ZdZ with Tobie Miller

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23/05/2021 _ 18:00 h

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Introduction to French Baroque music on the hurdy-gurdy with Tobie Miller

Sunday 23rd May 2021. 6-8 pm- (UTC+2)

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Workshop

Sunday 23rd May

The hurdy-gurdy experienced a veritable renaissance in 18th century France, and was a fashionable instrument at court and amongst the nobility, resulting in a plenitude of repertoire for the instrument, both for the enjoyment of the noble amateur, as well as for the virtuoso professional player. The variety of repertoire spans everything from the simplest pieces for beginners and dillitants, to very complicated works to be performed by the greatest players of the day, providing us with a repertoire of several hundred compositions for the instrument.

This workshop is aimed at traditional or modern hurdy-gurdy players with little to no experience in the performance practice of Baroque music, and will give an introduction to this genre. Topics covered will include notes inégales, basic ornamentation, principles of articulation (left and right hands), and some of the elements of baroque style and how they differ to traditional playing techniques. Some exercises and sheet music will be given in advance. Participants should use a C-G tuning (ideally at least one high g’ chanterelle), and the pitch for this workshop will be A=415 (i.e. one semitone lower than 440).

About Tobie Miller

The Canadian hurdy-gurdy player, recorderist and singer, Tobie Miller, grew up in a family of classical musicians. After studies in Early Music Performance (B.Mus) at McGill University (Montreal, Canada), she moved to Basel (Switzerland) to pursue postgraduate studies at the prestigious Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (Aufbaustudium Diplom with High Distinction, 2008, and M.A. Musical Pedagogy, 2012). In 2011-2012 she worked on the baroque hurdy-gurdy and transcriptions of J.S. Bach’s solo cello and violin repertoire for the same instrument. A CD of this same programme was released in 2018, on the Raumklang label (Bach: solo).

Currently based in Basel, Tobie continues to perform and record both as a soloist and with numerous ensembles including the Ensemble Baroque de Limoges, Les Musiciens de Saint Julien , Per Sonat , Le Miroir de Musique, Leones and her own ensembles, La Rota and Ensemble Danguy, currently with two CDs: “La Belle Vielleuse” released in 2017 on the Ricercar label, to critical aclaim and (Chedeville/Vivaldi’s “Saisons Amusantes”) released in early 2019.

One of the only hurdy-gurdy players to come to the instrument through early music, she is recognized as a virtuoso of the baroque vielle à roue, and performs in various formations, including in duo with the Austrian player Matthias Loibner, as well as with well-known conductors such as Jordi Savall, Christophe Coin, and Wieland Kuijken. While maintaining a busy performing career, she also teaches regularly at workshops and festivals including the Over the Water Hurdy Gurdy Festival (2005-2010), Les Journées de La Flûte à Bec (2006), Asociación Ibérica de la Zanfona (2010, 2015), Sherborne Early Music Society (2015), and at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (2008, 2012). In 2015 she was the invited soloist for the 11th International Zona da Zanfona festival in Galicia.


 

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