November 21-22, 2009 Sarum Chant with Susan Hellauer
Susan Hellauer, founding member of the acclaimed women’s vocal ensemble Anonymous 4, returns to Boston for a weekend exploration of Sarum chant. The Rite or Use of Sarum (the Latin name for Salisbury) was Britain’s own variation of the Roman liturgy throughout the Middle Ages until the Reformation. While many Sarum chants were also sung elsewhere in Christian Europe, Sarum Chant is a distinct and distinctive melodic dialect, and includes many compositions unique to the British Isles.
After Susan reviews medieval chant mode theory and practice, we will learn and sing several of these works from votive masses to the Virgin Mary from 13th-/14th-century British sources. The workshop will culminate in a performance of a Sarum plainchant “Ladymass,” with interpolations of 13th-century polyphony.
When fans ask members of Anonymous 4 why these talented women sing so many works in honor of Mary, Susan tells them: “because she got the best music!” And now we get to sing it too!
Saturday & Sunday, November 21-22, 200
Saturday, 9:30 am-4:45 pm
- St. Paul’s Catholic Church
29 Mt Auburn Street (Harvard Square), Cambridge MA - MBTA Redline/Harvard Square
- lunch places near by or bring your own lunch
Sunday, 1:15 pm-4:30 pm
- Church of Our Saviour, 25 Monmouth St, Brookline
- MBTA Greenline/Cleveland Circle to Hawes St
- about 10 minutes walk from Kenmore Square
OPEN TO SINGERS OF ALL LEVELS
PUBLIC PERFORMANCE Sarum Ladymass
Sunday, November 22 at 5 PM
Church of Our Saviour, 25 Monmouth St, Brookline MA
FEE $100 for both days, includes music, notebook & refreshments.
$75 for R/EMM members & R/EMM Choral affiliates
Please register by November 9, 2009.
INFO Sheila Beardslee sheilabb@verizon.net , 978-264-0584
To register, send your check payable to R/EMM by the November 9 deadline, to Sheila Beardslee, 29 Main St, Acton MA 01720. All materials will be available at the workshop; some materials may be sent in advance