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Renaissance Singers Retreat is an Affiliate of the San Francisco Early Music Society. The
Renaissance Singers Retreat brings together Bay Area singers for two weekends each year.
Directed by Stanford Professor William Mahrt, the retreats are held on the Stanford University campus. The next workshop is March 17-18, 2018.
We will explore the music of Ludwig Senfl: motets, a Magnificat, songs, laments, an ode, a mass movement. Senfl was the protegé of Heinrich Isaac, following his manner of composition, but expanding the range of the repertoire; his works include a variety of genres, several of which we will explore. Past workshops have explored sacred polyphony and chant by Renaissance composers from Josquin to Monteverdi.
We have been singing for 30 years! Check our Repertory List.
Scholarships are available for younger singers; Contact Us for information.
Intense singing sessions are balanced with short lectures on the music and its historical context. A public performance on Sunday at 4 p.m. concludes the workshop. Singers' Retreats are open to all singers with good sight-singing skills. Fees are nominal to cover tuition and materials.
Renaissance Singers Retreat brings together Bay Area singers for two weekends each year.
Directed by Stanford Professor William Mahrt, the retreats are held on the Stanford University campus. The next workshop is March 17-18, 2018.
We will explore the music of Ludwig Senfl: motets, a Magnificat, songs, laments, an ode, a mass movement. Senfl was the protegé of Heinrich Isaac, following his manner of composition, but expanding the range of the repertoire; his works include a variety of genres, several of which we will explore. Past workshops have explored sacred polyphony and chant by Renaissance composers from Josquin to Monteverdi.
We have been singing for 30 years! Check our Repertory List.
Scholarships are available for younger singers; Contact Us for information.
Intense singing sessions are balanced with short lectures on the music and its historical context. A public performance on Sunday at 4 p.m. concludes the workshop. Singers' Retreats are open to all singers with good sight-singing skills. Fees are nominal to cover tuition and materials.