School of Music Indiana University

 

 
 

 

From Plazas and Cathedrals: Music from Colonial Latin America Performance Practice Workshop and Concert

 

Produced by the

Latin American Music Center at Indiana University,

Carmen Téllez, director.

 

With special guests, Egberto Bermúdez, Bernardo Illari,

and the Renaissance Band PIFFARO

and the participation of the CONCORDIA Vocal Ensemble

 

May 20-25, 1997, School of Music, Indiana University, Bloomington.

 

The Latin American Music Center announces a concert and workshop in the context of the Bloomington Early Music Festival 1997 entitled "From Plazas and Cathedrals," focusing on works from the Cathedrals of Bogotá, Colombia, and Charcas (now Sucre, Bolivia) some of which have been recovered and transcribed by the Center's special guest, musicologist Egberto Bermúdez.

The concert will be preceded by an open rehearsal and discussion period addressed to students and faculty, as well as to registered participants. Professor Bermúdez and Dr. Carmen Téllez, Director of the Latin American Music Center, will lecture and lead the seminar on issues affecting the works in the program and the Latin American Colonial repertoire at large, such as performance practices, instrumental accompaniments, languages and dialects, social and historical contexts, style characteristics, bibliographical resources and performing editions. Bernardo Illari, from the University of Chicago is scheduled to join with a lecture on the Cathedrals of Bolivia. The renowned Renaissance band PIFFARO will collaborate in the concert.

The seminar will take place between 10-12 am and 2:30-4:30, from Tuesday May 20 through Friday May 23 with open rehearsals proceeding through Saturday, May 24. All events will take place in the School of Music. Specific titles, hours and locations will be announced. The concert is scheduled for Sunday, May 25, at 8 pm, in Auer Hall of the School of Music.

The seminar is free to Indiana University Faculty and Students.

Concert ticket only: $10 at the door

Registration to the Seminar for the General Public: $40 *

The registration to the seminar includes a ticket to the concert "From Plazas and Cathedrals and all seminar materials." Participants may register in situ at any time during the workshop but are encouraged to register in advance, by submitting a check or money order to the Latin American Music Center at the address below:

    Latin American Music Center
    REF: Colonial Music Seminar and Concert
    School of Music
    Indiana University
    Bloomington, IN 47405
     
    lamc@indiana.edu
    ph: (812) 855-2991
    fax: (812)855-4936

The Musical Repertoire of Colonial Latin America

From the beginning of its colonization process, Spain used music as a tool of evangelization and acculturation. By the XVI century several cathedrals in the American territories had important musical establishments which developed a unique repertoire over several generations. The musical chapel of the Cathedral of Bogotá was recognized through the Spanish empire for its vast archives, which included American copies of works by influential European composers like Josquin Desprez, Francisco Guerrero, Cristóbal Morales and Tomás Luis de Victoria, along with works by the Cathedral's Maestros de Capilla, Gutierre Fernández Hidalgo, Joseph de Cascante, and Juan de Herrera. This body of music has generated increasing interest among choral conductors and professionals in the field of historical performance for its peculiar utilization of European styles and its singular synthesis of multicultural musical practices.

Professor Egberto Bermúdez teaches at Universidad Nacional de Colombia, and is the artistic director of the CANTO Ensemble dedicated to the performance of the Ibero-American Colonial repertoire. A musicologist trained at King's College of the University of London, he is internationally recognized as one of the most prominent exponents of this repertore, both as a researcher, writer and performer. He is currently working on an anthology of the archives at the cathedral of Bogotá, including the complete works of Gutierre Fernández-Hidalgo.

Bernardo Illari, a doctoral candidate in musicology at the University of Chicago has already earned several honors for his research in the music of the Cathedral of Chuquisaca, Bolivia and of the missions of Chiquitos, including the Howard Mayer Brown Fellowship of the American Musicological Society. He has been principal advisor to several international recording projects dedicated to this repertoire.

PIFFARO was founded in 1980 (as The Philadelphia Renaissance Wind Band) to perform the music of the late Medieval, Renaissance and early Baroque periods on a large and varied collection of early wind instruments, augmented by percussion and strings. Modelled on the professional civic, chapel and court bands of the 14th to early 17th centuries, the ensemble also pursues an interest in the instruments and music of the peasantry. Under the direction of Joan Kimball and Robert Wiemken since 1988, PIFFARO produces its own concert series in Philadelphia and the surrounding region, excerpts of which are broadcast regularly in the United States on national Public Radio's Performance Today. PIFFARO has performed at many of the major American early music series, including New York's *Music before 1800*, Milwaukee's *Early Music Now*, the Seattle Early Music Guild, the Concert Society at Maryland and The Pittsburgh Renaissance and Baroque Society. In May 1993, the band appeared at the *Tage alter Musik*, an early music festival held annually in Regensburg, Germany. They record for Archiv Produktion.

The Bloomington Early Music Festival 1997

 

Subscription passes and tickets to eight other events of the Bloomington Early Music Festival are also available.The Festival events take place from May 22nd through the 26th and include Paul Hillier and Theater of Voices, Alan Bennett and Leonard Hokanson in an evening of Schubert's music, the ensembles Belladonna and

Tandernaken, Stanley Ritchie with the Festival Baroque Orchestra, plus an original production of Monteverdi's L'incoronazione de Poppea,.Subscription passes to all other events of BLEMF 97 cost $50.

For detailed information on the other Festival events you may...

 

Bloomington

The city of Bloomington has been rated on numerous occassions as one of the best places to live in America. The Bloomington campus of Indiana University has also been called one of the ten most beautiful in the nation. Bloomington boasts a cosmopolitan cultural life, enchanting natural landscapes, refined restaurants and shops, and surrounding communities distinguished by notable historical and architectural sites. The Bloomington Early Music Festival is an entertaining and enriching experience. Come join us!

Accomodations:

Eigenmann Student Hall is available through advance notification to the Latin American Music Center. Air conditioned rooms cost $21/day.

Other recommended accomodations (not affiliated directly to this event):

    Travelodge: 812-339-6191 or 800-367-3935
    Days Inn: 812-3360905
    Holiday Inn: 812-334-3252
    Indiana Memorial Union: 812-856-6381
    Grant Inn: 812-334-2353
    Scholars Inn: 812-332-1892
    Ramada Inn: 800-228-2828

 Please email questions or consultations to
Latin American Music Center:
lamc@indiana.edu

 Please email sugestions or comments to
Erick Carballo:
carballo@indiana.edu