Boston Early Music Festival 2003.
This years Boston Early Music Festival is now over and I believe it was a great success for exhibitors and the public alike. I had the opportunity of meeting many fascinating people all sharing a love of early music. It was exciting as well as challenging discussing the many aspects of instrument building with such a group of knowledgeble people. For me the most rewarding element was visiting and sharing information with other builders. It is only through dialogue with these artists who have dedicated a large portion of their lives to the study and reproduction of historic instruments can one attain excellence.
Space constraints prohibit me from relating all the conversations that took place but one stands out in my mind as being worthy of at least a condensed retelling. A young college senior from the midwest sat down to play the virginal. Upon completing a fairly difficult 2 part invention by J. S. Bach she looked up and smiled through her braces. She had the air of a person much older and wiser then her years. I knew I was in trouble. She immediately assaulted me with a barrage of technical questions regarding Pythagorean theory, the development of western music, etc. It turned out she was a Math. major and that was never one of my forte's (no pun intended). When all the smoke had cleared she smiled again and melted into the crowd.
For those of you who were able to attend I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. For those who did not I hope to see you at the next one in 2005.
This page will be updated periodically when news pertaining to early keyboard instruments comes to my attention. Also if anyone has anything they feel would be of interest and would like to have it included on the page please feel free to write me.
