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Educational Outreach

• The “Stylus Phantasticus,” a presentation and performance for music students at Mather High School, 5835 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, 17 November 2017.  The presenters were:
  • Kiyoe Matsuura, baroque violin
  • Laura Osterlund, recorder
  • Brandon Acker, theorbo and baroque guitar
  • Anna Steinhoff, viola da gamba
  • Jason J. Moy, harpsichord.
  Here is a PDF file of the program and notes handed out at that event.  It was supported in part by grants from Early Music America and from the Mather High School Alumni board.

• The Lute, a presentation by Joel Spears for the students at The People’s Music School, 931 W Eastwood Ave, Chicago, 15 October 2012.  Recordings of selections from that lecture-demonstration are available on YouTube:
  • Calata, by Joanambrosio Dalza, a dance from the beginning of the 16^th century, played on a six-course lute.
  • Toccata, by Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger, a showy piece that might serve as an introduction to a longer and more sober selection, published in the early 17^th century.  It was played on a theorbo with 14 strings.

• The Viola da Gamba, a presentation by Phillip Serna for the students at The People’s Music School, 931 W Eastwood Ave, Chicago, 2 October 2010.  Recordings of selections from that lecture-demonstration are available on YouTube:
  • Pavane de la Guerre, played on treble viol.
  • Music by Tobias Hume, with an introduction to the bass viol.
  • A piece by Karl Friedrich Abel played on bass viol.

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