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Since 2014, the singers and players of RareSong have been immersing their audiences in the European background of the early days of Florida’s First Coast by means of their renditions of sophisticated madrigals, motets, fantasias, sea chanteys, dances, and more. Costuming, narration, and drama enhance the instrumental and vocal performances of these professionally trained musicians from the Jacksonville area, who play modern replicas of instruments such as the Cuban musician Pedro Menéndez would have brought with him to St. Augustine when he participated in Sir Francis Drake’s raid on St. Augustine in the late 16th century.
Marcy Brenner playing viol
Pete and Pat DeWitt playing at St. Paul's by-the-Sea, February, 2016
Barrie & Lucinda Mosher playing at the February 2016 concert at St. Paul's by-the-Sea
RareSong instrumentalists at St. Paul's by-the-Sea, May 2017
RareSong with Pete DeWitt's harpsichord
Pete DeWitt accompanying Marcy Brenner at September 2016 soirée in St. Augustine.
RareSong trio: Peter DeWitt, Marcy Brenner, and Patricia DeWitt
The September 2016 soirée in St. Augustine