What is Pastimes?
Pastimes is a group of musicians who perform early
music on period instruments.
We
had been playing together for a couple years before forming in 1995 the
ensemble now known as Pastimes. We began receiving requests to play
at private parties, costume dinners and outdoor fairs, business functions,
school assemblies, and occasionally in church settings. We play renaissance
music from the late 1400s to the mid 1600s, ranging from formal courtly
and liturgical music to refined or rustic domestic entertainment.
We take our name from a song attributed to Henry VIII
called 'Pastime with Good Company'. Our goal is to provide as much fun
for those who hear us as we ourselves are having, and we do aim to have
a good time! Our home base is in Southeastern Pennsylvania and Northern
Delaware.
pastimesmusic@yahoo.com.
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