February 22nd 2015 The Schoole will perform in the Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel during the exhibition ‘Goldenes Wissen. Die Alchemie – Substanzen, Synthesen, Symbolik’, you can see the programme here: http://www.hab.de/files/2015-01-hab-programm.pdf The Schoole of Night Maria Skiba, Niklas Trüstedt, Frank Pschichholz

This picture is by Zbigniew Szumski – the creator of Teatr Cinema in Michałowice, Poland. The image was first used in 2011 for a concert poster with The Schoole of Night – we performed John Dowland ‘s Second Booke of Songs during the Festival of Theatrical Music. Zbyszek kindly allowed us to post this image…

Photo: Ewa Czarska The Schoole’s  entirely new programme combines alchemy with music, magic with science and thought. Alchemy is not magic, science is not music, but music is all those things….

On Sunday 16 of November The Schoole went to Leipzig and made it possible to hear ALL the songs from The Second Booke of Songes of John Dowland.   Sunday 16 November 2014 The Schoole of Night John Dowland’s The Second Booke of Songes or Ayres (1600) Maria Skiba – soprano & Frank Pschichholz –…

Upcoming concert: On Sunday 16. November 2014 The Schoole of Night will perform the complete cycle of John Dowland’s The Second Booke of Songes or Ayres (1600) Maria Skiba – soprano & Frank Pschichholz – lute 16 November 2014, 16.00 Museum für Musikinstrumente der Universität Leipzig Johannisplatz 5–11 04103 Leipzig http://www.concerti.de/de/8/verid:105577/leipziger-gitarrenkonzert-museum-fuer-musikinstrumente-leipzig-leipzig-sonntag-16-november-2014.html  

On 13 October The Schoole will play a very interesting programme during the conference ‘Teutsche Liedlein der 16. jh’ (German Song of the 16th century). The concert will be in the form of a lecture-presentation together with prof. Susanne Rode-Breymann and Sven Limbeck. Songs from various collections that are kept in the Herzog August Library…

At the end of May 2014 we had a photo shooting with Ewa Czarska, here are some images:  

The concert during Gotik-Wave-Treffen in Leipzig was a success despite the heat.  Amazing audience. We had an impression that they wanted to hear every note, every word and every sigh. Nobody coughed, nobody made a sound…. Thank you!!!!

9 June 2014  22.00 hrs Alte Börse Leipzig The Schoole of Night (Maria Skiba, Rebekah Ahrendt, Frank Pschichholz)  will play music of Master John Dowland during the Wave-Gothic-Treffen in Leipzig http://www.wave-gotik-treffen.de/programm.php