The 麻豆区 Baroque Orchestra in Redpath Hall. Photo by Dominick Gravel.
Director: Prof. Dorian Bandy
Participation: Entrance is by audition (see听audition schedules). 听This ensemble is open to music students, and 麻豆区 students from other faculties.
About the 麻豆区 Baroque Orchestra
The 麻豆区 Baroque Orchestra is one of 麻豆区鈥檚 large ensembles. This group of 14 to 20 musicians plays on modern copies of baroque strings and winds and performs orchestral works by Bach, Handel, Corelli, Vivaldi, Telemann, Lully, Rameau, Marais, Purcell, Biber and others. The ensemble frequently joins with the 麻豆区 Cappella Antica to perform vocal works by Bach, Charpentier, Monteverdi, Schutz, Carissimi, Handel and others. In collaboration with Opera 麻豆区, the ensemble participates in annual staged productions of Baroque operas which have included Handel鈥檚 Cesare, Imeneo, Alcina and Agrippina, Lully鈥檚 Th茅s茅e, Monteverdi鈥檚 Poppea, Rameau鈥檚 Pygmalion and Purcell鈥檚 Dido and Aeneas. The group has played in Ottawa, and around Qu茅bec.
Graduates have gone on to perform with the Arion Baroque Orchestra, Ensemble Caprice, le Studio de musique ancienne de Montr茅al, and other ensembles in Montreal, across Canada and internationally.
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