Collectio Musicorum - Announcements

On October 27th, Dr. Dailey represented Collectio Musicorum at a meeting of early music ensembles sponsored by the New York State Council on the Arts.  This day-long session explored ways in which groups can work togetehr, examined common issues, and notified NYSCA about the needs of early music groups in New York.

Collectio Musicorum will present a concert in conjuction with the upcoming New York Early Music Celebration 2015--el nuevo mundo.  This festival will run from October 9th through the 18th at venues throughout New York City.  Details may be found at www.NYEMC.org.  Our program will feature medieval music from throughout the Iberian peninsula, including Mozarabic chant, cantigas from various manuscripts, and selections from the Las Huelgas manuscript.  It will take place on Saturday, October 10th at 8 PM at the Center for Remembering and Sharing, 123 Fourth Avenue, New York, NY 10003, which is just south of Union Square.  Admission is free.

Several Deer Park educators – including Dr. Jeff Dailey, the district’s Director of Fine and Performing Arts, as well as teachers Gregory Gullotti, and Gregg Romano performed a free program of early polyphonic music at Christ and St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church at 122 W. 69 Street, New York, New York on Friday, April 10 as part of the Collectio Musicorum ensemble.

Polyphony, the combining of multiple musical lines, can be traced back to the early Middle Ages and has been called the major contribution of Western culture to music. This concert, which also featured musicians Patrick Fennig, Tim Keeler and Richard Lippold, included pieces that are often mentioned in textbooks but rarely performed, such as selections by Leoninus and Chipre, the latter accompanied by a trio of gemshorns; instrumental dances from 13th century England; three “Robin” motets from the Bamberg Codex; and a complete performance of the Tournai Mass, the first complete surviving setting of the mass ordinary.

The musicians of Collectio Musicorum will be giving a fringe concert at the upcoming Boston Early Music Festival.  Come and hear us perform selections from the Italian Trecento on Friday, June 12th at noon at the Goethe-Institut Boston, located at 170 Beacon Street.  Admission is free.

We will be performing works by Francesco Landini, Jacopo da Bologna, Niccolo da Perugia, Franciscus de Cumis, and others.