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The Renaissance Players

Australia's oldest early music ensemble. Est 1967

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Member Since: 8/5/2006
Band Website: renaissanceplayers.info
Band Members: Director: Winsome Evans.
Other current members include Racheal Cogan (recorders and whistles), Jehan Kanga (vielles, rebec), Catherine Tabrett (viola da gamba), Tony Lewis (percussion), Timothy Chung (countertenor) and Joseph Littlefield (gitterns).

This MySpace is operated and maintained by Andrew Lambkin for The Renaissance Players. Don't forget our official website at www.renaissanceplayers.info , and our Facebook page , too!

Buy Renaissance Players albums AND Winsome's new transcription for clavier of Bach's Six Sonatas and Partitas (BWV 1001-1006) from the Australian iTunes Store here .
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My Blog

Winsomes Bach transcription now for sale, on iTunes too!

"The Bach" is finally, FINALLY out! I refer, of course, to Winsome's pet solo project of recent years, her own transcription and recording, for clavier, of J.S.Bach's Six Sonatas and Partitas (BWV 100...
Posted by The Renaissance Players on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 06:24:00 PST

The Renaissance Players on iTunes

You can now purchase a selection of Renaissance Players albums, by the album or by the song in most cases, from the Australian iTunes Store. The tracks are encoded in iTunes Plus quality (AAC 256kbps)...
Posted by The Renaissance Players on Sun, 23 Dec 2007 07:41:00 PST

Mediterranean Delights shows confirmed

The late November "Mediterranean Delight" shows for The Renaissance Players have been confirmed. Come along to enjoy traditional songs and dance music from Greece, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Cyprus,...
Posted by The Renaissance Players on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:45:00 PST

Vale, Winifred Evans

I am sure that everybody here will have Winsome in their thoughts, and is sending her their deepest sympathies, following the death of her mother on Saturday 28th July, following a long illness.
Posted by The Renaissance Players on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 09:40:00 PST

Ushers still needed

We're still looking for a few ushers for both Runnymede XXXI shows, July 16th and 17th. As per the earlier blog this gets you $25 worth of concert for nix if you're prepared to show up an hour before ...
Posted by The Renaissance Players on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 11:32:00 PST

Our venue: a design classic!

Our usual concert venue (including for the coming Runnymede Pop Festival concerts) received some praise as a fine example of neo-Gothic architecture as part of a larger feature on the architecture of ...
Posted by The Renaissance Players on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 11:58:00 PST

How to get a free ticket to Runnymede XXXI

It's easy, really. You want a ticket. We need ushers. If you're planning to come anyway, prepared to commit to helping and mean it, and you're really quick, you can have a free ticket to either the Mo...
Posted by The Renaissance Players on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 05:40:00 PST

...And now we're on Facebook too.

Searching out more and more outlets through which to distribute The Renaissance Players message, we now also have a Group page at the increasingly-famous Facebook.If you already have a profile at Face...
Posted by The Renaissance Players on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:20:00 PST

Personnel changes for Runnymede XXXI

Due to printing schedules, those attending the 31st Runnymede Pop Festival concerts on 16th and 17th July may see a name in the concert programme not actually appearing on the stage.Counter-tenor Russ...
Posted by The Renaissance Players on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 01:48:00 PST

31st Runnymede Pop Festival DATES CHANGED

Due to circumstances etcetera, we have had to reschedule the dates for our upcoming 31st Runnymede Pop Festival shows at Sydney University. Please delete 19th and 20th June from your diaries. The new ...
Posted by The Renaissance Players on Tue, 01 May 2007 06:16:00 PST