McKnight Artist Fellow * Early and contemporary music specialist

2011/12 Season

Sunday, September 11, 2011 * 7 PM
St. Thomas Lutheran Church
Bloomington, IN

Bloomington Eary Music Festival Fringe Concert
Singing cantatas and airs by Clérambault, Jacquet de la Guerre, and Rameau

Janelle David, baroque violin
Sung Lee, baroque oboe
Erica Rubis, viola da gamba
Janet Scott, harpsichord
Phillp Spray, violone

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Saturday, September 17, 2011 * 7 PM
The Baroque Room
St. Paul, MN

ENSEMBLE 61's BREAKING GROUND PARTY
Performing works by rising percussion star Andy Akiho, Rzewski, and an arrangement of Radiohead
Tickets available at the site below. http://www.ensemble61.com/Ensemble_61/Events.html

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Saturday, October 1, 2011 *8 PM
Sunday, October 2, 2011 *4 PM
The Baroque Room
St. Paul, MN

GLORIOUS REVOLUTION BAROQUE
Season Opener
'A New Orpheus' - works for the virtuosi of France and Italy
Performing airs and cantatas by Rameau and Montéclair

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Thursday - Saturday, October 6, 7, 8, 2011 * 7:30 PM
Studio Z
St. Paul, MN

Zeitgeist
Fall Musical Harvest
Featuring Paul Elwood's 'forty-four smokeless', 'Reunion' by Harvey Sollberger, 'Time After Time' by Nico Muhly, and the world premiere of 'Forth and Back' by Scott Miller, a new work for soprano, percussion, clarinet, and piano

Tickets available here:
http://www.zeitgeistnewmusic.org/concerts-oct11-parent.html

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Sunday, October 9, 2011 * 3 PM
The Baroque Room
St. Paul, MN

Lyra Baroque Family Concert
Introduction to the Baroque
with Glorious Revolution Baroque

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Monday, October 17, 2011 * 7 PM
Harris Theater for Music and Dance
205 East Randolph Drive
Chicago, IL 60601

Chicago Symphony Orchestra's MUSICNOW #1
Performing works by Kirsten Broberg and Donnacha Dennehy with musicians from Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cliff Colnot conducts
For ticket information, visit www.cso.org

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Saturday, November 26, 2011 *8 PM
Sunday, November 27, 2011 *3 PM
New England Conservatory of Music Jordan Hall
Boston, MA

Boston Early Music Festival's production of
Charpentier's 'La descente d'Orfée aux Enfers' and 'La couronne des fleurs'
In the roles of 'Euridice' and 'Roselie'

Paul O'Dette and Stephen Stubbs, musical directors
Gilbert Blin, stage directors
Anna Watkins, costume designer
Robert Mealy, concertmaster

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Saturday, December 10, 2011 *7:30 PM
Mayne Stage
Chicago, IL

Hard Music, Hard Liquor
With Dal Niente
Performing Berio's 'Sequenza' for female voice

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Monday, December 12, 2011 * 7 PMHarris Theater for Music and Dance
205 East Randolph Drive
Chicago, IL 60601

Chicago Symphony Orchestra's MUSICNOW #2
Performing a brand-new work by Aaron Jay Kernis, "L'Arte della Danssar," with musicians from Chicago Symphony Orchestra
For ticket information, visit www.cso.org

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PAST SEASONS

*SEPTEMBER 17, 2010
St. Paul, MN

Signature Songs:
A Celebration of Music and Manuscripts from The Schubert Club Museum
12:00 pm* Landmark Center
with Andrew Fleser, piano

Who's new and who's hot in art song?

