Resume - Ciaran's Musica Codex

Master Ciaran mac Breandain, OL

SCA Resume

. Member since 1985. Resident of Atlantia from 1985-1999. Resident of An Tir from 1998-2018. Returned to and currently resides in Windmaster’s Hill, Atlantia as of November 2018. Active in both of the baronies of Windmaster’s Hill and Sacred Stone.

Honors and Awards

Award of Arms, 1994
Queen’s Guard, Anton and Luned, 1994
Companion of the Boreas, 1995
Windmaster’s Hill Baronial A&S Champion 1994
West Kingdom Defender of the West, 2004
West Kingdom Paragon of Merriment, 2006 (as a member of Gabriel’s Landing)
West Kingdom Crown’s Favor, 2008 (as a member of Gabriel’s Landing)
Æthelmearc Award of Excellence, 2013 (as a member of Gabriel’s Landing)
Silver Nautilus, Atlantia, 2019
Order of the Coral Branch, Atlantia, 2019
Royal Brewer, Atlantia, 2020
Augmentation of Arms, Atlantia, 2021
Order of the Pearl / Grant of Arms, Atlantia, 2021
Master of the Order of the Laurel, Atlantia, 2022
Augmentation of Arms, Pennsic War 49, 2022

Classes Instructed

Bardic Panel, University of Atlantia session 39
On Being a Bard, University of Atlantia session 39
Dots, lines, and stuff: Intro to Reading Music, University of Atlantia session 101
A Historical Survey of Western Music Notation, University of Atlantia session 101
Buffens Sword Dance from Arbeau, University of Atlantia session 101
Performer’s Roundtable, University of Atlantia session 101
Dots, lines, and stuff: Intro to Reading Music, Pennsic War XLVIII (2 sessions taught)
A Historical Survey of Western Music Notation, Pennsic War XLVIII (2 sessions taught)
How to Brew Mead and Cider, Elvegast Canton meeting, 2019
Dots, lines, and stuff: Intro to Reading Music, SCA Virtual Classroom, 2020
A Historical Survey of Western Music Notation, SCA Virtual Classroom, 2020
Dots, lines, and stuff: Intro to Reading Music, The Honorable Clover, 2020
A Historical Survey of Western Music Notation,The Honorable Clover, 2020
Learn to Read Music: Beyond the Basics, SCA Virtual Classroom, 2020
Dots, lines, and stuff: Intro to Reading Music, University of Atlantia session 104
A Historical Survey of Western Music Notation, University of Atlantia session 104
Learn to Read Music: Beyond the Basics, University of Atlantia session 104
The History of the Guitar, University of Atlantia session 104
The Nitty-Gritty Craft of Songwriting, Bardic Madness 2020 (With Mistress Rosalind Jehanne)
The Nitty-Gritty Craft of Songwriting, University of Atlantia session 105 (With Mistress Rosalind Jehanne)
Dots, lines, and stuff: Intro to Reading Music, Invited instructor for Montengarde Samhain in the Kingdom of Avacal, 2020
A Historical Survey of Western Music Notation, Invited instructor for Montengarde Samhain in the Kingdom of Avacal, 2020
The Nitty-Gritty Craft of Songwriting, University of Atlantia session 106 (With Mistress Rosalind Jehanne)
A Historical Survey of Western Music Notation, University of Atlantia session 106
A Historical Survey of Western Music Notation, University of Atlantia session 106
Can I sing that (or record it)? Copyright and the SCA, University of Atlantia session 108
A Historical Survey of Western Music Notation, University of Atlantia session 108
The History of the Guitar, University of Atlantia session 108
Dots, lines, and stuff: Intro to Reading Music, Tournament of Ymir 47, February 2022
The Nitty-Gritty Craft of Songwriting (With Mistress Rosalind Jehanne), Pennsic War 49, August 2022

