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I run an amateur early music group, we play at reenactment events.
I'm working on my sight reading, but I feel like that'll always be the case. I'm pretty decent at the soprano and tenor recorder in the keys of C, G, and F so I need to work on more keys.
I'm decent at picking out a tune on my lute, but I need practice on playing the bass notes simultaneously when reading notation, and to just improve on reading French tableture in general.
I'm always excited to try new things; we've got a few vocal pieces that we're picking up soon.
Wow that sounds like a lot of fun. How many reenactment gigs are out there? Ive never been to one. Are they happening all the time or is it'll a seasonal thing?
It's a blast! It's a bit like the folk music side of classical.
As an amateur I mostly play with friends at reenactment events, probably one every month or two. There are frequently balls with period dancing for which we play the music, usually whatever the dance master/mistress chooses.
I play with a few people who get gigs everywhere from colleges to Renaissance fairs, many have day jobs and supplement with music. There's a pretty big crossover with people who play Celtic music too, so Irish bars are another place that some folks play.