Closing the Gap: Baroque Appalachia
Saturday, January 20, 8:00 PM
Bethany Lutheran Church, 7400 Woodlawn Ave NE, Seattle
Seattle, Washington. WHERE did Appalachian music begin? The tradition had to start somewhere. In the 17th and 18th centuries the Appalachian region of the United States was populated by Native Americans, colonials from France, Spain, Britain, and subsequently new Americans. Before the revolutionary dust settled some groups of people began to make significant settlements. People from Scotland were now ensconced in the Appalachians. As other settlers in the New World, when they came from Scotland they brought their culture with them, including their music. Studies on speech patterns and chronic diseases among certain genetic groups of people link modern Appalachia to Scotland. These things and many others have kept linguists, scientists, and scholars of music busy learning about the Scottish influence in Baroque Appalachia.
Baroque Northwest will help you to experience the roots of a musical tradition and see to where it grew. And, as usual, we will close the gap between traditional and classical music and demonstrate all of the things the two types of music have in common. Back in the day, the musicians who played traditional music and classical music were the same people.
Seattle favorites Ruthie Dornfeld on violin and Mark Roberts on banjo, guitar, flute, and whistle join the Baroque Northwest Quartet (Kim
Pineda, transverse flute, recorder), Ronnee Fullerton, viola da gamba, violin, voice, Elizabeth Brown, archlute, lute, baroque guitar, and
August Denhard, theorbo, lute, baroque guitar), as we help you discover the early music roots of this popular American music.
The program will include music of James Oswald, William McGibbon, the ubiquitous Anonymous, and of course traditional music of Scotland and America.
The concert will take place at 8 p.m. Saturday, January 20, at Bethany
Lutheran Church, 7400 Woodlawn Avenue NE, near Greenlake. Free
pre-concert event at 7:15. Tickets are $22 general, $17 senior, $15
Seattle Flute Society, $10 student. Call 206-368-0735 for tickets and
information, or go to www.baroquenorthwest.com.
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