Zephyrus

An English Renaissance Christmas:
Music by
William Byrd (1543-1623)
& Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585)

Two performances:
Friday, December 8, 7:30 pm
St. Paul’s Memorial Church
1701 University Avenue, Charlottesville

Saturday, December 9, 4:00 pm
Trinity Episcopal Church
1118 Preston Avenue, Charlottesville

Thank you to Charlottesville Inside Out for helping us promote this concert!

Zephyrus – Central Virginia's Early Music Vocal Ensemble Upcoming Performances An English Renaissance Christmas:Music by Tallis & Byrd Friday, December 8, 20237:30 pmSt. Paul’s Memorial Church1701 University Avenue, CharlottesvilleSaturday, December 9, 20234:00 pmTrinity Episcopal Church1118 Preston Avenue, Charlottesville To mark the 400th anniversary ...

Zephyrus Presents
An English Renaissance Christmas: Music by Tallis & Byrd

Friday, December 8, 2023
7:30 pm
St. Paul’s Memorial Church
1701 University Avenue
Charlottesville, Virginia

Saturday, December 9, 2023
4:00 pm
Trinity Episcopal Church
1118 Preston Avenue
Charlottesville, Virginia

Tickets are good for either performance, and can be purchased here or at the door.

An English Renaissance Christmas: Music by Tallis and Byrd Get Tickets for An English Renaissance Christmas: Music by Tallis and Byrd.

We can't promise that Keith will be there, but I'm pretty sure William Byrd and Thomas Tallis are planning to show up.
You should too! More info at https://zephyrus-va.org/

An English Renaissance Christmas: Music by Tallis & Byrd
Two performances by Zephyrus:

Friday, December 8, 2023
7:30 pm
St. Paul’s Memorial Church
1701 University Avenue
Charlottesville, Virginia

Saturday, December 9, 2023
4:00 pm
Trinity Episcopal Church
1118 Preston Avenue
Charlottesville, Virginia

Save the date(s):
Friday, December 8, 7:30 pm
St. Paul’s Memorial Church
1701 University Avenue, Charlottesville, VA
and/or
Saturday, December 9, 4:00 pm
Trinity Episcopal Church
1118 Preston Avenue, Charlottesville, VA

Here is ticket and venue information for the Zephyrus Christmas concerts, featuring English Renaissance composers, William Byrd and Thomas Tallis:

An English Renaissance Christmas: Music by Tallis and Byrd Get Tickets for An English Renaissance Christmas: Music by Tallis and Byrd.

To mark the 400th anniversary of William Byrd’s death, Zephyrus presents a Christmas program with music by Byrd and his teacher, colleague, and friend, Thomas Tallis. Tallis’s monumental 7-part mass on the chant Puer natus est nobis was written for the grandest of occasions, a Christmas day service at the English court of Queen Mary with Philip II of Spain and his own choir present as well. Byrd’s settings of the other texts for Christmas mass, by contrast, were written for private services well away from court, in the most intimate country house chapels. Together they showcase the best seasonal music from the golden age of English Renaissance music.

Mark your calendar for one (or both!) of these performances. Christmas music by Thomas Tallis (1505-1585) and William Byrd (1543-1623). You can't go wrong!

Judith Shatin The Gift to Sing Zephyrus, the outstanding Charlottesville-based vocal ensemble, commissioned my setting o fThe Gift to Sing, by poet/novelist and important Civil Rights acti...

Please join us for From Darkness to Light: Music by Women Composers on Saturday, April 29th at 7:30 PM at St. Paul's Memorial Church and Sunday, April 30th at 4:30 PM at the Charlottesville Waldorf School Pavilion. The latter concert is pay-what-you-will. This is going to be a great concert! It even includes a commissioned piece by local composer, Judith Shatin. Mark your calendars, and don't miss it!

We will be singing a Choral Evensong for the 7:30 p.m. service at St. Paul's Memorial Church this Sunday, February 19, with music by William Byrd, Thomas Weelkes and Cecilia McDowall. Evensong is a form of Evening Prayer that draws from the medieval Latin offices of Vespers and Compline. This service is unique to churches of the Anglican Communion and has remained unchanged for centuries. Most of the service is sung by the choir to special choral settings of the liturgy. Please join us!

Tune in to WTJU at noon today to hear Megan talk about Zephyrus and our up coming concerts.
91.1 FM or stream from wtju.net

This week’s guest on Offstage, On-Air, Sunday, Nov 27, 12-1pm, is Megan Sharp, music director for Zephyrus, a non-profit vocal ensemble based in Charlottesville. Megan joins WTJU host Sandy Snyder to talk about the history of the ensemble and preview their upcoming performances, including Christmas season concerts on December 9 and 10.

Offstage, On-Air is a new weekly show highlighting central Virginia’s vibrant classical music community. Each week you’ll hear conversations with local classical musicians, learn about upcoming concerts, and enjoy artist-curated playlists.

Join us today, and every Sunday, from noon to 1:00 p.m. here on WTJU (91.1 FM and streaming at wtju.net). And join us next Sunday, Dec 4, for a conversation with Michael Slon of UVA University Singers.

WTJU Charlottesville Classical

Megan Sharp, the director of Zephyrus will be the featured guest on WTJU's new Classical program "Offstage, On-Air", which showcases our local Classical Music performing groups.
She will be talking about Zephyrus, Charlottesville's Early Music vocal ensemble, and about this year's Christmas concert, "Carols by Candlelight", which will be presented in two performances (see photo for details).
Tune in to WTJU at 91.1 FM at noon on Sunday, November 27, or stream live or later from wtju.net

Hello all!

Due to inclement weather, tonight's concert will be **canceled.** We hope to see you tomorrow, Saturday, May 7th, at St. Paul's.

Thank you for your support!

************Friday night's concert is canceled due to inclement weather! We hope to see you Saturday!*************************

Zephyrus presents the Requiem of Manuel Cardoso in two concerts to benefit Ukrainian war refugees.

The Requiem mass in honor of the dead dates back to at least the 2nd century, and music for the service is found in 10th-century sources. One of the most sublime settings of the Requiem is that of Portuguese composer Manuel Cardoso, published in 1625. Richly scored for six voices, the work employs some of the harmonic innovations of Claudio Monteverdi within an idiom reminiscent of Palestrina. As our society reflects on the events of the last two years and mourns the loss of so many people and indeed so many things that we held dear, may this concern allow us the space to mourn these losses.

Masks are recommended at the indoor concert, and we ask only that you be fully vaccinated. Both concert venues are wheelchair accessible.

We hope to see you there!

Zephyrus Early Music Vocal Ensemble is holding auditions! Auditions are open to all voice parts, but we are particularly seeking high sopranos with a clear bright tone. Auditions will be scheduled individually and will be held in person or by recording to comply with all COVID-19 health protocols. Please email [email protected] to express your interest in auditioning.

A gift from EMA member Sarah Mead.

Thanks to everyone who came out to our concerts yesterday and today. We’re excited to be performing again for you all!

Please note the correction to the December 11 concert at the correct time of 3 pm. The concert is presented free of charge as a gift to the Charlottesville community, and with gratitude for all those who have made contributions. Thank you for supporting early music in our community.