Coach: Bruce Bales
Location: Chapman University, Orange County, CA
Description: Nobody buys homegrown tomatoes: Six national movements that were founded by foreigners, featuring the music of Adrian Willaert, Josquin des Prez, Jean-Baptiste Lully, and George Frederic Handel. Bruce will coach us from 10-12pm. We will break for lunch, then 1-3pm for small consorts in separate rooms. **Masks are required at all times while at Chapman University.
Bruce Bales has directed the Early Music Ensemble at Chapman University since 2013, where he also lectures in Medieval/Renaissance/Baroque Music History. He is Professor Emeritus at Golden West College in Huntington Beach, where he served as Director of Choral, Vocal and Early Music from 1992 to 2018.
Dr. Bales earned his Bachelor of Music Education degree at Chapman University and a M.F.A. in Choral Conducting at the University of California, Irvine. In 2001 he completed his D.M.A. in Early Music Performance at the University of Southern California. He regularly performs both as a baritone soloist and as an early music instrumentalist (playing viols, lutes, cornetto, sackbut, recorder, crumhorns and hurdy-gurdy).
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