My new early music trio Pavana will do a soft launch at Buffalo Porchfest! We present a range of Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque songs, accompanied by 100% period instruments, some of which were made by Daniel Yost Luthier. Plus, I heard we got us a chick Baritone… Check out this Buffalo Rising article about our hard debut.
Suzanne Fatta; Contralto/ Baritone
Roland Hayes; theorbo, Baroque guitar, lute, vihuela
Daniel Yost; Baroque guitar, lute, instrument construction, vihuela
We are listed on the Early Music America website, and are proud to be the only early music consort in Western New York. Pavana Founder Suzanne also directs The Women of Vivaldi, the only early music choir in the area. Suzanne performs as a Contralto, Baritone and Bass… you might catch her playing Anglo-Saxon Lyre in our gigs too.
“Pavana” has a number of meanings to early musicians; it’s well known as a dance suite form that probably originated in Padova, Italia. It may also come from the Spanish work for peacock. We dig both!
