Philadelphia – Philadelphia’s internationally renowned period instrument ensemble, Piffaro the Renaissance Band, announces its final season of concerts under the leadership of Joan Kimball and Bob Wiemken, who will retire and pass the baton to their protégée Priscilla Herreid in June. This will be a hybrid season, with concerts taking place both in person and […]
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PIFFARO PRESENTS FUGUING FROM OBRECHT TO BACH with guest artists Kleine Kammermusik Fuguing from Obrecht to Bach Streaming online May 28–June 3, 2021 Opening Night w/ Live Chat: May 28 @ 7:30PM EST Tickets $15 215-235-8469 or piffaro.org Piffaro’s final digital concert of the season delves into the roots of fugue, the musical form whose intricacies
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Since 2007, the Philadelphia-based period instrument ensemble Piffaro has hosted recorder festivals, featuring a competition for some the nation’s most accomplished middle and high school players, and showcasing budding young recorder enthusiasts at the elementary school level. This year, due to COVID, Piffaro has transported the Recorder Fest online. The free community event will take
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The third installment in Piffaro, the Renaissance Band’s digital season is a revival of sorts of one of its most ambitious concert programs: 2016’s The Musical World of Don Quixote. The concert video will premiere on Friday March 5th at 7:30PM EST, with musicians on hand for a live chat, and remain available on demand
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Piffaro, Philadelphia’s Renaissance Wind Band, has elected to forgo live concerts in the 20/21 season. However, executive director Shannon Cline sees a silver lining to presenting concerts online. “Our enforced absence from the stage provides our period music specialists an intriguing opportunity to explore the relationship that people had with music 500 years ago. Without
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