2010 Festival Schedule Downtown State College, Pennsylvania
Friday, March 26 7:00 PM
Live demonstration of Handel’s Baroque World presented by the Festival Faculty
Topics include:
- Art of the Ground – playing off a bass line
- Historical instrumental techniques
- Baroque ornamentation – vocal and instrumental
- Dance forms
- Expressiveness, exuberance, theatricality of Handel in London
Concert is at Esber Hall, Penn State campus, and is open to the general public.
Free admission for all.
Saturday, March 27 All day
Masterclasses, ensemble playing, masterworks rehearsals led by the Festival Faculty
9:00-11:00 a.m.
Masterclasses in voice, keyboards, strings, flute/recorder, oboe, bassoon, trumpet, horn and guitar. Selected students work on a solo piece from their own baroque repertoire with a master teacher. Auditions for the 6-8 masterclass spots are described on the registration page. Non-auditioning students are expected to attend a masterclass and learn. Outstanding student soloists will perform in Sunday’s Best of Baroque concert.
11:00 – 11:45 a.m.
Lunch on your own.
12:00 – 2:30 p.m.
All-festival rehearsals on orchestral, keyboard and vocal masterworks. Rehearsals introduce baroque style: bowing techniques, terraced dynamics, solo versus concerto, ornamentation, tempo variations, strong and weak beats, playing off a bass line, ensemble balance between winds, strings and voice, expressiveness, and more. Festival faculty lead the rehearsals and perform with festival students.
2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Student soloist rehearsals for the Best of Baroque concert.
3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Hold open for extra masterwork rehearsals.
8:00 p.m.
Schwab Auditorium. Concert of Handel’s Water Music performed by the Festival faculty augmented by the Penn State Baroque Ensemble. Sponsored by Penn State’s Center for the Performing Arts. All festival student registrants receive complimentary tickets.
Parents and teachers pay the JBMF group discount fee ($28).
Sunday, March 28 Festival rehearsals and Best of Baroque Concert
11:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Rehearsals on the masterworks for the Best of Baroque Concert: Handel’s Royal Fireworks Suite for orchestra, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater for vocalists and string accompaniment, Handel’s Suite No. 7 in g minor for keyboards.