 Bardic Classes
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A Poetic Study of Chinese
Class Length: 1 hours |
Rudaba al-Nahdiya |
Sunday 03:00 PM Location: Taliesin - Bardic Room
I will be sharing some period and original poetry to showcase Chinese culture, both in period,
and in SCA time. Several poetry forms will be discussed along with my applications of them in my
bardic works. This class also covers a little pronunciation practice.
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Adding to Your Performance with Inexpensive Instruments
Class Length: 1 hours |
Biatrichi Malatesta Canzionari di Palermo |
Sunday 01:00 PM Location: Taliesin - Bardic Room
Are you looking for a way to add more atmosphere to your bardic performance? Consider adding an
instrument to the mix. Learn to use inexpensive instruments to enhance poetry, story and song,
without hours of practice or thousands of dollars
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Anglo-Saxon Alliterative Verse and Riddles
Class Length: 1.5 hours |
Hilla Stormbringer |
Saturday 12:30 PM Location: Aneirin - Bardic Room
Description: Not all poetry rhymes! In fact, the earliest known English poetry did not rely upon rhyme
at all! It relied on alliteration and counted stresses instead. This form was used for poems short and
long, and carried through to riddles as well. Come learn how this form of poetry is structured and
learn how to write your own!
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Ballads
Class Length: 1 hours |
Thorvald Grimsson |
Saturday 03:00 PM Location: Taliesin - Bardic Room
What is a ballad? To what extent are ballads period, when almost all words and music were not
written down until post period? After an introduction I will sing and discuss half a dozen ballads,
English language ballads plus one French language ballad. Or I could spend the entire hour
discussing in greater detail the possible history of the ballad in Europe from 573 C.E. on.
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Composing Norse music
Class Length: 1 hours |
Martin Bildner |
Saturday 03:00 PM Location: Aneirin - Bardic Room
It's hard to be a Norse skald with no songs to sing.
This class will examine examples of Norse music (or as close as we come), text sources, and accompanying instruments, and attempt to set out suggestions for creating original music that is as Norse as possible.
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Court reports from the bardic perspective
Class Length: 1 hours |
Gwendolyn the Graceful |
Sunday 11:30 AM Location: Aneirin - Bardic Room
Former royal court herald offers tips for court heraldry and especially reporting.
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Disabled Musicians in Medieval Europe: Case Studies and Lessons for Our Modern Times
Class Length: 1 hours |
Tenochcacuicatl Delmar (Tenoch) |
Sunday 02:00 PM Location: Josquin - Music Room
Disability across the spectra can provide a barrier to musicianship, especially since
approaches to pedagogy and performance are not fully accommodating and have even been
increasingly scrutinized for their possible role in the declining health of musicians. However,
these attitudes regarding what disabled musicians can and cannot do may not have been the norm
in Medieval Europe and there is evidence to suggest that even with less developed medical
knowledge, open acceptance of disabled musicians did occur. By studying documented evidence of
disabled musicians as well as those who were known to have suffered from illness both known and
unknown, we can perhaps glean a bit of insight as to how disabled musicians were historically
accepted and apply that wisdom to the increasingly complex health problems that we are seeing
within our mundane musicians and performers.
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Dreamweaving: Story telling in the SCA
Class Length: 1 hours |
Maire Blakater |
Sunday 02:00 PM Location: Taliesin - Bardic Room
HL Maire nic Shiobhan presents
Story telling is part of the broader tradition of oral performance, used to pass on history,
important lessons, and cultural mores. It can be an art form, or just a fun way to pass the evening
around the fire. This class will cover the basics of building a story, how to engage your audience,
physical and vocal presence, how to create a mood, and most important how to entertain and bring
joy!
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Finding Your 'Period Voice' - How to sound more like your persona when telling a story.
Class Length: 1 hours |
Grim the Skald |
Sunday 12:00 PM Location: Taliesin - Bardic Room
Telling a story in prose goes back to pre-history, but how do you best not sound like a person from the 2000s? I will go over a number
of the traps that bring people out of the story, as well as a few techniques you may use to sound more like your persona would have. I
will also give some advice as to develop your "voice" to get the right speaking style, though of course that varies widely by period and
culture.
This is my first time teaching this class - feedback on improving it is welcome!
