Founding Members
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violin, viola da gamba, guitar, mezzo-soprano
Karen Burciaga is an early string specialist who enjoys bridging the worlds of classical and folk music. She has performed on violin and viola da gamba across New England and Texas with The King's Noyse, Arcadia Players, Folger Consort, Zenith Ensemble, Lyracle, Austin Baroque Orchestra, and other period ensembles. She recently appeared in Boston’s Midwinter Revels on vielle and rebec. Karen is a founding member of viol consort Long & Away and has taught for the Viola da Gamba Society - New England (VdGS-NE), Early Music Week at Pinewoods, and the Texas Toot. A lifelong love of Celtic music led her into the world of fiddling in college, when she discovered Scottish, Irish, English, and contra styles. She has since fiddled for the Celtic band Ulster Landing, southern Italian folk band Newpoli, and English Country Dance bands in Greater Boston. She holds a BM from Vanderbilt University and an MM from the Longy School of Music, where she studied Baroque violin with Dana Maiben, viol with Jane Hershey, and historical dance with Ken Pierce. Karen is also an arts administrator and teacher and serves on the Board of the VdGS-NE.Find out more at karenburciaga.com
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recorders, flutes, bagpipes, percussion, baritone
A versatile multi-instrumentalist, Dan Meyers is a flexible and engaging performer of both classical and folk music; his credits range from premieres of contemporary chamber music, to headlining a concert series in honor of Pete Seeger at the Newport Folk Festival, to playing Renaissance instruments on Broadway for Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre Company. In recent seasons he has performed with the The Folger Consort, The Newberry Consort, Hesperus, Dünya, The Henry Purcell Society of Boston, Early Music New York, Amherst Early Music, The 21st Century Consort, In Stile Moderno, and the Cambridge Revels, making concert and theatrical appearances in NYC, Washington DC, Chicago, Minneapolis, Memphis, Santa Fe, at the Yellow Barn Festival in Vermont, and at at the "La Luna e i Calanchi" festival in Basilicata (Italy). He enjoys playing traditional Irish music with the bands Ulster Landing and Ishna, as well as eclectic fusion from around the Mediterranean with the US/Italy-based group Zafarán; he also played winds and percussion for over a decade with the award-winning Italian folk music group Newpoli. As an educator, he taught historical wind instruments from 2016 - 2023 for the Five Colleges Early Music Program in Massachusetts. He has also taught at Tufts University, for the Pinewoods Early Music Week, and at festivals around the Northeast. danmeyersmusic.comItem description
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viola da gamba, bass
Josh Schreiber studied ‘cello at Bennington College with Maxine Newman, graduating with a BA. While there, he became acquainted with the viola da gamba. Chronic hand pain necessitated a hiatus in his playing activities, until he discovered the Feldenkrais Method®. Now a Guild-Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner, Josh has a private practice with an emphasis on functional movement for musicians. Having completed an MM in Early Music Performance at Longy, in 2009, Josh now serves on the faculty as Feldenkrais teacher. A founding member of viol consort Long & Away, Josh has also performed with Meravelha, Cappella Clausura, and Musica Nuova, and was on the faculty of World Fellowship Early Music Week. In addition to his Feldenkrais teaching and musical pursuits, Josh holds rabbinical ordination from Hebrew College and serves as the spiritual leader of Congregation Agudath Achim in Taunton, MA. https://discover-yourself.com description
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lute, cittern, bandora, tenor
Matthew Patrick Wright began his musical career playing bass guitar in an original rock band in his home state of Maryland. As he evolved, he studied classical guitar with the late, great Ray Chester at The Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. In search of new adventures, Matthew moved to Massachusetts in 2000 and began his love affair with the lute. Under the tutelage of Douglas Freundlich at The Longy School of Music, he devoted himself to the lute and founded Seven Times Salt. As the planet continues to revolve, Matthew maintains an active career in a variety of musical styles and roles including playing continuo on archlute, teaching guitar at Brimmer & May and Belmont Hill schools, introducing young students to the piano at Mary E. Burbank School in Belmont, and singing as the tenor section leader at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Beverly Farms.