We'll practice some renaissance consort music, on recorder and then on crumhorn. We'll play from modern notation (but have facsimile available for anyone who'd like to give it a go in white mensural notation).
If this session goes well, and people are keen, we might aim for a theatre piece!
To participate, you need to be able to:
Crumhorns are one of the stranger renaissance instruments. They sound a bit like a duck, a bit like a tuned fart, and yet - played well, in consort - utterly glorious. Technically: they're wind-capped double-reed instruments. You blow into a wooden mouth-piece, rather than putting your lips directly onto the reed. The fingering is like a recorder. We'll have four crumhorns (as well as a few other renaissance wind instruments) and you're welcome to try them. All welcome (no experience needed).
To all members of SCANZ,
There will be a Special General Meeting for SCANZ members held at Canterbury Fair, on 18 January at 7:30pm at Canterbury Fair, in the Main Hall.
There will be just one item of business at the meeting as below.
All SCANZ members present at Canterbury Fair are invited to attend. Other CF attendees may join as observers.
Let it be known that the annual custard eating competition at Canterbury Faire will be held 7pm Sunday in the courtyard outside the Main Hall.
- please bring some carton custard.
• This elimination format starts with a bowl of custard (bring your own custard, though there is often spare). Competitors place the empty bowl upside-down on their head and stand up when finished. If two people stand up at the same time then the person with least custard on their head wins.