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Musical Offerings Sunday, June 7, 2015, 3:00 PM St. John’s Episcopal Church

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Program

Trauungs-Cantata (Wedding Cantata), H 824a Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Vor der Trauung (Before the Wedding – complete translation on p. 8) (1714-1788) Aria: Andante Performing parts based on the critical edition Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: The Complete Works (www.cpebach.org) were made available by the publisher, the Packard Humanities Institute of Los Altos, California.

Selections from the Musical Offering, BWV 1079 Johann Sebastian Bach Canon a 2 cancrizans (crab canon, retrograde–2 violins) (1685-1750) Canon a 2 Violini in unison (2 violins in unison) Canon a 2 per Motum contraium (contrary motion–flute, violin, viola) Canon perpetuus super Thema Regium (Perpetual canon over the Royal Theme–violin, viola, cello)

Ricercar a 3 (Fisk organ)

Ricercar a 6 (string sextet)

Trio Sonata in C minor Allegro

Hochzeitskantate (Wedding Cantata), BWV 216 J. S. Bach Reconstructed and edited by Alexander Ferdinand Grychtolik Duet: Vergnügte Pleißenstadt (Contented city of the Pleisse) Recitative Aria: Angenehme Hempelin (Charming Fräulein Hempel) Follow along with the Rectitative complete translation starting on page 9. Aria: Mit Lachen und Scherzen (With laughter and play) Recitative Duet: Heil und Segen (Health and blessing)

✽ Membership Reception to Follow ✽ Become a member or renew your membership, and come to the party! Across the courtyard in Alfriend Hall 3

The Tallahassee Bach Parley Board of Directors

Erica Thaler, President Julie Leftheris, Secretary Michael Corzine Charles E. Brewer, Vice President Lester Abberger Stephen Richardson Ava Prebys, Treasurer Nancy Barfield Susan van Hoeij

As always, the Tallahassee Bach Parley provides accommodations for persons with disabilities. Please notify the music director at 850-224-8025 or [email protected] at least five working days prior to a concert if accommodation for disability or if a program in an alternative format is needed.

This program sponsored in part by the City of Tallahassee/Leon County/Council on Culture & Arts, and Tallahassee Downtown/Tallahassee CRA.

Our heartfelt thanks go to all of you who made it possible for us to purchase our own Bach Parley harpsichord, a beautiful 1986 Kingston Thank you single manual Flemish style instrument.

In particular we want to thank Dana Preu for offering the instrument to us; Anne Garee, Matt Bishop, Charlie Brewer, & Iain Quinn for taking it for a test drive; Betsy Calhoun, Fr. Dave Killeen, John Slye, Lindsay Hardy and everyone at St. John’s for giving the harpsichord a home in Carter Chapel; and Karyl Louwenaar Lueck, Bill Lueck, Kris Watson and Teddy Moore for help moving it.

With the support of you, our audience membership, we will continue to strengthen and grow!

4 The Tallahassee Bach Parley 2014-2015 Membership as of May 27, 2015:

Bach Circle ($1000+) Bettina Krone David and Rosa McNaughton Michael & Kelly Beck Gudrun Gaar & Robbie Laub Ed & Dianne Mellon Marjorie Morgan Dermatology Associates Ben & Mary Lawson Barbara & John Mahoney Dr. Dan & Phyllis Morse Hancock Bank Dr. Jean V. Marani Richard Hopkins & Gayle Muenchow Hopping Green & Sams Tom & Lynda McCaleb Jennie Myers William P. & Karyl Louwenaar Lueck Mary M. McCormick Enid H. Myers Walter & Marian Moore June L. Noel Dr. Stephen & Elizabeth Richardson Doris Partridge Bill Miller & Kate Muldoon Mark, Susan, Max & Sujin van Hoeij Roger Ponder Patricia Yancey Martin & Gayle Nelson Jane Quinton Handel Circle ($500–999) Ermine M. Owenby Tony & Janice Salinero Lester Abberger Talbot D'Alemberte & Patsy Palmer Elizabeth Serow John & Nancy Barfield Carla King Richardson Jeanette Sickel Dr. Armand & Suzanne Cognetta Jean Souter Teresa Sopp Mike & Kay Stephenson Fred & Linda Hester Barbara Stansell Diane L. Stuart Erica & Robert Thaler Mimi Jones & Bill Brubaker Dr. Ralph V. Turner Barbara Mason White Tom & Ava Prebys Kent Putnam & Paula Walborsky Mick & Trish Wilhoit

