Ottoman Marching Music
Ottoman Marching Music
Loud 1 Instructor:Master Osman Description: Marches of the World's first military marching band, the *Janissary Mehter* Band.
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Recorder Jam with Siri! Part 1
Recorder Jam with Siri! Part 1
Location PARC Instructor:THL Siri Toivosdotter Description: For near beginners, a reading enhancement session. Loaner SATB recorders available. New Sop recorders, $4. Try different instruments. Youth welcome!
6 events,
Exploring English Composer Anthony Holborne
Exploring English Composer Anthony Holborne
Location Loud 1 Instructor:THL Jolicia atte Northclyfe Description: Discuss Holborne’s life and work, and play some of his most popular pieces.
Ottoman Marching Music
Ottoman Marching Music
Location: Loud 1 Instructor:Master Osman Description: Marches of the World's first military marching band, the *Janissary Mehter* Band.
Harp for Absolute Beginners I
Harp for Absolute Beginners I
Location: Duprey Creations Merchant Booth Instructor:Mistress Rebecca da Firenze Description: Come learn the very basics of playing harp! Please bring a harp if you have one and a chair if you need one. Prior...
Owain Phyfe’s Music: Songs that Inspired Him, Pt 2
Owain Phyfe’s Music: Songs that Inspired Him, Pt 2
Location: PARC Instructor:THL Siri Toivosdotter Description: Sing and play some of the music that inspired Owain Phyfe. Instrumentalists and vocalists welcome. Sequel to class taught in previous years.
Pre-16th-Century Musical Modal Improvisation
Pre-16th-Century Musical Modal Improvisation
Location: Cafe Merhaba Instructor:Master Albrecht Catsprey Description: This is a practical application class for musicians to learn improvisational skills that were practiced in the Middle Ages. **College level.**
World Music Rhythms
World Music Rhythms
Location: Touch The Earth Instructor:Erica Description: A quick review of over a dozen common world music rhythms for dancers, drummers, and melody players.
6 events,
Ottoman Marching Music
Ottoman Marching Music
Location: Loud 1 Instructor:Master Osman Description: Marches of the World's first military marching band, the *Janissary Mehter* Band.
Here. Play This. Now.
Here. Play This. Now.
Location: PARC Instructor:THL Siri Toivosdotter Description: Sight-read with us! Bring your recorder, or a C or F instrument. Bring a music stand and a sense of humor.
Youth Recorder Jam Session
Youth Recorder Jam Session
Location: A&S Tent 9 Instructor:Pia Maletesta d'Rimini Description: Did you learn to play the recorder in school? Don't know what to do with it? Let's figure that out. Ages 8-17
Come Play With Us: *Odhecaton*
Come Play With Us: *Odhecaton*
Location PARC Instructor:Mistress Rebecca da Firenze Description: The *Odhecaton* is the first printed book of music from 1501. We'll play various pieces. Bring an instrument plus stand if you have one.
Come Play With Us: *In Nomines*
Come Play With Us: *In Nomines*
Location PARC Instructor:Mistress Rebecca da Firenze Description: *In Nomines*: instrumental pieces for players of uneven skill. We'll play of several fantasia lines and one *cantus firmus*.
Exploring World Rhythms & Melodies with DragonSong
Exploring World Rhythms & Melodies with DragonSong
Location: Bog U Instructor:DragonSong Description: Join us lakeside as we play music and dance the sun down.
12 events,
*Janissary* Band
*Janissary* Band
Location Loud 1 Instructor:Master Osman Description: Learn the authentic music and march of the 16th-century Ottoman *Janissary* Band.
Harp for Absolute Beginners I
Harp for Absolute Beginners I
Location Duprey Creations Merchant Booth Instructor:Mistress Rebecca da Firenze Description: Come learn the very basics of playing harp! Please bring a harp if you have one and a chair if you need one. Prior...
Guitars Are Awesome
Guitars Are Awesome
Location: House Raeburn : N16 Instructor:THL Dunstan Bramblette Description: Bring your guitar! We'll go through the things you wish to learn.
