The New England Waites
"Well-blended performances, with delicate articulations
and arching phrasings."
- Early Music America
Michael Collver,
Cornetto
John Faieta, Mack Ramsey, and
Brian Kay, Sackbuts
Two veteran early wind performers and two chamber music specialists of the next generation make up the New England Waites. The New England Waites are dedicated to exploring repertoire of the Renaissance and early Baroque, with core instrumentation of Cornetto, plus Alto, Tenor, and Bass Sackbuts, often augmented by guest performers. With a pioneering spirit, and performances that are fresh, vital, and historically informed, the group is particularly interested in building bridges and exchanges between period instrument and modern instrument players and audiences.
Previous Season
Boston Early Music
Festival Fringe Concert
New England Waites,
with Organist Peter Sykes
Thursday, June 16, 3:30 PM, First Lutheran Church of Boston, 299 Berkeley
St.
J.S. Bach & Gottfried
Reiche: Works for Organ and Brass. Brass consort music by Bachs trumpeter,
Gottfried Reiche & Bach organ works. $10/$8
Sample Tracks
Bach, Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland [BWV-659], trans. Collver
New England Waites Member Bios
Michael Collver
Upon finishing his degree at San Diego State University in 1975, Michael Collver continued his musical education in Switzerland at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with specialization in early vocal techniques and cornetto. Mr. Collver is a founding member of Project Ars Nova (P.A.N.), with which he has concertized extensively in Europe and the U.S, and has released six CD's under the New Albion and Telarc International labels. His performances have also included solo work with Ensemble Sequentia of Cologne, the Empire Brass Quintet, Tafelmusik, Boston Baroque and the Boston Camerata. Many of these concerts have been augmented by recordings with, Telarc International, Erato, Deutsche EMI, and Harmonia Mundi. In America he has performed as an oratorio soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Roger Wagner Choral and the major orchestras in San Antonio, Vancouver, Montreal, Quebec, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Mr. Collver is on the faculty at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA, and has taught cornetto and early vocal techniques at summer courses in Europe and the U.S. His collaborations with the Schola Cantorum in Basil have included special projects, recordings, books, and research publications.
John Faieta
John Faieta has performed as trombonist with the Atlantic Brass Quintet since 1985. John Faieta and the Atlantic Brass have won numerous first-prize awards, such as the Coleman Chamber Music Competition; First Summit Brass International Brass Ensemble Competition; Carmel Chamber Music Competition; and Shoreline Alliance Competition, with debut performance in Carnegie Hall. Mr Faieta has also performed with the Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra, the Boston Ballet, the Boston Pops Orchestra and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He is a member of the Vermont Symphony and is on Faculty at The Boston Conservatory and Boston University School for the Arts.
Mack Ramsey
Mack Ramsey has made his career as a specialist on the wind instruments of the Renaissance. Equally at home on sackbut, cornett, flute or recorders, he has performed with many Renaissance wind bands in the U.S., Canada, and England. He is a member of the Boston Shawm and Sackbut Ensemble. He has also appeared with Piffaro, Les Sonneurs de Montreal, The Whole Noyse, the Folger Consort, The Gabrieli Players, and the Taverner Players. He also performs on baroque and classical trombone with early instrument orchestras such as Boston Baroque, the Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, Boston's Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra and the Orchestra of the Old Fairfield Academy.
Brian Kay
Performing on both modern and period instruments, Brian Kay has performed with many of the areas top ensembles including the Handel and Haydn Society, Renaissonics, New York Collegium, National Lyric Opera, Boston Philharmonic, Rhode Island Philharmonic, Indian Hill Symphony, and Boston Academy. Originally from Urbana, Illinois, he holds degrees from New England Conservatory, and the University of Illinois. He is on the faculty of the Longy School and New England Conservatory Preparatory Division. He can be heard on recordings with the Handel and Haydn Society, King's Brass, and the Dave Rasmussen Jazz Orchestra.
Booking Information
Contact Brian Kay: brian@newaites.com
Educational Activities
coming soon
Sunday, November 30, 2003, 3:30 PM
St Martin's Church, 50 Orchard Avenue, Providence, Rhode Island
The New England Waites, Canzone per Sonare et Cantare
A Program of Italian Renaissance Music
In the Middle Ages the Canzona of Dante and Petrarch raised Italian lyric poetry and song to the highest level of beauty and refinement. Four hundred years later, the instrumental Canzona per sonare of Gabrieli and Frescobaldi achieved similar heights of aesthetic beauty and virtuosity for the Brass choirs of the Basilica di San Marco in Venice and St. Peter's in Rome. New England Waites showcases this celestial point in the Brass repertoire, retaining a mixture of old & new, vocal & instrumental, pian & forte!