Jefferson's Jigge

Santa Cruz Baroque Festival presents Concert V :

Jefferson’s Jigge

Performing are:
Deby Benton Grosjean (fiddle), Bill Coulter (guitar), Barry Phillips (cello)
Linda Burman-Hall (early keyboards), together with
Boyd Jarrell (baritone), the Shape Note choir, and other special guests.

Saturday, May 1 at 7:30pm

Location: UCSC Music Center Recital Hall (Heller & Meyer Drives, UCSC Campus)

Join the Jefferson family for folk and baroque dance tunes in the parlor of Monticello, as featured on the program for the Baroque Festival’s Concert V: “Jefferson’s Jigge.” With a mix of classic colonial melodies, fancy continental imports, songs after Robert Burns, and passionate hymnody, this event’s musical offerings will set toes tapping. Performing are instrumentalists Deby Benton Grosjean (fiddle), Bill Coulter (guitar), Barry Phillips (cello), Linda Burman-Hall (early keyboards), together with singers Boyd Jarrell (baritone), the Shape Note choir, and other special guests.

“Jefferson’s Jigge” takes place on Saturday, May 1 at the UCSC Music Center Recital Hall (Heller & Meyer Drives, UCSC Campus), starting at 7:30 pm. Tickets are available through the UCSC Ticket Office (http://www.santacruztickets.com, 831-459-2159), the Civic Center Box Office, and the SC Baroque Festival (http://www.scbaroque.org, 831-457-9693). Admission: $22 general, $16 senior, $5 college student, $2 K-12. Post-concert: A meet-the-artist reception for subscribers and donors follows the event. This concert is co-presented by the UCSC Music Department & Community Music School.

Overview: Our program features Italian, Scottish, and American songs from around 1800, a violin sonata by Correlli, Celtic and American traditional instrumental music, Shape Note psalmody, and a sing-along as Grand Finale!

About . . .: Shape note singing is a uniquely American tradition, a proudly inclusive and democratic part of our shared cultural heritage. The note-heads are four different shapes matched up and sung with solfege (fa so la and mi), aiding sight-singing in four-part harmony. The tradition is a living, breathing, ongoing practice passed directly to us by generations of singers, many gone on before and many still living. In fact, the tradition was born from colonial “singing schools” whose purpose was to teach beginners to sing, and our methods continue to reflect this goal. Groups are usually very social and open to anyone. Fasola singing (another name for this style) is not affiliated with any denomination and in earlier times it was a place where, say, the Baptists and Methodists could sing together. Here today in Santa Cruz we like to say that here the Wiccans and the Buddhists can sing together!
-- Shelley Phillips, Shape Note Singing Society & Community Music School

Admission: Admission: $22 general, $16 senior, $5 college student, $2 K-12.
Ticket Outlets: UCSC Ticket Ofc (http://www.santacruztickets.com, 831-459-2159), SC Tickets Civic Center Box Office, and SC Baroque Festival (http://www.scbaroque.org, 831-457-9693).

Parking: There is a $3 charge for parking at UCSC.

More information on all events at our website:
http://www.scbaroque.org
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