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Deadline for early registration (April 15) is fast approaching

Reading and Writing the Pedagogy of the Renaissance: The Student, The
Study Materials and the Teacher of Music 1470-1650

An International Conference

The Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

June 2-4, 2005

distinguished scholars and musicians from the US and 11 foreign countries
will explore how people learned to play and sing music in Renaissance
times

Highlights of the conference include:

The Baltimore Consort live at Peabody

on Saturday, June 4, at 8 p.m. in Griswold Hall

Tickets: $12 at the door

Musical Conversations: Renaissance Instruments of Teaching and Learning:

An Exhibit of Musical Instruments and Rare Books and Manuscripts from the
collections of the Sheridan Libraries, the Peabody Conservatory, the
Folger Shakespeare Library, the Library of Congress and the Walters Art
Museum in the George Peabody Library

Opening Reception

Friday, June 3, 6-8 pm


A Performers Roundtable where members of Early Music ensembles will
"teach" a Renaissance music lesson

Project Director: Dr. Susan Weiss  The Peabody Conservatory and The
Krieger School of Arts and Sciences of The Johns Hopkins University

Co-Directors: Dr. Cynthia J. Cyrus (Vanderbilt University) , and Dr.
Russell E. Murray, Jr. (University of Delaware)

Conference participants will be accommodated in the Hopkins Dormitories on
the Homewood Campus and in area hotels; the scholarly presentations and
events including keynote addresses by James Haar, Anthony Grafton, and
Jessie Ann Owens will be given at Homewood and Peabody.

The conference is supported by grants from the National Endowment for the
Humanities, the Dean's Office at the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences,
the Peabody Musicology Department and Arthur Friedheim Music Library, the
University of Delaware, and Mr. James Archibald, Mr. Jan Guben, and the
law firm of Venable Baetjer and Howard.


More information on the program and details of how to register can be
found online at:

www.peabody.jhu.edu/renaissance

or by emailing Susan Weiss ([log in to unmask] , Pam Atkins ([log in to unmask])
or Reginald Anthony ([log in to unmask]).

Early Registration until April 15 $120; After April 15 Registration is
$150 for the three days or $50/day with discounts for students

The Baltimore Consort

will perform on Saturday, June 6, at 8 p.m. in Peabody's Griswold Hall as
part of the international Renaissance Conference.  In a program titled
"Cancionero," the Consort, with sensational Brazilian countertenor José
Lemos, presents the stirring Romances, lively Villancicos and
Improvisations circa 1500 from a turbulent time in Spain's history. Prior
to the final defeat of the Moors, and expulsion of the Jews in 1492, Spain
was a land of three cultures.  This is apparent in anonymous works in
palace songbooks, works of the influential courtly composer Juan del
Encina, and in the books of the vihuelistas.

The Baltimore Consort was founded by Peabody faculty members back in the
'80s and is now internationally known as a premier early music ensemble
that has recorded eleven discs on the Dorian label. Over the years the
composition of the Baltimore Consort has changed but the Peabody
connections have remained strong. Current members include: former faculty
member Mary Anne Ballard (viols, rebec); current faculty member Mark Cudek
(cittern, viols, Renaissance guitar), Custer La Rue, soprano, (currently
on leave) an award-winning Peabody alumna; Larry Lipkis (viols,
recorders); Ronn McFarlane (lutes), a former Peabody faculty member who
has released over 20 recordings on the Dorian label; and Mindy Rosenfeld,
a Peabody alumna.

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Cynthia J. Cyrus, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for the Blair School of Music
Chair, Dept. of Music Literature and History
and Affiliated Faculty in Women's Studies
Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University
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Phone +1-615-322-7693; FAX +1-615-343-0324
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