C11 American Music
level 3
Christa Stiner (US)
Folk Songs from Southern Appalachia, ballads brought over to the rural mountain communities by immigrants from England, Scotland and Ireland.
Shaping phrases will be an important aspect of this class.
Music in 4 voices … so bring basses too!
C12 Greek traditional music
level 3
Spyros Marinis (GR)
The content of both my classes is teaching Greek music to both intermediate and advance level pipe players.
That includes a number of ensemble tunes (mostly SATB), with complex time signatures that I have already composed and published in two books.
The time signatures are 4/4 (grouped 3+3+2), 5/8, 7/8 etc.
The tunes are a variety of well-known traditional Greek songs that cover all the regions and islands of Greece.
As Greek music is usually monophonic, I have adapted each tune for a larger ensemble, giving each pipe an important role to play and highlight each tune without changing its identity.
Music in 4 voices … so bring basses too!
C13 Advanced Technique Group
level 4
Mette Laugs (NL)
As a teacher of the conservatoire, I’m used to work with students on a high level.
Do you want to be challenged, love playing in tempo, can play on (almost) all pipes?
Then this group is perfect for you.
At the end of the week, we can perform a couple of pieces in the right tempo, perfectly together, with a lot of joy and energy.
Don’t hesitate to subscribe for this group.
C14 Interpretation - Jakob van Eyk
level 4
Renilde Duif (NL)
Around 1645 Jacob van Eyk was a (blind) carillon player of the cathedral tower in Utrecht.
In addition to playing the carillon, he was also expected to entertain the walkers who walked in the cemetery on Sunday afternoons.
He did this by playing well-known melodies from that time on his recorder and playing it with countless variations.
Those melodies with variations are bundled in 3 parts of "Der Fluyten Lust-hof".
Although the pieces are pleasing to the ear due to the virtuoso variations, they become even more interesting when the player uses a meaningful alternation of portato, non-legato and staccato.
For this it is necessary to know more about the origin and content of the songs used.
I have adapted the pieces that are treated in the lessons to the size and possibilities of the extended soprano pipe.
C15 Renaissance Polyphony from the Lower Countries
level 4
Flanders Recorder Duo (BE)
Come and enjoy wonderful Renaissance music with elegant counterpoint and tricky rhythms.
We’ll explore 16th century polyphony, chosen for beauty and suitability on pipes.
We’ll work on technical challenges that arise, especially rhythm and ensemble playing, phrasing, articulation and making flowing vocal lines.
For players with strong counting skills.
Tom Beets and Joris van Goethem will alternate classes C15 and C17
C16 Contemporary Music, ‘Oker’ and other pieces
level 4
Josje Lodder (NL)
In 2014 the Dutch guild organised a composition competition on the occasion of its 75th birthday.
For me this was exactly the stimulus I needed to write Oker.
For some time, I had an idea to write a piece in which the beautiful sound of the contra-tenor comes to its own, but I never made time to realise it.
The title (‘Oker’ means ocher) refers to the color I associate with this sound.
The piece is written for three contra-tenors, one soprano and one tenor.
In the middle part one of the contra-tenors plays alto.
‘Oker’ will be the main piece of this workshop, but we will also play other more or less contemporary music.
