Concert by the Proteus Consort

The Woods Hole

Public Library is pleased to present the Proteus Consort, performing early

Baroque Italian chamber music on Friday, January 31, at 7:30 PM, at the Library.

This second performance in the Woods Hole Library’s new "Listening at the

Library" series will feature works of Frescobaldi, Merulo, Cima, Bassano

and Fontana.  The Proteus Consort includes Todd Beckham on harpsichord,

Jan Elliott on recorder, Molly Johnston on viola da gamba, and David Gable on

violin.

Harpsichordist Todd

Beckham is the artistic director of MIT's Meridian Singers and has performed

extensively throughout the United States and Europe with numerous groups,

including Schola Cantorum of Boston, the Boston Early Music Festival, and the

Wren Singers at St. Paul's Cathedral in London.  He is the organist and

choirmaster at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Falmouth, and the harpsichord

tutor in early music at Harvard University.  Mr. Beckham will perform on

an Italian harpsichord built in 1665 and restored by John Shortridge. WHOI engineer/physicist

and musical instrument restoration craftsman Fritz Sonnichsen will give a short

talk about the restoration of this instrument.

Jan Elliott, performing

on recorder, has taught music education at Boston University. She currently teaches

music at her home studio and dance at the Waldorf School of Cape Cod. Jan has a

deep interest in medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and world music, with a

particular focus on the traditional music and dance of the British Isles.

Molly Johnston holds

music degrees from Wellesley and Yale, and has taught music history at Duke

University.  She has directed several Renaissance and Baroque music groups

and, in addition to performing, has taught viola da gamba.  Both Molly and

Jan are members of Falmouth's Ensemble Passacaglia.

Rounding out the

Proteus Consort, violinist David Gable is an accomplished teacher and musician

who has performed with numerous notable chamber music and orchestral groups,

including the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, the Boston Ballet Orchestra and

the Boston Lyric Opera. He studied at the University of Michigan and Boston

University. Locally David has played with the Cape Cod and Falmouth Chorale

orchestras, Simon Sinfonietta and the Cape Cod Conservatory String Ensemble.

Tickets for this

January 31 concert are $20 and are available in advance at the Woods Hole

Library, Eight Cousins Books, the Bank of Woods Hole, and at the door on the

day of the performance.  The concert will be held upstairs in the main

room of the Library, and doors will open at 7:00 pm.