[Cynnabar] St. Cecilia at the Tower: Workshop or Event?

[Monique Rio]

Hi Helena,

For the person who can read sheet music and plays a modern instrument
and/or sings in choirs, absolutely this is the event for you. Most of
us use modern instruments and the vast majority of the time we use
modern editions of period music.

For the person who hasn't done any singing or instrument playing and
can't read sheet music... this is not the event for you. At least not
this year.

Sorry for the confusion. I'm still working on the marketing...

Hope that helps!
-Jadzia



On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Martha Sieting <osermart at msu.edu> wrote:
> Will there be activities during the day for persons who are not currently
> involved with musical activities but may wish to try it out?  I'm a little
> bothered by this being billed as a "by musicians for musicians" event.
>
> What about people who have only dabbled in music, but have an interest?
> Will there be classes for those who haven't read historic music or played a
> historic instrument but would like to try it out?
>
> What about someone like me, who has been playing (mostly modern) music for
> 30+ years but has never played in a period group?  Will there be an
> opportunity for someone like me to bring my (modern) flute and join in?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Helena
>
>
> Quoting Monique Rio <mrio at umich.edu>:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> My vision for St. Cecilia at the Tower (Cecilia Day) is a workshop by
>> musicians for musicians. As long as there are multiple interesting
>> tracks of music classes during the day, that vision will be met.
>>
>> Whenever we suggest a new event or demo, there?s always some concerns
>> raised about getting burnt out from running too many events. I
>> specifically planned for this concern with Cecilia Day by keeping the
>> vision small enough that it could be run without a great deal of work
>> by the Barony as a whole.
>>
>> But I?ve been getting some indication that people want or expect there
>> to be a larger Baronial presence at the event, so I?d like to get an
>> idea of the level of involvement the general populace would like to
>> have in Cecilia Day.
>>
>> The evening activity is the primary thing that would change based on
>> how involved the Barony wants to be. Below are some examples of what
>> both Musician Focused Evening and a Baronial Event Evening could look
>> like.
>>
>> Musician Focused Evening:
>> -Jamming
>> -Reading through some new music
>> -General Hanging out
>> -Performances
>>
>> Baronial Event Evening:
>> -Recreation of the Duke of Burgundy?s party where 28 musicians played
>> music in a pie.
>>
>> http://www.globalgourmet.com/food/egg/egg0598/didyouknow.html#axzz1VxibKyHM
>> -Performances
>> -Musical Activities for everyone not just people who read music (ex:
>> rounds, ballads with choruses, etc.)
>> -An evening court with lots of music and dancing and entertaining
>> interspersed. Maybe a talent show... but not Cynnabar?s Got Talent.
>>
>> As a reminder, this event would be about a month after Terpsichore.
>> (May 12th is the date we?re looking at now; that conflicts with
>> Kalamazoo but I?m not sure how many potential attendees would be going
>> to that anyway.)
>>
>> I?m still leaning toward this event being a low-impact musician
>> focused workshop because it?s the first year and I?d rather not have
>> Cecilia Day be the cause of burnout.
>>
>> That said, I like some of the event ideas too. Particularly the pie
>> and the evening artsy/entertaining court.
>>
>> So, what I want to know is where you fall on this scale:
>>
>> 5: I don?t care what you do, I?m coming to the event. I will be happy
>> with whatever.
>> 4: I?m coming to the event for the classes, but I?d prefer [Musician
>> Focused | Baronial Event ]
>> 3: I probably won?t go to the classes, but I?m really excited about
>> those Baronial Event activities and would definitely come to that.
>> 2: If you had the Baronial Event activities I?d feel like I ought to
>> come, but I?d rather stay home and rest up for Battle of the Inland
>> Seas on the next weekend.
>> 1: People play music in the SCA?
>>
>> Also if you have any other ideas or comments regarding the event let me
>> know.
>>
>> Yay music!
>> -Jadzia
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