About the Director

Tom Zajac plays sackbut, recorder, bagpipes, and other instruments with the well-known Renaissance wind band Piffaro and occasionally performs with his own group, Ex Umbris. He has appeared with many other early music groups in the US, and has toured extensively, having appeared in concert series and festivals in Hong Kong, Guam, Australia, Israel, Colombia, Mexico, and throughout Europe and the United States. He can be heard on over 30 recordings ranging from medieval dances to 20th-century chamber music.

With Ex Umbris, he performed 14th-century music at the 5th Millennium Council event in the East Room of the Clinton White House and 18th-century music for the score of the Ric Burn's documentary on the history of New York City; he’s played hurdy gurdy for the American Ballet Theater, bagpipe for an internationally broadcast Gatorade commercial, and shawm for the NYC Gay Men’s Chorus in his Carnegie Hall debut. In December, 2002, he played serpent in a PDQ Bach concert with performances at Lincoln Center and at the new Kimmel Center in Philadelphia. Tom teaches at recorder and early music workshops throughout the US, and is on the faculty of Wellesley College.

http://www.wellesley.edu/Music/zajac.html

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