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Flirts & Fools: an Intro to Commedia dell'Arte
Class Length: 1 hours |
Niccolò Bartolazzi |
Saturday 10:00 AM Location: Blondel - Bardic Room
Harlequins, braggarts, slapstick, bawdry, disguises, laughter! Learn about the masked semi-
improvisational farcical Italian Renaissance theatre that is commedia dell'arte!
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Group Discussion: SCA Bardic and Disability/Chronic Illness
Class Length: 2 hours |
Tenochcacuicatl Delmar (Tenoch) |
Sunday 04:00 PM Location: Blondel - Bardic Room
A group panel discussion between bards and performers of various stages of health discussion the
issues they face as performers in the SCA
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Intro to the Plucked Psaltery
Class Length: 2 hours |
Elizabetha de Picardia |
Saturday 02:00 PM Location: Josquin - Music Room
The plucked psaltery (or lap harp) is a simple musical instrument that was popular in the Middle Ages. This is a practical class on how to start playing this simple, affordable, and versatile instrument. Prior musical knowledge is not required.
Max Size: 15 |
Introduction to 5th Century BCE Athenian Theater
Class Length: 1 hours |
Andromacha of Lesbos |
Saturday 02:00 PM Location: Taliesin - Bardic Room
An amateur's take on 5th Century BCE Greek theater
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Introduction to Performing Arts in the SCA
Class Length: 1 hours |
Ollamh Brendan O Corraidhe |
Sunday 09:00 AM Location: Aneirin - Bardic Room
"All the world's a stage," as 'tis said. Do you have an interest in singing, storytelling, or
some other performance art? This class will cover the different sorts of performing commonly
found in the SCA, historical context, information on typical SCA venues, finding source
material, and tips for practicing and performing. The facilitator has 35+ years of performing
experience in the SCA.
Handout:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qO6YYBQ1dk3WJSwG7LRUPtaCsWHt9OvRHPf_xOYa5OE/edit?
usp=sharing
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Knotwork Music
Class Length: 1 hours |
Tigernach Bard |
Saturday 04:00 PM Location: Aneirin - Bardic Room
A class on the history of Celtic music being transcribed into knotwork and how to transcribe your
own music into knots.
Max Size: 20 |
Kokoro: Japanese Poetry and Poetics
Class Length: 1 hours |
Sǫlveig Þrándardóttir |
Saturday 11:30 AM Location: Aneirin - Bardic Room
Poetry played a major political role in premodern Japan. A historical and cultural tour of Japanese poetry and its evolution from chōka in
the Manyōshu to proto-haiku. Learn about the topics, structure, and vocabulary of various Japanese poetic forms.
Max Size: 100 |
Lyric-writing workshop
Class Length: 2 hours |
Gwendolyn the Graceful |
Sunday 09:00 AM Location: Amergin - Bardic Room
As a class we will discuss some principles of lyric construction, choose a theme, and each attempt a
flash draft of a new poem or song on that theme.
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Mad Words: Comedic Theatre of Japanese Kyōgen
Class Length: 1 hours |
Niccolò Bartolazzi |
Sunday 09:00 AM Location: Blondel - Bardic Room
Often translated as "mad words", kyōgen is a style of comedic theatre begun by the Fourteenth
Century in Japan and continued today, often as a companion to the more serious nō dramas. The
class will include a (pre-recorded) demonstration and diagram of a kyōgen play.
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Medieval Fan Fiction
Class Length: 1.5 hours |
Fiana of Clare |
Saturday 09:00 AM Location: Aneirin - Bardic Room
Ever wonder how the Trojan War became the most successful franchise in history? Come find out in
Medieval Fan Fiction! We'll discuss what fan fiction is, and isn't, and how what we now call fan
fiction (or participatory fiction if you want to be scholarly) was used, re-used, and abused in the
Middle Ages.
Max Size: 20 |
Medieval Fan Fiction Workshop
Class Length: 1.5 hours |
Fiana of Clare |
Sunday 10:00 AM Location: Aneirin - Bardic Room
Using what we learned in the Medieval Fan Fiction class, we'll workshop how to create a piece of
medieval fan fiction. Depending on interest, I'll either demonstrate the process or we'll workshop
it together. Come with a possible (early medieval or ancient) story to adapt, and I'll bring one
too, and we'll choose one and run with it.
