For the New York City version of the concert, Garald worked with tenor Christopher Preston-Thompson and soprano Tiffany Bizup once again, joined by lovely mezzo Julia Mintzer. This set of talents brought new musical opportunities to the repertoire. Remember in our Boston Early Music Festival post, we told you that Christopher had taken an interest […]

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Tags: Christmas carols, Christopher Preston Thompson, Early Music, Garald Farnham, Good Pennyworths, Good Pennyworths Holiday concert, Julia Mintzer, Renaissance Music, Tiffany Bizup, vocal ensemble, Vocal Quartet

When one door closes, another opens! This past fall, instead of touring our Shakespeare concert to DC, Virginia and Maryland in November, as we’d planned, Garald found himself rehearsing two different versions of our annual celebration of carols and wassail songs, A Pennyworth of Christmas, with two different sets of singers — one for a […]

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Tags: Christmas carols, Early Music, Erika Buchholz, Garald Farnham, Good Pennyworths Holiday concert, Kirsten Kane, Lute Songs, Medieval carols, Renaissance Music, The Good Pennyworths, Tim Joyce, vocal ensemble, Vocal Quartet

Save the Date! On Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009 at 4:30pm, we’ll be performing “A Pennyworth of Christmas” — a collection of Medieval wassail songs, carols from the 14th – 19th centuries, and modern favorites given a Renaissance twist — at Advent Lutheran Church. Corner of West 93rd St and Broadway in Manhattan. Take an hour out […]

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Tags: Early Music, Good Pennyworths Holiday concert, New York NY, Renaissance Music, Upcoming Concert, Vocal Quartet