MARIN BAROQUE WORKSHOP For Instrumentalists & Singers
August 23 & August 24, 2019
Joseph Haydn’s Missa in Angustiis (Lord Nelson Mass)
Daniel Canosa, Music Director
First Presbyterian Church San Anselmo
72 Kensington Rd 94960
FACULTY
Aaron Westman, upper strings
William Skeen, lower strings
Rita Lilly, voice
With Yuko Tanaka, workshop accompanist
The workshop will provide string instrumentalists, choral singers, and vocal soloists with the opportunity to work with outstanding and renowned musicians who are specialists in their fields of Baroque and Classical technique. Students will study more advanced vocal or instrumental skills through preparation of the Lord Nelson Mass to be presented at a performance with orchestra open to all in the evening of August 24th. (Additional instrumentalists will join for the performance.) Soloists will have their workshop on Friday evening, August 23rd. Register by August 3.
https://www.marinbaroque.org/copy-of-community
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4242722
AARON WESTMAN
Complimented recently for his “impressive playing” and “rapturous music” (Early Music America), Aaron Westman has become "one of the most popular period instrumentalists on the West Coast" (Santa Rosa Press Democrat). In demand as a violinist and violist, he has performed as a soloist and chamber music collaborator with Agave Baroque, American Bach Soloists, El Mundo, Ensemble Mirable, Live Oak Baroque Orchestra, Musica Pacifica, Marin Baroque, Seicento String Band, Seraphic Fire, and The Vivaldi Project.
WILLIAM SKEEN
Grammy-nominated cellist and gambist William Skeen performs as Principal Cellist with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and American Bach Soloists. He has served as Principal Cellist with Musica Angelica (Los Angeles), Portland Baroque Orchestra, Pacific MusicWorks, and Bach Collegium San Diego. William has also appeared as continuo cellist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Diego Opera, and the Los Angeles Master Chorale. In addition, William has soloed on the viola da gamba with the Dallas Symphony, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Carmel Bach Festival, Oregon Bach Festival, Musica Angelica, Orquestra Nacional de Mexico, and the American Bach Soloists.
RITA LILLY, SOPRANO
Rita Lilly is familiar to audiences in oratorio and recital, but most notably for her performances of baroque and early music. She has been lauded by The New York Times for “possessing a voice of strength, clarity, and virtuosity” and by the S.F. Classical Voice for “having a pure, silvery voice with plenty of color.” Ms. Lilly is a native New Yorker who has appeared as a featured soloist with the American Boychoir, American Classical Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra, Artek, Bachworks, Bach Aria Group, Clarion Music Society, Concert Royal, Rebel, Folger Consort, Sacabuche, Trinity Church Concerts Series, and the New York Consort of Viols, among others.
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