Max Size: 10 |
Non-Court Bardic Arts
Class Length: 1 hours |
TSivia bas Tamara v'Amberview |
Sunday 05:00 PM Location: Taliesin - Bardic Room
There has been a bias within the SCA for documenting Bardic Arts through written sources, which can leave performers of non-Court songs, stories, poetry, and folkdances 'out in the cold'. TSivia is a trained cultural anthropologist and folklorist in her mundane life, and this class is to share many of the ways in which one can use oral traditions and/or other sources to document your work for competitions and A&S displays. If there is time and interest, we can discuss what sources of post-1950 folk music recordings are useful to help you "re-tune" your musical ear from the modern scale back to modal music.
Max Size: 40 |
Overview of Norse Poetry
Class Length: 1 hours |
Grim the Skald |
Sunday 10:00 AM Location: Taliesin - Bardic Room
Iambic pentameter got you down? Want to know what exactly a “ring giver” is? Do you want to write a line that ends with "silver?" Are you a fan of Egil Skalagrimson (who isn't?) Come on over, and we’ll go over the basics of Viking-Era poetry. I will go over how Norse poetry alliterates, talk about the types and ways Norse poetry was used, and go over poetic devices such as kennings. We'll then go over style and format, and the specific forms Norse poetry takes. Whether you want to try your hand at writing it, or just want a better appreciation of the form, stop by!
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Performing Period Music for a Modern Audience
Class Length: 1 hours |
Biatrichi Malatesta Canzionari di Palermo |
Sunday 04:00 PM Location: Taliesin - Bardic Room
Sometimes it is difficult to get an audience to connect with a period piece. Learn the who, what,
when, where, and how of performing period music in a modern setting.
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Period Rounds to Teach your Friends
Class Length: 1 hours |
Aibhilin inghean Daibhidh |
Sunday 05:00 PM Location: Aneirin - Bardic Room
Learn some easy period rounds to take to your home groups! Music and lyrics will be provided in
the handout, and we will learn the rounds together. For those that are comfortable, we will take
turns leading the round for everyone to try out singing in parts at home.
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Period Songs in English
Class Length: 1 hours |
HL Juliana Laverick |
Sunday 03:00 PM Location: Josquin - Music Room
Do you ever wanted to learn Period songs but you don't know how? I know how! I shall teach you.
Max Size: 100 |
Reading Your Audience to Pick Your Piece
Class Length: 1 hours |
Cedric Fithelere |
Sunday 12:30 PM Location: Aneirin - Bardic Room
There's a lot more to being a successful bard than performing your piece. In this class, I'll
give you the tips and tricks of the trade, along with some exercises to enhance your connection
to the audience.
Max Size: 1000 |
Text to Tale - Crafting a compelling performance from source material.
Class Length: 1 hours |
Ollamh Brendan O Corraidhe |
Sunday 11:00 AM Location: Taliesin - Bardic Room
A simple process for taking source material and turning it into a powerful performance is
presented, using as case studies two very different pieces.
PG-13 for descriptions of graphic violence and sexual themes.
One, "Gawain and the Green Knight,", was worked up over a period of six months. It's a 30-
minute prose rendition of the famous tale of knightly virtues, attempted seduction, and
sorcery. Video of the first part, performed at Midrealm Bardic Madness:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mG4MnMZwtM
The second, "The Death of The Cid," was cooked up *literally overnight*, but resulted in me
being named as Queen's Champion the next weekend. I performed it at Pennsic, where a Crown
Prince sought me out afterward to thank me for the story.
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The Citole and You (and How to Fake One Too)
Class Length: 1 hours |
Adelisa Salernitana |
Saturday 04:00 PM Location: Taliesin - Bardic Room
Do you like early medieval music and wish you could play a musical instrument, but are uncertain about your own skills and are as
hopeless with recorders as I am? Do you already play guitar and want to try a medieval stringed instrument but the price of even the
basic models makes your eyes water? Fear not! There is a solution!
This class is an introduction to the citole, the ubiquitous 4-string instrument popular from the 11th to 15th centuries in Europe and
one of the ancestors of the guitar. We'll talk about the music that can be played on it, why it's an easy instrument to get into, and
most importantly, how you can invest in a citole-substitute for learning the instrument for about $80 (more or less) and at the same
time, have something that won't look too out of place at a medieval event.
Max Size: 10 |
The Enchanted Ground Bardic Circle: Creating the Illusion
Class Length: 1 hours |
Cariadoc of the Bow |
Saturday 05:00 PM Location: Blondel - Bardic Room
How to run a bardic circle to create the illusion of a group of period people sitting around a fire entertaining each other at some indefinite time and place in SCA period. The class is based on the bardic circle I have run in my encampment at Pennsic for the past thirty years or so.
The class will begin with discussion, shift into a bardic run on that pattern.
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The History of the Jester
Class Length: 1 hours |
Alienor Hathaway |
Sunday 09:00 AM Location: Taliesin - Bardic Room
A jester or fool, was an entertainer, sometimes in the household of high rank or sometimes a
traveler who performed for the public. They had a variety of skills and types. This class will
discuss the Jester in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
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The Language of resistance: the key to keeping the stories alive
Class Length: 1.5 hours |
Lord Rojhon the wanderer |
Sunday 01:30 PM Location: Aneirin - Bardic Room
Our stories are as old as time how do you give them knew life and keep them around for the next generation? How do you
tell them without getting arrested? How stories saved my culture
Max Size: 45 |
The New Bard's Road Map
Class Length: 1.5 hours |
Drake Oranwood |
Saturday 09:00 AM Location: Taliesin - Bardic Room
A how-to primer for new or aspiring bards. Developing a repertoire, finding performance
opportunities, seeking mentors and patrons, gaining visibility, becoming part of the bardic
community.
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The Nitty-Gritty Craft of Songwriting
Class Length: 2 hours |
Ciaran mac Breandain |
Sunday 03:00 PM Location: Aneirin - Bardic Room
A conversation on the details of songwriting. We'll discuss ideas and inspiration, types of songs,
writing a compelling story, music, and other nitty-gritty details. Co-taught with Mistress Rosalind
Jehanne.
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The Three Sorrows of Storytelling
Class Length: 1 hours |
Kateryn Draper |
Saturday 05:00 PM Location: Taliesin - Bardic Room
In Ireland, there are three tales which are considered the most tragic ever told. Come learn about these tales and weep with me as we explore the dark side of Irish mythology.
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Turning Our SCA History into Bardic Pieces
Class Length: 1 hours |
Marian of Heatherdale |
Saturday 10:30 AM Location: Aneirin - Bardic Room
Every SCA event is full of noteworthy moments: a new person volunteering in the kitchen, a beautiful
moment in court, an epic struggle on the field of battle. These moments make up the 56 years (so far)
of The Dream, and it's us bards that pass them on to the next generation. Join Lady Marian of
Heatherdale, OL, for tips on how to turn your local SCA history into your next inspiring bardic work.
Marian will also share lots of examples from across the Known World.
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Writing Humorous Songs
Class Length: 1 hours |
Cerian Cantwr |
Saturday 05:00 PM Location: Aneirin - Bardic Room
Discussion of the elements of comedy and how to use them in writing humorous songs.
Max Size: 20 |
Youth & Family Inclusion in SCA Bardic - Round Table Discussion
Class Length: 1 hours |
Bjar the Blue |
Saturday 02:00 PM Location: Aneirin - Bardic Room
An opportunity to share what is being done in your local group and brainstorm on more ways to
include youth and families into our bardic circles and tourneys. What has worked for your group?
What advice to you have for others?
Max Size: 30 |
 Brewing Classes
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An Apple a Day - the history of cider
Class Length: 1 hours |
Oswyn of Baðon / Oswyn Swann |
Saturday 11:00 AM Location: Scappi - Cooking Room
A walk through the history of cider and some information for the modern maker in the Midwest.
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Cordial 101
Class Length: 1 hours |
Tali Essen of the Isles |
Saturday 04:00 PM Location: Scappi - Cooking Room
Making cordials is easy, fun, and the best project you ever forgot you started! Come learn how to
make cordials with simple ingredients you have around the kitchen.
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Period Distillation
Class Length: 1 hours |
Don Caiaphas |
Sunday 12:00 PM Location: Scappi - Cooking Room
An overview of the history and how distillation was performed in period.
Max Size: 30 |
 Cooking Classes
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A Feast of New Foods
Class Length: 1.5 hours |
Gwyneth ferch Aeddan |
Sunday 09:00 AM Location: Messisbugo - Cooking Room
In the last quarter of the 16th century in Italy, new foods from the Americas started to move on
from being known only as curiosities to botanists and explorers to being widely enjoyed foods.
