Oregon Renaissance Band presents Most Eloquent Music: Shakespearean Song

The Oregon Renaissance Band presents "Most Eloquent Music: Shakespearean Song" a concert of music mentioned in Shakespeare's plays performed by a seven member ensemble of voices and period instruments including viola da braccio, viola da gamba, recorder, sackbutt, bagpipe, dulcian, sordune, rackett and percussion. Composers include Thomas Morley, Antony Holborne, and John Playford. References to each piece will be quoted from the plays involved. Directed by Gayle and Phil Neuman, sponsored by the Early Music Guild of Oregon. 

About Oregon Renaissance Band

The Oregon Renaissance Band, directed by Phil and Gayle Neuman, is an ensemble of 10 members that performs on a wide variety of historical instruments including early violin, recorders, sackbutts, serpent, violas da gamba, cornamusen, krummhorns, racketts, tartold, shawms, schreierpfeiffen, bagpipes, cittern, spinettino, tabor and other percussion. The group, formed in 1991, has performed for numerous concert series in the U.S. and Germany. Various configurations within the band include 4 singers, 4 sackbutts, 8 recorders, 4 bowed strings, 4 racketts, 4 cornamusen, 3 shawms, and many more. The ensemble specializes in performances with rhythmic precision, lively ornamentation and unparalleled variety. The members are David Bryan, Ben Fitch, Polly Gibson, Andy Harris, Laura Kuhlman, Cindy Markham, Gayle Neuman, Phil Neuman, Kathryn Richer, and Esther Saulle. The Oregon Renaissance Band appears in the movie Buddymoon, distributed by Orion Pictures.

About Early Music Guild of Oregon (EMGO)

The Early Music Guild of Oregon is a non-profit organization founded in 1978 to promote the interest in, the study of, and the performance of early music, and to encourage the construction and use of historically accurate early instruments. EMGO sponsors concerts, workshops, lectures, master classes, and meetings open to all interested parties.