Coach: Shanon Zusman
Location: St. James Episcopal Church, Pasadena, CA
Description: First two by two, then three by three, together: We will explore repertoire for 2, 3, and 4 viols, doubled (tripled, and quadrupled) to get back into the swing of things. Selections will come from free, online sources of consort repertoire by reputable editors Allen Garvin and Maurizio Gavioli, and include composers such as Asola, Zarlino, and Rore, as well as more familiar works by Byrd, Lasso, and Ruffo.
Shanon Zusman serves on the faculty at the CSU Long Beach Bob Cole Conservatory of Music, where he teaches music history and Baroque performance practice, in addition to general music courses at Santa Monica College and College of the Canyons. Since 2006, Shanon has taught at several national VdGSA Conclaves, and he has coached viol consorts and private students in southern California for nearly twenty years. He holds a doctorate in Early Music Performance and a master’s in Musicology from the USC Thornton School of Music, where he studied Baroque double bass and viola da gamba with James Tyler. A recipient of the Fulbright Scholarship to Austria, he became interested in early music while researching the history of the bass in Vienna and studying viola da gamba with José Vázquez. As a freelance musician, he has performed with Bach Collegium San Diego, Con Gioia, Concordia Clarimontis, Musica Angelica, and Camerata Pacifica Baroque.
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