Vivaldi Circle ($250–499) John & Virginia Walker Purcell Circle ($25–49) Tamara Alagova & Georges Weatherly Anonymous Fenn Cawthon Earl Bacon Agency Rameau Circle ($50–99) Harriet Chase Mary Lama Cordero Melissa & Charles E. Brewer Patricia Applegate Patricia Curtis Dana Preu & Adonica Gieger Paul Arons Janice S. Dann Glenn Hosken Ann L. Berlureau Linda D. Davey Ronald A. Kanen Dr. & Mrs. Bruce Bickley Betty Boop Ginny Densmore Dennis & Denise King Esq. Laura Dunaway Dr. Fred H. Boska Jeanne & William Ryder Shirley M. Ellis The Brennan Family Martha A. Fenner Francis & Karen Skilling Susan Cerulean & Jeff Chanton Janet Findling Laura & Barnett Cook Telemann Circle ($100–249) Paula Gerson Marie E. Cowart Anonymous (2) William J. Gladwin, Jr Jon & Beverly Dalton Mary Anne Koos & Will Abberger Karen Wendland Dix Ben Bivins & Elece Harrison Barbara & Hector Aguirre Carla Connors & Timothy Hoekman Carole & Stan Fiore Nancy & Louis Hubener Nick Baldwin Paula Saunders & Roy Forman Dwight Kingsbury Karl & Melissa Barton John Fraser Dr. Toni Fuss Kirkwood-Tucker Nancy Bivins Ben & Beth Fusaro John Knoblauch Michael Corzine & Betsy Calhoun Patricia Gosen Joe Kraus G. Kurt Piehler & Susan Contente Mary Anne Gray Grace & Alan Dakan Judith Greaves Randolph Langley Ruben Malan James C. & Rochelle Davis Sue Gross Elizabeth Platt Bob & Betty Dixon Miriam Gurniak Joan H. Raley Woody & Charlotte Dudley Christine Hazelip Mary Upshaw Rhodes Karyn King Hebert & Family John & Dotty Eisenhour Michael Buchler & Nancy Rogers Dr. Tann H. Hunt Larry & Jan Everett Sue Scribner Laura Innes Jennings Nancy Fischer Danny & Mary Shuler Gary & Ellen Fournier Mr. & Mrs. J. F. Jones Von A. Klink Dr. Patricia Stanley Sanford Safron & Penny Gilmer Lawrence & Robyn Stevenson Joe Lama Tonya A. Harris Mary Helen Sukhia Kyunghee Lee Laura & Al Huff Katya & Tom Taylor Doris & Anthony Maffei Joanne Taylor Bob & Jane Kennedy Tom & Helen Martineau Stephen & Susan Waltz Trudi King Steve & Betsy Masterson Ken Winker In loving memory of Emoryette McDonald Curtis R. King, Sr. Cindy & Woody Wise 5 Intrigued by the story of J. S. Bach’s Musical Offering? For further reading try Evening in the Palace of Reason: Bach Meets Frederick the Great in the Age of Enlightenment by James R. Gaines.

Interested in a Bach Parley book club? Talk to Valerie Arsenault at the reception.

The Tallahassee Bach Parley thanks all of our donors and volunteers for support, especially St. John’s Episcopal Church, Betsy Calhoun and Lindsay Hardy for hosting this concert. Thanks also to WFSU & WFSQ radio’s Tom Flanigan and Dan MacDonald, Loren Rice for graphic design, Erica Thaler for help with publicity, Patty Herrington for distributing posters, and First Presbyterian Church for housing our library and archives. Special thanks to Timothy Hoekman for help with rehearsals.

Enjoy fine dining in downtown Tallahassee after today's concert. See the program insert for a 15% discount today only. Special thanks to the participating restaurants and our friends at Tallahassee Downtown for their support of this promotion.

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Bach Parley

String Academy at St. John’s Episcopal Church

Our Mission To cultivate in young people an appreciation of and achievement in music, nurture positive character development, and bridge cultural divisions through the common language of music.

