Community Engagement
In-Person Programs
Les Délices partners with local schools and non-profit organizations to infuse early music concepts and performance practice into music education in Northeast Ohio. School partners include Lakewood High School, Cleveland School of the Arts, Firestone Community Learning Center, and Bard Early College. Music students rarely encounter specialized early music instruction before the collegiate level, and we are proud to provide unique opportunities for students in local instrumental and choral programs to learn and apply the principles of historical performance practice. Programming includes Baroque Strings curriculum that focuses on characteristic style, rhetoric, and bowing, madrigal coaching, and specialized collaborations with LD guest artists.
Upcoming Free Events
Education
Baroque Strings Workshop: Dancing with Bach
Curious about baroque string playing but don’t know where to start? Looking for advice on how to make your Bach or Corelli more fun and stylish? Are you seeking opportunities to bring more creativity and polish to your playing? Participants can try out Baroque bows, explore Baroque string techniques, and develop their understanding of musical storytelling in this day-long workshop focused on selections from Heinrich Biber’s programmatic showpiece Battalia. This workshop is offered in a “Pay-what-you-can” model hosted by The Music Settlement in Cleveland’s University Circle. Registration via The Music Settlement. Space is limited!
Outreach in the Digital Age
Early Music Outreach in the Digital Age allows LD to continue serving our community beyond the pandemic, and offers a new array of tools to help remove real and perceived barriers to enjoying and exploring the unique repertoire of Early Music
Music Meditations
Acknowledging the pain and fear the current crises of health and social justice are causing in our community, Les Délices is creating podcast-like recordings that pair recited poetry with performances from LD’s recorded archives and conclude with prompts for personal reflection. These short compilations will be accessible by phone hotline as well as on our YouTube channel to provide momentary respite and relief to listeners.
SalonEra
Produced by Les Délices, SalonEra is an award-winning early music webseries and podcast that highlights the work of a diverse range of musicians and historians and serves a global audience of classical music enthusiasts. Bringing together both regular contributors and special guests for conversation and performance, SalonEra is a place where we can increase visibility for emerging artists and artists of color while creating collaborative opportunities for both individuals and organizations that would not otherwise be practical. Since September 2020, SalonEra has premiered over 40 original episodes, and created feature opportunities and paid micro-engagements for over 90 artists. Free of geographic or conventional programming limitations, each one-hour episode is guided instead by the personalities, perspectives, and contributions of special guests.