*SEPTEMBER 24, 2010
Minneapolis, MN

Faces of the Forum: Celebrating 35 Years
MacPhail Center for Music
5:30-7:30 pm
with John Jensen, piano
Performing 'Three Elizabethan Songs' by Stephen Paulus

*SEPTEMBER 25, 2010
Rochester, MN

Schumann, The Quintessential Romantic Composer

with The Schubert Trio:
  Daniel Rieppel, piano
  Helen Chang, violin
  Tom Rosenberg, cello
and guest artist
  Aaron Janse, viola

Fantasiestuecke, Op. 73
Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42
Widmung, Op. 25, No. 1
Quartet for Piano, Violin, Viola and Cello, Op. 47

*NOVEMBER 2, 2010
Bridgewater College
Bridgewater, VA
with Liber: Ensemble for Early Music
"Crowned with Laurels"

*NOVEMBER 7 & 10, 2010
Antwerp & Bruges, Belgium
with Liber: Ensembe for Early Music
"Crowned with Laurels"

*NOVEMBER 27 * 28, 2010
Boston, MA
with Boston Early Music Festival
New England Conservatory Jordan Hall

Dido and Aeneas
Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors
Gilbert Blin, Stage Director
Anna Watkins, Costume Designer
Melinda Sullivan, Choreographer

*JANUARY 9, 2011 *7:00 pm
St. Paul, MN
with Glorious Revolution Baroque
and Rocky Mjos

A Taste of the Baroque
17th-century music and food

*JANUARY 29, 2011 *8:00 pm
St. Paul, MN
with Bach Society of Minnesota

Like Father, like Son?
Motets and organ works by J.S. and C.P.E. Bach

*MARCH 18 & 19, 2011
Minneapolis and St. Paul
with Glorious Revolution Baroque
and Tullio Rondon, Erica Rubis, and Mary Burke

Tears of the Muses: England 1607
Vocal and instrumental music for viol consort

*MARCH 25, 2011
St. Paul, MN
with the Chambure Vihuela Quartet

CD RELEASE CONCERT!!

Join Shaw and The Chambure Vihuela Quartet for their CD release concert and party for their new recording 'Canto y Danza', program of songs and dances from Spain.

*APRIL 3, 2011
Minneapolis, MN
with Dal Niente new music
Southern Theater

ensemble dal niente trucks to Minneapolis to work with James Dillon, internationally renown Scottish composer, whose works are known for their vitality and nuance. Afterward, we return for home ground for a Chicago performance..

*APRIL 8-10, 2011
Chicago, IL
with Newberry Consort

"Musica Secreta: Passion and Virtuosity at Court"

  * Ellen Hargis and Carrie Henneman Shaw, sopranos; Tracy Cowart, mezzo-soprano
  * Wilbur Pauley, bass
  * The Newberry Violin Band
  * Mark Shuldiner, harpsichord
  * The Venere Lute Quartet

*APRIL 21, 2011 *7:30 PM
Chicago, IL
with Dal Niente new music
Mayne Stage
www.dalniente.com for more info

Performing Kirsten Broberg's 'Waters of Time' cycle, settings of Neruda poetry as part of the UNBOUND Festival
This four-part festival, presented in spring 2011, is designed to celebrate the imagination and skill of contemporary American composers, observing the contributions of master composers as well as the new generation of emerging American masterpieces. Each concert is thematically sculpted, allowing the listener to follow a distinct musical concept as it relates to the identity of ‘American’ music.

*MAY 3, 2011 *7:30 PM
St. Paul, MN
St. Catherine University

Music of Jocelyn Hagen: A Recital
Part of the Jocelyn Hagen Festval

Performing selections, including her set of soprano-tenor duets "The Time of Singing Has Come"

For information, call 651.690.6690.

*MAY 7, 2011 *8 PM
St. Paul MN
with Ensemble 61

ACROSS THE DIVIDE

The Minneapolis-based contemporary music group Ensemble 61 presents a concert of new and experimental French and German music at Studio Z in St. Paul, Minnesota. The concert features Shaw, flutist Linda Chatterton, pianist Matthew McCright, percussionist Erik Barsness and guitarist Jesse Langen and includes music by Wolfgang Rihm, Helmut Lachenmann, Hans Thomalla, Tristan Murail, Matthias Pintscher, Olivier Messiaen and Philippe Hurel.

$15/$5 for students. $10 for AFMSP, ACF, WAC and MPR members.
Studio Z
275 East 4th Street
St. Paul, Minnesota 55101

*MAY 13, 2011 7:30 PM
Chapel of St. Louis Catholic Church, Austin
May 14, 2011 7:30 PM
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, San Antonio
More information at www.ensembleviii.org

Ensemble VIII's debut concert features works by Franco-Flemish giants Johannes Ockeghem and Josquin des Prez, Italian master Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, and Englishmen John Sheppard and Robert Parsons.

