Welcome to the web page of
Bard's Baroque
Bard's Baroque is composed of Mardou Case
and Art Whitfield, wind synthesizer and flute players capturing musical textures written long ago.
With a timespan from the 1200's up to the 1800's, this Renaissance and Baroque
music harkens back to the time of Shakespeare, Henry VIII, and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
The music is largely written for wooden recorders, but has been adapted for the wind synthesizer
by the performers. Some additional parts have been custom written by the performers to more
suitably fit a duo arrangment. With no vocals and minimal sound reinforcement, this music softly
fills the performance area, providing the ideal background music for many occasions.
Mardou and Art
Mardou Case has played wind synthesizer for about 13 years. She is also a flute, bass and guitar player, songwriter,
and has performed with several local bands. Her love of baroque music perhaps can be attributed to her
childhood spent in England.
Art Whitfield has played saxophone for 30 years, with
self taught flute and wind synthesizer being added for the past 11 years. With a background in Jazz and Blues bands,
he is blending that influence into his long ago performances with the Circleville
Recorder Society, where he developed his affinity for Baroque Music.
Wind Synthesizers
resemble electronic clarinets, but allow the music to be played with a greater range of
musical sounds, including trumpets, violins, cellos, english horns, and clarinets.
Originally the duets had been arranged for either acoustic flutes or flute/wind synthesizer
combination, but now both performers play wind synthesizers.
If you would like see more great products especially for Wind Synths, go to WindWorks Design Products Page
to see what's available to help your own synth playing.
If you like to repair your own synth and are looking for Yamaha parts, The Parts Page is a good page to visit. Reasonable prices and fast service.
Bard's Baroque setlist includes: Sellengers Round, Summer Is A Cumen In, Phyllis On The
New Made Hay, Dulcina, A Lover and His Lass, Lilliburlero, Walsingham, What If A Day, Ubi Caritas, Ode to Joy, and many more baroque and ancient pieces.
Composers/Arrangers include: Telemann, Dr. William Crotch, Henry VIII, Bach, Handel, William Byrd,
Thomas Campion, John Playford, Henry Purcell, John of Fornsete
Listen to samples of Bard's Baroque play on Wind Synthesizers (MP3 files):
Performance Schedule:
Bard's Baroque is scheduling performances.
To book Bard's Baroque or for booking information, send email to
Art Whitfield
Fees are most often waived for performances for non-profit organizations.
Previous Engagements:
SPCC 125th Gala following Phantom of the Opera
Ontario Beach Park Gazebo, Charlotte NY
Rochester Toy Library
Corn Hill Cookery Restaurant (monthly standing engagement 1996, 1997, and 1998)
Private Parties (1996, 1997, 1998, 2000 - 2004)
SPCC Fund-Raiser Gala at People's Pottery (1999 and 2000)
Shorewinds Home Facility
SPCC 125th Anniversary Gala Reception at the Auditorium Theatre (2001)
Junior League of Rochester Centennial Celebration at the Hyatt Grand Ballroom (2002)
Presbyterian Home
Monroe Library Branch for their Grand Re-Opening (2005)
Monroe Library Branch for their Medieval Night, and for A Saturday Afternoon Concert (2006, 2007 & 2009)
Monroe Library Branch for their Storybook Tea Party (2008)
Monroe Library Branch for their Anniversary (2010)
Gala Wedding at Genesee Country Museum (2008)
Pittsford BarnesAndNoble Library Bookfair (2011)
©
Mardou Case and Art Whitfield, 1997 - 2011.
