User:Vaarky

General Information

I like sight-singing Renaissance motets, as well as singing pretty much any other music.

Contact Information

E-mail: click here to send me an e-mail (available to registered users only).

If You're in the SF Bay Area

I organize occasional get-togethers for 4-8 singers to do advanced Ren motet sight-singing for fun. These are aimed at singers who can read a Ren motet correctly on the first try (alone on their part) without sounding like they're searching for the notes or getting lost; occasional fleeting errors are only human. We generally sing each piece only once. Singers are usually at the pseudo-professional or professional level. Each date is a separate one-time commitment.

E-mail motets2008 (at) stuy.users.panix.com and tell me about yourself if you'd like to find out more.

Preparing Editions

I've started using mup from arkkra.com to transcribe editions:

• Byrd, Alleluia, Ascendit Deus (SSATB)
• Sheppard, Verbum Caro (SATTBB)
• Josquin, Vultum Tuum (SATB)
• Wert, Saule, Saule (a8)
• Victoria, Vadam, et Circuibo (SSATTB)

I'm eternally in the proofing stages.

Favorite Pieces/Composers of Late

• William Mundy: esp. everything in the Latin Antiphons and Psalms book (ed. Frank Llewellyn Harrison) -- available via EECM.net
• Regis, Lux Solempsis
• Senfl Ave Maria (SSATTB) and Mater Digna
• White, Portio Mea
• Lambe, Nesciens Mater and most Eton Choirbook stuff
• Manchicourt
• Sheppard
• Cardoso, Aquam and also Et Egressus
• Palestrina, Improperium Expectavit
• Josquin, Tulerunt Dominum
• Tallis, Loquebantur
• Compere, Gaude Mater
• Ashewell, M. Ave Maria
• Finck, Quorum Praecepto Subditur
• Willaert, Inviolata
• Victoria, Vadam et Circuibo