Trinity Orff-Schulwerk Levels Concert in Special Collections on Thursday, June 18th

You are invited to attend a Recorder Concert presented by members of the Trinity Orff-Schulwerk Levels in the Special Collections Room of the Coates Library, Thursday, June 18 at 3:30 PM. Performers are 61 general music educators from across the country who are on campus for two weeks to study music and movement pedagogy. These teachers will be performing in small groups on various voicings of recorders. Repertoire will include music from the Renaissance, folk songs, and contemporary arrangements. This is the 15th anniversary of the Trinity Orff-Schulwerk course which is co-sponsored by the Music Department and the Office of Conferences and Special Programs.

--Diane Persellin, Department of Music

Free Public Concert: Collegium Musicum in Concert on May 1

On Friday, May 1^st, Special Collections will be hosting a concert put on by the students of MUSE 1196, or Collegium Musicum, and music department chair David Heller.  The class has been inactive for almost 10 years, but the passion of first years Ryun Howe and Joshua Cohen brought it back to life in order to put on this event. 

Ryun and Joshua were inspired to take action after discovering the sheet music available in the Tuesday Musical Club collection in Special Collections.  The collection has a range of different sheet music, but the students took a particular interest in a set of arrangements of Handel’s overtures from the 1750s, in their original publication.  They continued to visit and practiced playing the music, and upon Megan’s suggestion, brought the idea for the concert to Dr. Heller.

We’ve been very excited to help put this together, because it represents exactly what we want to offer to students down here in Special Collections and Archives: an opportunity to discover something interesting and inspiring in our resources for whatever they might be passionate about.  Our sheet music is only a small part of the wealth of material we have available, and we hope that more and more students will take advantage of this resource that many don’t realize they have access to.

We also hope that the Collegium Musicum concert will be a success!  Join us Friday afternoon for free music, refreshments, and a relaxed atmosphere, and to learn more about what you can discover in our collection.

--Darcie Marquardt, Class of 2016