Arcadia Players - New England's Period Instrument Ensemble
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Dear Friends of Arcadia Players,
We’re very happy to tell you about an upcoming online talk by our longtime Board member, Professor Walter Denny. Those who have seen Walter speak about art and music know that he has the gift of bringing images to life with words. For lovers of early music, this illustrated lecture about the role of music in Renaissance culture should be doubly rewarding. The lecture is presented by our friends at the Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The talk will be held on Zoom and is free and open to the public. We invite you to sign up via the “RSVP” button below. We hope you enjoy it! Best wishes, Jon Solins President 
Music, Painting, & the Ideal of the "Renaissance (Wo)Man"
October 21 | 4:00pm
A talk by Walter Denny, Distinguished Professor of the History of Art & Architecture, University of Massachusetts Amherst Sponsored by the Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies In this illustrated lecture, Walter Denny, Distinguished Professor of the History of Art & Architecture, will discuss the role of music in Renaissance courtly and intellectual life, drawing upon the evidence found in Renaissance paintings.
Professor Denny has taught at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the History of Art & Architecture Program since 1970. His primary field of teaching and research is the art and architecture of the Islamic world, in particular the artistic traditions of the Ottoman Turks, Islamic carpets and textiles, and issues of economics and patronage in Islamic art. In addition to curatorships at the Harvard University (1970-2000) and Smith College (2000-2005) art museums, in September of 2002 he was named Charles Grant Ellis Research Associate in Oriental Carpets at The Textile Museum, Washington, DC. In 2013-14 he was the first Nasser David Khalili Visiting Professor of Islamic Art at Queens College, City University of New York. He served as Senior Consultant in the Department of Islamic Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art from 2007 to 2013, and again from 2014 to 2017. In 2011 he received the George Hewitt Myers Award for Lifetime Achievment in Textile Studies from the Textile Museum, Washington. In 2014 he was named Distinguished Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. This talk will be held on Zoom. It is free and open to the public. Please register in advance via the link below. Click Here for a Message from the PresidentPOSTPONED
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Arcadia Players' 2019-2020 concert season is made possible through the support of you, our patrons and donors,
our hosts Mount Holyoke College, Wesley United Methodist Church, and Our Lady of the Valley Parish,
our media sponsor New England Public Radio, WFCR and all-news WNNZ,
and in 2019 by the Cultural Councils of Amherst, Easthampton, South Hadley, and Hadley,
and local agencies supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Arcadia Players is Ensemble-in-Residence at the Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies.
our hosts Mount Holyoke College, Wesley United Methodist Church, and Our Lady of the Valley Parish,
our media sponsor New England Public Radio, WFCR and all-news WNNZ,
and in 2019 by the Cultural Councils of Amherst, Easthampton, South Hadley, and Hadley,
and local agencies supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Arcadia Players is Ensemble-in-Residence at the Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies.
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Arcadia Players
New England's Period Instrument Ensemble
160 Main St. Suite 27
Northampton, MA 01060
413 586-8742 (413 58-MUSIC)
New England's Period Instrument Ensemble
160 Main St. Suite 27
Northampton, MA 01060
413 586-8742 (413 58-MUSIC)
