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Istanpitta just finished their 3rd weekend at Texas Renaissance Festival. We have been experiencing excellent Wx and good crowds at the fair. The 2nd weekend was supported by Joachim Zwick on vielle who is local to the Houston area. This is Joachim's first year with Istanpitta at TRF and did an excellent job. The 3rd weekend was supported by Michelle Levy on Vielle who has done quite a number of gigs with Istanpitta and she will be with us for 3 weekends. 4th weekend will be performed by Anne...
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Tue, October 23, 2007 - 7:22 AM
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Well Istanpitta has returned to TRF for their first weekend and it felt great to be back. Although very few of the players of this ensemble actually live in Texas, the fact that the director does makes this Istanpitta's home festival. This past weekend was supported by Abby Green on vocals and percussion, and Ginna Watson on Vielle. It was a surprising low gate count but we are hoping it will pick up as the month gets cooler. And of course we were presenting our brand new CD "Exiled" for the ...
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Tue, October 9, 2007 - 6:43 AM
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Istanpitta has been involved with several concerts this past month whereupon we performed the Pilgrimage program for Cleveland State University and Delaware Valley College near Philadelphia. Both concerts were very successful. As you can imagine I am worn out with regards to so much travelling and am very glad to stay home for awhile. Although we will be involved with Texas Renaissance Festival for the next two months but it is relatively local and for me, involves no air travel. I must be ...
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Wed, October 3, 2007 - 4:31 PM
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So I have been getting grief from folks that ask about the second volume to the Medieval Songs and Dances book. So in order to stop the complaining, I am starting to work on this project as there is a bunch of tunes that are extremely cool that I want to publish in the next book. Mind you these are Cofrin interpretations of the manuscripts which are not always easy to decipher. Also included in the second volume will be more works from the Sephardic tradition and perhaps another traditional ...
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Thu, September 13, 2007 - 10:44 AM
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Back in July Istanpitta was hired to be the house band to a hard core re-enactment group called Compaigney du Chalis.
Wed, September 12, 2007 - 12:53 PM
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www.mron.org/ The event was located in Sydney Valley, UT up in the mountains about 9K ft. It was beautiful and we watched the company do some fighting and launch a 1/3 size trebuchet. Totally Cool. We spent 4 days at this event and enjoyed the outdoors, got overfed with some amazing food, and very much enjoyed performing pre 15th c. music to this group. The event wa... read more
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Re: Istanpitta at Pennsic 2009
(in Istanpitta)
Sorry Dance tent.
discussion post on Tue, June 30, 2009 - 1:08 PM
Istanpitta at Pennsic 2009
(in Istanpitta)
Istanpitta will make an appearance for the Pennsic English Dance ball at the Dance test, August 1st, 9-12pm.
discussion post on Mon, June 29, 2009 - 8:27 AM
Istanpitta at Pennsic English Dance ball 2009
( events » arts ) Istanpitta ensemble will be the pit band for the August 1st English Dance ball at the dance tent at Pennsic 2009. 9-12 pm
Performing as Istanpitta will be: Al Cofrin/director - lute, bagpipes, vielle, krumhorns Jaochim Zwick - Vielle and perc... read more
event starts Saturday, August 1, 2009 - 9:00 PM
TRF 3rd weekend with Istanpitta
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Istanpitta just finished their 3rd weekend at Texas Renaissance Festival. We have been experiencing excellent Wx and good crowds at the fair. The 2nd weekend was supported by Joachim Zwick on vielle who is local to the Houston area. This is Joachi...
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blog entry posted Tue, October 23, 2007 - 7:22 AM
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Texas Renaissance Festival 1st weekend
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Well Istanpitta has returned to TRF for their first weekend and it felt great to be back. Although very few of the players of this ensemble actually live in Texas, the fact that the director does makes this Istanpitta's home festival. This past we...
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blog entry posted Tue, October 9, 2007 - 6:43 AM
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