WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING "Renaissonics is a brilliant ensemble." The Early Music Review (London) "musicians of great talent; they play with the attitude and communication of jazz musicians." L'Independant (France) "the performances are brilliant in themselves, based on notable research into 16th century performance traditions, The playing exudes an authenticity of spirit which makes each piece a special pleasure." The Canberra Times (Australia)

"America's Number One Dance Band" features Douglas Freundlich, lute; Nancy Hurrell, harp; Laura Gulley, violin; Reinmar Seidler, 'cello; Miyuki Tsurutani, harpsichord & recorders; John Tyson, recorders, pipe & tabor.

Bemis Hall is located at 15 Bedford Road in Lincoln Center. The easiest way to get there is to take Rt. 128 to the Trapelo Road (Lincoln) exit (x28). Travel west on Trapelo Road across the reservoir and into Lincoln. Continue for about two miles until you reach the stop sign in the center of Lincoln (the town's red brick library building will be on your right). Turn right at the stop sign on to Bedford Road and continue 1/4 mile up the hill. Bemis Hall is the red brick building on the right, just past the Minuteman boulder. Limited parking is available in the church's parking lot across the street.

Rialto Arts is very fortunate to have artist, designer and environmental educator Lisa Shaw join our advisory board. Lisa exemplifies the mission of Rialto Arts using her visual artistry to build community as part of providing clean water to communities around the world. She is a partner in the Ecovillage Institute, an ecological design and engineering firm based in Findhorn, Scotland. She has worked on water restoration projects in India, China, Bolivia, Russia and the UK as part of the Ecovillage Institute team, educating for the restoration and sustainable use of water and soil. This work targets problems of water scarcity, contamination and land degradation. Lisa has also been actively involved in youth leadership and empowerment. She co-founded Lookfar Connections, an environmental education cooperative, and Grasshopper Art and Nature Camp for children in 2000, in Vermont, which she ran for five years. She was a trainer for WYSE: World Youth Service and Enterprise and their representative to the United Nations during her four years in university at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City. Lisa uses art as an educational tool, bringing people together in a creative and inspirational way. She has created educational murals and taught art to adults and children. She exhibits paintings and photographs in the US and the UK.

The mission of Rialto Arts is a combination of two passions - love for the natural world and passion for the the arts as vital to personal and community health and happiness. As a professional musician, I have been acutely aware of the economic challenges facing the arts, especially in light of the larger global issues we are now facing. The arts not only uplift us, connect us to one another, and expand our creative thinking, but can reconnect with the wisdom of the natural world. Everything is connected. While studying ecovillage design in Scotland, I heard a description of "interbeing" by well- known buddhist Thich Nhat Hanh.

He says, "If you are a poet, you will see clearly that there is a cloud floating in this sheet of paper. Without a cloud, there will be no rain; without rain, the trees cannot grow; and without trees, we cannot make paper. The cloud is essential for the paper to exist. If the cloud is not here, the sheet of paper cannot be here either. So we can say that the cloud and the paper inter-are."

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