‘Arts at the Abbey’ Takes Musical Journey in Time
Carolina Pro Musica To Perform at Belmont Abbey College
BELMONT, NC --- Audiences will travel back to medieval times when Carolina Pro Musica performs “Medieval Muses” as part of Belmont Abbey College’s Arts at the Abbey Concert Serieson March 27, 2006 at 8:00 PM in the Abbey Basilica, Belmont Abbey College. Admission is free and open to the public.
The program will feature music by medieval women mystics and poets – female troubadors and trouvéres, dances, and other selections dating back to the 11 th century. The performance will include sacred and secular music, Hildegard, Blanche de Castille, La Comtessa Beatriz da Dia, and various anonymous composers.
Carolina Pro Musica is a period instrument and vocal ensemble, which specializes in performing music written before 1850. Founded by Karen Hite Jacob in 1977, the group performs many historic presentations and features such instruments as 18th century flute, recorder, viol and harpsichord, plus many medieval instruments, including krummhorn, hurdy-gurdu, harp and shawm.
The ensemble, which consists of Karen Hite Jacob, harpsichord; Rebecca Miller Saunders, soprano; Holly Wright Maurer, viol; and Edward Ferrell, recorder and flute, will be entering their 29 th season this year.
For additional information on Carolina Pro Musica, visit them online at www.carolinapromusica.org or call 704.334.3468.
Ranked one of the best comprehensive colleges in the Southeast by U.S. News and World Report and The Princeton Review, Belmont Abbey College celebrates excellence and virtue steeped in its 129-year Catholic Benedictine heritage. The liberal arts College is home to students from over 28 states and 11 countries and welcomes everyone from any background or tradition committed to this vision of excellence and virtue. The campus consists of the College, the Monastery and the Abbey Basilica, which can be found on its sprawling 650 acres of picturesque landscape.
Just minutes from Charlotte, NC, the nation’s second largest banking center, Belmont Abbey College offers students numerous internship opportunities and career placement.
The College believes in development of the whole person – mind, body and spirit. By offering a wide array of clubs and activities including Division II athletics, theatre, publications, and study abroad, Belmont Abbey College invests in the personal growth of its students.
Founded in 1876, the College celebrates its heritage and is inspired by the Benedictine monastic tradition. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the College and Abbey Basilica greet thousands of visitors each year.
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