East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
The following article appeared in the The Æthelmearc Gazette yesterday and is reposted with their permission. Our thanks to them for sharing this wonderful article. Greetings, choral singers! Lady Tangwystl verch Gruffydd of the Barony of Northwoods in the Middle Kingdom has graciously volunteered to serve as Director of a Known World Choir at the upcoming …
King Edward commissioned his bard, Lord Martyn de Halliwell to pen a song that spoke of the virtues of his Queen, Thyra, great patroness of the noble flamingo and mighty hedgehog. Thus did Martyn pen these words, and set them to the 14th Century tune known as “Douce Dame Jolie” by Guillaume de Machaut (1300-1377). …
This is a series of Q&A articles the Gazette is conducting with members of the Pennsic staff. Lady Erlan Nordenskald is a Director Emeritus of the Known World Choir, and this year she is in charge of the choirs that are organized to perform as part of Pennsic. The Pennsic Choir was originally started over …
The Barony of Bhakail and the Shire of Hartshorn-dale are pleased to announce El Cid – The Event taking place November 9th, 2013 in Center Square, PA. Enjoy a day full of performance as bards from many lands present the glorious tale of El Cid. Musicians will perform, and tempting food will be provided all day. The …
The CD of the Known World Choir and Friends at Pennsic 41 (2012) is now available! For the fourth year, Master Li Kung Lo has recorded the Choir’s dress rehearsal and produced a CD of their full programme. The CD is offered at cost ($4) to members of the Choir and all other interested parties. …
Musicians’ Day in Ostgardr was cancelled earlier this year due to the site losing electricity and running water when a winter storm hit the week after Hurricane Sandy. The site and almost all the teachers originally scheduled for the event are available on January 26, so the event will be happening on that day! …
Information provided by Lucien de Pontivy This weekend’s coronation ceremony will be interwoven with beautiful, moving music led and performed by luminaries from across the East Kingdom. The musicians and singers, coordinated by Mistress Aife ingen Chonchobair in Derthaige, will perform SCA-period extant works from England and Denmark, including: Pange Melos Lacrimosum Gaudete Heres Optatus …
We’re delighted to announce that the redesigned, revitalized East Kingdom College of Performers (formerly known as the EK Bardic College) will be officially launched at the Coronation of Edward and Thyra next week in Concordia of the Snows. The East Kingdom College of Performers is a guild of entertainers of all kinds: musicmakers, poets, storytellers, …