Introduction to Renaissance Music and Renaissance Flute with Amanda Markwick 2021

Sundays 15:00-17:00 UTC+1 (Ireland/UK)

This course is designed for
* Amateur musicians at the intermediate level or above
* Music students in conservatory/university
* Music professionals looking to add to their skill set

(Secondary-level students are invited to contact us for more details)

Necessary skills
Ability to read music (preferably both treble and bass clefs) in modern notation

Instruments
Sessions 5-8 have a particular focus on transverse flutes, but are open to other musicians (see session descriptions or more details)

Please advise us of any mobility or other specific requirements.

COURSE DETAILS & DATES BELOW!

1. Renaissance Music Primer:	REGISTER NOW
Sessions 1-4 (online)	€140
July 4, 18, Aug 29, Sept 12
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2. Renaissance Music Primer+Workshop:	REGISTER NOW
Sessions 1-4 (online)+ in-person weekend workshop (as auditor only)	€200
July 4, 18, Aug 29, Sept 12, Nov 13-14
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3. Introduction to Renaissance Flute:	REGISTER NOW
Sessions 1-8 (online)	€250
July 4, 18, Aug 29, Sept 12, 26, Oct 10, 24, Nov 7
(instalment plan: €130 registration, €120 before session 5)
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4. Introduction to Renaissance Flute Full Package:	REGISTER NOW
Sessions 1-8 (online), in-person weekend workshop	€400
July 4, 18, Aug 29, Sept 12, 26, Oct 10, 24, Nov 7, 13-14

(instalment plan: €130 registration, €120 before session 5, €150 after session 8 & up to a week before the in-person course)

* For all options above: optional buy-in to online lessons & coachings, held in the 3 hours after each online course, €60/hour

* Further in-person coachings on Monday, November 15: 10-13h, 14-17h - €60/hour

Session 1 – July 4,
Renaissance Music Skills: Hexachords and Modes

It might surprise you that a scale comprising eight notes was not necessarily the foundation of Renaissance music. In this session, we will first explore the six-note hexachord system just as 16th-century choirboys did, following up with a look at the structure and emotional power of the various modes. Bring your instrument and/or vocal cords for some playing and singing together at the end! (pitch: A440)

Session 2 – July 18
Renaissance Music Skills: Cadences and Musica ficta

In this session, we learn the typical cadential patterns of each voice part, and we will also identify various types of standard and evaded cadences. Musica ficta comes into play when we add sharp and flat notes into the music – we will look at the reasons of necessity or beauty that lead us to use musica ficta. Bring your instrument and/or vocal cords for some playing and singing together at the end! (pitch: A440)

Session 3 – Aug 29
Renaissance Music Skills: Reading from Manuscripts and Original Prints

One of the best parts of playing Renaissance music is reading from the beautiful original notation! But what do all those square and diamond-shaped notes mean? Why is C on a line and not in a space on the music staff? How can you solve mistakes in the original? Is that the Petrucci or Attaignant style of printing? Bring some music paper, a pencil, and an eraser to this session – and as usual, your instrument and/or vocal cords for some playing and singing together at the end! (pitch: A440)

Session 4 – Sept 12
Renaissance Music Skills: Diminutions

Want to impress your friends with a self-composed or improvised virtuosic display on a Renaissance top-ten song? This session is for you! We will briefly look at the extant sources on diminutions, the florid ornaments used to embellish Renaissance music. Focusing on the diminutions by Diego Ortiz (1553), we will play some ourselves, and start adding them to a well-known Renaissance piece as well. Bring some music paper, a pencil, and an eraser to this session – and as usual, your instrument and/or vocal cords for some playing and singing together at the end! (pitch: A440)

Session 5 – Sept 26
Iconography and Sources: Various Ensembles Using Flutes

Taking a (virtual) trip to the museum, dusting off really old cookbooks, pulling out old prints and manuscripts – in this session, we look at various sources to discover how the Renaissance transverse flute was used in different musical settings. We will listen to different combinations of instruments, too, considering what works and what doesn’t work.

