Baroque Sinfonia invited to perform at Early Music America’s Young Performers Festival
As a winner in the Early Music America Collegium, the USC Thornton Baroque Sinfonia will be among six ensembles who will perform at Early Music America’s Young Performers Festival on June 4-6 in Berkeley, CA. The festival brings together students and ensembles from colleges, universities and conservatories throughout North America. Baroque Sinfonia will perform La pazzia senile,… Continue reading Baroque Sinfonia invited to perform at Early Music America’s Young Performers Festival
New album from Adam and Rotem Gilbert named “Editors Choice” by Early Music Today
Early Music faculty Adam and Rotem Gilbert’s group Ciaramella was honored by Early Music Today for their recent CD Dances on Movable Ground. The publication gave the album the designation of “Editor’s Choice,” and lauded the release for its “expressive fluidity and rhythmic vitality.” Ciaramella is a Renaissance ensemble that has recorded for the Naxos… Continue reading New album from Adam and Rotem Gilbert named “Editors Choice” by Early Music Today
Prelude from The Fairy-Queen
Adam Knight Gilbert
Adam Knight Gilbert, musicology, recorder and historical double reeds, is one of the premier international players of the Renaissance shawm. He grew up in Columbia, South Carolina. The first graduate of the Early Music program at the Mannes College of Music in New York City, he has performed as a member of New York’s Ensemble… Continue reading Adam Knight Gilbert
Lucinda Carver
“Carver makes musical thought manifest.” – Los Angeles Times Lucinda Carver is a much beloved and highly acclaimed musician who is equally at home at the piano, the harpsichord and on the conductor’s podium. As a pianist, Carver’s performances as soloist and recitalist have met with extraordinary praise: “What made this one of the waning season’s… Continue reading Lucinda Carver
Jason Yoshida Highlighted in a Los Angeles Times Review
DMA student Jason Yoshida was mentioned and described as “eloquent and serious” in a Los Angeles Times review of LACMA’s early music and ballet programs connected to its Carravagio exhibition. Read the article.
Rotem Gilbert
Rotem Gilbert is a native of Haifa, Israel and a founding member of Ciaramella, an ensemble specializing in music of the 15th and 16th centuries. Ciaramella has performed throughout the United States, in Belgium, Germany, and Israel, and released a CD on the Naxos Label, and two recordings with Yarlung Records. Their recent CD, Dances… Continue reading Rotem Gilbert