HOT on the heels of the Ainslie Music Centre’s Bloom Music Festival, the ANU and has sprouted two springtime events, the ANU School of Music Rhythm and Blooms Festival @ Floriade (every day from 12.30pm on Stage 88) and at the School of Music itself, a festival of early music, Musica Antica.

The week-long event, which begins today, will feature 10 lecture-demonstrations that will be made available to regional schools and conservatoria via the ANU School of Music’s music videoconference technology, so that remote audiences will be able to watch, listen and interact live with the international cast of performers and presenters.

The final Grand Pot-Pourri Concert on Sunday will be live-streamed on the internet and viewers will be able to interact with the musicians and audience through online feedback.

The full program for Musica Antica is as follows.

Monday,  September 19

1pm-2pm: Band Room – presented by Carlo Barone (guitar) and ANU School of Music guitar students $10

Tuesday,  September 20

9am-10am: Band Room – from the Manhattan School of Music via videoconference presented by Jeffrey Langford $10

10.30am-11.30am: Band Room – presented by Elizabeth Wallfisch $10

1pm-2pm: Band Room – Calvin Bowman presents harpsichord music by Bach, Froberger, Kerll and others. Tickets $10 available from the door (subject to availability).
8pm: The Gods Cafe & Bar  – Action in Acton Concert #4, $15, $10 concession

Wednesday September 21 

1pm-2pm: Band Room – A practical introduction to the art of communication, presented by Howard Penny $10

Thursday, September 22

1pm-2pm: Band Room – Enrico Delle Sedie’s L’art lyrique, presented by Adrian Walter $10
3pm-4pm: Band Room – lecture by leading Bach expert Dr Martin Jarvis $10

Friday ,  September 23

9am-10am: Band Room – from the Eastman School of Music via videoconference, Scarlatti’s B minor sonata  presented by Jonathan Dunsby $10

11am-noon: Band Room – A demonstration of  the clavichord, presented by Arnan Wiesel $10
12.30pm-1.30pm: Larry Sitsky Recital Room (formerly RR3) – Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin) David Breitman (fortepiano), Elizabeth Wallfisch and David Breitman present the complete Beethoven Sonata Series in four unmissable concerts.
The other three are, Saturday,  September 24, 12.30pm-1.30pm and 7.30pm-9pm; Sunday, September 25, 12.30pm-1.30pm
All four concerts $55 and $45 concession

7pm: pre-dinner drinks,  7.30pm, concert start, foyer, Childers Square, 14 Childers Street, City West. Carlo Barone (guitar) and Adrian Walter (guitar) with ANU School of Music students. Italian-themed, three-course meal provided by the Stone Wall Café. Bookings to  6162 3544 (limited seating)

Saturday ,  September 24

9am-10.30am: Band Room – from the Eastman School of Music via videoconference, lutenist Paul O’Dette takes a journey through Renaissance Europe. $25

1am-noon: Band Room – The blossoming of the guitar, presented by Adrian Walter and Carlo Barone, $10

6pm-7pm: Larry Sitsky Recital Room – Anna McMichael (violin) and Calvin Bowman (harpsichord). The Mystery Sonatas of Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber von Biber. $20  and $15 concession/ANU students free

Sunday , September 25

3pm-4.30pm: Grand Potpourri Concert – Final Concert, Llewellyn Hall, $30 and $25 concession/ANU students free. Tickets from Ticketek