Vision/Core Values ! To provide high quality instruction on violin, viola, and cello at the central location of St. John’s Episcopal Church ! Develop the character of the whole child (including leadership, focus, determination, reliability, responsibility) ! Bring together students of different backgrounds through the study and performance of music ! Cultivate a lifelong appreciation of music

Our music education curriculum ! Private lessons on violin, viola, & cello ! Performance Opportunities, Masterclasses & All-State Preparation Workshops ! Group lessons for technique, performance, & chamber music

Faculty: Valerie Arsenault, Carrie Holden, Miriam Barfield, & Zlatina Staykova

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Texts, Translations, & Musical Examples

C. P. E. Bach, Vor der Trauung (Before the Wedding) aria: Willt du mit diesem Manne ziehen, If you want to go with this man, so zieh mit ihm beglückt von hier, then go with him happily from here, denn unser Segen zieht mit dir. for our blessing goes with you. Setz auf den Höchsten dein Vertrauen, Put your trust in the Almighty, so wird er eure Häuser bauen, and He will build your house, und euer Haus wird immer blühen. which will always flourish.

Musical Examples from the Musical Offering, BWV 1079

Thema Regium (Royal Theme):

Canon 1. a 2 (cancrizans—retrograde, “crab canon”)

Bach, Johann Sebastian, and Christoph Wolff. Musikalisches Opfer = Musical offering : BWV 1079. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1974.

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J. S. Bach BWV 216:

1. Arie (Duett) S A - Neisse, Pleisse 1. Aria (Duet) - Neisse, Pleisse Vergnügte Pleißenstadt, Contented city of the Pleisse, - Beglückte Neißenstadt, - - Fortunate city of the Neisse, – Dein Labsal, Your delight -Dein Blühen, - - Your flourishing - wächst und glänzt vor andern allen. increases and sparkles above all others. Wer seine Lust an Whoever takes pleasure in deinem Prangen, your splendor, - deiner Schönheit - übt, - your beauty, - Der wird und bleibt in dich verliebt, Will fall in love and remain in love with you, Dem kann es nirgends mehr gefallen. And nothing else will please him more.

2. Rezitativ S A - Neisse, Pleisse 2. Recitative S A - Neisse, Pleisse Sopran Neisse So angenehm auch mein Revier, As pleasant as my borders are, So weicht mein Schönstes doch von mir. Yet the fairest inhabitant departs from me. Wohin, Where are you going, Du anmutsvolle Hempelin? Most charming Fräulein Hempel? Alt Pleisse Da, wo sie selber die Najaden Here, where the Naiads themselves An Pleißens Ufern eingeladen. Welcome her to Pleisse’s banks. Sopran Neisse Ach, Pleißenstrand, verhasster Pleißenstrand! Ah, Pleisse’s shore, hated Pleisse’s shore! Wer hat dich ihr Who has praised you so So eingelobt und schön genannt? And described you as lovely to her? Du hast ja selbst bei dir You have your own An schönen Kindern Überfluss, Abundance of beautiful children; Was willst du sie aus meiner Gegend holen? Why do you want to take her from my region? Drum sag ich jetzo mit Verdruss: With annoyance I now say to you: Du hast mein Bestes mir gestohlen. You have stolen my best from me.

3. Arie S - Neisse 3. Aria S Neisse Angenehme Hempelin, Charming Fräulein Hempel, Deine Seel ist sonder Mängel, Your soul has no flaw, Dein Gesicht ist wie der Engel, Your face is like an angel’s, Englisch ist dein ganzer Sinn, And angelic are all your thoughts, Angenehme Hempelin. Charming Fräulein Hempel. Allerliebste Hempelin, Darling Fräulein Hempel, Du, du warest meine Zier, You, you were my jewel, Aber seit du nicht bei mir, But since you have left me, Ist auch meine Krone hin, My crown has also gone, Allerliebste Hempelin. Darling Fräulein Hempel.

9 4. Rezitativ A - Pleisse 4. Recitative A Pleisse Erspare den Verdruss, Temper your annoyance, Beliebter Neißenfluß, Dear Neisse River, Und sende deine Hempelin And send your Fräulein Hempel Zu mir mit gutem Willen hin! To me with a good will! Komm, wähle hier Come, make a choice Auch unter meinen Söhnen! Here among my sons! Gesetzt nun, es gefiele dir Were it to happen, that among them Darunter auch ein Bräutigam One pleased you as a bridegroom Vor eine deiner Schönen, For one of your beauties, So hast du allemal Then you would have at any time Hierinnen eine freie Wahl. A free choice here. Genung, dass ich will alle Morgen Let it be enough, that every day Dein schönes Kind I will care for your lovely child mit Glück und Hei With health and good fortune.

