Upcoming events
Forgotten Clefs is excited to present its 2024-2025 season! Visit the ensemble on YouTube for more of your favorite Renaissance tunes!
Surviving Inquisition: North Carolina HIP 2025 Music Festival
Exploring Spanish and Sephardic music over a 400-year span, Surviving Inquisition traces the journey of Sephardic Jews from the 13th century in Alfonso el Sabio’s Castile, through the early years of the Inquisition in late 15th century Catholic Spain, to Italy in the early 17th century, where many Jews lived following expulsion. Using European and Arabic instruments, Surviving Inquisition intertwines traditional Sephardic tunes with Catholic music from Medieval manuscripts; sets music of the likely converso Juan del Encina (1468-1530) alongside that of the Spanish Catholics Juan de Anchieta (1462-1523) and Christobal de Morales (1500-1553); and moves between secular Italian songs and sacred Hebrew psalms in music of the Jewish composer Salamone Rossi (1570-1630), living in diaspora in early 17th-century Mantua, Italy.
Cantors of Leipzig
Throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Thomaskirche in Leipzig was an important musical center of the region. It is best known as the church where, during his time as Cantor, Johann Sebastian Bach produced more than a third of his 300+ church cantatas. The Cantors of Leipzig presents works composed by those who held this covetted post, exploring the significance of the Thomaskirche cantorship in musical output.
St. Thomas Lutheran Church, 3800 East 3rd Street, Bloomington, IN
Fall Outreach
In this iteration of the Shawms and Stories educational outreach program, Forgotten Clefs presents an adaptation of Chaucer's classic Canterbury Tales, complete with musical accompaniment, a live narrator, and an actor to bring the story to life.
Brown County Public Library, 205 Locust Lane, Nashville, IN
Appropriate for all ages. Free with registration:
Events » Brown County Public Library (browncountylibrary.info)
Surviving Inquisition
7:15pm | Pre-Concert Discussion with Renaissance music scholar Giovanni Zanovello and member of Forgotten Clefs, multi-instrumentalist C. Keith Collins
Exploring Spanish and Sephardic music over a 400-year span, Surviving Inquisition traces the journey of Sephardic Jews from the 13th century in Alfonso el Sabio’s Castile, through the early years of the Inquisition in late 15th century Catholic Spain, to Italy in the early 17th century, where many Jews lived following expulsion. Using European and Arabic instruments, Surviving Inquisition intertwines traditional Sephardic tunes with Catholic music from Medieval manuscripts; sets music of the likely converso Juan del Encina (1468-1530) alongside that of the Spanish Catholics Juan de Anchieta (1462-1523) and Christobal de Morales (1500-1553); and moves between secular Italian songs and sacred Hebrew psalms in music of the Jewish composer Salamone Rossi (1570-1630), living in diaspora in early 17th-century Mantua, Italy.
FAR Center for Contemporary Arts
505 W. 4th Street
Livestreamed at www.BLEMF.org
SPONSORED BY PAUL BORG
CO-SPONSORED BY THE LOU AND SYBIL MERVIS CHAIR IN THE STUDY OF JEWISH CULTURE, INDIANA UNIVERSITY
and THE PEARL SCHWARTZ PROGRAM IN JEWISH CULTURE AND THE ARTS FUND of the ROBERT A. AND SANDRA S. BORNS JEWISH STUDIES PROGRAM, INDIANA UNIVERSITY
Ferrara’s Musical Feast
Welcome to Ferrara, where our musical feast is preceded by prayer and reflection from Corpus Domini and San Vito convents with music by nuns Leonora d’Este and Raffaela Aleotti. Shawm and sackbuts serve up the main course, celebrating 300 years of Estensi rule in the Duchy of Ferrara.
Nashville United Methodist Church, Nashville, Indiana | Free Event | $25 recommended donation
Ferrara’s Musical Feast
Welcome to Ferrara, where our musical feast is preceded by prayer and reflection from Corpus Domini and San Vito convents with music by nuns Leonora d’Este and Raffaela Aleotti. Shawm and sackbuts serve up the main course, celebrating 300 years of Estensi rule in the Duchy of Ferrara.
Trinity Episcopal Church, Bloomington, Indiana | Free Event | $25 recommended donation
Pipers of the Prophecy
Come enjoy Renaissance motets, chorales, and anthems based on texts from Isaiah, Luke, Matthew, and others as we look towards the Advent season. Composers such as Hassler, Morales, Aleotti, and Weelkes will help Forgotten Clefs tell the age-old story. You will be transported to an animal-crowded manger setting by crumhorns, shawms, and recorders in a suite of piva dances!
The Very Last Castle
Join Forgotten Clefs for a live performance of The Very Last Castle by Travis Jonker, told through music and dance. Highlighting the story’s themes of friendship, courage, and diversity, the Forgotten Clefs use Renaissance instruments like the sackbut, dulcian and crumhorns to bring the tale to life.
All ages are welcome | Free
Pipers of the Prophecy
Come enjoy Renaissance motets, chorales, and anthems based on texts from Isaiah, Luke, Matthew, and others as we look towards the Advent season. Composers such as Hassler, Morales, Aleotti, and Weelkes will help Forgotten Clefs tell the age-old story. You will be transported to an animal-crowded manger setting by crumhorns, shawms, and recorders in a suite of piva dances!
Free Event | Recommended donation: $25
The Very Last Castle
Join Forgotten Clefs for a live performance of The Very Last Castle by Travis Jonker, told through music and dance. Highlighting the story’s themes of friendship, courage, and diversity, the Forgotten Clefs use Renaissance instruments like the sackbut, dulcian and crumhorns to bring the tale to life.
All ages are welcome · Registration is requested, walk-ups welcome as space allows.
