Singing Masterclass | The Vocal Art of Recitar Cantando
with Marco Beasley andmaestro at the continuo: Stefano Rocco

Dates and time : March 21 from 4 pm to 8 pm AND March 22 from 4 pm to 8 pm

The class is open to professionals and high level amateurs singers who want to explore, understand and experience the Italian Renaissance repertoire from the end of the fifteenth century (Frottole and sacred Motets), until the beginning of the seventeenth century (defined as the Recitar Cantando style). The masterclass will focus on pieces composed by Bartolomeo Tromboncino, Marco Cara to Claudio Monteverdi, Giulio Caccini, Jacopo Peri and others.

NOTE: It's really important that students communicate their repertoire choices in advance (from the list below or what you wish to work on) by sending the parts and clearly indicating the key transposition.

 Suggested repertoire:
-  Le Frottole per canto e liuto, libro I e II del Bossiniensis, 1509 & 1511
- Emilio de Cavalieri: brani dalla Rappresentazione di Anima et di Corpo, Roma, 1600
- Giulio Caccini: dal I e II libro delle Nuove Musiche, Firenze 1601 & 1614
- Claudio Monteverdi: estratti dall’Orfeo, favola in musica, Venezia, 1607
- Claudio Monteverdi: estratti a voce sola ed a due voci dal Vespro, Venezia, 1610
- Alessandro Grandi: estratti dai Mottetti, libro II, Venezia, 1625
- Giovanni Felice Sances: Cantada a voce sola sul Passacaglie, libro II, Venezia 1633
- Giovanni Felice Sances: Stabat Mater dolorosa, Mottetti, Venezia, 1638
- Claudio Monteverdi: estratti dal Combattimento..., Venezia, 1638

Venue : Centre des musiciens du monde, 5043 rue Saint-Dominique, Montréal

Dates and time : March 21 and 22 mars 2022 | 4 pm - 8 pm

Fee : 150$ + taxes for a 2-day masterclass (8 hours)

Conditions :

- Online reservation only

- Vaccination passport required at the entrance and validation of ID card

- Wearing a mask at all times in the Centre (except during singing exercises)

- Distance of two meters at all times

MARCO BEASLEY | BIOGRAPHY 

Born in 1957, Marco Beasley completed his studies at the University of Bologna, deepening his knowledge of two stylistic pillars of the late Renaissance - recitar cantando, and sacred and secular polyphony. He went on to lead an active performance career which soon took him to prestigious venues, including the Mozarteum in Salzburg, di Santa Cecilia in Rome, and Lincoln Center in New York. In 1984, he co-founded the early music ensemble Accordion along with Guido Morini and Stefano Rocco. Most recordings in Marco Beasley’s sizable and wide-ranging discography feature this ensemble, which he left in 2014 to pursue independent and more intimate projects. His performances, informed by personal research into vocal production and the intelligibility of sung texts, continue to draw praise from an ever-broader array of spectators.

For more information: info@centredesmusiciens.com | 514-397-9226