BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//artsboston.org//NONSGML iCalcreator 2.6// VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Calendar of artsboston.org X-WR-CALDESC:In this calendar you will find information about events that y ou did save X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130619T040535CEST-6715OltKEM@artsboston.org DTSTAMP:20130619T020535Z CATEGORIES:Personal CLASS:EVENT DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Music of Ladies of the French and Italian Baroque\n Event Url: http://www.artsboston.org/event/detail/441499673/Music_of_Ladie s_of_the_French_and_Italian_Baroque\nEvent Date Begin: 2012-01-08\nEvent D ate End: 2012-01-08\n\nEnsemble 44 (Karen Burciaga\, violin\, Hannah David son\, Viola da gamba\, Teri Kowiak\, voice\, and Kathleen McDoiugald\, har psichord) present Music of Ladies of the French and Italian Baroque on Sun day\, January 8\, 2012\, at 3:00 p.m.\, at the historic Loring-Greenough H ouse\, 12 South Street\, Jamaica Plain MA\, including music of Barbara Str ozzi\, Isabella Leonarda and Elizabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre.\n\nMee t Ensemble 44 at afternoon tea following the program.\n\nThe Sunday Aftern oon at the 'Greenough House series recreates the atmosphere of 18th and 19 th century &ldquo\;musical afternoons&rdquo\; in the 1760 Loring-Greenough House\, twice monthly\, October to May. Tickets are available at the door : donation $15 ($10 seniors\, students and JPTC members). Space is limited \; reservations are suggested&mdash\;call 617-524-3158 or email lghousecon certs@aim.com.\n\nEnsemble 44\, so named for the Studio 44 in Boston in wh ich it rehearses\, came into existence out of a \nwish to explore the work s of Baroque women composers. Their first CD\, Six by Three: 6 Sonatas by 3 \nWomen Composers\, was released last year and contains works of Elisabe th-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre\, \nAnna Amalia von Preusen\, and Isabella Leonarda. \n\nKaren Burciaga (violin) discovered early music while an unde rgraduate at Vanderbilt University. She \nlater earned an MM in Early Musi c Performance from the Longy School of Music\, studying violin with \nDana Maiben and viol with Jane Hershey. She has performed with the King's Noys e\, Newport \nBaroque\, Exsultemus\, the Arcadia Players\, La Follia Austi n\, and other period ensembles\, including \nappearances at the Boston\, B loomington\, and Amherst Early Music Festivals. She is a founding \nmember of Seven Times Salt\, an English consort\, and Long & Away\, a consort of viols. Karen has \ncoached violin band and masque performances on the str ing faculty of the Texas TOOT in Austin. Her \nother musical interests inc lude traditional Scottish fiddle and dance\, American shape-note singing\, \nand Italian Renaissance dance. \n\nHannah Davidson (viola da gamba) beg an performing early music with the Quadrivium\, under the \ndirection of M arleen Montgomery\, and can be heard on the Revels CD Sing We Now of Chris tmas. \nHaving soon discovered a love for the viol\, she went on to study with Sarah Cunningham\, Laura \nJeppesen\, and at the Longy School of Musi c with Jane Hershey\, as well as in intensive summer \nworkshops. She has performed on the SoHIP summer concert series with La Donna Musicale\, \nEn semble Soleil and Heliotrope Consort\, and has several times been a recipi ent of the Silbiger Grant \nAward to bring music for viols and voices to c hurch services. Hannah served as President of the Viola \nda Gamba Society of New England from 2006-2010 and remains active in the VdGS-NE overseein g the \nnewsletter and organizing workshops. \n\nTeri Kowiak (voice) is a professional musician based in the Boston area. A recent graduate of the \nLongy School of Music's Early Music Program\, she specializes in the his torically-inspired performance \nof medieval\, renaissance and baroque mus ic while also performing a wide range of styles including \nclassical\, ja zz\, traditional Irish/Celtic\, and premiering new compositions. She is a featured vocalist on \nthe premier solo album Redline by bagpiper Michael McNutt (of Tartanic) and has performed with \nCappella Clausura\, the Sera phim Singers\, the Harvard Early Music Society and the choir of the \nChur ch of Our Saviour in Brookline\, MA. Recent performances include the role of La Poé\;sie in \nHarvard Early Music Society's Les Plaisirs de la Paix in December and her debut with Spanish baroque \ngroup El Fuego in J anuary. \n\nKathleen McDougald (harpsichord) holds a masters degree in har psichord performance from Longy \nSchool of Music. She is the creator of B oston-based Studio 44 and founding member of Ensemble 44. \nShe has been o rganist and choir director at Church of the Good Shepherd in Woburn and ot her \nMassachusetts churches. She taught music in the Boston Public School s\, and has taught privately for \nmany years. \n\nBuilt in 1760\, the Lor ing-Greenough House\, a local landmark listed on the Massachusetts and Nat ional Registers of Historic Places\, is located at 12 South Street (at the Civil War Monument) in Jamaica Plain\, MA. It is owned and managed by the non-profit Jamaica Plain Tuesday Club\, Inc. as a historic house museum a nd site for art and music presentations. The Loring-Greenough House is whe elchair accessible. For more information on the Loring-Greenough House\, s ee www.loring-greenough.org.\n\nFor reservations or directions\, call (617 )524-3158\, or email lghouseconcerts@aim.com.\n\nUpcoming concerts in thi s series:\nSunday\, January 22. 2012: Trium\, vocal trio\nSunday\, Februar y 5: Orlando Cela\, Guitar \nSunday\, March 4: Libella: Women's choral qua rtet\n\nStart time: 3:00 P.m. DTSTART:20120108T000000 DTEND:20120108T000000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:Music of Ladies of the French and Italian Baroque TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR