The Official Website of Lutenist Ronn McFarlane

Posted Sep 04, 2011

http://www.exacteditions.com/exact/browse/345/365/9340/3/15/0/ *Ronn McFarlane's lute is ever present in this varied and pleasurable programme* Vivaldi's output is so vast that listeners have opportunities to hear only a fraction of the composer's creative gifts.  So this new disc by the Bach Sinfonia, which is based near Washington DC, provides pleasurable engagement with music beyond the famed climatic concertos and other works that have raised the composer to such a high status....

Posted Aug 03, 2011

Here's an article from the Greenbelt Patch, covering an Ayreheart performance at the New Deal Cafe on Sunday, July 31: http://greenbelt.patch.com/articles/ayreheart-treats-greenbelt-to-a-music-renaissance AYREHEART TREATS GREENBELT TO A MUSIC RENAISSANCE Redefining an ancient instrument, the lute, in surprising new ways. Grammy Award winner Ronn McFarlane, and his ensemble, Ayreheart, performed original music for the lute, fretless electric bass and percussion music at Greenbelt's New Deal Cafe on Sunday afternoon.   The lute -...

Posted Jul 13, 2011

I had a great time this past weekend playing at the Indianapolis Early Music Festival. Friday night, was a performance with the Baltimore Consort. We played a program of English Broken Consort music - the music that the BC was created to play.  Saturday morning, we had a children's show with a great turnout of youngsters and their parents. It was a beautiful thing to see...