Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments

Thanks to Julie Andrijeski of Les Délices for yesterday's workshops on Baroque dance and string playing. Join us this afternoon at 1 pm in the Glenn Watkins Hall at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance for a lecture/demonstration on the Baroque oboe by the ensemble's director, Debra Nagy. Admission is free.

Here's an artist spotlight on Les Délices founder Debra Nagy, who will be presenting a lecture/demonstration on the baroque oboe this Saturday at 1 pm in the Glenn Watkins Hall at the School of Music, Theatre & Dance.

Artist Spotlight: Debra Nagy

Les Délices founder Debra Nagy is one of North America’s leading performers on the baroque oboe and has been praised for her “dazzling technique and soulful expressiveness,” (Rocky Mountain News), and a musical approach that’s “distinctly sensual…pliant, warm, and sweet,” (New York Times).

Debra regularly performs with AMERICAN BACH SOLOISTS, Seattle Baroque Orchestra, Apollo's Fire, and Boston Early Music Festival, among others. She is the recipient of a 2009 Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities and a 2010 Creative Workforce Fellowship from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture and has studied at Oberlin Conservatory, Conservatory of Amsterdam, and Case Western Reserve University.

www.debranagy.com
www.academyofearlymusic.org

One of the instruments in our new display is this "tear-drop" cornet, which was constructed around 1870 by Louis Schreiber. This particular example once belonged to C. Jacob Gwinner, one of Ann Arbor's earliest band leaders. Gwinner's Band and Orchestra was in constant demand and played for many university, civic, and social functions during the last quarter of the 19th century.