Uke Can Do It! Beginner Ukulele Class
Uke Can Do It! Beginner Ukulele Class
Location: Teen U Instructor:Baroness Hugoline the Delicate Description: Bring your uke and/or your singing voice, and learn some fun period songs and songs of the Current Middle Ages.
Frame Drumming 101
Frame Drumming 101
Location: Middle Eastern Instructor:Tommaso Franceschi Description: *Tar, bendir, lag-na, Patayani thappu* ... Frame drums: built and played every where/when we study. A hands-on intro to hand drumming.
Children’s Choir
Children’s Choir
Location: PARC Instructor:Pia Maletesta d'Rimini Description: For children 13 and younger. Sing music in a period style. Meets daily. Performance on Thursday of War Week!
Music to Pass the Time
Music to Pass the Time
Location: PARC Instructor:Mistress Deonna von Aachen Description: What could be better than to break into song? Here is a collection of songs that are easy and fun to sing. Music will be provided.
Ukrainian Folk Singing Workshop
Ukrainian Folk Singing Workshop
Location: PARC Instructor:Lady Crimson Kate McPhee Description: Learn to sing four Ukrainian folk songs, including lyrics, pronunciation, melodies, and harmonies. No knowledge of Ukrainian is necessary.
Pre-16th-Century Musical Modal Improvisation
Pre-16th-Century Musical Modal Improvisation
Location: Cafe Merhaba Instructor:Master Albrecht Catsprey Description: This is a practical application class for musicians to learn improvisational skills that were practiced in the Middle Ages. **College level.**
Come Play With Us: *Gabrielli*
Come Play With Us: *Gabrielli*
Location PARC Instructor:Mistress Rebecca da Firenze Description: Come play through some of the works of Andrea Gabrielli with us! Bring an instrument, plus stand if you have one.
Top Tunes of 1501
Top Tunes of 1501
Location: A&S Tent 9 Instructor:Aaron Drummond Description: What were people singing and listening to in the year 1501? We'll explore several popular songs set by many different composers.
Warm Up Hafla!!
Warm Up Hafla!!
Location: Middle Eastern Instructor:Ziggy Description: Live music and dance! Please come to the Middle Eastern tent for playing music and dancing! All instruments and dancers are invited.
10 events,
Harp for Absolute Beginners II
Harp for Absolute Beginners II
Location: Duprey Creations Merchant Booth Instructor:Mistress Rebecca da Firenze Description: Basic Harp Session II, following Session I! Please bring a harp if you have one and a chair if you need one. Prior experience...
*Janissary* Band
*Janissary* Band
Location: Loud 1 Instructor:Master Osman Description: Learn the authentic music and march of the 16th-century Ottoman *Janissary* Band.
Children’s Choir
Children’s Choir
Location: PARC Instructor:Pia Maletesta d'Rimini Description: For children 13 and younger. Sing music in a period style. Meets daily. Performance on Thursday of War Week!
Pre-16th-Century Musical Modal Improvisation
Pre-16th-Century Musical Modal Improvisation
Location: Cafe Merhaba Instructor:Master Albrecht Catsprey Description: This is a practical application class for musicians to learn improvisational skills that were practiced in the Middle Ages. **College level.**
Writing Period-Style Ballads
Writing Period-Style Ballads
Location: A&S Tent 9 Instructor:Ollaimh Ruaidhri an Cù Description: Learn about the elements of the period ballad and then write your own period-style ballad.
Known World Brass Choir
Known World Brass Choir
Location: Loud 1 Instructor:Sir Mieczko the Swift Description: Bring your cornetti, sackbuts, *lysarden*, and serpents (modern trombones and trumpets are ok). Music provided.
Moving Your Harp Technique to the Next Level
Moving Your Harp Technique to the Next Level
Location: Touch the Earth Instructor:Countess Aria de Chatillon Description: Free-form class focused on technique analysis and finding small changes to create a significant impact on technique.
Renaissance Music Mixed Consort Play Session
Renaissance Music Mixed Consort Play Session
Location: PARC Instructor:Nicholas Trent Description: Mixed Consort Play Session.