Sing Joyfully! A Celebration of William Byrd
Join us as we team up with the Schola Cantorum of Calvary Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh, PA for a celebration of the music of William Byrd!
Together we will perform motets and instrumental works by Byrd, in observance of the 400th anniversary of his death.
Free event.
More information here: http://bit.ly/3F88mzP
Salve Regina: The Music of Renaissance Spain | Richmond, VA
See and hear an early, sacred Spanish program, formed around the Victoria Missa Salve performed by Richmond's own Cathedral Schola Cantorum with Forgotten Clefs - performing on period instruments.
Crumhorns & Clever Consorts! Family Concert: Kirkby Horton Hall at Duke University Gardens| Durham, NC
Please join Forgotten Clefs at a free concert at the Duke Gardens featuring family friendly Renaissance music and instrument demonstrations!
Flourish Hoboys! Wind Music from Renaissance England | Durham, NC
Forgotten Clefs presents the soundscape of Renaissance England by exploring musical gems from the Tudor court and common street festivities. Sharing optimistic pipe & tabor tunes to rich, polyphonic sacred works, Forgotten Clefs hopes you will join them for a lively evening of historically informed performance!
A Spanish Epiphany Celebration with Musikanten Montana
Forgotten Clefs joins Musikanten Montana for performances of Francisco Vall’s “Missa Scala Aretina.”
Flourish Hoboys! Wind Music from Renaissance England | Zionsville, IN
Forgotten Clefs presents the soundscape of Renaissance England by exploring musical gems from the Tudor court and common street festivities. Sharing optimistic pipe & tabor tunes to rich, polyphonic sacred works, Forgotten Clefs hopes you will join them for a lively evening of historically informed performance!
Flourish Hoboys! Wind Music from Renaissance England | Bloomington, IN
Forgotten Clefs presents the soundscape of Renaissance England by exploring musical gems from the Tudor court and common street festivities. Sharing optimistic pipe & tabor tunes to rich, polyphonic sacred works, Forgotten Clefs hopes you will join them for a lively evening of historically informed performance!
The Very Last Castle
Join Forgotten Clefs for a live performance of The Very Last Castle by Travis Jonker, told through music and dance. Highlighting the story’s themes of friendship, courage, and diversity, the Forgotten Clefs use Renaissance instruments like the sackbut, dulcian and crumhorns to bring the tale to life.
Artist Residency | Avaloch Farm Institute
Forgotten Clefs will spend a week at the Avaloch Farm Institute preparing for the 2022-2023 season.
Virtual | Bloomington Early Music Festival | Leonora d'Este’s Ferrara
Please join us virtually for our new program Eleanora d’Este’s Ferrara, presented at the 2022 Bloomington Early Music Festival. Music by Aleotti, d’Este, Martini, Luzzaschi, Tromboncino, de Rore, and more!
The Very Last Castle - Monroe County Public Library
Join Forgotten Clefs for a live performance of The Very Last Castle by Travis Jonker, told through music and dance. Highlighting the story’s themes of friendship, courage, and diversity, the Forgotten Clefs use Renaissance instruments like the sackbut, dulcian and crumhorns to bring the tale to life.
The Very Last Castle - Brown County Public Library
Join Forgotten Clefs for a live performance of The Very Last Castle by Travis Jonker, told through music and dance. Highlighting the story’s themes of friendship, courage, and diversity, the Forgotten Clefs use Renaissance instruments like the sackbut, dulcian and crumhorns to bring the tale to life.
Prophecy | Nativity
The rollicking string Pifa in Handel's Messiah always kicks off the Christmas season for many of us. You'll hear instruments from the Renaissance including cornetto, sackbut, recorders, and shawms.
Advent Lessons and Carols
Advent Lessons and Carols , Directed by Ryan Tibbetts , prelude 4pm, service 4:30pm , free at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church (Goochland, VA)
Reformation Reboot
German vernacular music from the 16th-c: Ludwig Senfl, Heinrich Isaac, Thomas Stoltzer, and others. Bagpipes, crumhorns, sackbuts, and more!
Reformation Reboot
German vernacular music from the 16th-c: Ludwig Senfl, Heinrich Isaac, Thomas Stoltzer, and others. Bagpipes, crumhorns, sackbuts, and more!
BLEMF 2021: Lilly Library Guatemalan Manuscripts
The second concert of BLEMF's Lilly Library Guatemalan Manuscript Project will be presented by Forgotten Clefs Renaissance Wind Band. Join us for an evening of wind band music recorded at the Monroe County History Center.
Friday, May 13 | 8pm YouTube Premiere
BLEMF 2020
Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic BLEMF presented a virtual offering in lieu of its typical in-person events. Forgotten Clefs was featured with videos from past programming.
Waytes of England: Masses, Motets, and Music of the Watch
Forgotten Clefs presents sacred polyphony of the English Renaissance with music by William Byrd, John Dunstable, Robert Parsons, Thomas Tallis and more!
Presented with the 2020 North Carolina H.I.P. Music Festival.
Shawms and Stories 2020
Shawms and Stories brings a 30 minute musical storytelling program for families to libraries, museums, and community centers. In the third season, Forgotten Clefs performers tell a story about travel, music, and teamwork with original music by Patrick Dittamo. We’ll sing songs and read the story, introducing unusual instruments (like sackbut, pipe and tabor, and lute).
Spencer Elementary School - Spencer, Indiana
Ellettsville YMCA - Ellettsville, Indiana
Brown County Head Start - Nashville, Indiana
McCormick’s Creek Elementary School - Spencer, Indiana
Celebration of St Nicholas
Cozy up on a chilly December day with a concert and luncheon with Forgotten Clefs. We'll journey to Renaissance England and explore two centuries of music for wind band and singers.