Concentus
Wendy Gillespie, director
Repertoire
Music of William Lawes
About the Director
Professor Wendy Gillespie teaches viola da gamba, historical performance, and early music notation, in addition to coaching and directing chamber music and larger ensembles at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
A performer of medieval, renaissance, baroque, and contemporary music, she has performed with ensembles worldwide ranging from the English Concert to Ensemble Sequentia. Gillespie has participated in about 100 commercial recordings for Linn, Harmonia Mundi, EMI, Virgin Classics, and other companies. As a member of the viol consorts Fretwork and Phantasm, she has shared three Gramophone awards, many Gramophone and Grammy nominations and “Recordings of the Month,” and two Grands Prix du Disque with her colleagues.
Professor Gillespie has served on the jury for the Bach-Abel International Viola da Gamba Competition in Kôthen, Germany, since its inception in 2000. In 2011, Gillespie received Early Music America’s Thomas Binkley Award for outstanding achievement in performance and scholarship by the director of a university or college early music ensemble. She was honored by her alma mater, Wellesley College, with an Alumnae Achievement Award in 2012.
Professor Gillespie is much in demand at workshops and seminars in early music performance in the United States and Europe. She has served as president of the Viola da Gamba Society of America and on the Executive Board of IU’s Medieval Studies Institute, and for many years, she has been a member of the Higher Education Committee of Early Music America.
Cost: Free
For more information contact:
The Jacobs School of Music
812-855-9846
musicpub@indiana.edu