The video of Alachua Consort’s concert from 4 January 2017 in the historic Thomas Center in the Duck Pont area of Gainesville, Florida, is now available on our YouTube channel.
Thomas Center Concert “Old Music for a New Year”
The Alachua Consort will give the Old Music for a New Year concert at the historic Thomas Center located at 302 Northeast 6th Avenue in Gainesville on January 4 at 7:30pm. The event is free and open to the public. Doors open at 7:00pm. Ample parking, beautiful environment, fabulous music by Frescobaldi, Assandra, Pachelbel, Heinichen, CPE Bach, Fiala, Beach, MacDowell, and Foote…
Concert As Part of Early Music Series “In Nature”
On Sunday, November 15, 2015, 4:00 pm, the Alachua Consort, John Netardus – oboe, Annemieke Pronker-Coron – violin, and Miriam Zach – organ, will present the second concert “On the Wing” in their Early Music Series 2015-2016 at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, 4315 NW 23rd Avenue, Gainesville, Florida. The ensemble will perform Renaissance and Baroque music focusing on the theme of birds. Included are compositions by Caterina Assandra, William Byrd, Louis- Claude Daquin, Jacob van Eyck, Orlando Gibbons, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Johann Hermann Schein, Johann Christoph Vogel, and John Weldon. Admission is free; donations are welcome to St. Michael’s Episcopal Church. The Alachua Consort In Nature 2015-2016 series continues at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church with“At the Height”on January 24, 2016 at 4:00pm.
River Echoes on the Rhine Concert
Concert coming up on November 16. We’ll be playing at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Gainesville Early Music through the Baroque era in the area surrounding the Rhine River, including works by Hildegard von Bingen, Ludwig Senfl, Unico Willem van Wassenaar, Jacob van Eyck, Pieter Hellendaal and Christoph Graupner. Admission is free; donations are welcome to St. Michael’s Episcopal Church.
The series will continue with River Echoes on the Elbe on January 25, 2015.
River Echoes on the Danube Concert
An update on future concerts of the Alachua Consort:
‘River Echoes’
The Alachua Consort Early/Baroque Chamber Music Series 2014-2015, hosted by St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, 4315 NW 23rd Avenue, Gainesville, FL
There will be three concerts, each beginning at 4:00pm.
2014: Sunday, September 21
Sunday, November 16
2015: Sunday, January 25
The Alachua Consort, John Netardus – oboe, Annemieke Pronker-Coron – violin, and Miriam Zach – organ, will explore Early/Baroque music, traveling on some of the major rivers of the world. The first concert on September 21 will concentrate on Early/Baroque music – River Echoes on the Danube. Admission is free; donations are welcome to St. Michael’s Episcopal Church.
Written in Britain Concert
On Sunday, March 30, 4:00 pm the Alachua Consort, John Netardus – oboe, Annemieke Pronker-Coron – violin, and Miriam Zach – organ, will present the third concert “Written in Britain” in their Early Music Series 2013-2014 at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, 4315 NW 23rd Avenue, Gainesville, Florida. The ensemble will perform music from the Renaissance and Baroque eras in England, including works by Thomas Morley, Henry Purcell, Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, Thomas Tallis and Johann Christoph Pepusch. Admission is free; donations are welcome to St. Michael’s Episcopal Church.
Going Dutch in Gainesville, Florida
On Sunday, January 26 at 4pm Miriam Zach, Annemieke Pronker-Coron, and John Netardus aka the Alachua Consort will perform a concert of renaissance and baroque music from the Netherlands at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Gainesville, Florida. The performance is free and open to the public. Join us!
Mediterranean Soundings Concert
Concert tomorrow, Sunday, November 10 at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church (southwest corner of NW 43rd Street and 23rd Avenue) in Gainesville at 4pm!
Music by Seikilos, Diego Ortiz, Pedro de Escobar, Vicenzo Galilei, Isabella Leonarda, Giovanni Gabrieli, and Tomaso Albinoni.
Two Thirds of Alachua Consort at Thomas Center
On Sunday, January 29 Miriam Zach, Annemieke Pronker-Coron (2/3rds of the Alachua Consort) and viola-da-gamba player Nina Kaharl performed for a wedding at the Thomas Center in Gainesville. We’ll be posting excerpts from the performance soon. Stay tuned (pun intended).
Alachua Consort plays as part of American Guild of Organists Meeting
The Alachua Consort will be performing pieces from Isabella Leonarda, Caterina Assandra, and Girolamo Frescobaldi as part of the Gainesville Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, which will take place on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 12:15 pm a the First United Methodist Church in Gainesville, Florida. The Alachua Consort performance will be in memoriam of Miriam Zach’s parents Herbert and Margaret Zach who were active members of First United Methodist Church.