Bach Festival

concerts, music

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] Bach Festival, April 4–6 With a festival celebrating why Bach still is important to us, Plymouth Church celebrates Philip Brunelle’s 45th year as Plymouth’s Organist-Choirmaster April 4–6. The all-Bach...

Traveling to Bolivia

rose ensemble, touring

10th Festival Internacional de Música Renacentista y Barroca Americana “Misiones de Chiquitos” Next month I will be traveling for the first time to South America, Bolivia specifically.  Last fall, while on tour, The Rose Ensemble received an invitation by...

Isacco’s Back…

concerts, rose ensemble, touring

Isacco Columbo is a wonderful musician that I met back in Legnano, Italy when The Rose Ensemble was invited to participate in La Fabbrica del Canto in 2008.  We became fast friends and invited him to become a part of our Il Poverello: The Life & Legacy of St....

No trippin’ the Patagonia fantastic…

touring

The Rose Ensemble had to come to a very difficult decision this past Saturday.  On Friday, we had found out that all the domestic flights in Argentina were cancelled due to the ash cloud that was left from the eruption of the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcanic chain. ...

Tragedy on the Sea Nymph: We had a blast

music, Opera

I just have to say that this was such a fun experience!  I’ve performed a lot of opera in my days, but this was a first.  We had an awesome crowd on the lawn in front of the Walker Art Center last night.  The weather broke just in time, and temps were a...

Off to Madison, WI

concerts, touring

The Rose Ensemble was invited to perform in this year’s Madison Early Music Festival. Created in 2000, the MEMF provides an opportunity for Early Music musicians, educators and enthusiasts to gather and exchange information and ideas about Medieval, Renaissance,...