For  our April 17th show, we  are performing with Tiffany Bizup in our sassy mezzo role, and John Hager as our tenacious tenor.  It’s always refreshing and surprising to have new perspectives on previously performed material, in this case our program, Songs From Shakespeare: True Love Never Did Run Smooth. I’m looking read more…

Erika Lloyd, Soprano
Tiffany Bizup, Soprano II
Christopher Preston Thompson, Tenor
Garald Farnham, Baritone and Lute

More information about these performances on our Dates page ~ Hope you can join us!

Ariela Farnham and Nancy D’Antonio, daughter and wife of Garald Farnham, created a wonderful video collage set to our performance of “Ther Is No Rose of Such Virtue.” This was recorded live on December 18, 2010, as part of our “A Pennyworth of Christmas” Concert at Advent Lutheran Church NY, NY. Featuring Erika Lloyd (soprano), Alane Marco (mezzo) and Christopher Preston Thompson (tenor). Enjoy!

The quartet will appear once again in the Gotham Early Music Scene’s annual showcase concert, held on Sunday evening, January 9, 2011 in conjunction with the Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP) conference. It’s open to the public! Starts at 7pm. Our set is at 9pm. Click here for all the details!

Our first YouTube video! This is Set 6 – These Most Brisk and Giddy-Paced Times (aka the silly set) from our concert “Songs from Shakespeare” at the LSA Lute Festival in June 2010. Featuring Garald Farnham, Erika Lloyd, Alane Marco and Christopher Preston-Thompson. Stage Direction and Text Adaptation by Katherine Harte-DeCoux from a concept by Garald Farnham and Alane Marco. Songs: “Jog on, jog on the footpath way” (Winter’s Tale); “Three merry men” (Twelfth Night); “Hold thy peace, thou knave” (Twelfth Night); “Under the greenwood tree” (As You Like It); “When that I was a little tiny boy” (Twelfth Night)

Announcing our third annual holiday concert! For those who have attended in the past, fully three quarters of the repertoire will be new selections! We are focusing this year mainly on material from 1400-1700s: unearthly Medieval chant, lesser-known Renaissance carols, unusual wassail songs, plus a few favorite 18th-19th century carols — singing from transcriptions of the original source material whenever available. Some feature arrangements of by our Artistic Director, Garald Farnham, and by Aaron Wunsch, noted Juilliard pianist and Minister of Music at Advent Lutheran Church. Please join your favorite Renaissance quartet in celebrating an ‘Early Christmas’!

Related show

• Artist: Good Pennyworths Quartet
• Tour: A Pennyworth of Christmas 2010
• Date: Saturday, December 18th 2010
• City: Good Pennyworths Quartet in New York
• Venue: Advent Lutheran Church
• Country: US
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Ian Capps, host of Hawaii Public Radio’s The Early Muse, featured three of our songs in his May 9, 2010 show titled “Popular Music in 17th Century England” — ‘It was a lover and his lass,’ ‘Heigh ho! for a husband,’ and ‘Bugle Britches.’  Broadcast transcript follows after the break…

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Tenor Christopher Preston Thompson, who has joined us for our Shakespeare concert, sang the role of the Artist in David Chesky’s new opera, “The Pig, The Farmer and the Artist” in the NYC Fringe Festival. The show won a 2010 Fringe Fest Excellence Award for Best Music and Lyrics and we’re betting it gets picked up for a longer run. Is The Pig… the next Urinetown? Producers were scrambling for tickets on closing night!

Congrats, Christopher! Fabulous work.