Historical Performance Historically informed performance plays a central role in Longy’s artistic and academic life. The curriculum focuses on both repertoire and research in its approach to music composed before 1800, featuring some of the most unique and thorough course offerings in early music in the United States. Your Faculty Corrine Byrne, chair Anne Azéma, voice
Na’ama Lion, baroque flute
Phoebe Carrai, baroque cello
Dana Maiben, baroque violin, viola
Sarah Darling, baroque violin, viola
John McKean, harpsichord, music history
Pam Dellal, voice Longy faculty, students, and alumni perform with Boston Camerata
Course Highlights Hildegard von Bingen: A Feminine Universe Hildegard von Bingen had a powerful vision of the role of the feminine in the divine plan. Learn about women’s participation in worship and in the world through her theology, poetry, and music in original notation. Digging for Songs in the Ground: Crossing Centuries with Ground Bass Improvisation and Compositions This interdepartmental course covers a wide range of eras, styles, and ethnicities that all use ground bass improvisation, from Byrd and Monteverdi to Ellington and Winehouse.
Libor Dudas, harpsichord, organ
Vivian Montgomery, harpsichord
Douglas Freundlich, lute
Kathryn Montoya, baroque oboe, recorder
Stephen Hammer, baroque oboe
Ken Pierce, period dance
Jane Hershey, viola da gamba
Andrew Schwartz, baroque bassoon
Greg Ingles, sackbut
Anne Trout, baroque bass/violone
Sonja Lindblad, recorder
Ryan Turner, voice
Degrees & Diplomas Graduate Performance Diploma Master of Music Degree
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