Antiqua/Nova
Celebrating the Harpsichord
Across the Centuries
Prize winners for the 7th Mae and Irving Jurow International Harpsichord Competition are Nadja Lesaulnier (second prize), Jia Lim (second prize), Mark Edwards (third prize) and Mo-ah Kim (Jurow prize for a promising non-finalist). No first prize was awarded. The judges congratulate all contestants for their fine performances.
The 2012 Joint Meeting and Festival of the Midwestern and Southeastern Historical Keyboard Societies, featuring The Eighth Aliénor International Harpsichord Composition Competition and The Seventh Mae and Irving Jurow International Harpsichord Competition, will be held at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, March 21–25, 2012. The theme of this 5-day celebration is the harpsichord old and new. There'll be tremendous variety, spanning the full range of historical keyboard topics, by way of the Jurow and Aliénor Competitions, exhibitions, concerts, papers, lecture-recitals, demonstrations, and an area house organ tour. Featured performers include renowned harpsichordists Mitzi Meyerson & Ketil Haugsand, violinists Dana Maiben & Martie Perry, soprano Janet Youngdahl, alongside a continuo masterclass taught by Edward Parmentier & Mitzi Meyerson, and a celebration of the harpsichord innovations of Don Angle. Events will be held in the facilities of CCM, whose walls resonate with an illustrious musical history, on the vibrant and accessible University of Cincinnati campus, while the organ tour and celebratory receptions will take participants to some of the city’s most treasured neighborhoods.
Program Chair Vivian Montgomery (CCM harpsichord & historical performance faculty and Director of the Jurow International Harpsichord Competition) has joined forces with Co-Chair Frances Conover Fitch, Aliénor director Elaine Funaro, and the Societies’ boards and member volunteers to design a rich and efficient schedule, with events located in CCM’s Mary Emery Hall or with transportation provided. Meeting registration opens at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, March 21, with the first paper & mini-recital session beginning at 3:15. The meeting & festival will close on Sunday, March 25, at noon. Demonstrations by exhibitors are scheduled throughout the festival, beginning on Thursday, March 22, including instrument builders, publishers, and other vendors.
Information on exhibitors, registration, lodging, transportation, and a detailed schedule can be found here will be frequently kept up-to-date on the webpage and on our Facebook page.
- Vivian Montgomery, Program Chair for HKS 2012 and Director of the Jurow International Harpsichord Competition
- Frances Conover Fitch, Program Co-Chair for HKS 2012
- Elaine Funaro, Executive Director of Aliénor International Harpsichord Composition Competition
- Joyce Lindorff, President, The Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society (sehks.org)
- Sandra Mangsen, President, The Midwestern Historical Keyboard Society (mhks.org)
The Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society
The Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society, founded in 1980, is a non-profit, organization committed to the promotion of interest in and the study of early keyboard instruments, principally harpsichord, clavichord, fortepiano, and organ prior to 1860, and the music intended for these instruments. SEHKS provides a forum for all aspects of early keyboard music through its meetings and publications. Membership is open to all interested persons and institutions worldwide.
Activities of the organization include an Annual Conclave with papers, tours of historic instruments, concerts, competitions and much more. The Association's publications inculde a newletter and annual journal. SEHKS has supported the Jurow Competition, a competition of upcoming harpsichord performers, and the The Aliénor Awards (www.harpsichord-now.org), encouraging the creation of 21st century music for the harpsichord. Membership is open to all and benefits include subscriptions to all society publications and an invitation to the annual conclave.
The Midwestern Historical Keyboard Society
The Midwestern Historical Keyboard Society is a regional (Midwestern United States) non-profit organization comprised of members who love and promote early keyboard instruments like those pictured here, and the music written for them. MHKS members include instrument builders, players, teachers, and scholars, as well as many who merely love the looks and sounds of these beautiful instruments. Benefits of membership include subscriptions to both our semi-annual Newsletter, and to our scholarly juried publication, Early Keyboard Journal, jointly produced with our sister organization SEHKS (Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society). MHKS membership is open to all, and all who enjoy music are cordially invited to join the Society.
