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

Wed Aug 24 19:31:56 UTC 2011

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On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Brooke Ratliff <bratlif2 at emich.edu> wrote:
> Hi peeps,
>
> I'd like to more involved again in the SCA. I'm interested in this event. I'm not able to find any information. Please advise.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Aaron Elkiss" <aelkiss at umich.edu>
> To: "Martha Sieting" <osermart at msu.edu>
> Cc: "Monique Rio" <mrio at umich.edu>, "cynnabar" <barony at cynnabar.org>, "Ritornello" <cynnabar-music at umich.edu>, "Cynnabar Collegium Musica" <cyngabar at umich.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 3:01:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [Cynnabar] St. Cecilia at the Tower: Workshop or Event?
>
> This year we are at least planning on a lecture track which will
> probably include a fair amount of material accessible to those with
> musical interest but not much experience.
>
> If there's a lot of interest, we could probably add a "beginning
> musician's track" with classes focused on how to read music, basic
> music theory, and beginning recorder. Not sure if we'd want to focus
> on that this year, but it's certainly something doable.
>
> -a
>
> On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Martha Sieting <osermart at msu.edu> wrote:
>> 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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