5. Arie A- Pleisse 5. Aria A Pleisse Mit Lachen und Scherzen, With laughter and play, Mit Küssen und Herzen With kisses and caresses, Verbindet die Liebe das ewige Band. Love creates its eternal bonds. Da scheinen die Jahre wie Then years seem Tage verschwunden, like days gone by, Da werden auch selber die Stunden Then even hours can be Minuten genannt. called minutes.

6. Rezitativ A S - Pleisse, Neisse 6. Recitative A S - Pleisse, Neisse Alt Pleisse Wie lieblich wird sie nun How lovingly will she now be Von meinen Weibern aufgenommen! welcomed among my women! Schau, wie sie freundlich mit ihr tun! Behold, how friendly they are with her! Sie heißen sie durch mich willkommen. They send their greetings to her through me. Sopran Neisse Es sei, nachdem ich überführt, I wish that, after I have brought her here, Dass meine Hempelin my Fräulein Hempel An ihrer Freude nichts verliert. Will lose nothing of her joy. Geliebter Wolff; der ihr geneigt und treu, Dearest Wolff; loving and attached to her, Nimm sie in ihrem Kranze hin! Receive her all in garlands! Alt Pleisse Die Haube wird sie morgen kriegen. She will wear her veil tomorrow. Sopran Neisse Das ist ja so der Jungfern ihr Vergnügen. For a young maiden, that is a great pleasure! Alt Pleisse Indessen schließ ich dieses Zwei Meanwhile I will enclose these two In mein getreues Wünschen ein. In my most earnest wishes. Sopran Neisse Mein Sinn soll wie der deine sein. My thoughts will be one with yours.

10 7. Arie (Duett) A S Pleisse, Neisse 7. Aria (Duet) A S - Pleisse, Neisse Alt Pleisse Heil und Segen Health and blessing Müß euch, wertes Paar, verpflegen, Shall care for you, worthy pair, Wie mein Fluss die Auen labt. As my stream refreshes the meadows. Sopran Neisse Und die Wonne, die ihr habt, And the delight you share Soll und wird sich mit Ersprießen Shall spring forth Reicher als mein Strom ergießen. More richly than my stream gushes. Alt und Sopran Pleisse and Neisse So werden die Wiegen, - die Seelen - mit Thus will their cradles- their souls - with children Kindern, - mit Wollust - geziert, - with delight - be adorned, and the Und solches je länger, je lieber geführt. longer these are enjoyed, the dearer they will be.

Christian Friedrich Henrici (Picander) Translation © Pamela Dellal, courtesy of Emmanuel Music, Boston MA, www.emmanuelmusic.org

Today’s Musicians

BRIAN ARSENAULT studied viola with Roberto Diaz and Burton Fine. He was selected to perform at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute for three years, earned a BM in viola performance from the New England Conservatory, and also earned an MLIS from the Florida State University. He has performed with the Tallahassee Community Chorus, the Tallahassee Symphony, the Southeastern Chamber Orchestra, and the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra. Brian works as a web developer for Florida Virtual Campus and sings in the St. John’s Episcopal Church choir.

VALERIE PREBYS ARSENAULT has two favorite musical activities: teaching the violin and playing baroque music. Since 2002 she has maintained a thriving private violin studio of students of all ages at Cavatina Music Studios. As Visiting Assistant Professor at Florida State University she directs the Baroque Ensemble (on period instruments) and has taught violin and directed the Irish Ensemble. She is a member of the Tallahassee Symphony, a principal player and soloist with the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra, and has performed and recorded with the Apollo Ensemble (NY) and Apollo's Fire. She studied violin at the New England Conservatory (BM), violin pedagogy and baroque violin at the Indiana University School of Music (MM, Early Music), and earned her doctorate from the Florida State University College of Music.

MIRIAM BARFIELD began studying the violin at age six with Melissa Brewer. She received her Bachelor of Music from Florida State University, where she studied with Dr.

11 Pamela Ryan, and recently completed a Master of Music in Viola Performance at The Boston Conservatory under Patricia McCarty. She was a state winner for the ASTA National Solo Competition in 2010 (Massachusetts) and in 2008 (Florida) and has performed in master classes for Joseph Silverstein, Robert Spano, James Dunham, and Thomas Dumm. She has been a member of many orchestras, including the Tallahassee Symphony, Columbus Symphony (GA), Sinfonia Gulf Coast, and the Cape Ann Symphony. Miriam has attended the Lucerne Festival Academy in Switzerland, Brevard Music Festival, Schlern International Music Festival in Italy, and the Meadowmount School of Music, where she is a teaching assistant and has performed with violinists Joseph Silverstein and James Ehnes.

