Interview with Trevor Eliot Bowes
An interview with Trevor Eliot Bowes, who will be singing the role of Polifemo in the upcoming dinner and opera presentation of Aci, Galatea e Polifemo as part of the […]
Entries by Joanne Whitehead
Interview with Matthias Maute, Ensemble Caprice
Three years ago, EMSI and Ensemble Caprice agreed to a series of three concerts. The first was to feature the music of Bach, the second of Vivaldi and the third […]
Corno da tirarsi
Portrait, oil on canvas of Gottfried Reiche (1667–1734) by Elias Gottlob Haussmann (1695–1774), 1727 Bach specified an instrument he called the “tromba o corno da tirarsi” for the elaborate brass […]
Cats & Lutes
Shoutout to artist Nathan Nun, for his beautiful cats & lutes artwork! Read an interview here.
Fanned frets, circa 1590
A ‘new’ innovation for electric guitars, the fanned fret concept actually dates back to the 1590s! Read more about the wire-strung bandora and orpharion from the Lute Society of America […]