*MAY 20, 2011 *7:30 PM
Circa Gallery, Minneapolis
MAY 21, 2011 *8:00 PM
The Baroque Room, St. Paul

In a single evening, hear the entire Fifth Book of Madrigals by Claudio Monteverdi - one of his pivotal collections. Featuring guest Baroque harpist Christa Patton. Glorious Revolution's all-star instrumental ensemble welcomes vocal talent from the Twin Cities' top professional choirs to bring the audience the playful and passionate madrigals that form the cornerstone of Monteverdi's musical legacy. Shaw sings and directs the ensemble.

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PAST EVENTS

AUGUST 8 - 15, 2010
Minneapolis, MN

Opera Bob Presents "Riders the the Sea" a one-act opera by Ralph Vaughan Williams at the 2010 Minnesota Fringe Festival! April Hanson, Ben Johnson, Carrie Henneman Shaw and Maggie Lofboom perform with pianist Richard Yates. Directed by Tara Marlena Laberge.

Loss and Misery are a way of life for the women on the northern coast of Ireland. Tradition, duty and religion entwine, leaving these women with profound questions about their purpose and destiny, as the sea swallows their sons and fathers.

DATES

Sun Aug 8th 10:00pm
Thur Aug 12th 10:00pm
Fri Aug 13th 8:30pm
Sat Aug 14th 4:00pm
Sun Aug 15th 1:00pm

Rarig Proscenium Theatre
330 21st Avenue S
Minneapolis, MN
June 27-July 3, 2010
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

Join in the fun at the 2010 edition of Lute Society of America’s Summer Seminar! This year, the seminar will explore the lute in Italy from the 15th through 18th centuries. The event will feature a distinguished faculty of lute performers, musicological specialists, and vocal coaches.

The faculty includes
Robert Barto
Ellen Hargis, soprano
Carrie Henneman Shaw, soprano
Ronn McFarlane
Edward Martin
Nigel North
Pat O’Brien
Paul O’Dette, luthier
ndy Rutherford
Stephen Stubbs
Thomas Walker Jr.
Crawford Young ,
and the Venere Lute Quartet - including Douglas Freundlich, Gail Gillispie, Christopher Morrongiello, and Phillip Rukavina.

May 14, 2010 * 8:00 PM
Studio Z
St. Paul, Minnesota
Dido and Aeneas and 'Songs of Longing' by Kirsten Broberg commissioned with support from the Jerome Foundation*

April 24, 2010 * 8:00 PM
College of St. Scholastica
Duluth, Minnesota
*Vihuelas and Voice: Songs and instrumental works from Spain*
TO BE RESCHEDULED due to volcano travel delays

March 28, 2010 * 4:00 PM
San Francisco Early Music Society
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
San Francisco, California
*Crowned with Laurels*
Medieval Music from Italy and France

March 27, 2010 * 7:30 PM
San Francisco Early Music Society
St. John's Presbyterian Church
Berkeley, California
*Crowned with Laurels*
Medieval Music from Italy and France

March 26, 2010 * 8:00 PM
San Francisco Early Music Society
First Lutheran Church
Palo Alto, California
*Crowned with Laurels*
Medieval Music from Italy and France

March 24, 2010 * 7:00 PM
LIBER: Ensemble for Early Music
Cochise College
Bisbee, Arizona
*Crowned with Laurels*
Medieval Music from Italy and France

March 21, 2010 *8:00 pm
BACH SOCIETY OF MINNESOTA
*Death and Taxes*
University Lutheran Church of Hope, Minneapolis, MN

Cantatas and motets of J.S. Bach
With--
Darryl Taylor, countertenor

March 5, 2010 * 8:00 pm
GLORIOUS REVOLUTION BAROQUE
 “A Parisian Salon Concert”
Olivet Congregational Church, St. Paul, MN

Music includes a Telemann Paris Quartet and Concerto and Cantatas by Monteclair
With--
Immanuel Davis, baroque flute
Miriam Scholz-Carlson, baroque violin
Julie Elhard, viola da gamba
Tami Morse, harpsichord
Free-will offering