The same year my son was being born, I started singing with Madrigalia Bar Nonne at the Kansas City Renaissance Festival. That first season was highly demanding. There was the music: learning 24 songs of polyphonic music. There was the costuming: I had to put together my own costume, which I did by actually picking … Continue reading A Blast of the Past #30: My First Renaissance season
I have performed at the Kansas City, Renaissance Festival since 1999 with Madrigalia Bar Nonne, one of the performing musical groups there. In that time I have interacted with the court and various members of other performing groups. Most of those exchanges have been passing acquaintances. But one of the fortunate circumstances was when I … Continue reading Flûtes à Bec: Flutes with a beak
Here is a collection of Ren Fest pictures from 2013 -- and my first experiment with the Gallery option on WordPress.
Okay, I sing the above madrigal most every fall. I tried sticking the title into Google translate -- failed fairly spectacularly. Yet the thought, in English, is what I want to write about today. s'io ti vedess'una sol volt'il giorno s'io ti vedess'una sol volt'il giorno Contento ne staria, contento ne staria, tutta la sera Contento ne … Continue reading s’io ti vedess’una sol volt’il giorno
Stereotypically men have a "little black book". Not me, it is my little green book. My book full of Renaissance Festival music. And each year I have a battle with the computer and printer to update the little green book. Our music comes from several different period song books, from which we choose a selection … Continue reading My Little Green Book
At The Rainbow 