SHAK Early Music Youth Academy: German Baroque
Free-will offering at the door; $5-$20 suggested donation
- John Lenti, theorbo
- Tess Roberts, viola da gamba
Philipp Friedrich Böddecker — Sonata sopra 'La Monica'
Georg Philipp Telemann — Concerto for 4 violins in G major, TWV 40:201
Johannes Schenck — Viola da Gamba Suite in A minor, Op. 6, No. 6 ("IV. Sarabande. Adagio" & "IX. Boure")
Paul Peuerl — Pavan
Samuel Scheidt — Galliard Battaglia, SSWV 59
Enjoy elegant and playful German Baroque chamber music with the Early Music Youth Academy. Skilled teen musicians on bassoon, cello, violin, and viola da gamba are accompanied by guest artist John Lenti, theorbo, with a special appearance by alumna Tess Roberts, viola da gamba. String students use bows of the period as the group brings to life Johann Schmelzer's vivid Fencing School suite; Phillipe Friedrich Boeddecker's virtuosic variations on the La Monica folk song; and graceful pieces by Paul Peuerl, Johann Schenck, and George Philipp Telemann. Our wind player plays a true Baroque bassoon, perhaps the only student in the US to do so.
EMYA is a program of Seattle Historical Arts for Kids. This short-and-sweet 45-minute concert is suitable both for adult fans of Baroque historical performance and for young students and their families. This venue features free parking and ADA ramp access.
Admission is by free-will offering at the door (cash or check to SHAK); we suggest $5-$20 per person.
About Early Music Youth Academy
The Early Music Youth Academy is a program of Seattle Historical Arts for Kids, which now includes opportunities in both Baroque and Renaissance repertoires for student levels and ages. The original EMYA program (2014-2020) grew around a group of students who shared the joys of Renaissance chamber music on bowed and plucked strings throughout their middle and high school years. That ensemble appeared at the Berkeley Festival of Early Music, performed for the Seattle Public Library’s exhibit of Shakespeare’s First Folio, and opened for concerts by the acclaimed Renaissance bands Piffaro and the Baltimore Consort.
https://historicalarts.org/instrumental-musicAbout John Lenti, theorbo
About Tess Roberts, viola da gamba
Emerging viola da gamba player Tess Roberts has been exploring the world of early music through the viol since age 11. Recent performances include appearances with Tekla Cunningham for Heinrich Biber's Glorious Mystery Sonatas, the University of Washington Baroque Ensemble, Seattle's Medieval Women's Choir, and guest appearances with Seattle Historical Arts for Kids.
Tess has also enjoyed teaching opportunities at Seattle Historical Arts for Kids, UC Davis, the University of Washington, and has recently opened a private viola da gamba studio in Seattle. She is currently studying with Caroline Nicolas after graduating from the studios of Lee Innman and Shulamit Klinerman. She leads casual play-in and coaching sessions of historical music and performance practices for the local viol community. She hopes to broaden her teaching to early childhood music education with a global music focus, by studying Ethnomusicology at the University of Washington as she prepares for graduate studies in Gamba performance in Europe.