What an amazing evening. We weren’t sure at first how things were going to go. Our bus was due to leave Legnano at 6:30pm, but there was no sign of our guide or our guest instrumentalist. Around 7pm, Issaco arrived explaining that our guide was with the Norway choir and that our packet lunch and [...]
Day 2 began with a quick breakfast at the hotel.. rather decent, actually. It’s buffet style with scrambled eggs, a selection of breads, croissants, pastry, cereals, & fruits. And coffee. But not just any coffee, you see you get a choice of a brewed pot of espresso or a pot of American coffee. I found [...]
For an unprecedented return engagement, The Rose Ensemble has been invited back to participate in the “La Fabbrica del Canto”, an international choral festival that takes place in and around the Milan region of Northern Italy. The following blurb was published in an Italian paper this past week: “The Rose Ensemble dal Minnesota, Usa (torna [...]
Yes, it’s true. I am going to be on television – at least me and my collegues from The Rose Ensemble. It’s all part of a new documentary that was filmed in April over the course of a week. The film crew shot footage of rehearsals, performances and educational programs in addition to capturing some audience
All in the course of one week! Last weekend I had the pleasure of working with The Rose Ensemble as we did a residency at the Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis. This residency consisted of participating in a conference in which we shared our music of Three Faiths – Christianity, Judaism and Muslim. We have [...]
That’s what we have in store for you on February 27-28, and March 1st. Join The Rose Ensemble as we welcome our friends, Voces8 from London as we join forces to sing some of the most beautiful English Renaissance music ever written. Tickets are available at The Rose Ensemble’s website, www.RoseEnsemble.org
And Shaker songs like “Harps of Welcome,” “Give Good Gifts” and “Pretty Home” were familiar to these ears from visits to the Pleasant Hill colony near Lexington, which is now a Kentucky historic site. Indeed, “Pretty Home,” which was sung by the ensemble’s engagingly robust alto, Lisa Drew, included the rhythmicfoot stomping that sounded like thunder when heard years ago in Pleasant Hill’s bare-floored meeting hall. To these ears, it was a journey to a beloved time and distant place.
For these concerts, the Rose Ensemble numbers 11 singers and a small battery of instrumentalists, some of the latter performing on old instruments like viola da gamba and baroque guitar. The vocalists are the soul of the group, with clear, young-sounding voices that seem infinitely flexible and perfectly blended.
It’s always nice to have an upcoming concert sighted as being a Spotlight for the weekend. Here’s what the Minneapolis Star Tribune has to say about The Rose Ensemble’s upcoming concerts this weekend: Click to listen to some mp3 song samples from this upcoming show. Spotlight:Rose Ensemble season opener Classical music spotlight: the Rose Ensemble [...]
The last of the summer European tours is behind us. The Rose Ensemble headed out to Paris and Tours for a whirlwind 4 days in France with 2 concerts in different cities. We had a blast. The first concert, part of the Festival d’Ile de France, was in an ancient cathedral (not surprising) in the [...]
Well, our last European tour of the summer is rapidly approaching. On September 12th The Rose Ensemble will board a plane and fly to Paris where we have been invited to perform our Hawaiian program at the Festival d’Ile de France in the Eglise Saint-Mathurin de Larchant on Sunday, September 14th. The Festival d’Ile de [...]
I know, that’s really an Iowa State Fair verse, but we’re neighbors and I was just there! The Minnesota State Fair is in full swing with practically everything available on a stick that you can think of to Seed Art to Butter Heads. I’m going on Monday, Labor Day, with my good friend Brenda. You [...]
A wonderful three weeks in France has come and gone and we have so many great memories from this tour. It’s hard to describe the experience of singing music written for churches of the medieval period when you sing them in the buildings they were designed for. These buildings have amazing natural acoustics, something that [...]
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