Whittier College Renaissance Music Festival October 16-19, 2006

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

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Monday, October 16

ARTWORKS OF THE RENAISSANCE ERA A lecture and slide presentation on Italian and European art of the fourteenth through seventeenth centuries, given by Dr. Williametta Spencer, composer, musician, and educator. 7:30p.m., Hoover 100.

General admission is free to this event.

Tuesday, October 17

BORROWING IN 16TH CENTURY MUSIC An educational and musical concert performed by Los Angeles Chamber Singers' early music ensemble CAPPELLA, with direction by Peter Rutenberg. 7:30p.m., Ruth B. Shannon Center for the Performing Arts.

The scheduled program will examine a number of original source works in juxtaposition with some of their most famous "borrowed" uses in secular folk songs. Additionally, a selection will be deconstructed onstage to demonstrate how an original is quoted or altered to suit a new purpose.

$10 General Admission $5 for non-Whittier students with valid ID Free for all Whittier faculty, students, and staff with valid ID

To reserve or purchase tickets, please call the Ruth B. Shannon Center for the Performing Arts Box Office, (562) 907-4203.

Wednesday, October 18

VARIETIES OF LOVE IN THE RENAISSANCE A lecture focusing on poetry, sonnets in particular, by Dr. Wendy Furman-Adams, Whittier College professor of English. 7:30p.m., Arnold Hall.

General admission is free to this event.

Thursday, October 19

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC OF THE 16TH CENTURY A concert featuring a variety of Renaissance woodwind instruments played by The Southern California Early Music Consort and led by Thomas Axworthy. 7:30p.m., Memorial Chapel.

Program will highlight pieces by composers, kings, and artists, including Tielman Susato, Henry VIII, Giorgio Mainerio, Jacob Obrecht, Michael Praetorius, Fiorenzo Maschera, Claudio Merulo, Giovanni Paolo Cima and Cario Castello.

$10 General Admission $5 for non-Whittier students with valid ID Free for all Whittier faculty, students, and staff with valid ID

To reserve or purchase tickets, or for information on the Whittier College Renaissance Music Festival, please call the Whittier College Music Department at (562) 907-4237.

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