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She discovered that the original violins which came out of the shops of Amati and Stradivarius, did not sound as they do now. the reason being that the re- quirement of the musnc was different During the early Renaissance period violins were made to sound sweeter. lighter and more flexible than modern music requires of them, Mrs Monosoff stayed m New York and she partuu- pated in concert tours through Europe, She work- ed at the Smithsonian In- stitute as a research asso- ciate and also became a fel- low of the Radcliffe Insti- tute where she was required to do research in baroque music, For a few years. Mrs. Mo nosoff stayed home with her young family and did free lance work. In 1963 she made recordings of 24 sonatas by Henry Biber. This just whet- ted her appetite for early music all the more and she decided to familiarize her- self with the instruments. Today Mrs, Monosoff IS playing musnc on an Instru- ment that was manufactured about the same time the musw was written t About this time Mrs. Mon- osoff's interests turned to. wards baroque music and she took up studies at the Pro Musica in New York, under the direction of Noah Greenberg. The first pro- fessional group of Renais- sance musicians were found- edhere. “I have always been in- terested in Bach but there are also' many composers from the Renaissance per- iod to learn about and the music is so wonderful.“ said Mrs. Monosofi. "Most peo- ple think music began with Bach but of course this is not true." After studying music at the Juilliard School of Mu- sie in New York, Mrs. Mono- soff gave concerts and was involved with chamber mu- sic. Chamber music is music that is played in a small group. The group can con- sist of a minimum of two players and at its largest it is much smaller than an orchestra, "There were no profes- sional musicians in the fam- ily but we were all interest- ed in music," she said. The musician recalls that when she was a child, her family was a very musical group. Today, as a wife. mother of four and well-known mu- sician and recording artist Mrs. Monosoff is still pat- ting all she can into her music. She is one of the visiting musicians 'taking part in the music workshop at Wilfrid Laurier- Univers- ity this summer. _ Mrs. Monosoff is known in North America as the leading player and teacher of the baroque vidlin. She was born and raised in the mid-western region of the United States and today she teaches at Cornell Univer- sity in New York. Her family has made their home in that city. Br'rerry James . Sonya Mmtogoff has loved music for as long as she can remember. especially the music produced by the violin. When she was a child she practised and put all her heart and soul into her music. Two musicians share hive of baroque music She went on to explain that the two instruments have very different temper- aments and nature of ex- pressiom They are not dif- ferent in technique' but in personality. “For example. people don't play the harpsichord and piano," she Said. "They may play the organ and harpischord though because their personalities are more similar." Peggie Sampson, a profes- sor of music at York Univer- sity has been interested in baroque music all her life and she thinks the summer workshop at WLU is just great. _ "Music has always been my total interest," said Miss Sampson. "I started with the violin when I was six years old. I guess it was because my mother played it but when I was eight I switched to the cello." For quite a few years Miss Sampson was a cellest but in 1960 she began to play the viola da gamba. "For a number of years i played both but they were not very agreeable," said Miss Sampson. "Many people think that authenticity makes music .dull but actually in this case it makes it much more lively and interesting," she said. When she finished her education, Miss Sampson started Into her career by teaching mustt' theory at the University of Edinburgh. During thls time she also played In a number of con- certs In both solo and cham- ber music During the War. she found herself In London. England and she remained there for seven years as a free-lance musnelan "A free-land musician can be compared to a plum- ber." said Miss Sampson. "You are known to every- Mrs. Monosoff believes that in the late 50's and 60's, there was a surge of inter- est towards playing baroque music. Today it has gone one step further and is being played on the original instru. ments it was intended for. Mrs. Monosoff describes baroque music as being light, happy and bouyant as well as serious and expres- sive. Miss Sampson was born in Britain and has been in Can- ada for 25 years. She studied music in Paris