Wolgemut

Music:

Member Since: 9/9/2006
Band Website: wolgemut.net
Band Members: ..
2008 Performers:

Micha: (Michael H. Gartner)

Michael has a B.A. in Music as well as a graduate degree in musicology and plays a variety of shawms, Rauschpfeifen (wind capped shawms), bagpipes, flutes, medieval strings (such as the mandora and the fiddle) and percussion. Michael is the artistic director for Wolgemut and he can also make an exceptional cup of coffee.

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Bruno: (Kevin Hughes)

Kevin has preformed at Renaissance Faires in California with the Pipe & Bowl Morris Dancers and the Newcastle Country Dancers, as a dancer, musician, and lately director. A self taught Musician he plays mandolin, fiddle, melodeon and several bagpipes and new for 2008, the hurdy-gurdy!. He is a member of The Brunos .
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Affe: (Elliott Treves)

Elliott is currently pursuing a degree in music at college. Aside from his time with Wolgemut, he composes electronically under the name Rising Higher Gone . Elliott plays many percussive instruments from all over the world, and specializes in trap set and djembe.
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Jakob: (Daniel Williams)

Daniel comes to Wolgemut with tons of percussion experience and a passion for history and music. He plays drums of all sorts as well as wind instruments and will be featured in both the drum section and winds this year. When he is not playing with Wolgemut you can find him marching along with more German Landsknecht than you can shack a pike at as Rilke das Feurige
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Heubner: (Michael Heubner)

Michael has been playing percussion instruments since he was 13 years old. In 2002 he received a B. A. in Jazz Percussion from the Temple University Esther Boyer College of Music. Since then Michael has performed extensively with a variety of musicians and ensembles ranging from jazz trios and rock bands to traditional Irish and Eastern European influenced groups and has worked Renaissance festivals the last 4 years doing many shows across the U.S. with Crannog and E Muzeki.
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Godfrey: (Geoffrey Schorz)

Geoffrey has performed in several groups, and is often a guest musician for Renaissance Festival performances. He plays various early winds, from the Hummelchen Dudelsack (German smallpipes) to Turkish ney flutes, as well as the medieval Rebec. Geoffrey will be a guest performer at select 2008 events.
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Nakano: (Scott Gardner)

Scott has studied traditional percussion for 13 years. Starting out with the darabuka, he soon found a fondness for different frame percussion like the riq and the bendir. In the last few years he has taken on stick percussion like the bodhran (traditional Irish frame drum), the tupan (mid-east to the steppes), the nakers and the side drum which have long histories in many cultures. Scott will be a guest performer at select 2008 events. ..
Influences: About the music...

"Historic World Music" is the term used to describe the distinctive Wolgemut sound which is a synthesis of "inspiration" and "imagination".

The musical inspiration comes from a variety of historical and traditional sources, such as: 12th c. Latin songs of the Goliards, 13th c. Spanish "cantigas", 14th c. Italian court dances, German "minnelied", 16th c. French dances and rollicking English country dances of the 17th c.
Wolgemut also uses some traditional material from various European countries such as folk songs and dances from Sweden, France, Germany as well as from the Balkan countries. Original compositions written by and for the group may also be heard during a Wolgemut performance.

Once inspired, the imagination takes over as Wolgemut explores the vast possibilities of the sources using the large variety of instrumental voices available.
Sounds Like:

Wolgemut!