotland, France, Italy and Spain speak to the heart as well as the mind, and their love for the early music of English/Scottish heritage has led them to delve into the rich trove of traditional balladry and dance tunes preserved in the Appalachian mountains and Nova Scotia.
Each of the Baltimore Consort's six members is highly acclaimed for the mastery of their respective instruments. Mary Anne Ballard, faculty member at the Oberlin Baroque Institute, has played the viol for the Oberlin Consort. Violist Mark Cudek, founder and director of the Peabody Renaissance Ensemble at John Hopkins University, also has mastered the Renaissance guitar and was awarded the Thomas Binkley Award for Outstanding Collegium Director in 2001. Violist Larry Lipkis, composer-in-residence and director of early music at Moravian College, has produced various concertos for the cello, bass trombone and bassoon. Lutenist Ronn McFarlane has produced more than 20 recordings and composed more than 25 new pieces for the lute. Mindy Rosenfeld, a founding member of the Baltimore Consort and a member of San Francisco's Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, is praised for her extraordinary flute proficiency and dynamic performances.
The Consort tours all regions of the USA, also appears frequently in Europe, and has held residencies at the Walters Art Gallery and the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, and the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston. Its performances on such syndicated radio programs as Performance Today, St. Paul Sunday, Millennium of Music, Harmonia and Onstage (CBC) have been broadcast far and wide.
Tickets for Baltimore Consort are $12 for Hamilton faculty and staff and $5 for Hamilton students. Student and group discounts are available. For more information or tickets, call the box office at 859-4331 or visit the Hamilton Performing Arts Web site.
