Early Music School Programs Available 2007-08

The Early Music Guild places the following programs in schools as curriculum enrichment. Click for more information about the Early Music Guild's School Programs, and how your school can host one.

Music and Culture

A Visit by Hildegard and Eleanor

Meet two of the 12th century’s most prominent women: Hildegard of Bingen and Eleanor of Aquitaine.  Members of Seattle’s Medieval Women’s Choir, led by internationally renowned medieval music specialist Margriet Tindemans, portray Hildegard and Eleanor and their respective circles of friends. Students will hear music from Hildegard’s cloister and Eleanor’s court and will learn about the lives led by women and girls under the influence of these two remarkable women.

Appropriate for K-12.
Base price: $600
Your cost as low as $300

Songs of the Castle

Medieval music illustrates culture and life in a castle, using voices, recorders, harp, psaltery, medieval fiddle, and percussion. Children learn about daily life in a castle, as the narrative progresses through the great hall, the tower, the stables, the dungeon, the chapel, and the surrounding village. Includes commentary on the lives of people from throughout the class structure. Preparatory materials on the instruments demonstrated are available. Performed by Kathy Hanson, Richard Hill, and other artists TBA

Appropriate for K-12.
Base price: $400
Your cost as low as $200

Music of the Renaissance

The 16th century comes to life with David Ohannesian, recorders, baritone Richard Hill. baritone voice, and another performer TBA. Comic and serious music reflecting life in six different European countries, played on recorders, pipe and tabor, harp, krummhorns, and sackbut.

Appropriate for K-12.
Base price: $300
Your cost as low as $150

Shakespeare's Music

Music was an integral part of the theater in Shakespeare's time, and there are numerous musical references in his work. Students will learn how he incorporated music into his plays by hearing songs and dances from the time. Includes demonstration of a variety of instruments, comments on daily life in the Renaissance, and demonstration of Renaissance dance. This program ties in nicely with units on Shakespeare or on Renaissance European history. Preparatory materials on instruments provided. Performed by Kathy Hanson, David Ohannesian and Richard Hill.

Appropriate for K-12.
Base price: $300
Your cost as low as $150

 

Renaissance Men

Music and cultural history are not only educational but fun for their own sakes when this pair of true Renaissance Men visit your classroom. Witness the young violin-playing music teacher, Young Master Tom, refining the musical knowledge of his gentleman employer, Maestro Salvatore, a nobleman and player of the viola da gamba, recorder, and crumhorn. The Maestro demonstrates his skill in the arts of dancing, of the sword, and of the word - particularly his lively wit. Characters are brought to life in costume by Shulamit Kleinerman and Cecil Longino.

Appropriate for grades K-8
Base price $200
Your cost as low as $100 

Medieval Women

Your classroom is just one stop along the way for a pair of traveling trobairitz, female composer-performers from the Middle Ages. In costumes and in character, with harp, vielle, (a medieval precursor of the violin), drums, and tambourines, these women bring medieval culture to life in story and song. Shulamit Kleinerman leads this duo. 

Appropriate for grades K-6
Base price $300
Your cost as low as $150

Renaissance Ball

Welcome a group of sumptuously-costumed Renaissance nobles into your midst! Members of the interactive living-history ensemble Blood, Love, and Rhetoric share courtly pastimes from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. including song, dance, and instrumental music. Period etiquette and drama puts the music in its social context. Students experience history by participating in dances, games, and other arts. This program can be tailored for classrooms or assemblies at any grade level, and can tie in with specific studies in literature, drama, or history.  

Cost for a 45-minute appearance is $300, longer or multiple visits negotiable.
Your cost as low as $150

 

Space and Time in Renaissance Arts

Similar to the above, with the addition of the noble art of fencing, in order to explore the ideals of proportion and measure that underlie the Renaissance arts. Cartesian geometry comes to life as students experience and compare the spatial movement patterns of fencing and dance. Metrical proportion is explored in dance and music, revealing the ordered world in which Renaissance nobles moved and thought.

Appropriate for grades 7-12
Base price $400
Your cost as low as $200

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