Come and learn of these new foods, in recipes inspired by the great chefs of the time: Pomo d'Oro,
Turkie Corn, Turkey-cock, Potato roots and Potatoes of Virginia, pompion, and Chocolate.
In AS LVI, I planned and stewarded A Feast of New Foods. I was inspired to serve as much as I
could of foods that we don't usually think of as known to Europeans in SCA period, while keeping
the recipes and the overall feast design as accurate as practical. In this class, I'll talk about
the research, creativity and planning that went into this feast. I'd also love to talk about what
went fabulously well with the kitchen and serving team and feast allergy management, and what we
could improve.
Max Size: 100 |
Anglo Norman food in Ireland
Class Length: 1 hours |
Lady Meadhbh Rois Ineagh Ui Chaoimh |
Saturday 09:00 AM Location: Chiquart - Cooking Room
Have recently studying the Anglo Norman, their invasion into Ireland and their influence in Ireland. So for this class will give
you a little story of Ireland, the influence of Anglo Normans had on food in Ireland. Will also give you a few recommendations
for visiting Ireland , and places to visit. So a class on mostly food and a little storytelling thrown into the mix for good measure
Max Size: 50 |
Archaeology of the Roman Diet
Class Length: 1 hours |
Fina MacGrioghair |
Sunday 02:00 PM Location: Apicius - Cooking Room
This is a lecture class focusing on how
recent archaeological finds have changed
our understanding of the Roman diet. The
class will focus on recent archaeological
digs at the port cities of Herculaneum and
Pompeii. It will discuss how new finds and
methods are being used to re-examine the
traditional viewpoint of the diet of the
average citizen and reach towards a better
understanding of the diets of these
members of the Roman population.
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Camp cooking without a cooler
Class Length: 1 hours |
Heregyth Ketilsdottir |
Saturday 12:00 PM Location: Scappi - Cooking Room
Sharing my experiences with staying well-fed at events without bringing a modern cooler. How long are certain foods OK without refrigeration? Are there other SCA-period methods of keeping things cool?
Max Size: 35 |
Dining with the Sultan: A Look at 15th & 16th Century Ottoman Cuisine
Class Length: 1.5 hours |
Urtatim al-Qurtubiyya bint 'abd al-Karim al-hakam al-Fasi |
Saturday 01:00 PM Location: Messisbugo - Cooking Room
From Central Asia to the Mediterranean, from nomads to palaces. The development of Ottoman cuisine, from the steppes of Central Asia to Kostantiniyye (Constantinople). Focus is on the palaces, what was served to the Sultans and their pages, to European diplomats at palace feasts, and at circumcision festivals for the Sultans' sons. Street food, market regulations, and Ottoman table manners will also be included.
Max Size: 99999 |
Feast Planning and Logistics: A Case Study
Class Length: 1 hours |
Hirakawa Kagetora |
Saturday 03:00 PM Location: Scappi - Cooking Room
Careful planning can help mitigate even the worst of conditions. Find out how we hosted a well-reviewed Roman feast for 80 guests in the middle of an ice storm. Topics will include how we prepared, how we adapted, and what lessons were learned as part of the process.
Max Size: 30 |
Fish Culinary Changes in England
Class Length: 1.5 hours |
Arwyn of Leicester |
Saturday 03:00 PM Location: Chiquart - Cooking Room
Our local cuisines evolve because of new cultural influences, shortages or expansion
of food sources, new religious practices, and technological changes (transport,
preservation, and refrigeration). Using a scientific method of carbon and nitrogen isotope
analysis (which we will talk about) along with artifact information, we can
get general food trends of a local area. We can also glean insight based on subsets of
the local population either by their social-economic status, occupation, age and even
gender. For now, we will focus on marine proteins in England to see how things
changed and if religious traditions of feast and fast days affected its use.
Max Size: 100 |
Food at Sea in the SCA Period
Class Length: 1 hours |
Simon de Spaldyng |
Sunday 03:00 PM Location: Chiquart - Cooking Room
The course will cover 7th-century Mediterranean vessels, Vikings, the Hanseatic League, the Mediterranean galley fleets of the 13th Century, provisioning English and French vessels in the Hundred Years' War, the rise of stockfish as Iceland's principal commodity, and food aboard Spanish and English vessels in 1588.
