Baroque instrumental ensemble
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- Start Date: 21 Jul 2025End Date: 04 Aug 2025Mon (Daytime): 10:30 - 13:30In PersonFull fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £69.00
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What is the course about?
This course will explore how you can play Baroque music on a modern instrument but still create a sense of authenticity through greater awareness of stylistic traits. You will increase your understanding of how composers and performers in the 17th and 18th centuries used and understood notation, and bring new life to your performance of this music.
What will we cover?
Rhetoric in early Baroque music
Ornamentation in French and Italian music
Dance music.
What will I achieve?
By the end of this course you should be able to...
Recognise and interpret the implications of rhythmic notation in Baroque music
Recognise and interpret ornamentation symbols
Embellish a melody line in appropriate style
Understand how to interpret Baroque dance music.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
This course is for players of modern instruments with at least 5 years’ experience and good music reading skills.
Suitable instruments include: all orchestral strings, recorder, flute, oboe, bassoon, piano.
You should be able to follow written and verbal instructions in English, read hand-outs and take part in group discussion.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
Tutor explanation and demonstration
Feedback on your own and others’ playing
Detailed study of musical scores and information from Baroque performance treatises
Listening to and discussing different interpretations.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
Please bring your instrument (a piano is provided), as well as a notebook, pen and pencil.
Music will be provided by the tutor.
When I've finished, what course can I do next?
City Lit also offers a wide range of instrumental classes for violin/viola, cello, flute and piano/keyboards, String ensemble, String school, Chamber music and Orchestra workshop.
You may also be interested in Music history courses, which cover a wide range of topics from medieval to contemporary popular music.
Layil trained as an early music specialist, playing recorders and bass viol, and now has a versatile career, touring and recording internationally with early music ensembles and fusion projects. Past collaborations include Les Concert De Nations under the direction of Jordi Savall, Charivari Agreable, Baroccada, Hamza Namira, Addictive TV, Donee, and Women in Music, amongst others. Layil also fell in love with Andalusian music learning to dance flamenco, and started to collaborate with musicians and dancers from different styles and places around the world. Her music celebrates these encounters. Layil's album "Strings Between Us" was recorded in 2020 and is available on Bandcamp. It features original music for bass viola da gamba, recorder, West African kora, double bass, percussion and a Flamenco dancer.
Please note: We reserve the right to change our tutors from those advertised. This happens rarely, but if it does, we are unable to refund fees due to this. Our tutors may have different teaching styles; however we guarantee a consistent quality of teaching in all our courses.