KARL BARTON is Professor of Music and Chair of Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies at Thomas University in Thomasville, Georgia. He is also coordinator of Arts for Community at Thomas University (ACTU, “Act Two”), which includes the Sundays at Four and Fridays at Noon concert series that he programs. Additionally, he serves on the Board of Trustees for the Thomasville Entertainment Foundation concert series. A native of Pittsburgh, PA, he earned his Doctorate in flute performance, a Master's degree in Historical Musicology and certificates in early music and world music at Florida State University, where he studied flute with Charles DeLaney, early music with Jeffery Kite-Powell and Karyl Louwenaar, and ethnic flute traditions with Dale Olsen and Ming Li. He also earned a Master of Music degree in flute performance at the University of Akron and a Bachelor of Music degree in jazz performance at Duquesne University.

Dr. MINYOUNG CHO, a native of Seoul, South Korea began to play the violin at the age of ten. She attended the Dankook University where she studied with Daesik Kang and received her Bachelor’s degree in Violin Performance. She moved to the United States in 2005 and earned her Master’s and Doctor’s degrees at the Florida State University where she studied with Karen Clarke and Corinne Stillwell. As a winner of American Fine Arts Festival, she played a solo performance at the Weill Recital Hall at the Carnegie Hall in 2012. She has also given solo and chamber recitals at Jacksonville, Mariana, Tallahassee, Thomasville and Seoul in Korea. As a leading orchestral musician, she has served as an associate concertmaster for the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra and Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra, and guest assistant concertmaster for the Sinfonia Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra. Also, she is a player for the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, Valdosta Symphony Orchestra and Albany Symphony Orchestra. She has been awarded the prizes in numerous competitions such as the Korea Music Competition, the Chungbu Conservatory Competition, and the Music World Newspaper Company’s Competition in Korea.

CARLA CONNORS, acclaimed as "a fresh, steady lyric " by the New York Times made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2001 singing music by Mozart and Schubert. Other New York City honors include a recital at Weill Recital Hall as a winner in the American Song Competition. Ms. Connors’s credits include Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro for the New York City Opera National Company's tour, as well as roles with Glimmerglass, Atlanta, 12 Orlando, Opera Carolina, and Chautauqua Opera Companies. She has toured for Florida Grand Opera and Michigan Opera Theater and has sung with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the St. Paul and Cayuga Chamber Orchestras, the Phoenix, Pacific, Grand Rapids, Lansing, Chautauqua, Santa Fe, Richmond (IN), Tallahassee, and Szczecin (Poland) Symphony Orchestras, among others. She also has extensive oratorio and recital credits. In addition to her performing, Ms. Connors maintains a large private voice studio and is a frequent adjudicator for vocal competitions.

JULIA DI FIORE, mezzo-soprano, is a rising young singer recently named the Most Outstanding Voice Major at Vanderbilt’s Blair School of Music. Julia made her opera debut as Dorabella in Mozart’s Cosí fan tutte and has since portrayed the characters of Foreign Singer/Lady with a Hat Box in Postcard from Morocco, Hermia in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Rose Segal in Musto’s Later the Same Evening, and the Witch in Into the Woods, for which she won the prestigious Magda Lachs Award for Exceptional Performance in the current year’s Vanderbilt Opera Theatre production (2013-2014). After graduating magna cum laude from Vanderbilt University in May of 2014, Julia spent the remainder of her summer at the esteemed American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS) program Austria and she is currently pursuing her Master of Music degree at Florida State University with a fully funded graduate assistantship and scholarship.

CAROLINE HOLDEN has played with many orchestras across the country, including the Grand Rapids Symphony, the Louisiana Philharmonic, the Mississippi Symphony, and the West Michigan Symphony. She currently serves as Assistant Concertmaster of the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, and is also a member of the Mobile Symphony Orchestra. She performs chamber music as a violinist in the Purple Martin String Quartet, and is a founding member of the Argot Trio with her husband, Dr. Jonathan Holden. Caroline is a native of Kalamazoo, Michigan, and earned degrees from Hope College in Holland, MI and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She resides in Tallahassee with her husband and two young children. Outside of music, she enjoys gardening and stained glass projects.

