Women, Men, and Harpsichords
A Symposium in Early Music
16th Annual Meeting,
Midwestern Historical Keyboard Society

May 18-20, 2000
University of Colorado/Boulder,
Boulder, CO  USA

MHKS is pleased to announce its 2000 annual meeting/conference, held on the campus of the University of Colorado/Boulder, Boulder, Colorado (USA), May 18-20, 2000.   This annual event, held in different American cities each year, has become a significant forum on the history of keyboard instruments and literature, as well as a showplace for insightful performances of early music.

The 2000 meeting, the Society's 16th, was titled 'Women, Men, and Harpsichords.'   Friday featured lectures and mini-recitals by MHKS members and invited guests.   Saturday focused entirely on the works of women composers and performers from the baroque and classical periods, and also featured lectures and recitals by MHKS members and guest speakers.  The meeting featured concert performances by Julianne Baird, soprano, with Theresa Bogard, fortepiano; Cecilia's Circle, an early music performing ensemble specializing in the music of women composers; harpsichordist Elizabeth Farr performing J.S. Bach's complete Trio Sonatas on the pedal harpsichord; and harpsichordist Elaine Funaro in a program devoted to contemporary harpsichord music by women composers.  Also featured was the Society's annual exhibit of early keyboard instruments, with harpsichords, clavichords, and fortepianos built by some of North America's finest instrument builders.

Click here for more details (Courtesy Early Music Colorado)

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