【ON LINE】The Door to the Middle Ages and Renaissance　~Duo Grace&Ayaka

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The Door to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
～Pearl Music of the English Medieval, Tudor, and Elizabethan Eras
In the pre-Baroque period, there existed beautiful music that became the foundation of the classical music we hear today.
If the great composer Bach is the "father of music," there was a time when his ancestors were still alive.
In this concert, the two performers, who met in Oxford, England, and studied at the Schola Cantorum Musicale Basel, which specializes in the performance of ancient music, will perform the music of the English Middle Ages, Tudor and Elizabethan periods, with commentary.

▪ Grace Newcombe, a member of the
Grace Newcombe studied singing and choral conducting at Salisbury Cathedral. She received an organ scholarship to study music at Hertford College, Oxford University. While there, she served as the college's choral conductor for three years. He received a Leverhulme Trust scholarship to study for a master's degree in Medieval and Renaissance Music at the Schola Cantorum Musicae Basel. He also earned a master's degree with distinction in vocal pedagogy of ancient music at the same institution. He then served as a guest lecturer in vocal music, Tudor and Elizabethan vocal polyphony, medieval vocal polyphony, and Gregorian chant at the Schola Cantorum Musikum Basel. His doctoral research on medieval English vernacular song was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of Great Britain, the University of Southampton, and the University of Bristol. She is currently performing in the Basel-based Renaissance music concert series "Re Renaissance.

Ayaka Ono
　Ayaka Ono started piano lessons at Toho Gakuen Music School for Children. She was introduced to church music from her childhood at Hakonei Shirayuri Gakuen Elementary and Junior High School. Graduated from Tokyo College of Music High School and Tokyo College of Music Piano Department. Completed piano and chamber music studies at the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris. She won prizes at the Japan Bach Piano Competition and the Modern French Piano Competition. Moved to England in 2015 to study Gregorian chant and other medieval and Renaissance vocal and keyboard works, including Renaissance polyphony vocal music with Dr. Rebecca Stewart. Participated in the Medieval and Renaissance Music Lecture Series at All Souls College, Oxford University, England. M.A. in Medieval and Renaissance Keyboard Performance from the Schola Cantorum Musicale Basel. In 2021, he returned to Japan to teach and perform in various concerts.

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