Viola da Gamba Dojo Play-In/Concert, May 14, 2011

The Viola da Gamba Dojo of New York's Spring Play-In/Concert is now confirmed for Saturday, May 14 at Our Saviour's Atonement Lutheran Church at 178 Bennett Avenue.

Repertoire to be played will include works at a wide range of levels of difficulty, so no player is too young and none too advanced to play. The regular Dojo attendees are preparing William Byrd's In nomine à 5 #5, madrigals of John Wilbye, and items from the Repertoire of the Viola da Gamba Dojo. Additional repertoire will be chosen appropriate to the players who plan to play. I will send parts to players who would like to play but are unable to regularly attend the Viola da Gamba Dojo's Saturday morning sessions.

The afternoon's schedule will be as follows:
1:30 Set-up
2:00 Rehearsal
3:00 The youngest players will join the rehearsal in progress.
3:30 Break
4:00 Play-In/Concert

And please watch this space for further developments regarding The Viola da Gamba Dojo of New York's Boston Early Music Festival performance on Saturday, June 18; and The Viola da Gamba Dojo of New York's collaboration with the English viol consort, Gutted, in early July.

Dojo, February 19, 2011

Dojo Meeting, February 19

Yesterday's Dojo was very fun and deluxe.

In attendance were Martha Bixler, Ella Blood, Jackson Blood, Walker Blood, Susan Daily, Janet Hassett, Hans and Judy Lie, Deborah Peters, Linda Plotkin, Sig Rosen, John Mark Rozendaal, and Heather Spence.

We practiced open string bow strokes; G-Major Scale; Folia variations; Dojo Book 2, numbers 6 - 10; John Wilbye's 'Happy Streams Whose Trembling Fall'; and William Byrd's fabulously In nomine à 5 # 5.

Next week (February 26) our practice will include Dojo Book 2, numbers 11-15; and John Wilbye's 'Change Me O Heav'ns'.

Calendar, Winter/Spring 2011

Saturday, February 5
Saturday, February 12
Saturday, February 19
Saturday, February 26
Saturday, March 5
(On Saturday, March 12 the Dojo will not meet.)
Saturday, March 19
(On Saturday, March 26 the Dojo will not meet. Please plan to attend the VdGS/GNY All Day Workshop)
(On Saturday, April 2 the Dojo will not meet.)
Saturday, April 9
Saturday, April 16
Saturday, April 23
Saturday, April 30
Saturday, May 7
Saturday, May 14 (Spring Concert date? Details t.b.a.)
(On Saturday, May 21 the Dojo will not meet.)
Saturday, May 28
(On Saturday, June 4 the Dojo will not meet. We will reschedule for another date in that week.)
Saturday, June 11
Saturday, June 18 - I have submitted application for the Dojo to perform at the Gamba Gamut to be presented by the VdGSA as a Boston Early Music Festival Concurrent Event.
Saturday, June 25

July 1 - 7 The English viol consort "Gutted", comprised of students in Jacqui Robertson-Wade's Warwickshire early music program in Warswickshire, will be visiting New York CIty. Stay tuned for information about a Gutted/Dojo collaboration that week.

Dojo Classes, Spring of 2010

Calendar
Upcoming Dojo Meeting:

Saturday, February 27, 10:30 am
Saturday, March 6, 10:30 am
Saturday, March 13, 10:30 am
Sunday, March 21, 10:30 am
Saturday, March 27, 10:30 am
Saturday, April 3, 10:30 am
Saturday, April 10, 10:30 am
Saturday, April 17, 10:30 am
Saturday, April 24, 10:30 am
Saturday, May 1, 10:30 am
Saturday, May 8, 10:30 am
Saturday, May 15, 10:30 am
Saturday, May 22, 1:00 - 5:00 pm
Play-In at Our Saviour's Atonement Lutheran Church.

NOTE VARIATIONS IN SCHEDULE:
The Viola da Gamba Dojo will not meet on Saturday, March 20 to allow us to attend the Viola da Gamba Society of New York's All-Day Workshop with Jack Ashworth. We will, instread, meet on Sunday March 21.

Repertoire for the Spring Play-In
Review these items to enjoy attending and participating in Dojo:

Dojo Book I:
Ah! Vous dirai-je, Maman! (Twinkle)
The Prose of the Ass
Frère Jacques
Rendez à Dieu
Tant que vivray

Dojo Book II:
Pavane d’Angleterre
Gaillarde
Une jeune fillette
Courante
Menuet en rondeau

Dojo Book III:
Estampie
Mais languiray-je toujours
Etude

Also: Charpentier, Concert; Marin Marais, Couplets de Folies; & t.b.a.

September 8 Dojo

We practiced "tonalization;" then we played The Cries of London, Komm, süsses Kreuz, and Go From My Window. Janet Hasset, Lucine Musiaelian, Marine Musaelian, Ann Abbruzzo, Susan Daily, Sean Daily, Hugh Young, Hans Lie, and JMR attended.

I'm excited for the first Wednesday Dojo coming up this week at 7:10 pm at Studios 353!

The Dojo will not meet on Saturday, September 15.

Saturday Dojo

On Saturday, September 1 the Dojo met in Inwood. Susan Daily, Janet Hassett, Ann Abbruzzo, Dawn Cieplensky, Hugh Young, and Sean Daily played exercises, Komm, süsses Kreuz, Gibbons' Cries of London, and Goe from my Window, all in preparation for our November 2 concert. Fun.
Next week we will take a look at the Tomkins Anthem, Sing Unto God.