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Monday 14th June4 pm
'Touching Music History: An interactive talk on music and instruments of the Period'
with Dr Micaela Schmitz for all the family (age 8+)
This interactive talk is suitable for ages 8 and up. Early keyboard specialist Dr. Micaela Schmitz will showcase some of the keyboard instruments of Sargent's time including the clavichord and the Dulcitone. Budding players may be even be able to have a go. The talk will include some demonstration and some recorded examples or visuals. The main talk will run approximately 45 minutes and will be followed by opportunities to 'have a go' at the end. Children should be accompanied by a parent, carer or responsible adult.
Tickets £6.00
Venue: Lifford Hall
Supported by:
Positive Actvities for Young People
The Co-op Community Fund
Like to know more?
What's a Dulcitone? Find out here.
Dr Micaela Schmitz (originally from the U.S.) specialises in early keyboard instruments, including harpsichord, fortepiano and clavichord. She earned her Doctorate of Musical Arts (on 18th century keyboard music) under Arthur Haas at the Eastman School of Music, in Rochester, New York. This was preceded by a first degree in Music at U.C. Berkeley, and a Masters in Choral Conducting. (She spent two years studying with Jacques Ogg and Bart van Oort at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague on a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship. As a soloist she received acclaim for her performance of Bach’s Goldberg variations, which features an entertaining pre-concert talk to help audiences appreciate the masterpiece.
Programmes include ‘England V. Holland’ (a lunchtime concert which features in this series)‘ ‘For the Sun King’, ‘Dancing in the Isles’, and ‘The Fantastic and the Avant-Garde.’ She has performed with Laurence Cummings, Paul Simmonds (duo keyboard repertoire); gambist Jacqui Robertson-Wade, with baroque flutist Clare Beesley as the ensemble Terza Prattica, and with recorder player Cathryn Dew. Her ensemble Lady Georgianna now offers costumed presentations and her new ensemble the Bach Duo features Bach and his contemporaries. She has edited music of Christopher Wood and edits the magazine Harpsichord and Fortepiano. She has given illustrated talks on music, music history, and its connections with the other arts. As an early keyboard specialist she promotes the playing of the clavichord and other early keyboard through educational events, some in partnership with the British Clavichord Society.
By way of combining her first degree in Political Science with her music career, she works freelance as an arts administrator for Making Music –where she supports voluntary music groups on a range of issues, including funding, audience development, communications, and music in health care settings to name a few; and for the Chipping Campden Music Festival, where as Education Officer, she arranges workshops and school visits on behalf of the festival.
Micaela is a keen educator, having co-founded the Worcestershire Waits (youth early music ensemble performing medieval through to baroque) and the Worcestershire Baroque Orchestra & Choir Course. She leads workshops on early music, song and dance, conducts children's choirs, and gives workshops to a range of ages.
http://www.earlymusica.org
