Oberlin - Baroque Performance Institute

Flutists - are you a baroque flutist or interested in learning the baroque flute. If so, you should consider attending Oberlin’s Baroque Performance Institute - June 16-29. I will be teaching the baroque flute class this year and the theme of BPI is “Music of Paris and Versailles, 1660-1760.” This is one of my favorite topics because there is so much fantastic French baroque flute music and this class is an ideal place to learn about the playing styles of this repertoire. Potential composers for our class include, Hotteterre, La Barre, Leclair, Marais, Dornel, and many others. This workshop is excellent for all levels of players, including serious modern flutists who have not previously played the baroque flute. We will loan you a fine baroque flute and by the end of two weeks you will be playing quite well.

The recorder class will be taught by Anne Timberlake and this year includes a new option where one can study solo and chamber music, or take a new path focusing on consort playing.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. [email protected]

Baroque Performance Institute | Oberlin College and Conservatory Music of Paris and Versailles, 1660-1760 June 16-29, 2024 Featuring the Oberlin Baroque Ensemble, distinguished resident faculty, and special guests Emma Kirkby and James Taylor The Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute, the premiere summer workshop focusing on baroque instruments and voice, will ma...

A few photos from BPI 2022

Nurturing a Love for Early Music » Early Music America Amherst Early Music and the Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute have long embraced musicians ranging from enthusiasts to professionals. These two programs, similar in many regards, serve a range of abilities and interests, and both of them got their start a half a century ago.

We have an exciting project beginning next month and it is something you can joint in on. This is an online course curated by Michael Lynn and Kenneth Slowik. Baroque Music & Instruments - This eight-session course presents curated encounters with the most important instruments used in Baroque music, with discussion of the history and expressive qualities of each instrument, featuring faculty from Oberlin Conservatory and the Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute. Intended for lifelong learners of all backgrounds (high school age and older).

Each class will begin with a pre-recorded video segment and end with live Q&A between the presenter and those watching the class.

The individual classes will be:
Week 1: Overview: Baroque Music and Instruments
Week 2: An Introduction to Baroque Instruments
Week 3: Harpsichord and Clavichord in the Music of J.S. Bach
Week 4: Development of the Flute
Week 5: The Language of Lute’s Mystery
Week 6: The Oboe and Organ
Week 7: The Caldwell Collection of Viols
Week 8: The Goldberg Variations of J.S. Bach

Faculty include: Michael Lynn - flutes & recorder, Kenneth Slowik, Mark Edwards - harpsichord, David Breitman - Clavichord, Jonathan Moyer - Organ, Catharina Meints - viols, Rebecca Landell Reed - viols & cello, Kathryn Montoya - baroque oboes, Lucas Harris - Lutes

Click the link below for more information.

Baroque Music and Instruments | Oberlin College and Conservatory Course Description As recently as the 1980s, most classical music audiences, if asked to list composers of the Baroque period, might cite Bach, Handel, Telemann, and Vivaldi before running out of names. Though the works of these geniuses occasionally found their way onto concert programs, the output...

A Covid message from Ken Slowik

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BPI 2020 - Exciting News - we are offering a 1-week Virtual BPI this year. June 22-28. Check this link for details and registration information. https://www.oberlin.edu/summer-programs/bpi

Baroque Performance Institute | Oberlin College and Conservatory June 21 - July 4, 2020 Applications are accepted between February 1 - May 15

Exciting News Today as BPI is awarded the Laurette Goldberg award from Early Music America! https://www.earlymusicamerica.org/web-articles/early-music-america-announces-2020-annual-awards/?fbclid=IwAR0J5lrUSfiC5T3Yp7bq37K4_61OGDFxQ92t1eQEflOtSDyXrCLZruwS9v0

Early Music America Announces 2020 Annual Awards » Early Music America Early Music America announces the recipients of its 2020 awards recognizing outstanding accomplishments in early music. The awards will be presented later this year.

Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Oberlin's Baroque Performance Institute is coming up again this June. BPI is a great opportunity to immerse yourself in playing baroque music and to learn about style and technique. Lots of wonderful concerts by students and faculty. Christopher Krueger teaches baroque flute Michael Lynn teaches recorder. The topic this year is music from the mid-17thC up to 1715, of most everyone other than France!
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Oberlin's Baroque Performance Institute Returns June 16-29 Learn more about the Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute at go.oberlin.edu/bpi. King Louis XIV of France amassed no shortage of foes across Europe during his incredible 72-year reign, which ended with his death in 1715. The 48th OBERLIN BAROQUE PERFORMANCE INSTITUTE pays tribute to composers from....

The official video of Oberlin Baroque's performance at the Early Music America Young Performers Festival is now available!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMemqn1PRXU

EMA's 2018 Young Performers Festival: Oberlin Baroque Complete titles and video time stamps are available below. Recorded May 24, 2018, at First Presbyterian Church, Bloomington, Indiana, and presented as part o...

A wonderful review of the final faculty concert: https://clevelandclassical.com/oberlin-baroque-performance-institute-faculty-perform-couperin-charpentier-june-30/

Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute: faculty perform Couperin & Charpentier (June 30) Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute: faculty perform Couperin & Charpentier (June 30) by Daniel Hathaway Even with a Baroque organ case looming over its stage, the utilitarian design of Oberlin’s Warner Concert Hall has nothing in common with the overwrought exuberance of the Palace of Versaille...

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Next Tuesday, EMA will announce the official line-up for our 2018 Young Performers Festival & Emerging Artists Showcase at the Bloomington Early Music Festival in May. Stay tuned!

Guest Master Class: Jan de Winne, baroque flute A guest master class led by Jan de Winne, baroque flute. Read more about the artist, Jan de Winne.

A new performance of my O'Carolan set as performed at the Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute. This version is played at A=415 and adds baroque guitar to the instrumentation. Featuring Cynthia Roberts, Julie Andrijeski, Lucas Harris, and Michael Lynn- many thanks to them for performing this set with me!!!
https://soundcloud.com/mloberlin/ocarolan-set

O'Carolan Set (Irish Baroque) The O'Carolan set from a recent concert at the Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute Michael Lynn. baroque flute (Palanca, Martin Wenner) Julie Andrijeski, baroque violin Cynthia Roberts, baroque viol

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The Oberlin Baroque Ensemble - thanks to Julie Anna Gulenko for the photograph!

Traveling Through the Baroque 1650-1750

International travel and migration is not new to the 21st century. Musicians and composers traveled the world throughout the baroque period. Handel spent time in Italy, Telemann in Paris, Lully was an Italian in France, J.C. Bach and Geminiani were in London. We will study the music created by those affected by the cross currents of their times.

French based conductor and harpsichordist, Skip Sempe, who is a BPI and Oberlin alum, will conduct the faculty/student orchestra in the second week. He will also be working with the harpsichordists in conjunction with our regular faculty.

In celebration of the 275th anniversary of Telemann's death and the recent publication of the newly found manuscript of his Fantasias for viola da gamba, the faculty and students will collaborate on a presentation of the solo fantasies for viola da gamba, violin, flute/recorder/oboe, and harpsichord.

Many thanks to Menglin Gao, our official BPI photographer, for all his fine work which you will see as you look at this page. Also special thanks to Gary Payne for his beautiful B&W photography. It is a real pleasure to have such great photos from BPI 2016!

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