Flyer: The Bohemian Quartet
Subject
Stanislaus Renard
Datec. 2012
MediumPaper
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Credit LineConnecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program collections
CopyrightIn Copyright
Object number2015.196.34
DescriptionYear 15 Southern New England Apprenticeship Program ephemera relating to teaching artist Stanislaus Renard.
2015.196.34: flyer, The Bohemian Quartet
NotesSubject Note: Year 15 Apprenticeship between Stanislaus Renard CT with Ioanida Costache MA – the unusual tradition (in the US anyway) of techniques and repertoire of Romani fiddle playing were taught by experienced Roma violinist Stan Renard to a young Romanian apprentice with Roma roots. They covered mostly the Romanian Lautari tradition of playing but also introduced Bulgarian, Turkish, and other Romani traditions as well as improvisation within the form. The apprentice spent 2014 on a Fulbright to Romania to study this music, so she learned many things that helped her prepare for the experience there. Together they gave a stellar concert of 11 traditional pieces for the required presentation at the Polish American Foundation concert, New Britain CT, and also at a Master Class at Connecticut College.2015.196.34: flyer, The Bohemian Quartet
Biographical Note: Stanislaus Renard is a violin player in the Romani tradition. He founded The Bohemian Quartet based in Providence, Rhode Island. Stan was a mentor in the Southern New England Traditional Arts Program in 2012-2013. The unusual tradition (in the U.S. anyway) of techniques and repertoire of Romani fiddle playing were taught by experienced Roma violinist Stan Renard to Romanian apprentice Ioanida Costache who has Roma heritage. They covered mostly the Romanian Lautari tradition of playing but also introduced Bulgarian, Turkish, and other Romani traditions as well as improvisation within the form. The apprentice spent 2014 on a Fulbright to Romania to study this music, so she learned many things that helped her prepare for the experience there. Together they gave a stellar concert of 11 traditional pieces for the required presentation which took place at the Polish American Foundation in New Britain, Connecticut, and also at a Master Class at Connecticut College.
Subject Note: The Southern New England Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program is a CCHAP initiative since 1997 that fosters the sharing of community-based traditional (folk) artistic skills through the apprenticeship learning model of regular, intensive, one-on-one teaching by a skilled mentor artist to a student/apprentice. The program pairs master artists from RI, MA, or CT with apprentices from one of the other states, as a way to knit together members of the same community or group across state lines. Teaching and learning traditional arts help to sustain cultural expressions that are central to a community, while also strengthening festivals, arts activities and events when master/apprentice artists perform or demonstrate results of their cooperative learning to public audiences. The Connecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program at the Connecticut Historical Society manages the program in collaboration with the Folk Arts Program at the Massachusetts Cultural Council and independent folklorist Winifred Lambrecht who has a deep knowledge of the folk arts landscape of Rhode Island. Primary funding for the program comes from the National Endowment for the Arts, with support also from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts, the Institute for Community Research, and the Connecticut Historical Society.
Additional audio, video, and photographic materials exist in the archive relating to these artists.
Cataloging Note: This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services MA-245929-OMS-20.
Status
Not on view
Saint Stanislaus Church
