The 17th century music of Piffaro the Renaissance Band nervously competed with 21st century rush-hour traffic recently during Piffaro’s outdoor video shoot for its first program of the 2020-21 season: a duet with the 47-bell carillon that lords over Chelten Avenue from Germantown’s Miraculous Medal Shrine tower.
Award-winning British vocal ensemble Stile Antico has been hard at work during the past few months. While the group’s packed touring schedule was abruptly paused in March, Stile Antico has used the time to create two unique new projects: The Journey of the Mayflower, a music-drama film that explores the unheard voices of the famous
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EARLY MUSIC SEATTLE: REFLECTING A JUST FUTURE The actor Liam Cunningham said, “The best kind of art or writing holds a mirror up to society.” For over 40 years Early Music Seattle has reflected the stories of the great music of the past, but mostly as seen through the eyes of White Europe and America. In
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Last spring, KIConcerts (Colorado Springs, Colo.) asked me to lead a choir tour to Italy that would focus on the cities where Claudio Monteverdi
(1567-1643) wrote: Cremona, Mantua, and Venice. Because Monteverdi’s music is so endlessly fascinating, the prospect seemed too exciting to pass up. This tour, called Via Monteverdi, will become a reality in May 2015,
expanded by two additional performances in Rome, including a service at St. Peter’s Basilica. The choir of over 40 includes the singers of Canzonetta, a small Seattle ensemble directed by Roger Nelson, that will perform a few pieces on its own in each concert.
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