Midtown Concerts • Marc Bellassai
Law & DISorder
Marc Bellassai ~ harpsichord
A harpsichord recital based on aspects of the legal system in England, France and Germany including program music, spoken interludes, and poetry. ALL RISE…Rebellion, Gross Bodily Harm, parallel fifths… the catalogue of high crimes and musical misdemeanors are laid bare in this harpsichord recital that goes strictly “by the book”. Will Justice triumph? Well, it…depends.
Marc Bellassai earned degrees from the Oberlin Conservatory (BMus 1985, Harpsichord), Indiana University (MMus 1989 and Artist Diploma) and, as a Fulbright IIE scholar from 1994–1996, studied at the Civica Scuola di Musica and at the instrument collection of the Castello Sforzesco in Milan, Italy. His interests include early keyboard performance practice, basso continuo, organology, art history, theatre, and the music and literature of the Italian seicento/settecento. He performs with many period instrument ensembles including The Academy of Sacred Drama (New York City), Mountainside Baroque (Cumberland, Maryland), TACO, and on the GEMS Midtown Concerts series. Marc is also an art lecturer in various local museums with Wandering Docents, LLC. He currently teaches harpsichord, art history, and directs the Early Music Ensemble at Towson University.