Session 6 – Oct 10
Renaissance Music Skills: 16th-Century Articulation for Wind Players

When do you use the articulation ta (or te-ti-to-tu), and when is it better to use te-re? Also, how on earth should you do lere or tellellellelle? 16th-century sources give us tips on all of the above, and they apply equally to recorders, flutes, and cornetti. Bring your instrument to test some historical articulations out together at the end!

Session 7 – Oct 24
(Renaissance) Flute Skills: Sound within the (Modern or Renaissance) Flute Ensemble

Taking the skills we have learned in previous sessions, we use balance, color, and various sizes of flutes to develop an ensemble sound that brings Renaissance music to life. Modern or Renaissance flute ensembles are invited to join in for this specialized coaching session. Please use quality external microphones for this session, if possible.

Session 8 – Nov 7
Renaissance Flute Skills: Sound, Tuning, Fingerings, and Articulation on the Renaissance Flute

Open specifically to flutists playing a copy of a Renaissance flute, this session covers all the basic elements of playing on a Renaissance flute. In a masterclass format, participants are then each invited to play a piece. Please use quality external microphones for this session, if possible.

Limerick, Ireland

In-Person Weekend Workshop: Nov 13-14
Individual Coachings: Nov 15

Pulling together all of the skills from the previous sessions, the in-person weekend workshop provides participants a chance to deepen the practical application of the topics addressed in the online course.

We will explore a whole range of music:
• simple bicinia (duets) designed to help you learn the characteristics of Renaissance modes,
• florid diminutions to expand your technique,
• charming French chansons specifically suited to the flute consort,
• cheery dance tunes to help lighten the mood amidst all this concentration and learning!

For those flutists or ensembles who would like to try out Renaissance flutes, a full consort of Renaissance flutes will be provided. Modern flutists playing Renaissance music, and flutists who already own and have experience on Renaissance flutes will receive coachings in a masterclass format. An informal mini-concert will conclude the weekend. (Repertoire suggestions can be provided after sign-up.)

The course will take place in the People's Museum of Limerick, located at No. 2 Pery Square in the charming historic Georgian Quarter of Limerick City, Ireland.

The Peoples Museum of Limerick. Photo Credit. Ilani Smishkewych — The Peoples Museum of Limerick. Photo Credit. © Ilani Tikva Smishkewych Kosovske

Please advise us of any mobility or other specific requirements.

Amanda Markwick Renaissance Flute — **Amanda Markwick**, Historical flutist and co-author with Kate Clark of The Renaissance Flute: A Contemporary Guide, published by Oxford University Press (2020)

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Amanda Markwick, Historical flutist and co-author with Kate Clark of The Renaissance Flute: A Contemporary Guide, published by Oxford University Press (2020)

The Peoples Museum of Limerick. Photo Credit. © Ilani Tikva Smishkewych Kosovske

Made possible with the support of the Grants Under The Arts Award from Limerick City & County Council Arts & Culture Office.

Note all course materials are copyrighted and property of guest teachers and H.I.P.S.T.E.R

Introduction to Renaissance Music and Renaissance Flute with Amanda Markwick 2021

Sundays 15:00-17:00 UTC+1 (Ireland/UK)

Session 1 – July 4,Renaissance Music Skills: Hexachords and Modes

Session 2 – July 18Renaissance Music Skills: Cadences and Musica ficta

Session 3 – Aug 29Renaissance Music Skills: Reading from Manuscripts and Original Prints

Session 4 – Sept 12 Renaissance Music Skills: Diminutions

Session 5 – Sept 26Iconography and Sources: Various Ensembles Using Flutes

Session 6 – Oct 10Renaissance Music Skills: 16th-Century Articulation for Wind Players

Session 7 – Oct 24(Renaissance) Flute Skills: Sound within the (Modern or Renaissance) Flute Ensemble

Session 8 – Nov 7Renaissance Flute Skills: Sound, Tuning, Fingerings, and Articulation on the Renaissance Flute

Limerick, IrelandIn-Person Weekend Workshop: Nov 13-14Individual Coachings: Nov 15