Carolina Count ina Counterpoint

An occasional publication of Carolina Pro Musica
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Carolina Counte
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Charlotte’s early music source for 30 years.
Karen Hite Jacob, editor
Artists-in-residence Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, NC
A Theorbo comes to Charlotte
Baltimore-based William Feasley
is the proud owner of a new
theorbo. Bill writes “My current
theorbo is a 14 course theorbo
with a stopped string length of
75 mm. It is about six feet long
in its case and is made by Jason
Petty of Brooklyn NY.” Bill will be with us in February to
play his theorbo and baroque guitar.
A trained classical-guitarist, Bill has connections to
Segovia through a masterclass where Bill actually was one of
the few chosen to play. Interested in other plucked string
instruments, Bill has had a theorbo for some years but
decided it was time for a new one.
So what is a theorbo? Why do a limited number of
people play it? Perhaps it died out because of its size. The
theorbo is one of several long-necked lutes, basically a lute
with extra sets of strings, called courses, and a longer second
neck and peg box to accomodate. Theorboes developed
during the late sixteenth century because of the desire by the
Florentine Camerata and the composer Guilio Caccini for
low bass notes to accompany opera and vocal music.
Early Music for Charlotte - Season 30!
vSoli Deo Gloria : September 22, 2007 8:00 PM.
Queens University of Charlotte, Dana Auditorium. J.S. Bach
and Moravian composers. Part of Charlotte Shout!
zIrresistibly French! October 19, 2007 8:00 PM.
St. Martin’s Episcopal. Guest artists Gail Ann Schroeder,
viola da gamba; Emily Chatham, baroque violin, music of
Boismortier, Telemann, Couperin.
% Christmas at St. Mary’s: December 8, 2007 7:00 and
8:30 PM. Historic St. Mary’s Chapel. A Baroque Christmas,
with readings and carols.
zItalian Invention plus:
plus: February 9, 2008 8:00 PM.
St. Martin’s Episcopal. CPM joins with Baltimore’s William
Feasley, theorbo and baroque guitar. Works by Kapsberger,
Granata, Monteverdi.
{30th Anniversary Concert: April 12, 2008, 8:00 PM.
St. Martin’s Episcopal Church. Celebrating with favorite 17th
and 18th c. selections. Long live early music!
Spring 2007
Welcome Gail Ann Schroeder
There is a new viol player in the mountains! This was the
word that began spreading last fall in viola da gamba circles
here in North Carolina. Gail Ann Schroeder had decided to
return to the United States after living in Europe for over 20
years and had chosen Asheville! Viol players from all over
the southeast, including Holly Maurer, have discovered that
she is a great teacher and performer as she has been
recruited to teach at many early music workshops since
settling into Asheville.
Gail’s undergraduate work was at the University of
Michigan where she studied viola da gamba with Enid
Sutherland. Continuing her viol studies with
Wieland Kuijken at the Royal Conservatory of
Brussels, Belgium, she obtained her First Prize
in 1983 and the Higher Diploma, with
distinction, in 1986. From 1988-2002 Gail was
assistant to Wieland Kuijken at the Brussels
Conservatory where she taught viola da gamba,
didactics of viola da gamba and was director of
the viol consort. Gail has performed extensively as soloist
and with ensembles, including the Huelgas Ensemble,
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Leipzig Barokorchester
and Capilla Flamenca.
Gail joins Carolina Pro Musica in October for a program of
French and French-influenced music. The French loved and
used the viol much longer than other musical culture. This
concert will showcase that unique sound. Join us in
welcoming Gail to North Carolina!
Holly Wright Maurer
Grant Request supported
Carolina Pro Musica has received some
funding to assist with guest artists for our
30th anniversary season! The funding is
made possible, in part, through a Cultural
Project Grant from the Arts & Science
Council and the Grassroots Program of the North Carolina
Arts Council (a state agency). Besides Gail Ann Schroeder
and William Feasley, local baroque violinist Emily Chatham
will make her debut with Carolina Pro Musica. This grant
included additional support by Alliance Francaise of Charlotte, CPCC’s Music Department and St. Martin’s Episcopal
Church. We thank them!
Opera Carolina, Carolina Pro Musica - a repeat
Members of CPM provided
music at Firenze restaurant
for an April Renaissance
Wine Dinner. Pictured is
also Nada of Nada’s Italy
and other sponsors
including Firenze’s owner.
invites you to see
www.carolinapromusica.org
for information about
Music for weddings, anniversaries, dinners, private lessons
(recorder, viol, voice, keyboard) or additional concerts.
Learn about the Ann T. Hite Fund for Education, make
contributions, or buy compact disks - all on-line.
At Opera Carolina’s October, 2005 Fall Gala, three lucky
winners were the highest bidders for a special Italian
dinner cooked and served in their homes by Maestro
James Meena, director of Opera Carolina with a baroque
music prelude provided by Carolina Pro Musica. The
success of those
ventures brought a
repeat request at the
Opera’s 2006 Gala.
The Opera CarolinaCarolina Pro Musica
partnership
continues for another
season of three
dinners!
Maestro Meena with CPM, May 2007
Our 2006-07 Season supporters:
Maria Eugenia Codina, viol
Karen Hite Jacob, harpsichord
Alejandra Lopera Quintanilla,
recorder (photo taken after May
15, 2007 concert, Instituto
Cultural Peruano Norteamericano
de Mireflores, Lima.
Celebrate 30 years with us with an advertisement for 2007-08.
Help yourself and Carolina Pro Musica by buying music and
most any other item on-line through our website. Go to our home
page and click on the links on the left side. From there you can
select Shop for Charity Day, Sheet Music plus or other links. Buy
what you want from major companies and part of your purchase
comes back to us. We thank you in advance since we won’t know
who you are or what you buy. A computer keeps track of the
details, you get your items and we get the funds. It really works!
Reminder: Return to our website each time you want to make a
purchase. It is the only way for us to get the donation. Nothing personal
connecting you to CPM is saved on any website or any computer.
CarolinaProMusica
PO Box 32022
Charlotte NC 28232
704-334-3468
www.carolinapromusica.org
V Festival Internacional de
Música Antigua (Fifth International Festival of Early Music)
Lima, Peru.
The Common Market Deli, J. L. Smith & Co. (Flutes);
Brenneman Thompson Properties: Harriet Line Thompson,
realtor; Royal Gardens; MarketRate Financial Services: Skip
O’Neal; Mation Engineering; Synapses; St. Martin’s Episcopal
Non-profit
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