Early music performers: Shira Kammen, Tom Zajac, Peter Maund, Margriet Tindemans, Debra Nagy, Linda Marie Zaerr, Joe Baldassarre, Fortune's Wheel, Piffaro, Ben Bagby, Agnethe Christensen, Sequentia, Ensemble P.A.N., Dufay Collective, La Morra, Huelgas Ensemble, Alba, Ensemble Alcatraz. **********Composers: Guillaume de Machaut, Gherardellus de Florentia, Hildegard von Bingen, Truid Aagesen, Mogens Pedersøn, Knudaage Riisager, Jim Cockey, Guillaume Dufay, Francesco Landini, Finn Høffding, Jørgen Bentzon, Henning Wellejus, Finnur Torfi Stefánsson*******
****pop/folk/jazz/rock bands and singers: Buffy Sainte-Marie, Anne Linnet, Paul McCandless, Oregon (the band), Lis Sørensen, Christian Brøns, Kim Larsen, Sonic Youth, Søs Fenger, Anne-Dorte Michelsen, Sigur Ros, Björk, The Raveonettes, June Tabor, Nina Simone, Cass Elliot, and Boise icons Built to Spill and Curtis Stigers.
Current positions:
Bass clarinetist, founder and co-director of Darkwood Consort (collaborative duo with viola) since 1992; adjunct professor of clarinet/bass clarinet and chamber music for The College of Idaho; adjunct professor of clarinet/bass clarinet, chamber music and woodwind methods at Northwest Nazarene University; bass clarinetist with the Boise Philharmonic since 1988; bass clarinetist with the Sun Valley Summer Symphony since 1998; douçaine and founder of Virelai des Bois; douçaine and voice with Academy of St. Giles. I am also doing graduate work in early music and history at Boise State University, where the douçaine is the focus of my research and performance work.
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My bass clarinet exploits are well documented on the Darkwood Consort pages, so I have dedicated this page to the tenor douçaine, which is the focus of my graduate work in early music. ****************The bass douçaine found on the Mary Rose is the only extant model of the instrument that had baffled historians for ages. There are very few instrument makers making replicas and only a handful of players. My instrument was made by Phil Neuman in Oregon City, who makes replicas of the open double reed bass douçaine found on the Mary Rose, as well as altos and tenors based on that design. He has also made instruments for Piffaro, the Renaissance wind band, early reed specialist Debra Nagy, and Case Western Reserve University. ****************
The cylindrical bore allows for a quiet sound and over-blowing at the twelfth (although it is not currently common practice to over-blow on the douçaine). The eight holes in front and one in back allow full chromatic fingerings for a tenth, with a transitional open note before overblowing the twelfth. Notes above the twelfth or thirteenth are unstable, as the holes are very small and the thumb hole must be covered at least 75% to go any higher.
*********** Some day I'll learn how to post youtube stuff on here. In the meantime, here is a nice link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x9L29rKCU0
Hey, there! Thought you might like to know The Invasion is playing 2 great shows this weekend: Friday : Knitting Factory : Benefit for Pulse Radio Sunday : Visual Arts Collective : Built to Spill Tribute & Jensen Family Benefit Hope you can make it!
that's rad Darkwood Consort with the hersheys are playing at the BTS tribuite show... we won't be playing... but we'll be there for sure!! excited to see what you guys do!
Every time that we listen & write music... play an instrument... sing & dance... act in a play... or work in some audio/image/video engineering process... something is healing inside...
When we share it with friends... something is healing all over...
cada vez que escuchamos o escribimos musica... tocamos un instrumento... cantamos y bailamos... o trabajamos en procesos de ingenieria de audio/imagen/video.... algo se sana por dentro...
Cuando lo compartimos con amigos... algo se sana en todas partes...
El Amor puede conducir... de manera simple... todo...
Hello and thanks very much for the add. If our music speaks to your heart and soul, just download our latest live album "Pagan Folk at the Fairy Ball" COMPLETELY FOR FREE on our website http://www. omnia-neocelt. com (click on "Download CD" in the menu). It's a little gift for the people who feel connected to our musical universe. Because sharing our music is keeping it alive. Many greenie thoughts and blessings. Mich (OMNIA)
Howdy! Just letting our Boise MySpace friends know... The Invasion will be playing their first show at the VAC on Wednesday with Le Fleur, The Universal, and The Neon Trees. This is one of the best local lineups, and we've heard great things about the sound in the VAC!
Hej Aage - mange tak for tipset. Har allieret mig med min musik-butik som har lovet at forsøge at få fat i nogle af dine udgivelser... Venlig hilsen Jørn O.
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