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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Piffaro is joining the ranks of ensembles offering free online performances with a one-hour “rebroadcast” of its March 2019 performance of material from Michael Praetorius’ Terpsichore with Sonnambula, which was performed in Philadelphia, Wilmington, DE and at the Met Cloisters. Dancers’ Delight Redux Watch Party: Friday, May 15, 7:30PM EDT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDH9Vg_20E8&feature=youtu.be or https://www.youtube.com/officialpiffaro Dancers’ Delight was
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