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Bringing Early Music to Life in the Bluegrass
Performance


The Roots of Southern Harmony: Exploring Shape-Note Singing
On December 15th at 7:30 pm, Crestwood Christian Church will host Musick's Company once again for our annual Christmas Concert, where we will be celebrating the music of Appalachia and the South. In particular, our singers have challenged themselves with a new technique: Southern shape-note singing, one of the foundational building blocks of our program.
Victoria Sullivan
Nov 184 min read
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"Something of the Druid In Him": John Jacob Niles and the Old Music of the New World
On December 15th at 7:30 pm, at Crestwood Christian Church, Musick's Company will present a program of "old music from the New World", featuring the music of Kentuckian musicologist John Jacob Niles. Unless you're particularly familiar with Kentucky music history, you might not know of Niles and his work. What did he accomplish, and what does he have to do with early music? Read on, and learn how John Jacob Niles earned the title of "the Dean of American Balladeers".
Victoria Sullivan
Nov 43 min read
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In Case You Missed It: "It's Instrumental!"
L to R: Jane Johnson (harpsichord), Dwight Newton (viola da gamba), John Hedger (lute), Barbara Miller (recorder), Zoe Miller (violin)...
Victoria Sullivan
Sep 232 min read
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