Live performance of Renaissance instrumental music

Live performance of Renaissance instrumental music

Academic Year:
2017 - 2018 (June 1, 2017 through May 31, 2018)
Funding Requested:
$200.00
Project Dates:
-
Applicant(s):
Overview of the Project:
I seek a small IDF grant to offer a honorarium to four Ann Arbor musicians who will visit my music history class for LSA majors (Musicology 345) on Oct. 25, 2017.
Final Report Fields
Project Objectives:

A Renaissance recorder ensemble of four amateur musicians from Ann Arbor visited my Musicology 345 course (Music History from the Middle Ages to ca. 1750) on Oct. 25 (11:00-11:50). My main goal was to expose the 38 students in the class to the live sound of recorders and to the dynamics of playing music live.

Project Achievements:

The ensemble played 8-10 short Renaissance dances (students had learned the basic dance steps before coming to class from videos) and a well-known vocal piece from the time. The players introduced the pieces and their instruments: soprano, alto, tenor, bass, and contrabass recorders. Students enjoyed the performance and realized that a recorder ensemble can actually produce a very smooth and pleasing sound. They asked the performers questions on the necessary training for achieving their level of proficiency. 

Continuation:
No
Dissemination:
Live music is a fairly routine activity in music history classes. I had no plans to disseminate this particular event.