Late Period Rounds
Late Period Rounds
Location: PARC Instructor:Mistress Elizabeth of Dendermonde Description: Come help sing through (or listen to) some late period rounds.
Intro to West African Hand Drumming
Intro to West African Hand Drumming
Instructor:Erin Description: Beginning drum rhythms with West African traditional influences.
11 events,
Beginner Middle Eastern Drumming, Part 1: Basics
Beginner Middle Eastern Drumming, Part 1: Basics
Instructor:Lord Jonathan Bowman Description: Beginner's class for dumbek and frame drums. Learn to hold, hit the drum, and play basic rhythms. **You must bring your own drum.**
*Janissary* Band
*Janissary* Band
Instructor:Master Osman Description: Learn the authentic music and march of the 16th-century Ottoman *Janissary* Band.
Begintermediate *Doumbek*
Begintermediate *Doumbek*
Instructor:Lord Carmine Description: Various topics for those looking to get beyond *baladi*. Pops, snaps, rolls, combinations, fills, soloing, etc.
Beginner Middle Eastern Drumming, Part 2: Fills
Beginner Middle Eastern Drumming, Part 2: Fills
Instructor:Lord Jonathan Bowman Description: Beginner fills, finger rolls and intro to Turkish split finger for the dumbek and frame drum. **Bring your own drum.**
Children’s Choir
Children’s Choir
Instructor:Pia Maletesta d'Rimini Description: For children 13 and younger. Sing music in a period style. Meets daily. Performance on Thursday of War Week!
Period Drinking Songs
Period Drinking Songs
Instructor:Meisterin Rosina von Schaffhausen Description: Period songs about drinking from across Europe; easy unison, rounds, plus harmony with up to four parts. **18+. Parents or guardians for under 18.**
Post-Apocalypse: The Walking *Dum*
Post-Apocalypse: The Walking *Dum*
Instructor:Ziggy Description: Begintermediate and pre-advanced rhythms to get beyond the basic rhythms. Different rhythms each day. **Bring your own drum.**
Pennsic Youth Choir
Pennsic Youth Choir
Instructor:Mistress Arianna of Wynthrope Description: The Youth Choir is open to all youth ages 12 to 19 who enjoy choral singing. No audition is required; we're here to have fun!
Irish Frame Drum: Introduction to the *Bodhrán*
Irish Frame Drum: Introduction to the *Bodhrán*
Instructor:The Honorable L LÃÂadan Liathán Description: Learn session etiquette and how to play jig, reel, slip-jig, polka, and hornpipe rhythms. Bring a drum; some loaners available.
Known World Brass Choir
Known World Brass Choir
Instructor:Sir Mieczko the Swift Description: Bring your cornetti, sackbuts, *lysarden*, and serpents (modern trombones and trumpets are ok). Music provided.
*Chorulus Pennsicus* Rehearsals
*Chorulus Pennsicus* Rehearsals
Instructor:THL Siri Toivosdotter Description: *Chorulus Pennsicus*: Audition-only choir. Rehearsals are held at Camp Lochmere on the Serengeti.
14 events,
Beginner Middle Eastern Drumming, Part 1: Basics
Beginner Middle Eastern Drumming, Part 1: Basics
Instructor:Lord Jonathan Bowman Description: Beginner's class for dumbek and frame drums. Learn to hold, hit the drum, and play basic rhythms. **You must bring your own drum.**
*Janissary* Band
*Janissary* Band
Instructor:Master Osman Description: Learn the authentic music and march of the 16th-century Ottoman *Janissary* Band.
Beginner Middle Eastern Drumming, Part 2: Fills
Beginner Middle Eastern Drumming, Part 2: Fills
Instructor:Lord Jonathan Bowman Description: Beginner fills, finger rolls and intro to Turkish split finger for the dumbek and frame drum. **Bring your own drum.**
Gathering of the Louds
Gathering of the Louds
Instructor:Mistress Deonna von Aachen Description: Shawms, sackbutts and curtals, oh my. Join other players of louds. Each session features a different style of music. Bring stand and clothespins.
