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PREVIEW: Renaissance Music from Scotland & England (Feb 2025)
PREVIEW: Renaissance Music from Scotland & England (Feb 2025)
Markdavin Obenza
Jan 315 min read
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Byrd Ensemble - III. Digital media, money, and our first break (2008-2010)
In 2008, Facebook and YouTube were new. Only the young and trendy spent time on these platforms, documenting too much of their private lives
Markdavin Obenza
Jan 29, 20245 min read
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Byrd Ensemble - II. Summer of Love (2004-2007)
Flying high from our inaugural concert in 2004, we were determined to keep going.
Markdavin Obenza
Nov 18, 20237 min read
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Byrd Ensemble - I. Byrdlings (2000-2004)
I was a star Soprano in the Northwest Boychoir—at least it seemed that way.
Markdavin Obenza
Oct 19, 20235 min read
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Notes on Prince of Music: Palestrina
Notes by Kirin Nielsen, DMA
Markdavin Obenza
Apr 14, 20234 min read
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Music for Holy Week, recorded by the Byrd Ensemble
A selection of Byrd Ensemble recordings and videos for Holy Week.
Markdavin Obenza
Apr 6, 20233 min read
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Recording Recap - Penitence and Lamentation
THE HARDEST THING ABOUT RECORDING from a Producer’s perspective, is knowing (very quickly) the things you can fix and the things you...
Markdavin Obenza
Sep 15, 20222 min read
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UNMASKED: Recording choral performances in COVID
We used camera cloning techniques to record everyone singing their part individually which would be combined together in post production.
Markdavin Obenza
Mar 17, 20213 min read
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St. Mark's needed an acoustic shell, so we built one.
Originally posted 9/30/2014 The need was apparent after Byrd Ensemble's performance of Handel's Dixit Dominus with the Seattle Baroque...
Markdavin Obenza
Sep 1, 20183 min read
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