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Biography
Hailed “among the first rank of US Lutenists,” (Lute Society of America) Mark Rimple has appeared with Trefoil, The Folger Consort, The Newberry Consort, Severall Friends, Piffaro, the Renaissance Band, The King’s Noyse, Mélomanie, Tempesta di Mare, Network for New Music, and Seven Times Salt. His playing on CD Tre Liuti, a recent solo CD of virtuosic Italian lute music for three different instruments, was praised by Early Music America “transparent…” and “extraordinary sensitive”. He can be heard singing and playing stringed instruments on recordings with Trefoil, The Newberry Consort, Seven Times Salt, Cygnus Ensemble, and other ensembles.
As a scholar, Mark has investigated the impact of musical theories found in Boethius and his ancient sources throughout the history of Western Music from late medieval to early modern music. Articles include “Hearing Boethius in the Music and Rhetoric of Guillaume de Machaut,” Carmina Philosophiae 19 (2010), 25 – 48 and “The Persistence of Boethian Harmony” in A Companion to Boethius in The Middle Ages, Noel Howard Kaylor and Philip Edward Phillips, eds. (Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, March 2012).
Mark’s compositions often incorporate early instruments and techniques, and have been presented by the 21st Century Consort (at the Smithsonian American), Parnassus, Network for New Music, Mélomanie, ChoralArts Philadelphia and The League of Composers/ISCM Chamber Players. His solo CD, January: Songs and Chamber Music of Mark Rimple (2016) includes works for archlute, countertenor, viola da gamba and harpsichord; his Mystic Fragments for Baroque violin and archlute on Rebecca Harris’ CD A String Mysterious, which Mark co-produced. Future collaborations include works for Parthenia, counter(induction and Cygnus Ensemble.
Dr. Rimple is Professor in the Department of Music Theory, History and Composition at the Wells School of Music, and leads the Collegium Musicum.
