Concert Programs

Here you will find all current touring programs. Both solo and ensemble settings.

The Wanderer

We generally think of art song and folk song as independent musical styles performed by different people, but a closer look at the history of these styles shows that they have been shared and utilized by the same people for centuries. Art song was a highly intellectualized music composed and performed for Kings, Queens, and other members of the aristocracy in Medieval and Renaissance Europe. Folk songs were the songs of the common man, passed down through the centuries orally, like stories of long ago - subject to change with every generation of storyteller. Every so often, a folk tune would find its way to the ear of a court composer...more

"Play, Music!"
Songs from the plays of Shakespeare

-What did the music sound like in Shakespeare's plays?

-What instruments would have been used on the stage?

-What did Shakespearean dialect originally sound like?

Each of these questions approaches a deeper understanding of 17th century English theater, and specifically, the works of William Shakespeare. The information yielded from these studies has been used to create a holistic representation of the music Shakespeare would have heard in his lifetime, even in his own original productions! A closer look at the sources from this time reveals that there were essentially two types of songs...more