Juilliard Baroque - The Juilliard School's New Period-Instrument Faculty Ensemble Debuts on Tuesday, October 27 With An All-Bach Concert in The School's Paul Hall
The Juilliard School's newest faculty ensemble, Juilliard Baroque, comprised of faculty members, violinist and artistic director of Juilliard's Historical Performance Program, Monica Huggett, cellist Phoebe Carrai, violinist Robert Mealy, flutist Sandra Miller, double bassist Robert Nairn, violinist Cynthia Roberts, oboist Gonzalo Ruiz, bassoonist Dominic Teresi and harpsichordist Kenneth Weiss makes its debut on Tuesday, October 27 at 8 PM in Juilliard's Paul Hall (155 West 65th Street). The all-Bach program features A Musical Offering, BWV 1079 and the Concerto for Oboe and Strings in F Major, BWV 1053. The Ensemble's teaching residency at Juilliard and its ability to schedule concerts internationally is to be modeled on that of the famed Juilliard String Quartet - the conservatory's resident quartet since 1946.
LIMITED FREE tickets are available beginning October 13 at the Janet and Leonard Kramer Box office at Juilliard (155 West 65th Street). For further information, call (212) 769-7406 or go to www.juilliard.edu.
Juilliard Baroque brings together an exceptional group of early music performers. Ms. Huggett is world-renowned for her expressive and impassioned performances. She is artistic director of the Portland Baroque Orchestra and Dublin's Irish Baroque Orchestra. Ms. Carrai performs with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra from San Francisco, Les Musiciens du Louvre, and Boston's Handel and Haydn Society, among other ensembles. She also directs the Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra. Mr. Mealy is one of America's leading Baroque violinists and has recorded more than 50 CDs of early music for all the major labels. He is director of the Yale Collegium. Ms. Miller frequently is invited to perform and record with many well known period-instrument ensembles. She performs with the American Classical Orchestra, the Boston Early Music Festival, and is a co-founder of Sinfonia New York; Mr. Nairn has been a specialist in historical performance for more than 14 years and has a career that has spanned Europe, the U.S., and Australia. He is the principal bassist for the Handel and Haydn Society. Ms. Roberts serves as concertmaster of the New York Collegium, Apollo's Fire and has appeared as a soloist and recitalist throughout the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Mr. Ruiz has appeared both as principal oboist or concerto soloist with most of the leading period-instrument groups in the U.S., and has performed widely in Europe and the U.S. He is an expert in historical reedmaking techniques, and more than two dozen of his pieces are on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mr. Teresi is principal bassoonist of the Toronto's Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, and shares leadership of Chiaroscuro, an ensemble of early music specialists dedicated to 17th-century music, also based in Canada. Mr. Weiss is a faculty member of the Paris Conservatory and performs harpsichord recitals and Baroque chamber music in festivals and concert halls around the world.
Juilliard Baroque performs a second concert this season in collaboration with Music Before 1800 on Sunday, February 7 at 4 PM at Corpus Christi Church. The program features J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 3, 4, and 5.
About Juilliard's Historical Performance Program
Juilliard welcomed its first class of thirteen students this month in the Historical Performance program. The program is open to master of music degree and graduate diploma candidates and offers comprehensive study focusing on music from the High Baroque through the Early Classical eras. The performance-oriented curriculum fosters an informed, vital understanding of the many issues unique to period instrument performance with the level of technical excellence and musical integrity for which Juilliard is renowned. Joint projects and collaborations with the School's Dance and Drama Divisions and Vocal Arts program, and with modern instrument students outside of the Historical Performance program, will be encouraged. The master of music degree program requires a two-year residency; the graduate diploma program with a major in Historical Performance is a two-year, non-degree course of study. Along with weekly lessons and frequent performances, the curriculum also includes core classes covering a broad range of issues related directly to performance, including style and interpretation, historical and cultural contexts, analytical methods and treatises, historical dance, improvisation, continuo improvisation/figured bass reading, and ornamentation.
Guest residencies are an important part of the Historical Performance program's annual schedule, as are master classes with experts from around the world, and next season, Juilliard will present a master class with singer Emma Kirkby on November 2, a residency and master class with viol player and conductor Jordi Savall on May 1, and a master class with early music specialist William Christie with members of his ensemble, Les Arts Florissants, on March 31.
For further information on the Historical Performance program, contact Juilliard's Admissions Office at (212) 799-5000, ext. 223 or visit www.juillard.edu/admissions. The next deadline date for applications is December 1, 2009.
JUILLIARD BAROQUE
Calendar of Events
Tuesday, October 27, 8 PM - Juilliard's Paul Hall, 155 West 65th Street, 1st Floor, NYC
J.S. Bach - A Musical Offering, BWV 1079
J.S. Bach - Concerto for Oboe and Strings in F Major, BWV 1053
LIMITED FREE tickets will be available beginning October 13 at the Janet and Leonard Kramer Box Office at Juilliard. For further information, call (212) 769-7406 or go to www.juilliard.edu.
Sunday, February 7, 4 PM - Corpus Christi Church, 529 West 121st Street, NYC
J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concertos No. 3, 4, and 5
For information on tickets for Music Before 1800, call (212) 666-9266. To get to Corpus Christi Church, take the M4 or M 104 bus or the No. 1 subway to 116th Street, Columbia University stop.
Master class with singer Emma Kirkby
Standby admission only
Tuesday, December 8, 8 PM, Juilliard's Paul Hall
Juilliard Period Instrument Ensemble
Monica Huggett, Conductor
LIMITED FREE tickets available November 24 at the Juilliard Box Office
Wednesday, March 31, 4 PM, Juilliard's Paul Hall
Master Class with William Christie
LIMITED FREE tickets available March 17 at the Juilliard Box Office
Friday, April 2, 8 PM, Alice Tully Hall
Juilliard Period Instrument Ensemble
William Christie, Conductor
FREE tickets available March 19 at the Juilliard Box Office
Wednesday, April 14, 8 PM, Juilliard's Paul Hall
Juilliard Period Instrument Ensemble
Monica Huggett, Conductor
LIMITED FREE tickets available March 31 at the Juilliard Box Office
Saturday, May 1, 8 PM, Juilliard's Rosemary and Meredith Willson Theater
Juilliard Period Instrument Ensemble
Workshop Performance
Jordi Savall, Conductor
(Information on ticket availability to be announced.)
For further information on all Juilliard events, call (212) 769-7406 or go to www.juilliard.edu
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