Study and perform music for early strings, recorder, shawm, and other early music instruments from the medieval, renaissance and Baroque periods.

Study and perform music for early strings, recorder, shawm, and other early music instruments from the medieval, renaissance and Baroque periods.

Renaissance and baroque music for women's voices.

Renaissance and baroque music for mixed voices

Chamber Music for percussion instruments.

A survey of painting and sculpture, this course introduces students to the work of individual artists. Classes also develop ways of looking at and thinking about art as the material expression of American social, political, and cultural ideas. Copley, Stuart, Cole, Church, Eakins, Homer, Sargent, Whistler, and Cassatt are some of the artists discussed.

Euridice Ensembles are groups of students and faculty who perform baroque and classical chamber music with attention to historical performance practice. Individual ensembles may include baroque trios, classical quartets, cantata groupings, etc., and are formed according to the needs and interest of students participating each semester. Singers, modern and early string, wind and keyboard players from the Five Colleges are invited to participate.

Study and perform music for flute ensembles.

Study and perform music for flute ensembles.

This ensemble, composed of all instruments--including piano, strings, brass, and woodwinds--performs dance music of Eastern Europe. Students at all levels of experience will use their classical training to go beyond the printed page into the folk tradition, learning to play different modes of the tunes and employing 'untraditional' techniques that are traditional in this unique folk music.