Children’s Choir
Children’s Choir
Instructor:Pia Maletesta d'Rimini Description: For children 13 and younger. Sing music in a period style. Meets daily. Performance on Thursday of War Week!
Viola da Gamba Reading Session
Viola da Gamba Reading Session
Instructor:Master Albrecht Catsprey Description: Reading session for historical bowed stringed instruments. **College-level**
Post-Apocalypse: The Walking *Dum*
Post-Apocalypse: The Walking *Dum*
Instructor:Ziggy Description: Begintermediate and pre-advanced rhythms to get beyond the basic rhythms. Different rhythms each day. **Bring your own drum.**
Writing Period-Style Ballads
Writing Period-Style Ballads
Instructor:Ollaimh Ruaidhri an Cù Description: Learn about the elements of the period ballad and then write your own period-style ballad.
Pennsic Youth Choir
Pennsic Youth Choir
Instructor:Mistress Arianna of Wynthrope Description: The Youth Choir is open to all youth ages 12 to 19 who enjoy choral singing. No audition is required; we're here to have fun!
Youth Recorder Jam Session
Youth Recorder Jam Session
Instructor:Pia Maletesta d'Rimini Description: Did you learn to play the recorder in school? Don't know what to do with it? Let's figure that out. Ages 8-17
*Chorulus Pennsicus* Auditions for Pennsic 53
*Chorulus Pennsicus* Auditions for Pennsic 53
Instructor:THL Siri Toivosdotter Description: Open auditions for the select choir, *Chorulus Pennsicus*, take place at Pennsic 52 (2025). Prepare a short piece to sing; you will also sight read.
Known World Recorder Ensemble
Known World Recorder Ensemble
Instructor:THL Siri Toivosdotter Description: Recorder players of intermediate and above abilities. We will hold four rehearsals to prepare for a concert Thursday of War Week. **Age 12+.**
18 events,
Beginner Middle Eastern Drumming, Part 1: Basics
Beginner Middle Eastern Drumming, Part 1: Basics
Instructor:Lord Jonathan Bowman Description: Beginner's class for dumbek and frame drums. Learn to hold, hit the drum, and play basic rhythms. **You must bring your own drum.**
Modern Music for the Medievally Minded
Modern Music for the Medievally Minded
Instructor:Pia Maletesta d'Rimini Description: Do you play music by ear or jam with others but wish you had a grasp on reading modern notation? Come learn basics or review music theory.
16th-Century Arbeau Historical Field Drum Class
16th-Century Arbeau Historical Field Drum Class
Instructor:Master Albrecht Catsprey Description: For drummers who own and play the historical field drum. (This is the rope tension drum with two sticks.)
Beginner Middle Eastern Drumming, Part 2: Fills
Beginner Middle Eastern Drumming, Part 2: Fills
Instructor:Lord Jonathan Bowman Description: Beginner fills, finger rolls and intro to Turkish split finger for the dumbek and frame drum. **Bring your own drum.**
No, It’s Not a Tiny Guitar: The *Citole* and You
No, It’s Not a Tiny Guitar: The *Citole* and You
Instructor:THL Adelisa Salernitana Description: Learn about one of the most popular instruments in Europe during the 12th, 13th, and 14th centuries!
Children’s Choir
Children’s Choir
Instructor:Pia Maletesta d'Rimini Description: For children 13 and younger. Sing music in a period style. Meets daily. Performance on Thursday of War Week!
Known World Brass Choir
Known World Brass Choir
Instructor:Sir Mieczko the Swift Description: Bring your cornetti, sackbuts, *lysarden*, and serpents (modern trombones and trumpets are ok). Music provided.
Post-Apocalypse: The Walking *Dum*
Post-Apocalypse: The Walking *Dum*
Instructor:Ziggy Description: Begintermediate and pre-advanced rhythms to get beyond the basic rhythms. Different rhythms each day. **Bring your own drum.**
Pennsic Youth Choir
Pennsic Youth Choir
Instructor:Mistress Arianna of Wynthrope Description: The Youth Choir is open to all youth ages 12 to 19 who enjoy choral singing. No audition is required; we're here to have fun!
