Meditative concert this Sunday

My women's quintet, Vajra Voices, is singing a meditative vespers service this Sunday in Petaluma. It begins at 5pm at St John's Episcopal Church.  The medieval music is very contemplative and this time, some of our pieces will be accompanied by a harp and vielle.  Here are the details.

A Medieval Vespers
Contemplative Music of Hildegard von Bingen
and Polyphony from the 12th c. St. Martial Manuscripts
Sunday, November 28, 2010, 5 o’clock pm
Saint John’s Episcopal Church, Petaluma, California
Vajra Voices
Ruth Baillie, Lindsey McLennan, Joyce Todd McBride, Celeste Winant
Karen Clark, Director
with Cheryl Ann Fulton, harp,  and Roy Whelden, vielle

The majority of the music is by Hildegard von Bingen.  A German film about her life is currently showing in the US in a few movie theaters. I haven't had a chance to see it yet, but hope to soon. It's called "Vision". 

 

If you are in the Bay Area, it would be great to see Sunday at 5pm.  

Songbird festival in San Francisco

I'm going to be a songbird on August 8th - along with  Karen Clark, Lindsey McLennan, Celeste Winant and Joyce Todd McBride.

It is the Songbird Festival in San Francisco and Vajra Voices - the new quintet I sing with - will be performing that day along with Katy Stephan and pianist Allison Lovejoy.

The concert starts at 4pm and we will be singing the early music of Hildegard von Bingen and St Martial.

If you around SF that day - it would be great to see you at the Community Music Center, 544 Capp Street, SF.  Check out the website as the festival runs for five weeks and we are in the fourth week so there are a lot more other songbirds before us!

Hope to see you there.

Vajra Voices

Not much time for silver stuff this week, as I'm busy with rehearsals with a new singing group.

Vajra Voices is a new womens quintet that I've joined and we are singing our first concert  this coming Monday in Berkeley as part of the Berkeley Early Music Fringe Festival.  If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area,  it would be great to see you there. Here are the details:

A Medieval Vespers

An Hour of Contemplative Music

Antiphons, Hymns, Sequences, Responses of Saint Hildegard von Bingen and 

Aquitanian Polyphony from the 12th Century Saint Martial Manuscripts

Monday, June 7, 2010 at 7:30pm

Vajra Voices

Karen Clark, Director

Ruth Baillie, Lindset McLennan, Joyce Todd McBride, Celeste Winant

with Timothy Rayborn, Harp and Hurdy Gurdy

Saint Joseph of Arimathea

2543 Durant Avenus at Bowditch

Berkeley, California

Let me know if you need any more information.