I got a very short notice email from Brian Nelson, the Director of Communications at Emmanuel United Methodist Church n Laurel. Here's the information about the concert:
STARY OLSA - In Concert
on Tuesday, September 27 at 7 pm at
Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 10755 Scaggsville Rd, Laurel, MD 20723
Free Admission
STARY OLSA, a medieval Belarusian music band is live and in concert at Emmanuel United Methodist Church. The name comes from a brook in the west part of Mahilioŭ Region (Belarus) and was founded in 1999 by its present leader
Zmicier Sasnoŭski and now consists of six musicians.
The band's repertoire includes Belarusian folk balladry and martial songs, Belarusian national dances, works of Belarusian Renaissance composers, compositions from Belarusian aulic music collections (e.g. Polack Notebook, Vilnia Notebook), Belarusian canticles of the 16th - early 17th centuries, as well as European popular melodies of the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
The band's music makes it possible to restore sounds of many forgotten instruments. STARY OLSA uses for its performances maximal exact (in appearance, technology and materials) copies of old aged Belarusian instruments such as Belarusian bagpipe, lyre, gusli (Baltic psaltery), svirel (reed pipe), jaw-harp, ocarina, Belarusian trumpet, birch bark trumpet, hudok (Belarusian rebec), tromba marina and drums.
In addition, Stary Olsa performs modern rock and heavy metal favorites on these period instruments, creating a unique blend of old and modern that is a treat for the ear! They are currently touring in support of their upcoming 12th album "Medieval Classic Rock".
More information on the band's website: www.staryolsa.com
A love offering will be taken.
Join us and please bring friends and neighbors.
Please share to help get the word out.
For Directions go to: www.EUMCLaurel.org
