Concerts, Festivals, Lecture Demonstrations, Music for Plays
Rinascenza! Italian Renaissance Music
Revel in the Renaissance! A Taste of Earlier Times Through Music
"X MARKS THE SPOT"
"X Marks the Spot" is a hilarious 30-45 minute skit performed by the Renaissance music duo, A Reasonable Facsimile. With audience interaction, Anne & Rob Burns portray two old salts attempting an expedition for buried treasure. Musical interludes are played on copies of Renaissance instruments. The characters set sail in search of the treasure of Captain No-Beard, "the youngest pirate ever to sail the seas." The excursion goes from bad to worse as the ship encounters heavy weather, ordnance failure, crew incompetence and mutiny. The jokes go from silly to ridiculous before the unusual treasure is finally found. "X Marks the Spot" has been seen at the Michigan Renaissance Festival and the South Haven Tall Ships Festival.
"MUSIC FROM DAVY JONES' LOCKER"
Selections inspired by the tales of pirates and swashbuckling seafarers by Anne & Rob Burns as The Little Dickens Band
Anne and Rob Burns feature songs and tunes suggested by the stories of Horatio Hornblower, Jacky “Bloody Jack” Faber, Jack Sparrow, and others set in the changing times that have launched so many imaginative books and films–the Golden Age of Piracy, the American Revolution, and the heyday of the British Royal Navy. This rollicking, rolling music of the high seas and lowlands will set your foot tapping. But don’t rock the boat!
"Music From Davy Jones' Locker" premiered at the Detroit Institute of Arts to an audience of mixed ages.
Pippin, the pirate. There are no animals in our shows, but we thought this was a cute picture. We made Pippin dress up in this silly costume. She was supposed to look like Captain Jack Sparrow!
