The Fredösphere

If you live near Ann Arbor, you should really hear the Rose Ensemble this weekend.  They will sing at Christ Church in Cranbrook (a suburb of Detroit) Friday night, and at St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Ann Arbor Saturday night.

Chris Wolverton is the director of the local early music ensemble Vox.  He knows the Rose Ensemble well, as they have planned a joint concert, and indeed Rose director Jordan Sramek is one of Vox's, uh, voices.  (Vox means voice.  There's a joke there.  It's funny.)  Chris told me that Rose "kicks some serious major-league Renaissance-era butt."  Well, I'm writing from memory here, so maybe those were not his exact words.  Anyway, I definitely got the idea this is a group not to be missed.

I'm going to miss it.  Aargh!  Parents are visiting Friday, and Saturday is busy with taking Der Drubermensch to his first ballet.  That's a "family performance" of the Paul Taylor dance company.  I hope they take time thoroughly to explain what is going on with the dances.  So I will understand it.

(Both Rose and Vox have sound files you can download from their websites.  Dang!  How did they get so good?  They must have used whips.)