Music for Clavichord

427 Main Street,Winter Harbor ME 04693

03 June, 2022

Description

Dr. Kevin Birch present music for Clavichord Kevin Birch presents an evening of music for clavichord at Hammond Hall. A precursor of the piano, the clavichord was thought to have a particularly beautiful and expressive sound. It was also capable of producing vibrato using a technique called bebung or the rapid movement of the finger side to side on the key. Historical instrument specialist Dr. Birch holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Iowa with previous studies at New England Conservatory in Boston and the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam. Since 1992 he has served as Director of Music at St. John’s Catholic Church in Bangor, Maine, where he also serves as Executive Director of St. John’s Organ Society, a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and stewardship of E. & G. G. Hook's Opus 288 built for St. John's in 1860. Kevin is a member of the music faculty at the University of Maine’s School of the Performing Arts in Orono and serves on the Liturgical Commission for the Diocese of Portland. He has performed solo recitals in the US, Canada, Europe, and in South America, and for several national conventions of the Organ Historical Society. He is especially devoted to the many fine historic organs in Maine on which he enjoys frequent opportunities to study and perform. He is a member of the Netherlands Clavichord Society and the Boston Clavichord Society. Winter Harbor Music Festival is a two-week chamber music and vocal workshop located on the Schoodic Peninsula featuring world-class musicians and talented students and amateurs performing together.