Intro to Split Finger Drumming
Intro to Split Finger Drumming
Instructor:Connor Description: Intermediate level. Intro to the Turkish split finger technique.
Uke Can Do It! Beginner Ukulele Class
Uke Can Do It! Beginner Ukulele Class
Instructor:Baroness Hugoline the Delicate Description: Bring your uke and/or your singing voice, and learn some fun period songs and songs of the Current Middle Ages.
16 events,
Gathering of the Louds
Gathering of the Louds
Instructor:Mistress Deonna von Aachen Description: Shawms, sackbutts and curtals, oh my. Join other players of louds. Each session features a different style of music. Bring stand and clothespins.
Guitars Are Awesome
Guitars Are Awesome
Instructor:THL Dunstan Bramblette Description: Bring your guitar! We'll go through the things you wish to learn.
Frame Drumming 101
Frame Drumming 101
Instructor:Tommaso Franceschi Description: *Tar, bendir, lag-na, Patayani thappu* ... Frame drums: built and played every where/when we study. A hands-on intro to hand drumming.
Top Tunes of 1501
Top Tunes of 1501
Instructor:Aaron Drummond Description: What were people singing and listening to in the year 1501? We'll explore several popular songs set by many different composers.
Children’s Choir
Children’s Choir
Instructor:Pia Maletesta d'Rimini Description: For children 13 and younger. Sing music in a period style. Meets daily. Performance on Thursday of War Week!
No, It’s Not a Tiny Guitar: The *Citole* and You
No, It’s Not a Tiny Guitar: The *Citole* and You
Instructor:THL Adelisa Salernitana Description: Learn about one of the most popular instruments in Europe during the 12th, 13th, and 14th centuries!
Post-Apocalypse: The Walking *Dum*
Post-Apocalypse: The Walking *Dum*
Instructor:Ziggy Description: Begintermediate and pre-advanced rhythms to get beyond the basic rhythms. Different rhythms each day. **Bring your own drum.**
Pennsic Youth Choir
Pennsic Youth Choir
Instructor:Mistress Arianna of Wynthrope Description: The Youth Choir is open to all youth ages 12 to 19 who enjoy choral singing. No audition is required; we're here to have fun!
Viola da Gamba Reading Session
Viola da Gamba Reading Session
Instructor:Master Albrecht Catsprey Description: Reading session for historical bowed stringed instruments. **College-level**
Writing Period-Style Ballads
Writing Period-Style Ballads
Instructor:Ollaimh Ruaidhri an Cù Description: Learn about the elements of the period ballad and then write your own period-style ballad.
Moving Your Harp Technique to the Next Level
Moving Your Harp Technique to the Next Level
Instructor:Countess Aria de Chatillon Description: Free-form class focused on technique analysis and finding small changes to create a significant impact on technique.
Known World Recorder Ensemble
Known World Recorder Ensemble
Instructor:THL Siri Toivosdotter Description: Recorder players of intermediate and above abilities. We will hold four rehearsals to prepare for a concert Thursday of War Week. **Age 12+.**
4 events,
Children’s Choir
Children’s Choir
Instructor:Pia Maletesta d'Rimini Description: For children 13 and younger. Sing music in a period style. Meets daily. Performance on Thursday of War Week!
Tuning and Temperament in 14-16th Century Europe
Tuning and Temperament in 14-16th Century Europe
Instructor:Countess Aria de Chatillon Description: Exploring different tunings/temperaments for harp and other instruments.
Instrumental Music in 15th-Century Florence
Instrumental Music in 15th-Century Florence
Instructor:Lady Barbara Santangelo da Vignola Description: A survey and discussion of instrumental music in a 15th-century *chansonnier* from Florence.
Playing 15th-Century Florentine Instrumental Music
Playing 15th-Century Florentine Instrumental Music
Instructor:Lady Barbara Santangelo da Vignola Description: Read music from the 15th-century Florentine *Chansonnier*. Intermediate to advanced instrumental skills needed. Bring instrument and stand.