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Fee: $170

3-week series & Lecture Recital

Unravel the mysteries of earlier keyboard instruments, taken from "behind the glass" in museum exhibits into twenty-first century reality. This course offers a rare opportunity to interact with historical keyboard instruments and learn about how they evolved and how they relate to one another. Concertgoers, advanced music students, and early music enthusiasts will learn more about instruments such as the harpsichord, clavichord, and the fortepiano.

This series features an instrument exhibit and lecture recital using instruments from the Michael and Sonja Koerner Collection at the Royal Conservatory.

The final lecture recital 'If Music Be the Food of Love', by Lawrence Wiliford, tenor, and Andrea Botticelli, keyboard, will be held on Sunday, March 11th, from 5 - 8 pm.

This singular voice and keyboard concert features works by Purcell, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven accompanied by a variety of keyboard instruments from different building traditions and periods. Explore the range of these instruments? unique voices and their interaction in an ensemble setting. See and hear these beautiful, exotic instruments in configurations rarely heard in a vocal recital.

About the Instructor:

An innovative and versatile artist, Andrea Botticelli has performed as a soloist and chamber musician across Canada and abroad in England, France, Italy, Spain, and the United States. Her performances have been praised as "brilliant and dynamic", with "poetic nuances" and "virtuosity" (Corriere Canadese). She performs on the modern piano as well as historical keyboards. Andrea is dedicated to re-interpreting the Classical repertoire in creative ways by using historical instruments and historically informed methods. Recognized for launching a "Fortepiano Renaissance" (The WholeNote), she has recently presented concerts on the historical fortepiano across Southern Ontario, introducing performance on the instrument and historically informed methods to new audiences. Recent performance projects have included appearances at York Region Chamber Music, the Scaramella series, the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, and the University of Western Ontario. Andrea is a faculty member of the Glenn Gould School, the Phil and Eli Taylor Performance Academy, and the Royal Conservatory School.