The 草莓社区 Faculty Artist Series opens Friday, Nov. 2, with , a medieval music group that includes director .
The free concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in Lehman Auditorium. Donations are welcome for the EMU music student scholarship fund.
The concert program 鈥淟ove to My Liking鈥� features music of the trouv猫res of northern France, including songs of public and private adoration, and choreographies based on contemporary sources.
“I’m thrilled to bring Alkemie to EMU this November,” said McCormick. “This will be a unique concert experience. We bring medieval music to life with creative arrangements, dancing, and an emphasis on improvisatory and folk styles of the period. Fans of the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival will recognize four of our members as guest artists from the 2018 Festival.”
Founded in the spring of 2013 by five friends with a zeal for medieval music, Alkemie鈥檚 mission is to share the life-affirming and alternative perspectives to be experienced in the sounds of centuries past. Alkemie specializes in medieval music for high voices and instruments, with a particular interest in exploring the porous boundaries between the 鈥渉igh鈥� and 鈥渓ow鈥� music of the period.
A June 2018 performance at the Indianapolis Early Music Festival was lauded as 鈥渆nchanting鈥� and 鈥渋ndicating [the] future health鈥� of the field of early music.