The Workshop
Gather with fellow music lovers to play music from the Renaissance and Baroque in this Congenial workshop, which offers an impressive array of classes to choose from.
Select Recorder, Viol or Baroque Flute as your primary instrument. (all levels welcome). Bring along other early music instruments you would like to play during the week, such as crumhorn, sackbut, early harp, your voice, percussion, and more.
Workshop pitch A=440
- The Workshop begins on Sunday with a casual supper, followed by the first gathering of the All Workshop Ensemble. more about the schedule...
- We end the week on Friday evening with the Student Class concert followed by a farewell party. Dorm checkout is Saturday morning .
- Each day, Monday thru Friday, is anchored with assigned ensembles at 9 am and 1 pm.
- Fill the remainder of the day with elective classes as you choose. more about all the Classes...
- Housing is in Bold Hall Dormitory. All rooms are air conditioned and have a private bath. Read more....
Stew Carter - Majbritt Christensen - Eric Haas - Patty Halverson - Gwyn Roberts - Chris Rua - Alastair Thompson - Anne Timberlake -
James Young
Over 50 years of making music together.....
The Mideast Early Music Workshop began in 1971 when Marilyn Carlson, former Director of the Collegium Musicum Instrumental Ensembles at Oberlin College, gathered a group of recorder students together to share her passion for the music of the Medieval and Renaissance. Viol and Baroque Flute were added in subsequent years and the workshop moved to larger facilities in the greater Pittsburgh, PA area. Marilyn placed great emphasis on the importance of creating a welcoming, non-competitive atmosphere within the workshop, a tradition which we continue today.
Our name, "Mideast", reflects our location in the middle-eastern part of the U.S. where we welcome students from around the country.
