MTD Events
Guest Artist Masterclass: Kiri Tollaksen, cornetto
Date and Time
Friday, November 22, 2024 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location
Room 1506 PAC
Description
Kiri Tollaksen presents a Masterclass on Early Music and the
Cornetto. Incidentally, Dr. Tollaksen will also be performing on the
11/24 GVSU Early Music Ensemble concert.
Kiri Tollaksen enjoys a varied career as a performer and teacher.
Equally skilled on trumpet and cornetto (a wind instrument used
primarily in 17th century Western Europe), Kiri has been praised for
her "stunning technique, and extreme musicality," (Journal
of the International Trumpet Guild). She has performed extensively
throughout North America and Europe with numerous groups such as
Apollo's Fire, Concerto Palatino, La Fenice, Folger Consort, Tenet,
Green Mountain Project, Piffaro, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, New
York Collegium, Huelgas Ensemble, Catacoustic Consort and Pacific
Music Works. She has performed both at the Boston Early Music
Festival, and at the Bloomington Early Music Festival, and she is a
founding member of the ensemble Dark Horse Consort (http://darkhorseconsort.org/welcome/)
As a professional trumpet player, Kiri has performed with the
River Raisin Ragtime Revue in Tecumseh, Michigan, and freelances
throughout Michigan. From 1996-2005, she played the Eb soprano saxhorn
with the Dodworth Saxhorn Band (a re-creation of a 19th century
community brass band, based in Ann Arbor. Kiri is featured on
Dodworth's CD, "Home Sweet Home.") From 1995-2004, Kiri was
a member of the Greater Lansing Symphony Orchestra under the direction
of Maestro Gustav Meier.
Kiri maintains a teaching studio in Ann Arbor, has taught
cornetto at the Amherst and Madison Early Music Festivals and was on
faculty at the Early Music Institute at Indiana Univeristy from
2006-2010. Kiri holds performing degrees in trumpet from Eastman,
Yale, and a Doctorate in Musical Arts from the University of Michigan.
Her discography includes recordings with the Huelgas Ensemble, La
Fenice, Apollo's Fire, Piffaro, The New York Collegium, La Gente
d'Orfeo, the River Raisin Ragtime Revue and the Dodworth Saxhorn Band.
For upcoming concerts, please visit http://www.KiriTollaksen.com.
This event has been tagged as arts, clas, music, and performance.
Contact
Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance
(616) 331-3484