Special Tour
at the National Gallery
The Art of Passion
Sunday, July 10 at 1:30 PM
David Gariff, senior lecturer at the National Gallery of Art, has created a unique tour of art in the Gallery for the Washington Early Music Festival Gala Weekend.
The tour’s theme, The Art of Passion, complements the theme of the Gala Benefit Concert Passione.
Be sure to keep in touch with our website for further details. To sign up for the Art Tour, email info@earlymusicdc.org with your name and the number of places you wish to reserve.
The tour is free, courtesy of the National Gallery of Art.
Location: National Gallery of Art, 401 Constitution Ave NW, Washington D.C.
VIOL PETTING ZOO
Saturday, July 9
11:00 AM – noon
St. Mark’s on Capitol Hill, 118 3rd St. SE, Washington D.C.
Enjoy this opportunity to learn about and try various instruments in the viol family. Free.
Sponsored by The Greater Washington/Baltimore Chapter of the Viola da Gamba Society.
AFTERNOON WORKSHOP
Saturday, July 9
Noon – 4:00 PM
St. Mark’s on Capitol Hill, 118 3rd St. SE, Washington D.C.
Baroque Instrumental Workshop conducted by Risa Browder and John Moran, faculty members at the Peabody Institute. $60/$40 students. For more information, email lusion@earthlink.net or call (703) 351-7852.
PASSIONE
Gala Concert of the
Washington Early Music Festival
A rare and special offering for lovers of early music
Featuring special guest Robert Aubry Davis
GALA CONCERT & RECEPTION
Saturday, July 9 at 7:30 PM
St. Mark’s on Capitol Hill, 118 3rd St. SE, Washington D.C.
Washington’s premier early music ensembles join together for individual performances in a single concert session, performing their favorite choices of Passionate Music.
Robert Aubry Davis, producer and host of Millennium of Music, and highly respected arts lecturer, will offer introductory remarks. Door prizes and deliciously obscure early music facts will punctuate the evening. A post-concert reception offers an opportunity to meet and talk with the artists.
This benefit concert will help fund the June 2012 season of the Washington Early Music Festival – “Passionate Music of Early Europe.” Please join us for a delightful evening and help support early music performance in our community.
Performing Ensembles include:
Arco Voce ~ Armonia Nova ~ BHB ~ Carmina
Ensemble Gaudior ~
Harmonious Blacksmith ~ Modern Musick
The Suspicious Cheese Lords ~ The Vivaldi Project
TICKETS
Tickets are $40/$20 students and will be available at the door.
UPDATES
Additional information will appear throughout the spring as more details become available. Please keep checking back with us here at EarlyMusicDC.org.
What's Coming Up in 2012:
“Vices & Virtues” – Passionate Music of Early Europe
We are already in the early planning stages for 2012 with intent to expand on the diversity of cultural offerings: more demonstrations, hands-on workshops, discussions and lectures – and of course, always, the music. This intriguing theme opens up all of early Europe to WEMF performers, directing emphasis to music that conveys intense emotion – whether that be love of the sacred, or other more secular passions. We can be assured that this will bring creativity to the fore in programming and in performance.
The Festival is such a pleasure for all of us involved in its creation; we always look forward to it. We hope that you share this excitement of early music in our community. Please share your comments and if you have the desire to work with us, let us know. We would be glad to have you participate.
Constance Whiteside
Director, Washington Early Music Festival