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| Program name: | Shakespeare's Lute Book |
| Program category: |
History
Literature- Other Music |
| Program length: | 40-60 minutes, as requested |
| Audience level: | All ages |
| Audience size: | 25-200 |
| Program description: | Music was integral to Shakespeare's plays. This program features many of the musical references from selected plays, presenting 16th century English songs, ayres, ballads and dance tunes - including both historical settings and our own new settings of orphan texts matched to music from historical sources. |
| Space/special requirements: | A space appropriate for live unamplified music. We're quite low-maintenance; all we need is two chairs and an audience. |
| Travel restrictions: | none |
| Program fee: | $501- $1000 |
| Is this fee negotiable? | Yes |
| Mileage included? | Yes |
| Notes about the fee: | We encourage coordination with schools, elementary through university level, and can adjust fees for a block of bookings. |
| Other notes: | from a library newsletter, reporting on a presentation of Shakespeare's Lute Book at the Reno Public Library, September 2010: 'Downtown Reno patrons and staff were treated to an Elizabethan treat on Sunday: Shakespeare’s Lute Book was presented by Mignarda (pronounced min-yard-a), a lute/vocal combination from Ithaca, NY. They played in the garden, and Donna Stewart’s vocals and Ron Andrico’s lute were heard throughout the library by more than 100 patrons of all ages. Unfamiliar songs were played along with favorite tunes like Greensleeves, and the program also included a dose of history of the lute and the music/poetry of the English Renaissance. Comments included *Amazing*, *great inspiration*, *a most delightful program*, and *more of these!* Many thanks to Beate Weinert for coordinating this program, and to the Friends of Washoe County Library for providing support for musical and other cultural programming in our libraries. If you’re unfamiliar with Mignarda’s music, I encourage you to take a listen on the Mignarda website and their YouTube channel. Also, watch for their CD, My Lord of Oxenford's Maske, to soon show up in our collection, with huge thanks to Donna and Ron for donating a copy!' |
| Regions this program can be performed in: |
Western Rochester Central South Central Capital District North Country Metro Southeastern Long Island |
| Program last updated: | 10/16/2011 |
| Performer Information | (see all of this performer's programs) |
| Stage name: | Mignarda |
| Performer name: | Donna Stewart |
| Phone: | 607-697-0525 |
| Mailing address: | 365 Tupper Rd. Spencer, NY 14883 |
| E-mail address: | lutesongs@mignarda.com |
| Website: | http://www.mignarda.com |
| Previous appearances at: |
Danbury Library, Danbury, CT, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY , Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, Washoe County Library, Reno, NV, Newfield, NY Public School Contact information for New York State Public Libraries |
| Performer information last updated: | 10/16/2011 |
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