The Florida Renaissance Festival
The Florida Renaissance Festival, Quiet Waters Park 401 S Powerline Road, Deerfield Beach, Florida
Upcoming Concerts
The Florida Renaissance Festial
The Florida Renaissance Festival, Quiet Waters Park 401 S Powerline Road, Deerfield Beach, Florida
The Florida Renaissance Festial
The Florida Renaissance Festival, Quiet Waters Park 401 S Powerline Road, Deerfield Beach, Florida
The Florida Renaissance Festial
The Florida Renaissance Festival, Quiet Waters Park 401 S Powerline Road, Deerfield Beach, Florida
The Florida Renaissance Festial
The Florida Renaissance Festival, Quiet Waters Park 401 S Powerline Road, Deerfield Beach, Florida
The Florida Renaissance Festial
The Florida Renaissance Festival, Quiet Waters Park 401 S Powerline Road, Deerfield Beach, Florida
The Florida Renaissance Festial
The Florida Renaissance Festival, Quiet Waters Park 401 S Powerline Road, Deerfield Beach, Florida
The Florida Renaissance Festial
The Florida Renaissance Festival, Quiet Waters Park 401 S Powerline Road, Deerfield Beach, Florida
The Florida Renaissance Festial
The Florida Renaissance Festival, Quiet Waters Park 401 S Powerline Road, Deerfield Beach, Florida
Post Saint Patrick's Day Concert of Traditional and Popular Celtic Music
Notes Wine Bar, 872 S Colorado Avenue, Stuart, Florida
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Jay and Abby Michaels are members of
Early Music America
Jay Michaels is a member of
& The Viola da Gamba Society
The Harper and The Minstrel
have appeared at many North American Venues including:
Maryland Renaissance Festival
Florida Renaissance Festival
Boston Early Music Festival
Sterling Renaissance Festival
Ohio Renaissance Festival
UMass Center for Renaissance Studies
Southern California Pleasure Faire
New York Renaissance Faire
Georgia Renaissance Festival
Kansas City Renaissance Festival
Hoggetowne Medieval Faire
Great Lakes Medieval Faire
Connecticut Renaissance Faire
King Richard's Faire
New Bedford Folk Festival
First Congregational Church of Yarmouth
Phoenix Faerie Festival
ICONS Irish Festival
Dundee NY Scottish Festival
Cape Cod Cultural Center
Boston Green Fest
Soule Homestead Folk Festival
Taunton River Folk Festival
South Shore Folk Music Club
Boston Spring Flower Show
and more
MEDIEVAL, RENAISSANCE & CELTIC MUSIC
PLAYED ON A VARIETY OF BOWED, PLUCKED HAMMERED & WOODWIND INSTRUMENTS
"You can best judge a musician’s acumen by the way they interpret music, whether that music is familiar to you or obscure...Jay and Abby Michaels’ deft adaptations of songs from Sting to Robert Burns are thrilling, and they reveal the pair to be artists of some skill." -Motif Magazine
"Gentle, lovely music...stunning voices" - Renaissance Magazine
"Sheer uniqueness" - Dirty Linen Magazine
The Harper and The Minstrel are Jay and Abby Michaels
Wire-strung Harp - Celtic Folk Harp
Hammered Dulcimer - Irish Wooden Flute
Viola da Gamba - Rebec
The Greek Aulos (also called the Double Flute )
Recorders - Penny Whistles
Baroque Guitar - Classical Guitar
Mountain Dulcimer - Bowed Psaltery
Bamboo Flute - Silver Flute
The Harper and The Minstrel specialize in beautiful Ayres and Ballads, but are quite adept at Jigs, Reels & Dances. Their vast repertoire includes unique arrangements of Music ranging from Medieval Spain's 13th Century Cantgas de Santa Maria to the music of Elizabethan era English Lutenist John Dowland to 17th Century Irish Harper Turlough O'Carolan to the Music of Sting, The Beatles and much more;
Medieval & Renaissance Love songs sung in many languages including Ladino, Galician, French, Italian, Catalan and Gaelic.
Traditional & Popular Music from The Celtic Lands.
Secular and Sacred Music.
Their own Enchanting Compositions.
The Music of The Harper and The Minstrel and Jay's Harp playing have enhanced several Television programs including MARVEL/NETFLIX'S Daredevil, ABC's Nashville & Secrets and Lies, NBC's Parenthood & Parks and Recreation, Fox's Lie To Me, & Rosewood, and the HBO Series Hung.
Jay's Harp Music also appears in the Independent Films How To Be A Latin Lover and Baby Baby Baby
THE MUSIC OF THE HARPER AND THE MINSTREL IS AVAILABLE ON ITUNES...
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/the-harper-and-the-minstrel/150382664