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Dr. Sam Stadlen
Sam is a viola da gamba player, cellist, lecturer, musicologist, and teacher. Based in York, he is active as a musician in London and the North of England, performing as a soloist and with various period music ensembles. Taught baroque cello by Rachel Gray and viol by Susanna Pell, Sam performs as a viol player with Fretwork, Sestina Consort, Chelys, and Ensemble Touché and as a baroque cellist with the Stanesby Players, La Follia, and the London Abel Quartet, among others. He has benefitted from masterclasses and tuition from players such as Christophe Coin, Wieland Kuijken, Jonathan Manson, Alison McGillivray, Alison Crum, Richard Boothby, and Ibi Aziz.
Sam is an associate lecturer at the University of York and has lectured at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He has a PhD from the University of York on the influences of poetry and declamation on the pièces de viole in late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century France. This research brought together a detailed understanding of the language, culture, and politics of French society in order to better understand both the composition and performance of music by the great French violists, most notably Marin Marais. It resulted in a series of recordings of both pièces de viole and vocal airs arranged for viol which demonstrated the poetic nature of this music. Other research interests include the history and construction of string instruments and French Baroque rehearsal and practice techniques.
Sam teaches baroque cello, modern cello, and viol on a private basis in and around York and is always happy to take on new students.
Along with Susanna Pell and Bianca Brajuha, he is also a co-founder and tutor of the University of York Consort of Viols, a student ensemble established to introduce undergraduates and postgraduates to playing the viol. The consort has performed at numerous venues including the University's own Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall and the National Centre for Early Music alongside Susanna Pell and Jacob Heringman.
Sam plays a cello by Thomas Kennedy (c1818), a 7-string 'Bertrand' bass viol made by Jane Julier (2009), and a 'modern' cello he built himself in the workshop of John Dilworth.
Sam is a viola da gamba player, cellist, lecturer, musicologist, and teacher. Based in York, he is active as a musician in London and the North of England, performing as a soloist and with various period music ensembles. Taught baroque cello by Rachel Gray and viol by Susanna Pell, Sam performs as a viol player with Fretwork, Sestina Consort, Chelys, and Ensemble Touché and as a baroque cellist with the Stanesby Players, La Follia, and the London Abel Quartet, among others. He has benefitted from masterclasses and tuition from players such as Christophe Coin, Wieland Kuijken, Jonathan Manson, Alison McGillivray, Alison Crum, Richard Boothby, and Ibi Aziz.
Sam is an associate lecturer at the University of York and has lectured at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He has a PhD from the University of York on the influences of poetry and declamation on the pièces de viole in late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century France. This research brought together a detailed understanding of the language, culture, and politics of French society in order to better understand both the composition and performance of music by the great French violists, most notably Marin Marais. It resulted in a series of recordings of both pièces de viole and vocal airs arranged for viol which demonstrated the poetic nature of this music. Other research interests include the history and construction of string instruments and French Baroque rehearsal and practice techniques.
Sam teaches baroque cello, modern cello, and viol on a private basis in and around York and is always happy to take on new students.
Along with Susanna Pell and Bianca Brajuha, he is also a co-founder and tutor of the University of York Consort of Viols, a student ensemble established to introduce undergraduates and postgraduates to playing the viol. The consort has performed at numerous venues including the University's own Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall and the National Centre for Early Music alongside Susanna Pell and Jacob Heringman.
Sam plays a cello by Thomas Kennedy (c1818), a 7-string 'Bertrand' bass viol made by Jane Julier (2009), and a 'modern' cello he built himself in the workshop of John Dilworth.
