Caprock Early Music Association: Home
Elegant baroque chamber music . . .
Medieval song and story . . .
Joyful Renaissance dances . . .
Playful and passionate madrigals . . .
Sublime sacred choral music . . .
Early American ballads that bring history alive . . .
Latin American music from the courts and cathedrals of New Spain. . .
EARLY MUSIC is all these things and more - and it's alive and well in West Texas. Discover a new world of ancient music right here on the High Plains! Caprock Early Music Association is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 service organization whose mission is to foster the performance, education, and advocacy of Early Music in Lubbock and the West Texas region.
On this website, you'll find information about our early-music-related concerts and educational activities in Lubbock / West Texas and the surrounding region. For additional information, please contact us!
Caprock Early Music Association
PO Box 4008, Lubbock, TX 79409
806-742-2270x235
info@caprockearlymusic.org
Sequentia: Fragments for the End of Time
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January 15, 2010
On January 15, 2010, the TTU School of Music, CEMA, and the TTU Vernacular Music Center welcomed Benjamin Bagby and Norbert Rodenkirchen of Sequentia, who enthralled a packed house at the Legacy Events Center in Lubbock with their program "Fragments for the End of Time." The program was a collection of dramatic, beautiful, and powerful medeival songs and tales exploring apocalyptic visions of the End of Days and the Last Judgement. The historical instruments used by Bagby and Rodenkirchen included reconstructions of Germanic harps (based on 7th century instruments from Oberflacht, near Stuttgart), an early medieval triangular harp, and copies of medieval transverse flutes (including a flute made from a swan’s bone, based on an 11th century instrument unearthed near Speyer).
Benjamin Bagby is one of the world's foremost scholar-performers of medieval music. The combination of singing, storytelling, harping, and sheer magic that he brings to his performances are legendary in the world of early music. Norbert Rodenkirchen is a master soloist and improviser on a variety of early flutes. It was a unique and rare treat to have them here in West Texas!
Jostein Gundersen, recorder
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November 2, 2009
In November 2009, in collaboration with the TTU School of Music, CEMA welcomed Norwegian recorder virtuoso Jostein Gundersen, who along with harpsichordist Sigurd Øgaard presented a concert of music of Telemann, Corelli and Handel at the Legacy Events Center in Lubbock. They were joined by cellist Brady Meyer and violinists Kirsten Yon, Fagner Rocha, and Behnam Arzaghi. Mr. Gundersen also offered an enjoyable and energizing master class for the recorder players of the TTU Early Music Ensemble!
Grand Cru Baroque
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March 26, 2009
March 25-28, 2009: Grand Cru Baroque
In March of 2009, TTU School of Music and CEMA co-sponsored a performance by Grand Cru Baroque (Kim Pineda, transverse flute; Bernard Gordillo, harpsichord.)
Their visit included a concert of virtuosic Baroque chamber music at the Legacy Great Hall; a recorder master class w/ Kim Pineda; a harpsichord workshop w/ Bernard Gordillo, which happened during a freak late-season snowstorm; and a Baroque master class w/Bernard Gordillo. The events were a great success, even in the snow!
