GALA POST HOLIDAY CONCERT- Baroque Across the River Participates

Start the year off with an amazing Early Music concert. Here is the information:
SUNDAY, January 4, 2009 at 3PM
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WHO: Gala Post-Holiday Concert! (Adesso Early Music, Alta Wind Band, Anime Barq., ARTEK, Baroque Across the River, Bklyn Barq., Callisto Ascending, Ens. Breve, Ens. Viscera, Glissando Duo, Infiorare, My Lord Chamberlain's Consort, NY Continuo Collective, Parthenia, Sinfonia Praetorius)
WHAT: Gala Multi-Group Post-Holiday Concert - Over 60 musicians and 15 ensembles performing in a Gala concert of early music. Each ensemble will perform a short selection in addition to large group opening and closing pieces.
WHERE: Immanuel Lutheran Church, 122 East 88th St. at Lexington Ave., New York, NY
PRESENTED BY: Immanuel Lutheran Church, ARTEK, Gotham Early Music Scene
ADMISSION: Free; Donations accepted
CONTACT: www.midtownconcerts.org
WEB: http://www.gemsny.org

Thanks to our friend, Michael Sanita, at Polyphony.com (www.polyphony.com) who keeps a list of the best concerts in Early Music held each month in New York City. He does all of us a great service in furthering the cause of Early Music. Thanks, Michael.

A Music Festival Continues in Rural Quebec – featuring concerts of music for classical guitar, flute, violin and voice

Join us for our 3rd annual festival in this beautiful region. We started this festival with Harris Becker and the response to our concerts and teaching has been wonderful. The region is very special and we have made many good friends there. Here is the web site: www.midsummermusiquebec.com

 From August 4 to August 10, the farm lands, fields and forests of south-west Quebec will be awash with the sounds of music. The festival. “A Midsummer Music Dream/ Songe d’été en musique” will feature concerts of music for solo guitar, guitar with flute and voice, violin and piano.  The performers are professional musicians from New York who are regular visitors to the region. 

In addition to the concerts, festival participants can also enroll in  classes such as technique and chamber ensemble, and rock guitar. Instruction will also be given in voice, piano, violin, flute and harpsichord.

The festival will take place at the junction of the Beauce and Eastern Townships region of Quebec which is approximately 1 1/2 hour drive south from Quebec City, 1 1/2 hour drive north-east from Sherbrooke and a 1 1/2 hour drive north from the Maine border crossing. Events are taking place in the villages of Courcelles, Lambton, Lac-Drolet and La Guadeloupe. The venues are the Moulin Bernier, a museum of art and culture in Courcelles, Église St-Vital in Lambton, the Moulin at Domaine La Guadeloupe, the Maison du Granit in Lac-Drolet, which is also a museum.

Listen to Soundclips from the festival in 2007: 

DOWNLOAD A POSTER!! Midsummer Music Dream Poster