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From Page to Pan: A step by step approach to accurate recipe redaction
Class Length: 1 hours |
Guenièvre de Monmarché |
Saturday 02:00 PM Location: Scappi - Cooking Room
You’re a good cook. You’ve even worked with some medieval recipes from modern cook books - but now you want to work
directly from medieval manuscripts. The only catch is, how do you follow a recipe that has no quantities, no cooking time or
temperature, and several ingredients you don’t recognize? In this class we’ll talk about taking a systematic approach to
turning vague medieval cook’s notes into a consistent, reproducible modern recipe. We’ll talk about translation,
measurements, techniques and more, with recipe examples from English, French, German and Italian sources.
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History of Celtic food
Class Length: 1 hours |
Ekaterina Silesia |
Saturday 02:00 PM Location: Chiquart - Cooking Room
What early Celts ate, ingredients and how it was prepared.
Max Size: 20 |
How to Build A Clay Oven
Class Length: 0.5 hours |
Lady Caryn of Cynnabar |
Pre-Recorded Class
We built a clay oven in our backyard, and so can you! This class will go over how we made our oven,
as well as tips and tricks for building and maintaining a clay oven of your very own!
PLEASE NOTE: this is a pre-recorded class, and may be viewed at any time. It will not be taught
live.
Video Link: https://youtu.be/evPDnNkYCeE
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How to determine the amount of spice in a medieval recipe - the flavor matrix revealed!
Class Length: 2 hours |
Arwyn of Leicester |
Saturday 11:00 AM Location: Chiquart - Cooking Room
Come learn about new emerging research about the flavor matrix and how it can be applied to
medieval spices. We will then compare two stew recipes (beef and chicken) to modern ones
and use flavor matrix pairing concepts to help us with initial trial flavoring starting points.
The hand out will have the list of spices that would be useful and also a pestle and mortar if
you are going to hand grind them. If you don't have them in your cupboard, we will still
describe them!
Max Size: 100 |
Just a Few Camelines - An Introduction to a Ubiquitous Sauce with Western Europe
Class Length: 1 hours |
Friderich Gimme |
Sunday 05:00 PM Location: Chiquart - Cooking Room
Cameline sauce was a wildly popular condiment across Europe during the late medieval period, with
variations appearing in many of the cooking manuscripts which have come down to us. In this course,
we'll survey and compare many of the various recipes for the sauce. For those joining the class
from their kitchen, we'll also take some time to make a sauce or two.
Max Size: 15 |
Medieval Food Preservation Techniques in a Modern Food Safe World
Class Length: 2 hours |
Arwyn of Leicester |
Sunday 01:00 PM Location: Chiquart - Cooking Room
We will review the basics of modern food safety (product paramaters and process conditions). Then
we will compare medieval recipes and see how much of the food safety concepts were incorporated.
Max Size: 100 |
Mess Up with Courage - A Redaction Practicum for the Beginner
Class Length: 1.5 hours |
Friderich Gimme |
Sunday 03:00 PM Location: Scappi - Cooking Room
Have you always wanted to cook from a period recipe but were afraid to take the plunge. Join this
class from your kitchen (yes, please use a laptop, tablet or smartphone to join this class from your
kitchen!) as you, with your fellow students, take the plunge of redacting and preparing a simple
sauce recipe or two.
After a brief introduction of what to expect and what to look for in period recipes, students will
have a chance to work together to produce a sauce they are happy with (or perhaps one which inspires
another try) and the whole class learns by 'messing up with courage.'
Max Size: 12 |
Norse Soapstone Pots
Class Length: 1 hours |
Martin Bildner |
Saturday 01:00 PM Location: Chiquart - Cooking Room
Soapstone was a common material for Norse cookware. Soapstone was readily accessible, relatively easy to work with, cheap, durable, and it retained the heat well. Norse soapstone pots varied greatly in size and shape. By understanding the advantages and disadvantages of the various styles of soapstone pots, contextual insights can be made into the technological choices made by the Norse and possibly lead to better understanding of Norse cooking techniques.
This is an expanded version of a paper presented at EXARC: EAC12 Experimental Archaeology World Tour Conference in April.
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Olive Oil: from Antiquity to Your Kitchen
Class Length: 1 hours |
Tellina di Giuseppe da Fiesole |
Sunday 03:00 PM Location: Apicius - Cooking Room
You've probably got a bottle or two or more of olive oil in your cupboard, but how much do you
really know about it? You've probably seen it in period recipes, but have you stopped to wonder,
are they talking about the same thing that's in my cupboard? In this class we'll look at olive
oil as an ingredient, comparing modern and ancient Roman oil production to see how they compare.
