We are delighted to invite you to “Handel Among Friends: A Baroque Afternoon,” a symposium in honour of Prof. Mary Ann Parker, specially scheduled in tandem with the 2018 Toronto Fall Baroque Academy at the Faculty of Music. This event takes place on Friday 28 September, and features lectures by Prof. Parker and distinguished guests: please see the programme below. Mark your calendars for this opportunity to gather and celebrate! We look forward to seeing you there.
1:00-2:30 pm | Walter Hall
• Vocal Masterclass with soprano Karina Gauvin
2:30-3:15 pm | Main Lobby
• Welcome Reception
3:15-6:15 pm | Barker Fairley Room (130)
• Symposium in honour of Professor Mary Ann Parker
-Introduction, and a Musical Offering
Lectures:
-Mary Ann Parker (University of Toronto), ‘The Origins of Handel’s Choral Style’
-Suzanne Aspden (Oxford University), ‘Envoicing History: Narratives of the 18th-Century Singer’
[short break]
-Estelle Joubert (Dalhousie University), ‘Handelian Representations of Psychology and the Mind’
-Domenico Pietropaolo (University of Toronto), ‘Arcangelo Spagna’s Poetics of the Oratorio Libretto’
6:15-7:00 pm | Main Lobby
• Reception
∼ part of the Toronto Fall Baroque Academy, 28-30 Sept. 2018