The summer music festival season is many things: a chance to play interesting repetoire with not often enough seen colleagues; a chance to reflect; and to explore different cities and restaurants.
This week I'm in St Louis for the St Louis Early Music Festival and Baroque Academy. This is a terrific festival ably led by William Bauer. During the day 25 musicians of all ages are discovering the joys of Boismortier, Merula and Ortiz. The faculty, clearly inspired by their students are performing and recording music from the English Restoration and French Baroque.
I've had a little time to think away from daily pressures and have been reflecting on the importance of building community around those people and things we value. A special "thank you" to ChicagoClassicalMusic.org for helping do just that.
Exploring St Louis has been a delight, especially after a delicious meal at the Shaved Duck!
This coming weekend I will be teaching at the Midwest Young Artists Early Music workshop which will be held at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin followed by performing at the Madison Early Music Festival and Green Lake Festival.
I hope our paths will cross and we can share some music, conversation and maybe even a good meal. Happy summer!
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