Schedule
FALL 2022 | Sept 12 through Jan 13, 2023 | Online
The following courses will be available during the Spring 2022 term. Please check back soon to see our Summer 2022 term offering.
MEDIEVAL NOTATION
MEDIEVAL MUSIC HISTORY
- History of Medieval Music in Performance I (800-1150)
- History of Medieval Music in Performance II (1150-1300)
PERFORMANCE PRACTICE AND REPERTOIRES
- The Cantigas de Santa María
- The Trouvère Chanson and its Performance
- The Monophonic Music of Medieval Paris
- The Estampies and Danses Royales of the Manuscript du Roi
- Melodic Ornamentation
- Melodic Improvisation
APPLIED MUSICOLOGY AND PERFORMANCE
VOICE & MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Medieval Singing
- Carmina Burana: An Entry into Medieval Monophonic Song
- Hildegard von Bingen: The Voice of Divine Inspiration (Intermediate)
- Dit du chancelier Philippe: A Story of Notre Dame’s most Glorious Chancellor (Advanced)
Vielle
- Vielle II: Performing Trouvère and Parisian Repertoires
- Vielle III: The Vielle and Jerome of Moravia
Citole/Guitern
- Citole/Gittern/Psaltery II: Secular and Religious Songs and Dances
- Citole/Gittern/Psaltery III: The Citole, Gittern, Psaltery and the Clerical Music Repertoire
Bagpipe (Musa)/Pipe & Tabor
Frame Drums
- Frame Drums I: Basic Technique & Repertoires
- Frame Drums II: Rhythmic Accompaniment, Ornamentation, and Improvisation
- Frame Drums III: Accompanying Dance and Women’s Song Repertoires
Portative Organ
- Portative Organ I: Discovering the Portative Organ
- Portative Organ II: Towards expressivity and flexibility
Medieval Harp
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The International Course of Medieval Music Besalú offers singers and instrumentalists the possibility of studying the repertoires of monodic and polyphonic music composed between the 11th and 13th centuries.
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