Into the recording studio!

This week I head into the recording studio with the Toronto Chamber Choir, under the direction of Lucas Harris. This organization is celebrating their 50th anniversary this season and capping the season off with a recording featuring choral, vocal and instrumental works of women composers from Hildegard von Bingen to Clara Schumann — with plenty that you’ve never heard of in between!

I’m excited to add my playing to what will be an incredible and varied disc. I’ll be providing some organ and harpsichord continuo in the choral works, as well as in small ensemble pieces. I also have the opportunity to add a solo movement or two on harpsichord by the French composer Elizabeth Claude Jaquet de la Guerre, and a selection of solo voice cantatas performed by the section leads of the choir.

A concert of the music for the recording is being presented live on May 26 at 3:00pm at the Church of the Redeemer in Toronto, ON.

https://torontochamberchoir.ca/about-us/season-info/

Early Music Vancouver - Baroque Vocal Program

Each summer I have the opportunity and treat to fly to Vancouver during the best two weeks of the summer weather and to immerse myself in the vocal music of the 17th century. Our faculty team has really connected and refined the program over the past 4-5 years and we really offer each group of 12 singers (no more, no less!) something truly unique and special. 

I am privileged to teach alongside fellow multi-keyboardist Michael Jarvis, Lucas Harris on plucked strings (lute, theorbo, baroque guitar), Marie-Nathalie Lacoursierre (movement, gesture and Baroque dance), and of course the fantastic Ellen Hargis, leading it all with experience, poise and humour.

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Queen Christina of Sweden: Early Music Vancouver Summer Festival 2015, Photo Credit: Jan Gates

with Ellen Hargis. Photo Credit: Jan Gates

End to a Great Year!

All good things have to come to an end, and I have now come to the end of my year at Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Institute of Music. I've had a great time working with all of the talented students of the Historical Performance Program at CWRU and the many interesting pianists, instrumentalists and singers at CIM who have taken my classes in Harpsichord and Viennese Classicism!

Screen Capture of the CWRU Music Faculty Page

We will make our move back to Toronto in early July 2016, with exciting things on the horizon, but this year will always bring back fond memories of wonderful friends, colleagues and performances!

The CIM Harpsichord Faculty, 2015-16 Academic Year