The Laughing Bird doesn't necessarily need to be "introduced" - they have been around in one form or another for since 2010 and we have been privileged to work with their individual members through projects with Choral Arts and The Crossing.  That said, we are terribly excited to "present" this talented vocal quartet - Leslie Johnson, soprano, Jenifer L. Smith, mezzo-soprano, Steven Bradshaw, tenor, and Colin Dill, bass - alongside members of the Piffaro consort to our Philadelphia audience…

As we go into our first rehearsal, Piffaro and Orchestra 2001 are crafting a unique experience for lovers of both early and modern winds. The opportunity to hear both back to back, as well as together at times, these related instruments in the same space and moment is extremely unusual to say the least. And that's part of the point of the collaboration - to link…

Rehearsals begin today for our German Renaissance Yuletide concerts this weekend!  Unlike ensembles symphony orchestras, or string quartets, we cannot determine exactly what our program will be until we all gather together the week before a performance.  The two dozen or more works that make up a typical Piffaro program must be fitted together like puzzle pieces -then taken apart and refitted again - in rehearsal with our full consort.  So we are very excited to see what today's first…

Announcing!

A new ensemble for the

study & performance of Renaissance music!

The Piffaro Collegium Musicum

Calling all accomplished amateur and pre-professional singers and players of recorders, viols, violins, shawms, dulcians, sackbuts, lutes, harps! Want to spice up your musical life this Fall with a venture into the…