Early Music Vocal Ensemble with Baroque Instruments
The Design Group from Marian University
(From left to right) Dominick Newlin, Maria Schwab, Steven Rickards, Alyssa Weller, Kelsey Granlund
Thanks to instructor Brian Crain and his design group
for working on a new logo for Echoing Air!
Concert — November 19 at 7:30 PM
Echoing Air Concert
Psalms, Songs and Sonatas
Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center
University of Indianapolis
Monday, November 19 at 7:30 PM
featuring works by:
John Dowland, Johann Kuhnau, Dietrich Buxtehude, Giovannia Battista Riccio, Henry Purcell, William Byrd, Georg Philipp Telemann, and John Blow
Riley Donation
Thanks so much to everyone who participated and attended. We couldn’t have done it without you!
The Last Rehearsal
The cast is all assembled,
We’ve rented out the hall...
for the final Echoing Scare rehearsal!
Echoing Scare Practice! Practice! Practice!
Steven Rickards works with a select group from the
Goblins and Ghouls Chorus at Marian University.
Halloween is coming!
Echoing Scare Pars Duo — The Poster
“Shhhh! Be vewy, vewy quiet. We’re hunting gobwins.”
Echoing Scare Pars Duo
Rehearsals will begin soon!
Echoing Scare Pars Duo
October 30 at 7 PM
Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center
University of Indianapolis
This project is made possible in part by a grant from Early Music America
Concert at Second Presbyterian Church
Please join us for a Baroque Banquet at
Second Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis
Sunday, September 23 at 3 PM
Echoing Air is in residence at
Second Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis, IN
Parody Commercial
We’ve been trying to lighten up a little as the drought continues
here in Indiana by creating a little parody commercial.
Hope you like it!
Los Angeles Event
Rehearsal in Walt Disney Concert Hall
(The Hall the Mouse Built)
Brian Cummings, Dan Bubeck, Steven Rickards, Nathan Medley, Andy Rader
(A Murder of Altos? A Pod of Countertenors?)
Nathan Medley, Tamara Mumford, Dan Bubeck, Andy Rader, Kelley O’Connor, Brian Cummings
(Tenors and Basses need not apply)
EMA Grant
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Early Music America Announces Winners of Outreach Grants and College-Level Ensemble Grants
May 21, 2012—[SEATTLE, WA]—Early Music America, the national service organization for the field of early music, is pleased to announce the winners of its annual Outreach Grants and its College-Level Ensemble Grants. The Outreach Grants support outreach and education projects that draw new audiences and participants, both children and adults, to early music. The College-Level Ensemble Development grants are offered to college or university Early Music Ensembles to support specific projects that will enrich or broaden the educational experience of the students, and help to elevate the profile of the ensemble on campus, in their community, or nationally.
The Outreach Grant Winners
Ars Lyrica Houston, for educational projects in the Houston area: “Harp History” for K-5, features harps from the Middle Ages through the Baroque, and “Renaissance Rock” for K-12, introduces students to an array of period wind instruments.
The Rose Ensemble, to provide free choral music workshops for school and community choirs during its nine-city concert tour in Minnesota with its “Slavic Wonders” program.
MYSO (Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra) Baroque Players, to hire a professional harpsichordist to work with the youth musicians.
Jessica Powell, Capitol Consort of Viols Outreach Project, for hands-on introduction to early bowed string instruments to students in grades 3-12 in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
Echoing Air, an ensemble based in Indianapolis, to provide educational projects and youth instruction during its 2012-2013 concert series.
College-Level Ensemble Grants Winners
Four college-level early music ensembles have been awarded College-Level Ensemble Travel Grants by EMA to help underwrite their travel expenses to the Young Performers Festival at the Berkeley Festival in Berkeley, CA in June 2012. The grant-winning ensembles are:
Case Western Reserve University Baroque Ensemble, directed by Julie Andrijeski and Debra Nagy
Stanford University Baroque Ensemble, directed by Marie-Louise Catsalis
University of North Texas Collegium Singers, directed by Richard Sparks
University of Southern California Thornton Baroque Sinfonia, directed by Adam Knight Gilbert
Two college-level early music ensembles have been awarded College-Level Ensemble Development Grants by EMA, to fund special projects. The grant-winning ensembles are:
Metropolitan State College of Denver Early Music Ensemble, directed by Peter Schimpf, for a special production of Cavalieri’s Rappresentationione di anima, et di corpo, with coaching by members of the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado
St. Olaf Early Music Singers and Collegium Musicum, directed by Gerald Hoekstra, for a collaborative performance of the music of Giovanni Gabrieli, with the Twin Cities early music ensemble Consortium Carissimi.
