Upcoming Early Music Concerts:

 

Oregon Renaissance Band at Family Fridays at CMC
 One performance only:
-  Friday, May 17th at 7:15pm, 2013 at the Community Music Center, 3350 SE Francis, Portland, Oregon. 
  Music of Early Transylvania.   Music exclusively from the 17th century Transylvanian manuscript Codex Caioni.  Canzonas, dances, motets, and a song about rabbit hunting will be performed by voices, violin, viola da gamba, recorders, sackbutts, cornamuse, krummhorns, spinettino, racketts, tartold, bagpipes, and percussion.  The 11 person ensemble will perform "Lupul Vaidane eneke," "Olah Tancz," "Tegnap groff halala," "A' nyul," "Delicta mea horreo," and many more.   The concert will be approximately one hour long without intermission.

  Musicians: David Bryan, Andy Harris, Daphne Clifton, Lori Fitch, Cindy Markham, Ben Fitch, Kathryn Richer, Hideki Yamaya, Sharon Cheney, directed by Phil and Gayle Neuman.   Codex Caioni, considered the most important document of 17th century Transylvanian music, was compiled by Mátyás Seregély and Joannes Caioni between the years 1634 and 1671.  It was kept since that time in the Franciscan monastery at Csíksomlyó, and in 1944 hidden in the wall of the refectory there.  It was rediscovered in 1985 and contains 346 musical compositions.
     Admission free, with suggestion donation of $5 per person or $15 per family. 

The Oregon Renaissance Band, celebrating its 22nd year, specializes in the performance of 16th and early 17th century repertoire on historical instruments.  They have appeared on NPR's Performance Today and performed at the Regensburg Early Music Festival in Germany.
Their new CD "Now make we joye," featuring Renaissance Christmas and other celebratory music has just been released, and their earlier CD "Carnevale!," featuring Italian carnival songs and other festive pieces, is in its second pressing.  Many of the instruments played by members of ORB are built by the performers themselves after museum originals.  Members include David Bryan, Sharon Cheney, Daphne Clifton, Ben Fitch, Lori Fitch, Polly Gibson, Andrew Harris, Cindy Markham, Gayle Neuman, Phil Neuman, Kathryn Richer, and Hideki Yamaya.