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Pear Tree and Partridge

Laura Hairgrove Randall and Mary Vanhoozer are Renaissance women who love to make music, engage in rich conversation, and share the gift of beauty in the everyday through a variety of creative outlets. Their shared passion have led them to Pear Tree and Partridge:

More than simply a music duo, their musical and creative collaboration also represent a way of living.

Pear Tree and Partridge is committed to crafting live music with skill, dedication, and creativity with the aim to create excellent music for the joy, enrichment, and good of their local communities. In addition to concerts, Pear Tree and Partridge also shares blogs, poetry, recipes, and pictures on their website, creating a virtual space for artistic reflection and personal rejuvenation.

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Pear Tree and Partridge

Laura Hairgrove Randall and Mary Vanhoozer are Renaissance women who love to make music, engage in rich conversation, and share the gift of beauty in the everyday through a variety of creative outlets. Their shared passion have led them to Pear Tree and Partridge:

More than simply a music duo, their musical and creative collaboration also represent a way of living.

Pear Tree and Partridge is committed to crafting live music with skill, dedication, and creativity with the aim to create excellent music for the joy, enrichment, and good of their local communities. In addition to concerts, Pear Tree and Partridge also shares blogs, poetry, recipes, and pictures on their website, creating a virtual space for artistic reflection and personal rejuvenation.

pear tree and partridge.jpg

Pear Tree and Partridge

Laura Hairgrove Randall and Mary Vanhoozer are Renaissance women who love to make music, engage in rich conversation, and share the gift of beauty in the everyday through a variety of creative outlets. Their shared passion have led them to Pear Tree and Partridge:

More than simply a music duo, their musical and creative collaboration also represent a way of living.

Pear Tree and Partridge is committed to crafting live music with skill, dedication, and creativity with the aim to create excellent music for the joy, enrichment, and good of their local communities. In addition to concerts, Pear Tree and Partridge also shares blogs, poetry, recipes, and pictures on their website, creating a virtual space for artistic reflection and personal rejuvenation.

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Multi-instrumentalist and melodist

Angelus ad Virginem*

Mary Vanhoozer

Whims and Cockleshells: A Century of English Dance

Features dance tunes from John Playford's Dancing Master, as well as other compilations published by John Walsh, Thomas Straight and Thomas Skillern, and Joshua Cushing: arranged and performed by Mary Vanhoozer on hurdy gurdy, violin, and percussion.

Bal Folk Cornucopia

Bard and Ceilidh's first play-along album, this collection features classic Bal Folk tunes arranged for three hurdy gurdies, two violins, one cello, and YOU! Tunes are played multiple times with opportunities for a person to "solo" as the arrangements provide accompaniment.

Under the Birchwood Tree

Offers creative arrangements of tunes from John Hilton's 'Catch That Catch Can' with melodies from John Playford's 'Dancing Master' featuring Mary Vanhoozer on hurdy gurdy, violin and percussion

Visible and Invisible

Original tunes written, recorded, and performed by Mary Vanhoozer on hurdy gurdy, violin, hammered dulcimer, and percussion

Jubilate

Features original tunes and songs written, recorded, and performed by Mary Vanhoozer on violin, piano, hurdy gurdy, cello, percussion and vocals

In Dulci Jubilo

Features arrangements of Christmas carols from renaissance Europe on hurdy gurdy, violin, voice, and percussion.

From Leipzig to LA

This 3CD set includes the complete keyboard partitas of J. S. Bach as well as a newly commissioned work entitled 'Partita Picosa' by Josh Rodriguez. Commemorating the 500th year anniversary of the Reformation, this project brought the work of several artists and writers together: theologian Kevin Vanhoozer contributed a reflection on Bach's partitas and theology, artists Sylvie Vanhoozer (pencil and water color figurines) and Jesse Nelson (graphic designer) contributed to the cover art, and composer Josh Rodriguez wrote a new partita in conversation with Bach's first in B-flat.

Simon's Beard

Features arrangements of rounds and canons from John Hilton's seminal collection on hurdy gurdy, violin, vocals, and percussion

Songs of Day and Night

Features original tunes set to classic poetry, performed by Mary Vanhoozer on violin, piano, voice, and percussion

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