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

[Martha Sieting]

Thanks, Jadzia, that does help clarify things.  I hope that you'll really emphasize in the marketing that people who do play an instrument and read music but have not played in a period group are extremely welcome at this event.

I also hope that in the future there will be opportunities for those who have not played before or have only dabbled to get some experience as well.  I think that would be a great way of fostering cross-participation within the group, as well as expanding the pool of musicians in general!

Helena

Quoting Monique Rio <mrio at umich.edu>:

> 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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>>
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