We played:
- Campian,
Now
winter nights enlarge, - Wilbye,
Adieu,
sweet Amaryllis - Campian,
Never
weather-beaten Saile, - Pilkington,
Rest
sweet nymphs - Wilbye,
Sweet
honey-sucking bees - Wilbye,
Weep,
weep mine eyes - Byrd,
Come
to me grief forever - White,
Great
Tom is Cast, - Purcell,
Five
Reasons
Schedule
We will meet as usual on Tuesdays at 7:45 PM at my place.
Starting in March, the meetings will be limited to people who
want to perform with us, but until then they will be open to
people who want to drop in.
NEFFA
We have been scheduled to lead a workshop at NEFFA (New England
Folk Festival of the Arts) on the music of Thomas
Ravenscroft. The description says:
Thomas Ravenscroft was one of the first people to
collect and publish English Folk Music, including rounds and
ballads. This workshop will be a chance for participants to sing
(or play) some of this music.
We’re tentatively scheduled for Middle School Rm. 108 on
Saturday April 16th, 9:00pm to 9:50pm.
What this means is that between now and April 16 we need to put
together a booklet of Ravenscroft tunes, with 50 minutes of easy
stuff and maybe half an hour of harder stuff. We’ll also need
several people to commit to coming and helping pass out booklets
and set up sections and sit next to people who might be insecure
without someone who knows the music to sit next to.
One implication of this work is that the Walk for Hunger program will
probably have lots of Ravenscroft on it. This means we can have the
rehearsals in March and the beginning of April open to people who
want to play with us at either or both of NEFFA and the Walk for
Hunger.
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