Dartington International Summer School & Festival
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Dartington International Summer School & Festival A Music School by Day, A Concert Hall by Night 29 Jul - 26 Aug Welcome It’s an enormous pleasure to welcome you to Dartington International Summer School & Festival. Dartington is a place of shimmering beauty, and its world-famous Summer School is for everyone: for professional musicians and music students, for people who love to listen, and for people who want to debate ideas. The 2017 programme engages with music reflecting migration and exile, ancient and new, and complexities of identity, nation and revolution. Play in a brass ensemble, and learn about Middle Eastern and Brazilian music. Experience everything from medieval and renaissance music to salsa and jazz. Listen to legendary pianist Alfred Brendel on Schubert; Stories in Transit hosted by Marina Warner; and folk sessions with Martin and Eliza Carthy. There are poetry and multimedia courses, yoga and dance, lectures and films. Dartington hosts over ninety public concerts and events throughout August. Visit the beautiful gardens, relax with a drink or a meal, and immerse yourself in world-class performances, from afternoon to late night; some of the most celebrated musicians, writers and thinkers will be here. On April 28th we present our second Party in the Town, happening all over Totnes, and collaborating with local artists and young people. Take a look on the website for details of this exciting event. Dartington International Summer School has expanded into a fully-fledged, exuberant festival, and gets more action-packed every year. I look forward to welcoming you to a wonderful summer of music, arts and creativity! Joanna MacGregor, Artistic Director Thank you to our current supporters Bursary awards for outstanding students Andor Charitable Trust, Anonymous, John Ashton Thomas, Barbara Whatmore Charitable Many of our current supporters fund bursaries. Trust, Bruce Wake Charity, George Burt, John S The following families or individuals have also Cohen Foundation, Richard Creed, Dartington given an endowment or legacy specifically to Hall Trust, Dartington International Summer support bursaries in perpetuity. School Foundation, Daphne Oram Trust, Rodney Davidson, Derek Hill Foundation, Richard Dunn, Elizabeth Clough, Else and Leonard Cross, Charles Elmgrant Trust, Eversley Trust, Friends of the Davis, Robert Eliot, George Ellis, Alfred Ensor, Summer School at Dartington, Harold Hyam Richard Gardner, William Glock, Lucille Graham, Wingate Charity, Richard Heason, Helen Roll Gavin Henderson, Christopher Kite, Andras Charitable Trust, Mirhane McLaren-Howard, Brian Milhaly, Busenhart Morgan Evans, Clifton Parker, and Mary Midgley, Sir Harry Studholme, Gordon Pamela Parkinson, Ernest Rainer, Esther Salaman, and Barbara Waterhouse, Tait Memorial Trust, The William and Judith Scheide Fund, Louisa Hinrichsen Foundation, The Radcliffe Trust, The Schmidt, Jenny Wood. TL Trust, Exeter & District Classical Music Trust, Please see p.33 for details of the ways in which Stile Antico Foundation. you can support the Summer School. 2 Information and online booking: www.dartington.org/summer-school Enquiries: +44 (0)1803 847080 3 Your Time at Summer School Dartington is a place of extraordinary beauty and The timetables on the following pages will show creativity, and the Summer School is for everyone you which courses take place in which sessions - professional musicians, music students of all and help you to plan your week. All courses are ages, people who love to play, sing and write taught for 6 days from Sunday to Friday. and people who love to listen. The community As a general rule; advanced courses and you will be a part of is one of learning, sharing, masterclasses are aimed at instrumentalists and performing and socialising. singers with Grade 8 (or equivalent) or above. By day we run classes and courses covering Advanced courses that have selection process a range of music and literature. Some do not are for music students, professionals and people require you to read music or play an instrument, playing/singing at an equivalent level. For others cater for people who are already playing/ workshops we recommend a minimum level of singing/writing to a very high standard. Grade 5 (or equivalent). Open courses are open to everyone whatever their musical experience. Not There are 4 main 90 minute sessions a day, all courses fit into one of the above categories so starting around 9am, 11am, 2pm and 3.30pm, please do read the course descriptions or call the plus a shorter early morning session for Yoga office for more information. or Tai Chi. Whether you choose a busy or very relaxed programme is up to you. Participants When you book a ‘Courses and Concerts’ pass