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Left, University of North Texas Collegium Singers, directed by Richard Sparks, rehearsing Victoria’s Officium defunctorum. Below left, University of Southern California Thornton Baroque Sinfonia, directed by Adam Knight Gilbert, performing the “Masque of Devils” from The Tempest by Pelham Humfrey, Pietro Reggio, and Matthew Locke. Above, Lydia Zodda, soprano, of the Stanford University Baroque Vocal Ensemble rehearsing “Tirsi, mentr'io dormivo” by Alessandro Scarlatti. Below, UC Berkeley Baroque Chamber Ensemble— Daeun Jeong, recorder, Isaac PastorChermak (guest artist), cello, and Melody Hung, harpsichord; performing Handel’s recorder sonata in F major. reasons to study early music. There are opportunities to discover new music and to solve problems like “figuring out how to get from one note to another” or how to create modern editions from historical sources. What was the best advice they ever received from a music teacher or coach? “There are no early music police. If it feels right, you should perform it that way.” And to another student? “Perform without inhibition. Use your own ears.” And to a third? “Hopkinson Smith said music is like alchemy. It moves beyond the technicalities and speaks through the instrument. There’s magic or higher sorcery to it.” Worst advice? “Being told that ‘in early music there are no dynamics…no gradations.’ In the 19th century there was a different attitude toward music. The score was sacrosanct. No! It’s there to play with.” —DK To watch videos from the Young Performers Festival, go to www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL53FB969B8BA3296C&feature=plcp. Early Music America Fall 2012 45 http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL53FB969B8BA3296C&feature=plcp

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Early Music America Fall 2012

Editor’s Note
EMA Competition
Sound Bytes
Musings: Listening Forward
Profile: A Classical Playlist on Your Cable Television
Recording Reviews
Reconstructing Spanish Songs from the Time of Cervantes
Janet See: Traversist on Two Continents
Musical Mosaic Explores “Perspectives of Interspersing Peoples”
Book Reviews
Ad Index
In Conclusion: Conducting Early Music

Early Music America Fall 2012