Mixed media works by:
Alison Kolesar
Stephanie Boyd
Jeanne Martin.
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Friday, November 7, 2014
The Elizabethans
in concert
Sunday, November 9
2 pm
FREE
The Elizabethans are a co-ed, all-student a capella group formed in January of 1993 at Williams College. Our purpose is the performance of Renaissance vocal music. Our specialty is the madrigal, a 16th and 17th century form that took Italy, England, "and eventually all of Europe by storm." Since then we've become the hottest madrigal group around, with a repertoire that guarantees more than your usual "choral concert" or "a cappella gig".
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Monday, August 11, 2014
Thursday, August 7, 2014
Friday, August 1, 2014
Thursday, July 24, 2014
Medieval Bande concert to benefit Higher Ground
At 3:00 PM on Sunday, August 3rd, the Woodbinde Medieval Bande will present a program titled "Circa 1215: English Music from the Period of the Magna Carta"
The performance takes its cue from the upcoming visit of the Magna Carta to Williamstown. That document, which the much-despised King John was forced by his barons to seal at Runnymede in 1215, limited the monarchy and granted certain basic freedoms; it is considered to have laid the groundwork for constitutional monarchy in England, and later to have become the basis for the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights in the United States. One of only four extant copies of the Magna Carta will be on display at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown from September 6th through November 2nd, before returning to Lincoln Cathedral in England in time for a celebration of the 800th anniversary of the document.
The performance takes its cue from the upcoming visit of the Magna Carta to Williamstown. That document, which the much-despised King John was forced by his barons to seal at Runnymede in 1215, limited the monarchy and granted certain basic freedoms; it is considered to have laid the groundwork for constitutional monarchy in England, and later to have become the basis for the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights in the United States. One of only four extant copies of the Magna Carta will be on display at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown from September 6th through November 2nd, before returning to Lincoln Cathedral in England in time for a celebration of the 800th anniversary of the document.
Music in England in the 13th century was varied and
exciting. At the “Circa 1215” performance, Woodbinde members Eric Buddington,
Sue Matsui, Doug Paisley, Marc Simpson, and Karen Swann will present (on voice
and period instruments) monophonic love songs, early polyphony, dance tunes,
political songs, and songs that expound on the certainty of death, exhorting
listeners to live chaste and virtuous lives. There will be one sing-along song
for everyone who would like to join. Come and experience an hour in the
sound-scape of 13th-century England, and help celebrate the Magna
Carta’s visit to the Berkshires! The performance is free and open to the
public.
Admission is free; dontations may be made at the door to benefit Higher Ground.
Admission is free; dontations may be made at the door to benefit Higher Ground.
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