About Early Music America
Early Music America serves and strengthens the early music community in North America and raises public awareness of early music. EMA was founded in 1985 and provides its 3,000 members with publications, advocacy, and technical support. EMA publishes the quarterly magazine Early Music America. “Early music” includes western music from the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical periods, performed on period instruments in historically-informed styles. For more information, contact Early Music America at 206-720-6270 or 888-SACKBUT, or visit our web site at www.earlymusic.org.
Ensemble Update — Nathan Medley
Los Angeles will see its world premiere in concertante version this year, May 31-June 3. The staged version, directed by Peter Sellars, will tour to Lincoln Center, the Barbican in London and other venues after its 2013 L.A. performances.
Ensemble Update — Ruth Marshall
Ensemble Update — Christine Kyprianides
I presented a paper on "Music Education, Mr. Hullah and 'Household Words'" at the Midwest Victorian Studies Association, 2012 Conference:
"Hard Times" or "Great Expectations"? How the Victorians Saw Themselves at Indiana University, Bloomington, April 20-22.
I performed with Huelgas Ensemble at the Dias da Música em Belém, Lisbon, Portugal, April 27-29. (See photo below)
Looking at the Summer Ahead
As the university semesters come to a close (juries and finals!), Echoing Air will be spending a lot of time this summer working on grants, an upcoming October tour in Virginia and the Carolinas, a reprise of Echoing Scare on Halloween night, our 2013-14 concert season, corporate sponsorships, and a hundred other things that a thriving non-profit needs to stay on top of.
Countertenors Steven Rickards and Nathan Medley will be kicking off their annual Indianapolis Vocal Arts Institute for young singers in mid-July, and Steven will again travel across the pond to England in August to teach at the AIMS International Music School.
It’s a good thing we enjoy what we do! Otherwise this might seem like work ...
A New Link on our Website
We have had some inquiries from prospective venues over the past couple of weeks as to how Echoing Air has been reviewed in the past.
So, we’ve added a Reviews link to our website so that everyone can share in the nice comments that people have taken the time to send in.
Thank you everyone for your kind words!!
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music Performance
Echoing Air performs at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music on April 12
Echoing Air, with guest cellist Ruth Marshall, performed Henry Purcell by Benjamin Martinson at a special performance at his Masters recital at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music on April 12.
Henry Purcell was written specifically for Echoing Air and was premiered at Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis, on March 4. (Thanks Benny!)
A Nice Note from Robin Parker
Many thanks for participating in Seminole State College’s ArtsMatters series. The format was absolutely perfect! The entire audience was engaged in your presentation as you asked them to join you on the stage. Those students included guitarists, percussionists, vocalists, instrumentalists and pianists. The dialogue amongst the students lasted for days.
It is always a pleasure to have you visit our campus.
Thanks again.
Robin Parker
Music Coordinator
Seminole State College
Thank you, Robin! We had a wonderful time and appreciate the kind words.
Echoing Air in the Classroom
In addition to their busy performance schedule, Echoing Air members have been in the classroom teaching students about early music and baroque instruments.
Steven coaches a young performer in proper vowel technique at Florida State University.
Jeffrey and Mee Jung work with a recorder player at Florida State University.
Steven emphasizes breathing technique at Florida State University.
Teaching the fine art of drawing in the listener at Florida State University.
Tom and Steven put on a performance class at Broad Ripple High School, Indianapolis.
Broadway UMC, Sunday, April 1, 7 PM
Steven Rickards, Nathan Medley, Thomas Gerber, and Christine Kyprianides will be performing works by Purcell, Fricker, Viadana, Buxtehude, Hume, and Rossi.