Traditional Baroque Musicians to Perform at Drew University

Travel back in time to the era of early chamber music with three personal, intimate concerts at The Concert Hall at Drew University, which continues its da Camera Concerts series on On Saturday, Nov. 1 with a concert by Parthenia with British counter-tenor Ryland Angel.

The concert is titled “Flaming Fire” and features music from Tudor-era Scotland and England with instrument and voice. Parthenia’s performances have included vocal recitations of Elizabethan poetry, Elizabethan Christmas music, songs and instrumental works from Renaissance France as well as commissioned, original works. The ensemble performs on a collection of viols, unique stringed instruments that were popular in the 16th and 17th centuries, similar to a violin.

The da Camera Concerts will wrap up with an evening of sumptuous Baroque music inspired by Arcangelo Corelli, featuring Alexander Woods on the violin and Avi Stein on the harpsichord. Woods, who has performed as a chamber musician, soloist and orchestral musician, is an assistant professor of violin at Brigham Young University.

Stein, an accomplished keyboardist, has performed throughout Europe, Canada, and Central America. The selections will feature early Italian violin sonatas and a rare glimpse of composers Henricus Albicastro and Evaristo dall’Abaco.

All performances begin at 8 p.m., though guests are invited to pre-concert conversations with the artists at 7:15 p.m. Tickets are $20 general admission, or $10 for students with valid ID. For more information, click here or call the Drew box office at 973-408-3917. Performances are open to the public.

About Drew University

Drew University is a private, liberal arts university located in Madison, N.J., just 29 miles west of New York City. Ranked among the top liberal arts institutions nationwide by U.S. News & World Report, Forbes and Washington Monthly, Drew is also listed in Princeton Review’s Best 379 Colleges.

The Drew promise—We Deliver Full-Impact Learning to the World—emphasizes the university’s commitment to borderless education that enables a student’s greatest success in a globally connected world.

Drew has a total student enrollment of more than 2,300 in three schools: the College of Liberal Arts, the Caspersen School of Graduate Studies and the Drew Theological School. The undergraduate program offers degrees in 30 different disciplines, while Caspersen and the Theological School offer degrees at the master’s and doctoral levels.

Information courtesy of Elizabeth Moore.