Faculty Guide

Title

Professor of the Practice of Music

Music

Expertise

Historical Performance Practice, Viola da Gamba, Renaissance ensembles.

Profile

Sought-after teacher of viola da gamba and Renaissance consorts on the local and national level. Known for her writings and presentations on applied theory of the Renaissance.

Awards and Honors

Music Director, Viola da Gamba Society Conclave (2010)

Early Music America, Board (2008)

The Thomas Binkley Award, Early Music America - 2007 Recipient (2007)

Viola da Gamba Society of America, Board (2005)

Viola da Gamba Society of America, New England Chapter Board (1992 - 1993)

Courses Taught

MUS	11b	Chamber Choir
MUS	12b	University Chorus
MUS	80a	Early Music Ensemble
MUS	80b	Early Music Ensemble
MUS	110b	The Authenticity Question: Applying Historical Performance Practices
MUS	131a	History of Music I: Ancient through Early Baroque
MUS	131b	Music in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

Scholarship

Theatrum Instrumentorum. co-director Mead, Sarah & Jane Hershey. Brandeis Early Music Ensemble & Tufts Early Music Ensemble, Tufts University; Mandel Center & Berlin Chapel, Brandeis, April 16, 17 & 25. (forthcoming)

A Light in the Darkness. Director Mead, Sarah. Brandeis Early Music Ensemble, Slosberg Recital Hall, December 9, 2012.

Fiddling in the 17th Century. Performer Mead, Sarah. (part of Fiddle'deis 2013), Slosberg Recital Hall, March 17, 2013.

En las riberas ultimas de España. Director Mead, Sarah. Brandeis Early Music Ensemble, Mandel Center & Berlin Chapel, Brandeis University, April 25 & 26, 2012.

Mead, Sarah. "Learning from our Instruments: an "aha" moment." VdGSA News December, 2011: 20 - 21.

Pomp & Circumstance: Music for Royal Occasions and Courtly Weddings. conductor Mead, Sarah. Berlin Chapel, Brandeis, Brandeis Early Music Ensemble, 4/28/11.

Power to the Pious: Music of the Reformation. Director Mead, Sarah. Slosberg Recital Hall, Brandeis University, Brandeis Early Music Ensemble, December 11, 2011.

La Mantovana. By Monteverdi and his contemporaries. conductor Mead, Sarah. Slosberg Concert Hall, Brandeis Early Music Ensemble, 12/4/10.

Mixed Blessings. Director Mead, Sarah. Slosberg Recital Hall, Brandeis Early Music Ensemble, 4/25/10, 4/28/10.

Point/Counterpoint. Director Mead, Sarah. Slosberg Recital Hall, Brandeis Early Music Ensemble, 11/22/09.

Cantiones Sacrae et Profanae. Conductor Mead, Sarah. Slosberg Recital Hall, Brandeis University Chorus, 4/5/09.

Jewish Composers at the Christian Court. Director Mead, Sarah. Slosberg Recital Hall; Bethlehem Chapel, Brandeis University, Brandeis Chamber Choir & Early Music Ensemble, 3/28/09; 4/22/09.

Off the Page and Onto the Stage: Music from the Gorham Collection. Director Mead, Sarah. Slosberg Recital Hall; Goldfard Library Treasure Hall, Brandeis Early Music Ensemble, 12/7/08; 1/16/09.

Hero Worship: the story of Hero and Leander. Director Mead, Sarah. Slosberg Recital Hall, Brandeis Early Music Ensemble, 4/6/08.

25th Anniversary Concert. Director Mead, Sarah. Slosberg Recital Hall, Brandeis Early Music Ensemble, December 2, 2006.

Mead, Sarah. "Aspects of Renaissance Theory." A Performer's Guide to Renaissance Music. 1st ed. Ed. Jeffery T. Kite-Powell. New York: Schirmer Books, 2007. 287-316.

Greek Revival (director). Mead,Sarah. EME Concert

Italian Patronesses (director). Mead,Sarah. EME Concert

Mysticism and Miracles (director). Mead, Sarah. UChor Concert

The Gamba Speaks. Performer/Narrator Mead,Sarah. Viola da Gamba Society of America, 2003.

A Merrie Noise (Director). Mead,Sarah. EME/Chamber Choir Concert

Long Live Fair Oriana (director). Mead,Sarah. EME Concert

Finding the Slot. Performer/Narrator Mead, Sarah. Viola da Gamba Society of America, 2002.

Mead, Sarah (Music Director), Michael Douma. The Feast of the Gods. National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education; Brandeis University; the U.S. Department of Education