David Coffin

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David Coffin has performed throughout New England since 1980. His venues range from concert halls and coffeehouses to schools, radio, and museums. He has performed for weddings, birthdays, memorials, festivals, bonfires - you name it. He is equally adept at firing up a crowd to sing, or at playing music in the background to create an atmosphere (often during the same occasion!) Widely known for his rich baritone voice, his impressive collection of musical instruments includes concertinas, recorders, penny-whistles, bombards (loud Breton double reeds), gemshorns, cornamuse, shawm, rauschphieffe - or, as he explains, "generally anything that requires a lot of hot air." Many of these instruments are used in his interactive school enrichment program: Music from the King's Court: Exploring the Early Winds. At the heart of David's work is traditional and contemporary folk music. He draws on vocal and instrumental music from North America as well as England, Scotland, Ireland, and Brittany. David also has an extensive collection of songs from the Maritime tradition. Sea-chanteys, ballads, and the songs of the sailors comprise his main repertoire, though he still will rise to an occasion to perform his favorite Baroque recorder sonatas. David has performed with the Cambridge-based Revels since 1980 as a singer, and instrumentalist and, since 1991, as Master of Ceremonies. As of 2009, with the Christmas and Spring performances combined, he has appeared in over 50 different Revels pr

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