Friday 17th June 2022
Gather at The Black Swan, Peaseholme Green, York YO1 7PR from noon
2 – 5 pm Symposium – in the function room of The Black Swan
“From pipe and tabor to flute and drum: the evolution of this magical combination over the centuries”

Organized by Bill Tuck
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2021: The Colourful World of the Taborer
Friday 10th Sept 2:00 pm (UK time UTC + 1)

Streamed live on interactive YouTube on The Taborers Society Channel
If you would like to participate on Zoom click here to email admin
Bill Tuck
“The Cronaca del Ferraiolo: An illustrated manuscript from 15thC Naples, showing many representations of pipe & tabor in different contexts”
Lola Olga Teale
“Dressing up to play the part: My life as a re-enactor playing the pipe & tabor for living history events”
Andy Richards
“Something exotic: The colourful costumes of Peruvian taborers in the late 18th century”
William Summers
“Playing on the march: Terminology, instrumental groupings, fashions in music and the practicalities of playing while walking”
Frances Tucker
“Playing in bands: Pictures from the Taborers Compendium showing historic musical groupings with pipe and tabor and pipe and string drum, plus modern groups mostly from Europe”

2020: From an Old to a New World
Friday 18th Sept 2:00 pm (UK time UTC + 1)
Streamed live on Interactive YouTube
If you would like to participate on Zoom click here to email admin
2.00 | Stephen Rowley | Playing for Cotswold Morris (whatever did the old dead guys do for us?) – A look at the way in which Kentworthy Schofield and Russell Wortley were influenced by the playing of source musicians. |
2.50 | Gwilym Davies | An Unknown Morris Tune? |
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3.30 | Andy Richards | Early Jamestown Taboring – Merriment and Battling from an Old to a New World |
4.00 | Bill Tuck | From the Mayflower to the Maypole of Merry-Mount: Puritan and Pilgrim attitudes toward traditional customs in the early 17th C |
4.30 | Angel Vallverdu | The use of flabiol in the Giants of the city of Barcelona and its role in supporting tradition. Does power matter? |