The Gemsmen Renaissance Quartet

An unduly optimistic Happy New Year from The Gemsmen!

Since English Country Dance is our jam, we’re looking forward to this cool online event, featuring our friends at Seven Times Salt, on Friday, Mar19. For as Many as Will: A Tour of English Country Dance A tour of English country dances through the centuries, from the first edition of The English Dancing Master to the present day. We'll explore a splendid variety of dance tunes in their many guises, from court masques and Elizabethan taverns to Purcell's opera house and the fi...nest Regency ballrooms. In addition to our original arrangements for broken consort, you’ll hear versions of ECDs as cittern solos, bagpipe airs, divisions for violin and viol, broadside ballads, and more. Includes newly filmed material, samples from past performances, and chat with the musicians. https://fb.me/e/1taxZ4zjy

‘Tis yon neume meme! #NeumeThatTune

Who wore it better?

From We Gemsmen Four to Thee & Thine: May your seasons be splendid, your months be most merry, Your weeks be quite wonderful, too, Your days, hours, minutes, & seconds resplendent, May joys overflow your year new.... (photo from 2 years ago #OnThisDay our New Year’s Eve performance at the Oxford Renaissance Festival’s Masquerade 2018 Dec31 #OTD) See more

Happy Belated Birthday to our illustrious Bass Gemshorn player Trevor Rines! You have fine bottom, sir!

A most joyous Krampusnacht from The Gemsmen to you & yours! (And yes, those are bass gemshorns on Bass Gemsman Trevor Rines’ head. Thanks for asking. These days, all of the cool kids are dual wielding.)