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MEDIA RELEASE
For
press information or photos, contact:
Michael
Rennie, 858.668.4799
What: Renaissance musicians, Courtly
Noyse, to entertain prior to Will and I
Where: Poway Center for the
Performing Arts, 15498 Espola Rd, Poway, CA
When:
Prior
to Michael York’s performance in Will and I
Saturday,
January 28, 2006 at 7:20 pm
Who: Will &
I ticket holders
“If music be the food of love, play on!”” – Twelfth
Night
Renaissance music launches Shakespearean celebration
Poway, CA – (January 16, 2006) When esteemed actor and author Michael York takes the stage in Poway on January28th to celebrate
the life and works of William Shakespeare, his audience will already have been
transported back in time via the music of Courtly
Noyse. The San Diego-based group
will perform in the lobby of the Poway Center for the Performing Arts beginning
at 7:20 pm on the night of the show.
This will be an exclusive performance only for ticket holders for York’s
performance in Will and I.
Courtly Noyse perform on traditional Renaissance instruments including recorders, viola da gamba, vielle, krummhorns, cornamuse, cornetti, bowed psaltery, mandolin, gemshorns, rackett, and various percussion instruments - but they warn that the list is constantly growing. Periodically, the group will cast their instruments aside and burst into six-part vocal harmony.
Courtly Noyse will start the evening in the lobby of the Poway Center for the Performing Arts and then lead a procession into the theater in time for Michael York’s 8 pm performance of Will and I. Will and I is the fifth production in the Poway Center for the Performing Arts Foundation’s highly popular Professional Performance Season.
For more information on the Professional Performance Season, visit http://www.powayarts.org
For more information on Courtly Noyse, visit http://www.courtlynoyse.com
Courtly Noyse –
the Players
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John
Cassaboom plays
recorder, krummhorn and mandolin, and sings bass. He sings with Janet
Hammer's Full Measure Carolers, an a cappella ensemble which performs holiday
music in San Diego and Orange Counties. He was a member of Jazzapella, an a
cappella jazz octet, studied harpsichord under Ken Fox of San Diego and early
music performance with Dr. Robert Forman at San Diego State University. He is
currently restoring a tabletop harpsichord of 31 notes from an unknown
craftsman, and enjoys exploring the subtle charms of a Melodica quartet when
he can coax enough people to join him. John's degrees are in Electronic
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Laury
Flora plays
recorder, krummhorn, rackett, psaltery and cornetto, and sings. Laury started
piano lessons at age 5 and moved through the children's choir at church,
French horn and violin in grade school and various brass instruments and
madrigal singers in high school. In college he was recognized as the top
student in the music department, although his major was electronics
engineering. He also sings with Janet Hammer's Full Measure Carolers (a
Dickens caroling group) and Pacific Camerata (a vocal ensemble specializing
in music of the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods). Laury built the
krummhorns, psalteries and racket we use. |
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Penny
Hawkins plays
recorder, sings, and occasionally hits things with sticks. She began playing
the recorder in Miss Jones' class at the age of seven, and reverted to it as
an adult after abandoning the classical flute. Her Master of Music degree is
in vocal performance, and she has appeared as a recitalist and soloist in a
wide variety of venues. Her long-standing involvement with early music
includes studies with Mary Nichols at the Early Music Centre in London. A
former faculty member in the music departments of City College and Point Loma
Nazarene University, she now teaches voice at home. |
Courtly
Noyse – the Players (cont.)
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Vickie
Jenkins plays
recorder, cornamuse and percussion, and sings soprano. As a young musician
she studied voice and piano at the Aspen Summer Music Festival. She has
performed at Scripps College, Claremont Children's Theater and Covenant Ark
Theater. Vickie has a music degree from Scripps College, and teaches music.
She also performs with Janet Hammer's Full Measure Carolers, Pacific
Camerata, Madonna non Papa and Melismata. |
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Jay
Sacks plays
recorder, cornetto and krummhorn, and sings tenor and alto. He has played
with the Los Angeles Junior Philharmonic Orchestra, the UCLA Symphonic Band,
the UCSD Wind Ensemble, Merrye Windes and the Westwynd Consort. He has sung
with the La Jolla Symphony Chorus, the San Diego Master Chorale, Musique
Classique, Schola Pacifica, Janet Hammer's Full Measure Carolers,
Kaleidoscope Carolers and Goode Companye. |
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Sandra
Stram plays viola
da gamba, vielle, recorder and krummhorn, and sings soprano. Sandra began
playing early music in 1983 as a member of the Collegium Musicum at SDSU,
playing violin and recorder. She later began viol studies with Peter Farrell
and John Dornenburg. She completed a Master of Music Degree in Viol
Performance at SDSU in 1996. Miss Stram teaches string classes for the San
Diego City Schools, Arrowbear music camp and Civic Youth Orchestra. She
performs on violin and viol throughout the San Diego area, and fiddle with
Zydeco Patrol. She was a founding member of the group Columbine and also
plays with the Urban Baroque Ensemble. |
2005/2006
Professional Performance Series“At-A-Glance”
Jan 28, 2006 at 8pm: Michael
York in Will and I
Tickets: $37/$35; 18 and under $5
Feb 11, 2006 at 8pm: Leahy
Tickets: $37/$35; 18 and under $5
Feb 25, 2006 at 8pm: Dave
Mason Band
Tickets: $42/$40; 18 and under: $5
March 25, 2006 at 3pm: The Missoula Children’s Theatre presents Robin Hood
March 25, 2006 at 7pm: The Missoula Children’s Theatre
presents Robin Hood
Featuring
more than 50 local children
Tickets:
$15 (adult); 18 and under: $5
April 29, 2006 at 8pm: Judith
Ivey in Women on Fire
Tickets: $37/$35; 18 and under $5
JUST ADDED:
May 6, 2006 at 8pm: San
Diego Symphony, “Just Dance Tickets: $37/$35; 18 and under $5
For
Tickets: 858.748.0505 Press Contact: Michael Rennie,
858.668.4799
The
Poway Center for the Performing Arts Foundation l 15498 Espola Rd., Poway,
CA 92064 l www.powayarts.org