usually follow up to three different courses which you can take part in any of the courses, as a also allows time in the day for private practice, to participant or observer (unless specified), as well enjoy the gardens, or to observe a class. as attend all the concerts and events. Be sure to take your seat 10 minutes before the start of each concert to be guaranteed a place. Every evening you can attend up to three concerts or events and perhaps perform in some of them too. An outline of the concerts programme is found on the back pages of this brochure. If you choose to book an ‘Accommodation and Catering’ pass this includes meals from Saturday dinner at the start of the week to Saturday breakfast at the end. It is worth noting that the accommodation at Dartington, with the exception of the medieval courtyard, is functional and basic. You may find all the information you need in this brochure and on our website www.dartington. org/summer-school, but if you have any further queries please do call the Summer School office on 01803 847080. 4 Information and online booking: www.dartington.org/summer-school Enquiries: +44 (0)1803 847080 5 Week SESSION 1 SESSION 2 SESSION 3 SESSION 4 Choral and Vocal Courses The Big Choir: Vocal Ensembles Improve Your The Florentine Intermedi STILE ANTICO Sight-Singing ANDREW GRIFFITHS RHIANNON EVANS Vocal Masterclass Vocal Workshop Vocal Workshop EMMA KIRKBY NICHOLAS CLAPTON NICHOLAS CLAPTON Middle Eastern Singing The Big Choir Plus MERIT ARIANE STEPHANOS GAVIN ROBERTS Instrumental Courses Advanced Renaissance Renaissance Reeds, Recorders, The Contemporary Middle Eastern Wind Band Brass and Strings Harpsichord Music and Song THE CITY MUSICK WILLIAM LYONS, JANE CHAPMAN MERIT ARIANE STEPHANOS NICHOLAS PERRY AND AND JON BANKS 29 Jul – 5 Aug RICHARD THOMAS Chamber Ensemble Workshop Middle Eastern Music: Cornetts and Sackbuts RHIANNON EVANS The Ottoman Heritage Masterclass JON BANKS EMILY WHITE AND GAWAIN GLENTON Lute and Lute Ensembles Cornetts and Sackbuts: DAVID MILLER AND TOBY CARR Renaissance Polyphony EMILY WHITE AND GAWAIN GLENTON Viol Consorts Stories in Transit; Florentine marriages; FRETWORK Renaissance and Early Music, Improvisation and Poetry Baroque Harpsichord JANE CHAPMAN Migration and exile are the themes this week, tracing rich cultural Chamber Music Chamber Music Chamber Music Chamber Music heritages, as Stories in Transit weave contemporary narratives linking RHIANNON EVANS, CLAIRE RHIANNON EVANS, CLAIRE RHIANNON EVANS, CLAIRE RHIANNON EVANS, CLAIRE the Mediterranean and Middle East. From a premiere of Dowland’s WILLIAMS AND ENSEMBLE WILLIAMS AND ENSEMBLE WILLIAMS AND ENSEMBLE WILLIAMS AND ENSEMBLE Lachrimae with words by refugee poets, to teachers like Marina MERIDIANA PLAYERS MERIDIANA PLAYERS MERIDIANA PLAYERS MERIDIANA PLAYERS Warner and Palestinian poet Tamim al-Barghouti, this will be a hugely thought-provoking and exciting week. Improvisation and Words The Bearer-Beings: Portable Stories in Transit: Oral Poetry and Music Jazz Improvisation and Andrew Griffiths leads the Florentine Intermedi, glorious choral music Stories in Dislocated Times ALICE OSWALD AND STEVIE WISHART Composition Masterclass celebrating an extravagant Medici marriage; vocalists can study with MARINA WARNER HUW WARREN AND much-loved teachers, Emma Kirkby and Nicholas Clapton. William STEVIE WISHART Lyons and The City Musick direct the fabulous Advanced Renaissance Arabic Poetry and Wind Band, while Emily White and Gawain Glenton cultivate glittering Arabic History music for cornetts and sackbuts. TAMIM AL-BARGHOUTI There are classes for viol players, lutenists, harpsichordists, reeds and Jazz Improvisation Workshop HUW WARREN recorders, with Fretwork, David Miller, Jane Chapman and Ensemble Meridiana players. Improvisation courses are led by jazz pianist Huw Warren and composer, fiddle and hurdy-gurdy player Stevie Wishart, More than Music who reveals her new Dart-inspired piece for Dartington. Middle Eastern music and song is directed by Egyptian singer Merit Ariane Stephanos Stories in Transit: Dance Lecture: Yoga and multi-instrumentalist Jon Banks, while Joanna MacGregor explores Telling the Tale in Times of Conflict Salome and the Qiyan of Arabic Poetry JUSTIN DALTON MARINA WARNER, ALICE OSWALD, MARINA WARNER, KIM BRANDSTRUP 7.45AM-8.30AM the life and work of cult musician John Fahey, and collaborates with PETER OSWALD AND AND JOANNA MACGREGOR the Dartmoor artist Gary Fabian Millar and Devon poet Alice Oswald. TAMIM AL-BARGHOUTI 1 AUGUST 5.15PM 30 JULY 5.15PM 6 Information and online booking: www.dartington.org/summer-school Enquiries: +44 (0)1803 847080 7 Choral and Vocal Courses Vocal Masterclass The Big Choir Plus Viol Consorts EMMA KIRKBY GAVIN ROBERTS FRETWORK The Big Choir ‘I feel lucky that my career was characterised Some extra