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sf Early Music Society: Les Violettes and Ensemble Vermillian at California Jazz Conservatory

Courtesy of California Jazz Conservatory | Posted on August 17, 2014

Where

California Jazz Conservatory
2087 Addison Street
Berkeley, CA
Map
510-845-5373

When

Sun, September 14, 2014
4:30 pm

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Improvisation, or playing things that aren’t written on the page, is a key element in performing baroque music. Bay Area ensembles Les Violettes and Ensemble Vermillian team up for this concert of 17th and 18th century chamber music which highlights the spontaneous and performer-driven aspects of this gorgeous repertoire.Band Members and instruments. Featuring Corey Carleton, soprano; Frances Blaker, recorders; David Wilson, violin; Colin Shipman, viola da gamba; Barbara Blaker Krumdieck, cello; Violet Grgich, harpsichord.

The members of Les Violettes met while pursuing graduate studies at the Early Music Institute at Indiana University. Ensemble Vermillian, founded by recorder virtuoso Frances Blaker and her sister, cellist Barbara Blaker Krumdieck, has performed on both US coasts and has made numerous recordings of baroque chamber music....

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