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Boston Early Music Festival: June 12-19, 2011BEMF

Performance Masterclasses

An assortment of Performance Masterclasses by distinguished Festival musicians will be offered throughout the week. BEMF Masterclasses allow students, as well as professional musicians, to receive a public coaching by some of the top performers in the field today. Masterclasses will be presented by:

Phoebe Carrai, violoncello
Wednesday, June 15, 2pm-4pm

Goethe-Institut Boston  |  170 Beacon Street, Boston

Erin Headley & Christel Thielmann, viola da gamba
Presented in collaboration with the Viola da Gamba Society of America. Please visit www.vdgsa.org for scholarship details.
Thursday, June 16, 11am-1pm

Goethe-Institut Boston  |  170 Beacon Street, Boston

Gonzalo X. Ruiz, Baroque oboe
Thursday, June 16, 2pm-4pm

Goethe-Institut Boston  |  170 Beacon Street, Boston

Cynthia Roberts, violin
Friday, June 17, 12:30pm-2:30pm

Emmanuel Church Parish Hall  |  15 Newbury Street, Boston

Ellen Hargis, Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs,
17th-century accompanied solo song
Friday, June 17, 2:30pm-4:30pm

Emmanuel Church Parish Hall  |  15 Newbury Street, Boston

William Porter, organ
Saturday, June 18, 10am-12 noon

First Lutheran Church  |  299 Berkeley Street , Boston

Peter Van Heyghen, recorder
Presented in collaboration with the American Recorder Society
Saturday, June 18, 12 noon-2pm

Emmanuel Church Parish Hall  |  15 Newbury Street, Boston

For more details, please visit our Schedule of Events. If you are interested in performing in a masterclass as a student, please complete and submit the Masterclass Application Form along with an audition CD; a $50 registration fee will be due should you be chosen to perform. The application deadline has been extended to May 31.

2011 Masterclass Application (Word)

For more information on participating in a masterclass at the 2011 Festival, please contact Carla Chrisfield, General Manager, by email at carla@bemf.org, or by calling the BEMF office at 617-661-1812.

Auditors are encouraged to attend; admission is FREE with a BEMF Pass.