Eric’s latest publication of consort music suitable from crumhorns is now available to buy from the PIVA shop! Book 2 contains 22 pieces for 3, 4, 5 or 6 piece consort and, as well as crumhorns the pieces are suitable for other melody instruments such as shawms, recorders, viols, etc. Beautifully presented and illustrated, it […]
If you’re finding you have a little extra time on your hands, why not consider having some online tuition from PIVA Collective members Mary Mohan, Jude Rees or Kate Moran. Read our latest newsletter for further details.
The latest PIVA newsletter has now been sent out to all of our mailing list subscribers and can be read here https://mailchi.mp/94cefb8fdb01/piva-news-spring-2020
We’re really sorry to report that the scheduled concerts from PIVA due to take place in April and May have had to be cancelled. This is, of course, due to the restrictions in place due to coronoavirus. We are hoping that events in June will continue but, at this stage, we’re not hopeful. Please keep […]
Leek Arts Festival, Alsager Music and Arts, Little Moreton Hall….Norway and Germany! Find out more about PIVA’s spring and summer events by looking at our calendar page which has just been updated.
Many thanks to the fantastic Jessica Williams who took some great photos of us when we were at Halsway recently for the Real Roots! course. We may be smiling – but our grins were fixed….this was February and it had just snowed. Brrr! We love the results!
Places on this year’s Real Roots! are filling fast so, if you are interested, then please do contact Halsway Manor as soon as possible to make a reservation. As usual, there will be lots of opportunities to play in consort – viol, recorders, violin, sackbut, cornett, curtal, bagpipes, crumhorns – all are welcomed! Further details […]
The box office for Swalcliffe Concerts has now opened so follow this link through to reserve your seat for 7th March! https://www.swalcliffe.org/swalcliffe/Swalcliffe_Concerts.html
PIVA Poster Pin Ups! We are really pleased that we will be visiting our old friends in Inchenhofen, Bavaria in 2020. This will be our third visit and we know, already, that it is going to be a highlight of our year! We were also delighted for find out that Tony and Jude are featuring […]
We’re really pleased to announce that Archaedium’s new CD, Music of the Plantagenets, has finally been released. PIVA Collective member, Mary Mohan, directs the medieval music group, Archaedium. So, if you like 15th century music (as well as PIVA’s 16th century variety!), then please give this fantastic recording a listen. Available from Bandcamp https://archaedium.bandcamp.com/