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Baroque Orchestra

51³Ô¹ÏÍøbaroque orchestra led by professor Hank Knox

The 51³Ô¹ÏÍøBaroque Orchestra in Redpath Hall. Photo by Dominick Gravel.

MUEN 573. Baroque Orchestra.

Credits: 2
Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)
Terms offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026
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Description

Open to singers and instrumentalists, this ensemble specializes in chamber music primarily of the Baroque era.
  • 4 hours
  • Prerequisites: Audition

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Director: Prof. Dorian Bandy

Participation: Entrance is by audition (seeÌýaudition schedules). ÌýThis ensemble is open to music students, and 51³Ô¹ÏÍø students from other faculties.

About the 51³Ô¹ÏÍøBaroque Orchestra

The 51³Ô¹ÏÍøBaroque Orchestra is one of McGill’s large ensembles. This group of 14 to 20 musicians plays on modern copies of baroque strings and winds and performs orchestral works by Bach, Handel, Corelli, Vivaldi, Telemann, Lully, Rameau, Marais, Purcell, Biber and others. The ensemble frequently joins with the 51³Ô¹ÏÍøCappella Antica to perform vocal works by Bach, Charpentier, Monteverdi, Schutz, Carissimi, Handel and others. In collaboration with Opera McGill, the ensemble participates in annual staged productions of Baroque operas which have included Handel’s Cesare, Imeneo, Alcina and Agrippina, Lully’s Thésée, Monteverdi’s Poppea, Rameau’s Pygmalion and Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. The group has played in Ottawa, and around Québec.

Graduates have gone on to perform with the Arion Baroque Orchestra, Ensemble Caprice, le Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal, and other ensembles in Montreal, across Canada and internationally.

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