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What’s in a name? You might expect a choir called Renaissance Voices to devote itself wholly, or at least mostly, to Renaissance music, and if you do, you were probably puzzled by the Christmas ...
As we approach the holiday season of an annus horribilis, it can be comforting to remind ourselves that centuries ago we humans created ineffably beautiful and lasting works of art to celebrate our ...
Imagine yourself, for a moment, in a Spanish cathedral or royal chapel sometime in the late 1500s. Hardly a surface is innocent of elaborate carving or frescoes. The air is thick with incense smoke.
Once upon a time, you could only hear choirs singing angelic music with no instruments in churches. It was only relatively recently that groups like The Tallis Scholars started bringing this music ...
When the Renaissance Center opened its doors to the Dickson area in 1999, patrons were greeted by one of the most state of the art facilities in the country. With programs ranging from photography and ...