astoria's premier chamber music ensemble, celebrating our 25th season



GOLIARD ON TOUR

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About the Goliard Southeastern Music Festival

Violinist Sarah Kim with students from Ruben Elementary School, Newberry, South Carolina
Violinist Sarah Kim with students from Ruben Elementary School, Newberry, South Carolina
The Goliard Southeastern Music Festival, established in 1990, brings some of New York's most talented musicians to the Southeastern region for concerts, master classes, workshops and audience-performer interaction in colleges and universities, communities and schools. A variety of programming is available, embracing serious to humorous and classic to modern repertory, appealing to both adults and young audiences. Performances can be adapted for formal or informal, indoor or outdoor settings. Each season the Goliard Ensemble commissions and performs a new work by their Composer in Residence, who teaches and interacts with each audience. Our next tour, in 2009, will feature Composer-in-Residence Dorothy Hindman, professor at Birmingham Southern University.


Tour Programs Offered

Chamber Music Concert

(Six performers)
A combination of classic and contemporary repertory encompassing a broad emotional range, from serenity to hilarity, provides for a lively interaction of strings, winds, voice and piano.

Composer-in-Residence Michael Haigler demonstrates conducting technique at Davidson Performing Arts High School (Augusta, Georgia)
Composer-in-Residence Michael Haigler demonstrates conducting technique at Davidson Performing Arts High School (Augusta, Georgia)

Mini-Concert

(30 minutes to an hour)
Short works and movements are extracted from the full concert and given brief verbal introductions. Often includes performer anecdotes and questions from the audience. Can be adapted for school programs.

Combined Performance

The Goliard artists frequently join with local choruses, orchestras or solo artists in rehearsing and performing previously selected works.

Masterclass

(Piano, voice, winds, strings)
The performers combine extensive professional performing and teaching experience with a personable and accessible approach in classroom or public settings.

Students at Ruben Elementary learn how to conduct (Newberry, South Carolina)
Students at Ruben Elementary learn how to conduct (Newberry, South Carolina)

Ensemble Workshop

(Choral, accompanying, chamber music)
The special issues and demands of ensemble performance are addressed in "hands on" sessions of music making, group discussion and a few laughs.

Artist Antics & Anecdotes

Surprising and humorous things can happen to performers backstage (or onstage)! The performers relate their true-to-life adventures and answer audience questions.

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About Goliard Concerts

Established in 1983, the Goliard Ensemble presents concerts, children's programs, outdoor park concerts and senior citizen programs year-round throughout New York City, regionally and in annual national tours. Goliard has appeared in such venues as Lincoln Center, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Concert Hall and the Brooklyn Museum. The Ensemble has premiered works by such composers as Vincent Persichetti, Lowell Lieberman, Ronald Roseman and Charles Mason among many others.

"...an affectionate, carefully nuanced and effectively dramatic performance... the performers gave polished performances...." &mdashNew York Times

"Music-making of the highest order...the chorus and orchestra gave the music drama and compassion..." —New York Daily News

For further information, contact:
Arielle Levioff, Director, Goliard Concerts
212.923.1711
arielle@goliardconcerts.com

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We've Been Around!

Past Goliard Southeastern Music Festival Hosts include:

Alabama

Auburn University
Birmingham Chamber Music Society
Birmingham City Stages Festival
Birmingham Southern College
Gulf Shores Art Center
Huntingdon College
Samford University
University of Montevallo
University of North Alabama
University of Southern Alabama

Florida

Spring Hill Performing Arts Guild
University of Florida at Gainesville
University of Western Florida

Georgia

Agness Scot College
Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta
Georgia College and State University
Georgia Technical Institute
LaGrange College
Pace Academy

North Carolina

Cleveland Community College
Elizabeth City State University
Gardner-Webb University
Lincoln Cultural Center
Mars Hill College
Wingate College

South Carolina

Anderson College
Newberry Opera House
Southern Wesleyan University
Wofford College

Tennessee

Maryville High School

Virginia

Greene Memorial Art Series, Roanoke
Longwood College
Lynchburg College
Randolph Macon Women's College

West Virginia

West Virginia Wesleyan College

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