Si Placet: Students of Josquin and Palestrina

Sunday, March 29, 2026 1-4pm
Grace Memorial Episcopal

In the Renaissance there was a practice (si placet, or “if it pleases”) of taking a beloved work of music and adding a voice or two as a form of honoring the work or composer.  Most often this was a student taking a teacher's masterpiece and adding to it.  Similar to Parody technique, it's a chance for the younger composer to show off their skill. Senfl took Josquin's famous Ave Maria and added two new voices, Palestrina's student Soriano took the famous Pope Marcellus mass and added two voices, turning it into a double choir work. Da Rore created a mass on Josquin's motet Praeter Rerum Serium and added a 7th voice.  In this workshop we'll sing through the masterpiece, and then sing through the elaboration with extra voices.