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Vocalist, harpist, and scholar Benjamin Bagby has been an important figure in the field of medieval musical performance for almost 30 years. After musical studies at Oberlin Conservatory and in Switzerland, he and the late Barbara Thornton formed Sequentia in 1977 in Cologne, Germany, where the ensemble was based until Bagby moved to Paris in 2001. Bagby also directs the Sequentia men’s vocal ensemble for the performance of medieval liturgical polyphony and chant. Apart from the research and ensemble work of Sequentia, Bagby devotes his time to the solo performance of Anglo-Saxon and Germanic oral poetry; an acclaimed performance of the Beowulf epic is an ongoing project. In addition to researching and writing more than 70 program books for festivals and concert series, and writing (or co-authoring, with Barbara Thornton) more than 25 CD booklets, Bagby has written about performance practice. As a guest lecturer and professor, he has taught courses and workshops at the Harvard University, Tufts University, Wellesley College, the University of Texas at Austin, Northwestern University, the New England Conservatory of Music, Duke University, Stanford University, the Studio Alte Musik, and the Royaumont Foundation.
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To learn more about this artist, visit: www.bagbybeowulf.com.
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Photo by Frank Ferville |
