…in in that category in the entire 41-year history of the awards. Ockeghem@600: The Complete Works of Johannes Ockeghem (c.1420-1497) A thirteen-concert project over six years to perform all the surviving music of one of the greatest, yet least known composers of the western tradition – two dozen songs, a dozen masses, and four motets. A recording project to include every Ockeghem song and motet is now underway, with the first release slated for Sp…
…h the Portland Opera Young Artists Program and the Boston Early Music Festival Young Artists Program, as well as with the New England Conservatory’s Carr Collegium and Boston University in performances of Bach motets and a 2014 undertaking of the B-Minor Mass in which he was a soloist. Nishibun is a staff tenor with Trinity Church, Boston, where he recently sang solo arias in Handel’s Messiah and Bach’s Magnificat. www.alexandernishibun.com….
…SanlΔ±kol: Renaissance Polyphony & Turkish Makam Wednesday, November 18, 7:00 pm via Zoom Scott Metcalfe, Artistic Director Contact: Kathleen Brittan, Executive Director 978-395-1145 or kathleen@blueheron.org The first of Blue Heron’s newly created Spotlight Sessions will feature a taste of Many Voices, our March 2020 concert now rescheduled for the 2021-2022 season. Composer Mehmet Ali SanlΔ±kol will provide an introduction to the Turkish modes (m…
…n music, Sonja curated the award-winning touring program Modern Dickinson (www.moderndickinson.com) and launched the recital project BeatSong for soprano and percussion. She sings with the Grammy-winning ensemble Conspirare on tours of Considering Matthew Shepard and is a core member of the Lorelei Ensemble. As the founder of Beyond Artists, Sonja supports Braver Angels, Eden Reforestation Project, and Singers Of This Age with every performance. w…
…h Christmas. Next auction item > Fair Market Value: $136.00 Minimum Bid: $100.00 For details on the concerts, visit www.handelandhaydn.org This offer is non-transferable. Seats are subject to availability. Tickets will be held at Will Call and will be available at the concert hall 90 minutes prior to the performance. Voucher must be redeemed at least 24 hours in advance: by email at boxoffice©handelandhaydn.org, by mail, by phone at 617-266-3605,…
…and Reception of the Loire Valley Chansonniers (Oxford University Press, 2010) and a number of articles on medieval and contemporary topics. She is currently writing a book on the Scratch Orchestra and participatory music-making in London since the 1970s. With degrees from Manchester University, King’s College, London, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she is active as a singer and conductor, seeing performance as the most effe…
…Heron Presents Ockeghem Academy February 24, March 3, and March 10, 2021 7:00 pm live via Zoom Scott Metcalfe, Artistic Director Contact: Kathleen Brittan, Executive Director 978-395-1145 or kathleen@blueheron.org Blue Heron presents Ockeghem Academy, a 3-part lecture series on Johannes Ockeghem, one of the most celebrated musicians of the 15th century and hailed as one of the greatest composers of all time, every bit the equal of J.S. Bach. Ockeg…
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…ser Emil Wojtacki’s Ángeloi with Cantata Profana at the MATA Festival. In 2016, Jessica performed Unsuk Chin’s Akrostischon-Wortspiel with Cantata Profana in New York City, where she “sang beautifully, with strict control and expressive musicality, telling each phantom story with charming resolve” (I Care If You Listen ). Jessica teaches voice privately in the Boston area. She graduated from the Yale Institute of Sacred Music in voice and from the…
…h Society Houston, Bach Collegium San Diego, Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity Lutheran (NYC), Seicento Baroque (Boulder), and the Clarion Music Society (NYC). Upcoming performances include Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers with TENET and the Green Mountain Project in Venice, Italy, and a featured concert on the Chamber Music Northwest series in Portland, Oregon. www.darkhorseconsort.org…
…and the Amherst and Madison Early Music Festivals. She lives happily in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with her husband and two cats. www.KiriTollaksen.com….
…its many successful recordings and concerts, continuing into Blue Heron’s 20th season and beyond. Janet has worked in music administration for almost a decade, most recently working at Trinity Church, Copley Square for 5 years. In addition to her administrative duties, Janet is singer on staff at Trinity Church in Copley Square and performs with many local choral groups such as Cappella Clausura, Skylark Ensemble, and Handel & Haydn Society, among…
Blue Heron is engaged in the exploration of Renaissance and medieval vocal music, putting the study of original sources in the service of vivid live performance. Widely regarded as the finest ensemble of its type in North America, Blue Heron presents a subscription series in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a catalog of exceptional recordings is available on the Blue Heron label. The ensembleβs accolades include the 2018 Gramophone Classical Music Award for Early Music, making Blue Heron the first group from outside Europe to receive the award; the Noah Greenberg Award from the American Musicological Society; and the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik. Touring engagements have taken the group across the United States as well as to Canada and England. Blue Heron is early music for the 21st century.
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