User:Vaarky
General Information
I like sight-singing Renaissance motets, as well as singing pretty much any other music.
Contact Information
E-mail: click here to send me an e-mail (available to registered users only).
If You're in the SF Bay Area
I organize occasional get-togethers for 4-8 singers to do advanced Ren motet sight-singing for fun. These are aimed at singers who can read a Ren motet correctly on the first try (alone on their part) without sounding like they're searching for the notes or getting lost; occasional fleeting errors are only human. We generally sing each piece only once. Singers are usually at the pseudo-professional or professional level. Each date is a separate one-time commitment.
E-mail motets2008 (at) stuy.users.panix.com and tell me about yourself if you'd like to find out more.
Preparing Editions
I've started using mup from arkkra.com to transcribe editions:
- Byrd, Alleluia, Ascendit Deus (SSATB)
- Sheppard, Verbum Caro (SATTBB)
- Josquin, Vultum Tuum (SATB)
- Wert, Saule, Saule (a8)
- Victoria, Vadam, et Circuibo (SSATTB)
I'm eternally in the proofing stages.
Favorite Pieces/Composers of Late
- William Mundy: esp. everything in the Latin Antiphons and Psalms book (ed. Frank Llewellyn Harrison) -- available via EECM.net
- Regis, Lux Solempsis
- Senfl Ave Maria (SSATTB) and Mater Digna
- White, Portio Mea
- Lambe, Nesciens Mater and most Eton Choirbook stuff
- Manchicourt
- Sheppard
- Cardoso, Aquam and also Et Egressus
- Palestrina, Improperium Expectavit
- Josquin, Tulerunt Dominum
- Tallis, Loquebantur
- Compere, Gaude Mater
- Ashewell, M. Ave Maria
- Finck, Quorum Praecepto Subditur
- Willaert, Inviolata
- Victoria, Vadam et Circuibo