but most of her studies centered around her home town of Edin- burgh. She studied under D. Fl Tovey, "This is music is some- thing that will stay around," she said. "It is definitely notafad." Althbugh she has given concerts at Wilfrid Laurier before. this is her first time toteach here. For the past (our years. she has been a professor of music at Cornell University. She is a member of the Amade Trio, a very Unique group which specializes in playing early music on re- stored instruments and rep- licas. They also play classi- cal and many other forms of music. As well as teaching early music, Mrs. Monosoff teach- es regular violin and cham- ber music. During the past few summers she has been teaching at the Baroque Performance Institute in Overland and she hopes to continue. one as thin thing and peo- pie call you and tell you what they want and where they want you to dd it. .. Miss Sampson said that a musician ceases to be a free-lancer when he takes . position in an orchestra or string quartet. Their”- lancer must have no ties ind be free to perform at any time. "We have our own Hart House Consort," she said. "It is made up of senior and graduéte music stu- dents and we use historical instruments. " Victor.Martins was one of the lead singers in the group and when he and Dr. Mather left for positions at other universities, the consort faded away and Miss Sampson found herself head- ing for Toronto. Totiarshe is teaching theory at York University. "Hart Massey, whom the club is named after, gave the club a set of six histori- cal viola da gambas," said Miss Sampson. "Up until now they have pot been used as seriously as we use them. We have been using them tor three years and about one year ago we were invited to name ourselves the Hart House Consort. .. "A consort is a group which specializes in early music and consists of any number of players," said Miss Sampson, The consort took part in two tours through Europe and the UK. and performed a number of times in Can- ada. .Miss Sampson explained that the group got its name as the instruments are the property of the Hart House recreational club owned by the University of Tor- onto. A position at the Univer- sity of Winnipeg brought Miss Sampson to Canada and she stayed in Winni- peg as a professor of mu- sical theory for 20 years. During this time she met Dr. Mather, now the dean of music at WLU, and the two of them played in a con' sor . The consort plays any- where "within reason" but Miss Sampson explained that because many are stu- dents and she is a protes- sor, they have very little time to play. They are am- bitious in that they would like to play more than they do now They have perform- ed at the St, Lawrence Cen- tre and at WLU, "it is sort of tun if you are young but it is also risky," she said. "It is not what a tried performer wants. It means really hard work and the musician does not feel free to say no to anyone who asks for him." Although dress is planned the musicians are not In cos- tume, Complete Collision And Refinishing Service Miss Sampson has a num- ber of interests. Among them is her interest in re- searching the repertoire of the viola da gamba. "Only five per cent has ever been published and I must go to the original sources." she said. “Once it is found a lot of work must be done with it before it can be played." "They were stuffy. and full of bones and padding." she said. She went on to explain that the designs of the clothes during that period were very complicated and not comfortable at all. “It is impossible to dress accurately because the rep- ertoire covers periods of very great change in dress. .. said Miss Sampson. Peggie Sampson. a viola da gamba player end music professor from York University in Toronto. shows her 17th century instruments. Miss Sampson is teaching at the summer music workshop at Wilfrid Leurier University. " Another interest she fol- lows is that of persuading contemporary composers to write music for the viola da gamba. She has four works now and she hopes to record them. She works in conjunction with the Canada Council. o Patent and Courteous Instructors for all ages . Modern Dual Control Cars 0 Free Pick-up -, oSame cat available for [)nvma Test q Spedal care for nervous beginners Qar/frddhiiile" a'nd teriiali, instiuctors licensed by the Ministry of Transporta- tion and Communications. 1totbrtoo Chtmldo. W.» Amt 4, 1976. . hp 9 . illir CANADA DRIVING SCHOOL FOR PROFESSIONAl DRIVE! IRAINING CAll ttt6-4600 OPEN 9 mm. till " RM. Miss Sampson would like to have more time to devote to her teaching. playing and research. Retirement is something she hasn't given much thought to. "One doesn't get too old to work," she said with a smile.