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Pre-concert talk begins at 6:45 pmColonial Baroque: Early Music from Early America
To mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Ensemble Affect explores music from America’s colonial period. The program consists of music from the tradition of the Moravian Church, linking old world and new; from composers who emigrated to the colonies from Europe, like Giovanni Gualdo, William Tuckey, and Charles Theodore Pachelbel; and from composers born in the colonies, such as John Antes and John Tufts, all of whom played a pivotal role in shaping the unique musical sound of an infant nation.
Historical performance group Ensemble Affect boasts a diverse array of musical accomplishments that engage a wide variety of audiences and expand beyond the traditional concert hall. The group’s members hold a shared vision to promote historical performance in a creative, accessible, affordable and exciting way. Previous concerts have featured music by underrepresented composers, made cross-discipline collaboration with visual artists and dance companies, taken place in unconventional locations like yoga studios, and provided interactive educational college workshops and shows for children.
Founded in Chicago in 2019, Ensemble Affect now performs both in the SF-Bay Area and Chicago with an emphasis on performing for communities where early music opportunities are more limited. Concerts in previous years have explored Venetian dance music from the Carnival season, composers who worked abroad as immigrants, the work of women Baroque and Classical composers, and the evolutions of the string quartet and the concerto. Recent engagements have included features on the San Francisco Early Music Society, the Landowska Harpsichord Society, and Ars Music Chicago. Ensemble Affect’s core members are its founders, violinist Pauline Kempf and violist Seth Van Embden, as well as violinists Phoebe Gelzer-Govatos, Kiyoe Matsuura, gambist and harpsichordist Sun Chang, cellist Erik Andersen, theorbist Matthew Xie, trumpeter Dominic Favia and countertenor Luke Elmer.
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St Andrews Episcopal Church, 306 N Division St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1441, United States
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