Max Size: 100 |
Potatoes in Europe in Period
Class Length: 1 hours |
Thorvald Grimsson |
Saturday 05:00 PM Location: Scappi - Cooking Room
What's special / unusual about the potato? Eating the potato in Europe -- earliest proven date,
earliest probable date, and other possible dates. What were the early recipes? When did the potato
plant first come to Europe?
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Pre colonial foods of the Naeawak (cree) people
Class Length: 1.5 hours |
Lord Rojhon the wanderer |
Saturday 04:00 PM Location: Messisbugo - Cooking Room
What did people eat and how did they make it before Colonial involvement
Max Size: 45 |
Recipes and menus in sixth-century Gaul: Anthimus in context
Class Length: 1 hours |
Ursula Georges |
Saturday 12:00 PM Location: Apicius - Cooking Room
The Byzantine physician Anthimus wrote a letter to the Frankish king Theuderic about diet and health. We'll discuss what literature, archaeology, and Anthimus himself can tell us about food in sixth-century Gaul, analyze some recipes, and explore potential meals.
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Rob Peter to Feed Paul: twice the feast for half the cost
Class Length: 2 hours |
Alizaundre de Brebeuf |
Saturday 05:00 PM Location: Chiquart - Cooking Room
A good feast is better if it doesn't waste the food or break the bank. Here's how.
Max Size: 100 |
Samurai Chef: Cooking and Dining in Medieval Japan
Class Length: 2 hours |
Sǫlveig Þrándardóttir |
Sunday 01:00 PM Location: Messisbugo - Cooking Room
Cook for a Samurai. An introduction to 16c Japanese aristocratic cookery and dining. This class introduces culinary concepts
including Humoral Theory, Moritsuke food arranging, and meal design. This class will include an introduction to some basic ingredients
and techniques commonly encountered in Japanese cookery.
Max Size: 100 |
Tea – another look at the bitter herb
Class Length: 1 hours |
Dúgū Jìnán |
Sunday 12:00 PM Location: Messisbugo - Cooking Room
Tea throughout Chinese history was used as medicine (directly or indirectly to prepare other
ingredients), or as beverage. It was served in multitude of styles - as a thick beverage with
milk and meat during the early period, to the exquisite flavored teas during Song Dynasty
period (960 - 1279) though it was not our Earl Grey. I will discuss the various uses of tea and
the proper way to prepare the flavored tea.
Max Size: 100 |
The foods of colonization
Class Length: 2 hours |
Lord Rojhon the wanderer |
Sunday 04:00 PM Location: Messisbugo - Cooking Room
What happened to the diets of indigenous people once colonizers arrived? How did they change? Why did they change? How
did this affect both indigenous communities and colonial settlements?
Max Size: 45 |
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: a Survey of Cookery Books for the SCA Cook
Class Length: 1 hours |
TSivia bas Tamara v'Amberview |
Sunday 04:00 PM Location: Chiquart - Cooking Room
This class will start with a show-and-tell of some of the earliest MODERN historical cookbooks which SCA cooks had available to them back in A.S. dark. From there ("Fabulous Feasts" and other notorious No-Nos) we will move to some of the excellent offerings available in the 21st century. For those who are really interested in doing redactions from original manuscripts, we will talk briefly about the usefulness of late 1700s and early 1800s cookery books as bridges between medieval/renaissance texts and the modern cook. If there is time and participants are so inclined, we can share some of the worst redactions we've seen in these books.
Max Size: 40 |
Tsukemono: Japanese Pickles and How to Make Them
Class Length: 1 hours |
Sǫlveig Þrándardóttir |
Sunday 11:00 AM Location: Scappi - Cooking Room
Tsukemono (lit. soaked things) are an unstated and essential part of Japanese meals. This class will introduce several styles of
Japanese pickling including ingredients, procedures, and readily available modern equipment.
Max Size: 100 |
 Music Classes
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A Brief Intro to Medieval Middle Eastern Dance
Class Length: 1.5 hours |
Guðrún Sveinsdóttir |
Pre-Recorded Class
The focus of this class is to briefly discuss the history of dance in the Middle East, the different
eras and areas that are involved, cultural and societal views of dance and dancers (both
professional and non-professional), and how all of this relates to Middle Eastern dance within the
SCA. PLEASE NOTE: this is a pre-recorded class, and can be viewed at any time. It will not be taught
live.
