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Minstrels Gallery

Minstrels Gallery are a group of musicians and players specialising in music and entertainment from the Medieval and Elizabethan periods. They play on a wide range of fascinating instruments including Lute, Crumhorn, Flute, Racket, Shawm, Psaltery etc.

go to main pic Minstrels Gallery perform anything from gentle background music to lively dance tunes, lyrical ballads to melifluous madrigals, creating a tapestry of sound that adds just the right atmosphere to any occasion. They can also entertain with a combination of comic verse, juggling competitions, tests of strength and all manner of courtly fun.


Over the years Minstrels Gallery have performed at very wide variety of venues, with events ranging from a supper for 10 to a banquet for 300. Every event is different and the idea behind Minstrels Gallery is to provide a very flexible entertainment package. For the larger event, extra musicians, jugglers, jesters, fire-eaters and dancers can be added. Above all they will provide an evening tailored to your exact needs from the formal to the informal, and will help with all aspects of your event from decor to menus, serving wenches to costume.

Minstrels Gallery have performed for a wide range of clients at an equally wide range of venues. The following is a list of some of these clients and venues:

Clients
The British Museum, English Heritage, The National Trust, Rolls Royce, The BBC, 3M, Unilever, Abbey Life, Baldock Festival, Best Western Hotels, The OCS Group, USAF, British Army, Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, Rochester Bridge Trust, Camelot, Guinness, Pearl Assurance, Fleet Air Arm, The Lichfield Festival etc.

Venues
Shakespeare's Globe, Herstmonceux Castle, Leeds Castle, Hurst Castle, Gorey Castle, Goodwood House, Hever Castle, Caerphilly Castle, Dover Castle, Layer Marney Towers, Oxford University, Castle Ashby, Cambridge University, Rockingham Castle, Farnham Castle, Hoar Cross Hall, Middle Temple Hall, Lympne Castle etc.
Quotes:

'Your music was splendid !'
Dr David Starkey, Elizabeth I Exhibition, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.

'Your music was just right for the occasion'
Former Labour Minister, Tony Benn, BBC Publications Party, The Reform Club, London. BBC History Magazine

'Thank you so much for your hard work, for the medieval mayhem event . . . a huge success . . . we have had so many comments about the standard of entertainment and friendliness . . . I would have no hesitation in working with you again.'
Mandy Hatton, Corporate Event, Hurst Castle, Hampshire.

'Thanks for making our wedding so special and remarkable, many people have commented to us how much they enjoyed your contribution . . . it certainly added a lot to our day.'
Chris Chapel, Wedding at Innkeepers Hall, City Of London.

'Thank you for your superb performance at my wedding - everyone really enjoyed it.'
Nancy Connor, Wedding at Silchester House, Berkshire

Minstrels Gallery Sample tracks

Click links below to download

gmp3 graphic Basse Dance MP3 (112k Stereo at 96kbps)

gmp3 graphic Sellengers' Round MP3 (120k Stereo at 96kbps)

gmp3 graphic Saltarello MP3 (140k Stereo at 96kbps)

gmp3 graphic Die Katze MP3 (144k Stereo at 96kbps)

gmp3 graphic Tommorow the Fox MP3 (104k Stereo at 96kbps)
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