Other Ensembles
The Little Dickens Band (Old-Fashioned Christmas Carols)
The Little Dickens Band (Music From Davy Jones' Locker)
Old Oaks Renaissance Consort (Renaissance and Medieval Music)
Canzonet's 10th Anniversary 2023
Eggstrordinary Spring Music, April 2023
(Canzonet's 10th Anniversary Concert)It was a great run!
Canzonet suspended peforming in 2023 when 1/3 (Catharine) of the little short ladies of three voyces moved out of the area. See our story below. You can watch to see if we reconfigure the group in the future, but it is a TALL order to replace our perfect, SHORT ensemble member. Thanks, Catharine!
Canzonet. OR Little Short Ladies of Three Voyces
(Renaissance and Medieval Vocal Music)
Catharine on viola da gamba, Jenni and Anne on recorders, December 2016
Jennifer Burke, Anne Burns and Catharine Langmuir formed Canzonet in 2013. They shared their music at the Michigan Renaissance Festival, Whole Foods Markets and Barnes and Noble Bookstore as well as at senior residences in the area.
Canzonet was a Medieval and Renaissance trio of women's voices. In addition to singing, the members of Canzonet played Renaissance instruments including recorders, viola da gamba, flute, guitar, harp and percussion. Canzonet took its name from a 1593 publication by Thomas Morley: Canzonets, or Little Short Songs to Three Voyces.
Canzonet presented concerts of music circa 1450-1610 from England in the time of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, as well as music of the same period from Scotland, Germany, France, Italy, Poland and Spain. Winter holiday programming included Renaissance music sung in Latin, German and English.
Audio excerpts from programs:
Oh fly not, love
Though Philomela lost her love (from Thomas Morley's Canzonets, or Little Short Songs to Three Voyces)
Whereto should I express?/Alack, alas what shall I do?
Follow me
Je suis d'Allemagne
Nowell sing we both all and some
Lo how a rose e'er blooming
Gaudete
Green grow'th the hollyVideo excerpts from programs:
The Silver Swan
A Round of Three Country Dances in One
Aye me, alas, hey ho (Outdoor festival)
(above image adapted from the image below)
Canzonet at Michigan Renaissance Festival on High Seas weekend, September 2016