EVAN JONES holds the D.M.A. in cello performance and the Ph.D. in music theory from the Eastman School of Music, where he studied with Steven Doane, Pamela Frame, and Alan Harris. He also studied with Antonio Lysy at McGill University and with Pierre Djokic and Shimon Walt at Dalhousie University. On faculty at the FSU College of Music since 2001, he previously served as cello instructor at Colgate University and as Pamela Frame's assistant at Eastman. He also instructed music theory at Eastman and at the University of Rochester, winning two prestigious teaching awards, and received the Florida State University Undergraduate Teaching Award in 2007. He has performed under the auspices of the Banff Centre for the Arts, Baroque SouthEast, the College Music Society, Electronic Music Midwest, Music on the Lake, Musique Royale, the Orford Arts Centre, the Scotia Festival of Music, the Spark Festival, and the Syracuse Society for New Music, as well as on faculty recital programs at FSU. He previously appeared as principal 13 cellist of the Binghamton Philharmonic, the Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes, and the Montreal Chamber Players, and has given the world, North American, and NYC premieres of several new works for solo cello.

MARNIE KIM JONES, violoncellist, holds a Bachelors in Music degree and an Artist Diploma from McGill University (studio of Antonio Lysy) and a Masters in Music degree from the Eastman School of Music (studio of Steven Doane). While at Eastman she also studied string pedagogy with Louis Bergonzi and Baroque performance practice with Paul O'Dette and Christel Thielmann. Kim is originally from Calgary, Alberta, where she studied with John Kadz; she has also performed in masterclasses for Anner Bylsma, Bernard Greenhouse, Franz Helmerson, Desmond Hoebig, Steven Isserlis, Laurence Lesser, Siegfried Palm, Aldo Parisot, Fred Sherry, Janos Starker, and Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi. Previously a tenured member of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, she now serves as associate principal cellist with the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra and maintains a private studio of over thirty students.

Born in Cardiff, Wales, IAIN QUINN enjoys a distinguished career as an organist, musicologist, and composer. He has studied at The Juilliard School, The Hartt School, University of Hartford, (BM, summa cum laude), the Institute of Sacred Music, Yale University (MM), and the University of Durham (PhD in Historical Musicology), during which time he was also a Visiting Fellow at Harvard University. He has held college, church and cathedral positions in Durham (UK), New York, Connecticut and New Mexico, respectively, and taught at the Blackheath Conservatoire, London, and Western Connecticut State University. He has given performances in London, Cambridge, Oxford, Haarlem, Berlin, Lisbon, Melbourne, Moscow, Washington, DC, New York and Hong Kong. He has also performed at many international festivals. His scholarly writings have been published in Nineteenth-Century Music Review, Tempo, MLA Notes, Journal of Victorian Culture, Royal College of Organists Journal, Interpreting Historical Keyboard Music (Ashgate), and in editions of Samuel Barber (G. Schirmer) and Carl Czerny and John Goss (A-R Editions). He has recorded eleven CDs that are available on the Chandos, Hyperion, and Raven labels. Dr. Quinn is Assistant Professor of Organ at Florida State University.

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Honors Recital Competition

Sunday, March 13, 2016, 3:00PM Longmire Recital Hall FSU College of Music

For more information visit www.TallahasseBachParley.org

Kids Go for B’roque, now scheduled for its sixth consecutive year in 2016, is an annual competition and concert/honors recital that showcases the talented young musicians in our area performing music from the Baroque period, playing a variety of instruments appropriate to that period: strings (violin, viola, cello, bass), wind instruments, piano, guitar, along with vocalists and small chamber ensembles. Any child age 18 or younger may enter with the permission of his or her music teacher. Kids Go For B’roque participants prepare a Baroque music piece to high standards, receive feedback from highly qualified judges, and possibly perform for their peers and the community in a concert setting.

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2015-2016 Season

Sunday, November 22, 2015 Bach Parley at St. John’s

Sunday, January 31, 2016 Bach Cello Suites with Greg Sauer at St. John’s Benefit Concert for the Bach Parley String Academy

Sunday, April 10, 2016 Bach Parley at St. John’s

Sunday, May 15, 2016 Iain Quinn, FSU Organ Scholarship Benefit at First Presbyterian Church

Sunday, June 5, 2016 Bach Parley at St. John’s Annual Membership Reception

All concerts at 3:00pm " Free childcare available

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