Piffaro, The Renaissance Band

Philadelphia – Piffaro is delighted to announce the addition of Héloïse Degrugillier and Sian Ricketts to its core band after a two-year search to replace retiring founders Joan Kimball and Bob Wiemken, who played dozens of instruments in the ensemble. “No one in this field is a carbon copy of anyone else,” says artistic director […]

The Glory of the Wind Band: Music from Portugal & Spain Tickets & Info: 215-235-8469 or piffaro.org Piffaro’s season finale presents a program of lush polyphony from the Iberian Peninsula, showcasing the band’s remarkable collection of Renaissance shawms, dulcians, recorders, and sackbuts, and the versatile musicians who play them. May’s concert program draws on material performed

What: Free Community Event: Recorder Fest 2024! When: Saturday, April 13, 2024, 3:00-8:00 p.m. Where: Settlement Music School, Mary Louise Curtis Branch, 416 Queen St., Philadelphia, PA Registration & Info: 215-235-8469 or piffaro.org/recorder-fest Philadelphia – Piffaro’s free-to-all Recorder Fest is returning after a pandemic hiatus. The mini-festival is organized by Piffaro’s education committee: board president and Philadelphia Recorder Society

Spring Concert: The French (Italian) Connection Tucson, AZ: February 11 @ 3PM – St Philips in the Hills Episcopal Church Philadelphia: March 15 @ 7:30PM – Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral Chestnut Hill, PA: March 16 @ 7:30PM – Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill Wilmington, DE: March 17 @ 3PM – Christ Church Christiana Hundred Streaming online:

Piffaro’s next concert performances – February 11 in Tucson, March 15-17 in Philadelphia and Wilmington, and streaming online March 29 to April 11 – will transport audiences to the court of Charles VIII of France (“the Affable”) and into the pages of the “Gutenberg Bible of music,” the Harmonice Musices Odhecaton. GRAMMY Award-winning tenor James