By Caroline Martz ’25
Last year Wofford College revived the Benjamin B. Dunlap Chamber Music Series with a performance from The Tallis Scholars. This year the series continues with Vox Luminis, a Belgian vocal and instrumental ensemble that focuses on music from the Baroque period.
Vox Luminis will take the stage at 7 p.m., Monday, Oct. 28 in Main Building’s Leonard Auditorium. The concert is free and open to the public.
Vox Luminis will perform the program Ein Deutsches Barockrequiem (“A German Baroque Requiem”), featuring a selection of 17th and 18th century works that use the same biblical texts Johannes Brahms used in his beloved Requiem. The concert will take the audience back in time through a traditional baroque-style performance designed to treat listeners to an experience much like composers originally intended their scores to be performed and enjoyed.
“Vox Luminis uses period instruments, meaning replicas of instruments from the time period. As time has progressed and as manufacturing technologies have improved, changes were made to instruments to make them louder and more modern,” says Dr. Aaron Harp, assistant professor of music at Wofford College. “Therefore, instead of using modern instruments, Vox Luminis uses replicas of instruments from the Baroque period, giving their performances a distinctive sound.”
Harp hopes that the performance will attract an audience of Wofford students, faculty and staff as well as the Upstate, South Carolina community.
There is no ticketing or registration required to attend the concert. Seating is general admission. Accessibility seating and entrance to the building may be found at Wofford.edu/chambermusic.
The next offering in the series is the Goldmund Quartet on Feb. 28, 2025. Andy Jurik, guitarist, and Kelariz Kesavarz, flutist, will perform on April 15. Visit Wofford.edu/chambermusic to learn more.