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  TYTYRUS' FLOCK

MEDIEVAL MUSIC AND MINSTREL ENSEMBLE

SHOW PROPOSAL

WANDERING SHOWS

A JOYFUL AND SPECTACULAR LINE-UP OF BAGPIPES, BOMARDON, HURDY-GURDY PARADING ALONG THE COUNTRY STREETS, PAUSING FREQUENTLY TO PLAYFULLY INVOLVE AUDIENCES WITH THE MINSTRELS' DANCE OR COMICAL SITUATIONS. THE PROPSED MUSIC RANGES FROM MIDDLE AGE PERIOD TO RENAISSANCE PERIOD AND CONCERNS ADDITIONAL SUBJECTS, TOO. SPECIALLY DESIGNED COSTUMES OF THE TIME PERIODS ARE USED, AS WELL. THE DURATION OF THE SHOW IS OPTIONAL.

THE PLAYERS, DRESSED IN SPECIALLY DESIGNED COSTUMES TO DEPICT THE TIME PERIOD ALTERNATE THE STRONG AND LIVELY SOUNDS OF BAGPIPES, BOMBARDON AND TAMBORINES WITH THE MORE SOOTHING AND DELICATE SOUNDS OF THE LOUT AND VIELLA TO ACCOMPANY THE CHEERFUL MEDIEVAL SONGS.
INSTRUMENTS INCLUDE: LUTE, VIELLA, FLUTE, SAZ, HURDY-GURDY, BAGPIPES, BOMBARDON AND PERCUSSIONS.
THE DURATION OF THE SHOW IS OPTIONAL.

CONCERTS

CHURCH MUSIC CONCERTS CAN BE PERFORMED IN CHURCH OR WITH SECULAR MUSIC TO PERFORM IN DIFFERENT PLACES. SOUND AMPLIFICATION AND LIGHTING ARE NOT INCLUDED BUT CAN BE INCLUDED AT THE CUSTOMER'S EXPENSE.

MUSICAL CONCERTS SPECIFICALLY DEPICTING THE XIII AND XIV CENTURY
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IN THE 13TH CENTURY, THE MINSTRELS WERE WANDERING MUSICIANS TRAVELLING FROM TOWN TO TOWN MAKING PEOPLE THEY MET ALONG THE WAY DANCE WITH THEM AND WHEN GOOD FORTUNE CAME THEIR WAY, THEY WERE ALLOWED TO ENTERTAIN PEOPLE OF NOBILITY IN THEIR CASTLES. IN THIS CONCERT, PEOPLE ARE REQUESTED TO FOLLOW THE MINSTRELS IN THE JOURNEY THOUGHOUT MEDIEVAL EUROPE.
INSTRUMENTS INCLUDE: MEDIEVAL HARP, SYMPHONIA, VIELLA, LYRE, PSELTERY, MEDIEVAL LUTE, BOMBARDON AND PERCUSSIONS.
SHOW TIME: APPROXIMATELY 75 MINUTES
A CD OF THIS CONCERT IS AVAILABLE.