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=UpRQKOSpvzE
Max Size: 99999 |
Bowed Strings & Friends Show and Tell
Class Length: 1 hours |
Amelie d'Anjou |
Saturday 10:00 AM Location: Josquin - Music Room
You've heard that Amelie has a lot of instruments? Now you can see them! Starring: violin, vielle, rebec, lute, gamba, erhu, saz, gadulka,
dilruba, setar
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History of the Harpsichord
Class Length: 1 hours |
THL Jolica atte Northclyfe |
Sunday 10:00 AM Location: Josquin - Music Room
Explore what makes the harpsichord a unique and beautiful instrument, and learn how it compares with similar instruments such as the
virginal, spinet, organ and piano. We’ll listen to harpsichord music by leading period composers, and enjoy images of gorgeous period
harpsichords. Suitable for ages 12 and up.
Max Size: 15 |
Introduction to Mensural Notation
Class Length: 1 hours |
Isabeau d'Orleans |
Saturday 04:00 PM Location: Josquin - Music Room
Have you ever worked with a piece and wondered "did they REALLY mean that note?" and wish you could look at the original notation
and see? This class will give you a starting point for doing just that. Learn the basics of reading the music as it was written originally.
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Making Medieval Stringed Instruments
Class Length: 1 hours |
Arden of Icombe |
Sunday 11:00 AM Location: Josquin - Music Room
Describes the mechanics and basics of medieval stringed instruments, how they were constructed, and offers some information on making simple instruments yourself with household tools.
Max Size: 50 |
Physics of Aerophones
Class Length: 1.5 hours |
Hirakawa Kagetora |
Saturday 12:00 PM Location: Josquin - Music Room
Have you ever wondered about how a flute makes sound, or what a clarinet's reed is for? Join us in exploring the physics and mathematic principles underlying the creation of sound and music. You should have a basic background in algebra to get the most out of this class, but all skill levels are welcome.
Max Size: 30 |
Playing with Open Tuning in Medieval Music
Class Length: 1 hours |
Arden of Icombe |
Sunday 12:00 PM Location: Josquin - Music Room
The few tunings we have for medieval stringed instruments are open tunings, or tuning in an open chord. This class will go over how to use open tunings to fill out the sound of a monophonic medieval melody on plucked or bowed string and how to use it to accompany voice in medieval songs. Multiple examples will be used for both plucked and bowed melodic play and accompaniment.
Max Size: 50 |
Sanshin: The Heart of Ryukyuan Music
Class Length: 1 hours |
Kame Gusukuma |
Saturday 11:00 AM Location: Josquin - Music Room
Of all the traditional musical instruments of the Ryukyu Kingdom (modern-day Okinawa), the sanshin
holds pride of place as the quintessential Okinawan instrument. Its long history and strong
association with both high culture and folk art place it at the center of the Ryukyuan musical
tradition.
Max Size: 50 |
Take Note: A Historical Survey of Western Music Notation
Class Length: 1 hours |
Ciaran mac Breandain |
Sunday 01:00 PM Location: Josquin - Music Room
"unless sounds are held by the memory of man, they perish, because they cannot be written down."
Isidore of Seville, music scholar, 7th century. The language of music, i.e., music notation, has
existed and evolved from ancient times. In this one-hour class, you will learn about its evolution
with a focus on the Middle Ages. You will need the class handout in order to make sense of the class!
It can be found in the Classes section of my website: www.musicacodex.com Also, there are music
samples that we will listen to for the class. I will play them during the class, but if something goes
wrong, you can also download them in the Classes section of my website: www.musicacodex.com
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 Other Classes
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Basic Sewing Techniques for Reenactors & Anachronists
Class Length: 2 hours |
Guðrún Sveinsdóttir |
Pre-Recorded Class
This class discusses useful and ergonomic sewing tools, some of the most common period hand-sewing
techniques, basic sewing machine techniques (and sergers), the pros and cons of hand vs. machine
sewing, and answers questions about specific projects. PLEASE NOTE: this is a pre-recorded class,
and may be viewed at any time. It will not be taught live.
Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=SkiGRvOSGuw
Max Size: 99999 |