Original Compositions

A Lady’s Favor, August 2018 (instrumental)
Linda’s Lament, August 2018 (instrumental)
Une Petit Danse, January 2019 (instrumental)
Argent’s Lullabye, November 2019 (music only)
The Path, July 2020 (music and words)
Ravensong, July 2020 (music and words)
Campden Market, August 2020 (music and words)
Follow Me, August 2020 (music and words)
Hold Fast, August 2020 (music and words)
Road to Santiago, August 2020 (music and words)
Zoom Bardic Circle Blues, August 2020 (music and words)
Chivalry and Honor, September 2020 (music and words)
Rise Phoenix Rise, October 2020 (music and words)
The Mighty Merry Rose, November 2020 (music and words)
This Land, December 2020 (music and words)
Seaborn Strong, January 2021 (music and words)
A Lady’s Favor, May 2021 (words)
Stand and Be Counted, January 2021 (music and words)
Arrangements & Transcriptions

Saltarello II f.63, August 2018
Saltarello la Regina, August 2018
Lamento di Tristano, September 2018
La Rotta, September 2018
Sellenger’s Round, December 2018
Se La Dura Durezza in La Mia Donna Dura, February 2020
Prelude, Adrian le Roy, February 2020
Autre Prelude, Adrian le Roy, February 2020
Un Advocat, Adrian le Roy, March 2020
Chi Porta Dir, March 2020
Toutes les Nuictz, March 2020
La la la ie no l’ofe dire, Adrian le Roy, April 2020
Jean de Lagny, Adrian le Roy, April 2020
Pour un plaisir que si peu dure, Adrian le Roy, April 2020
Il Estoit Une Fillette Basse-Dance, Adrian le Roy, April 2020
Demie Basse-Dance, Adrian le Roy, May 2020
Tourdion Number 1, Adrian le Roy, May 2020
Tourdion Number 2, Adrian le Roy, June 2020
Entlaubet ist der Walde, Hans Neusiedler, May 2021
Ein guter ars tlicher hoff tanz, Hans Neusiedler, May 2021

Research Papers & Publications

Musical Transcription and Bookbinding based on 16th Century Music Book, December 2020
What is Music Transcription? And Why Does It Matter?, March 2020
Unlocking the Music in the Lute Player, March 2020
Analysis of the Music in Concert in the Egg, May 2020
Technology and the Transcription of Medieval Music, June 2020
Compleat Anachronist Playing From the Same Page; Early Music History and Transcription. December 2021

Service and Activities

Autocrat for the Tourney of Ymir, 1994
Windmaster’s Hill Baronial Exchequer (sometime in the mid 1990s)
Host of the Atlantian Virtual Brew Day, April 2020
Coastal Bardic (Co-host), 2020-2021
Around the Known World 24 Hour Bardic (Host and organizer) July 31- August 1, 2020
Host of the Atlantian Virtual Brew Day, August 2020
Atlantian Memorial Ship Burning and Bardic (Co-host), October 16, 2020
Host of the Atlantian Virtual Brew Day, October 17, 2020
Kingdom Chatelain Social Media Deputy, 2020
Finalist in Royal Bard Competition, Atlantian 12th Night, 2021
Invited Performer, Ethereal Bardic Symposium Journeymen’s Concert, January 23, 2021
Second Around the Known World 24 Hour Bardic (Host and organizer) January 29-30, 2021
Autocrat for Ymir – The Giant Sleeps, February 27, 2021
Participant and Deputy Atlantian General for the First Bardic War, May, 2021
Bardic and Performing Arts Coordinator, Coronation, June 26, 2021
Performer for Bardic Concert, Coronation, June 26, 2021
Invited performer, Opera del’Est
Emergency Deputy Kingdom of Atlantia Webminister, November 2021
Guildmaster, Atlantian Performing Arts Guild, February 2022
Bardic Coordinator, Tournament of Ymir 47, February 2022
Autocrat, Below the Salt, June 2022
Deputy Autocrat, Sacred Stone Baronial Birthday, August 2022
Performing Arts Coordinator, War of the Wings XV, October 2022

Memberships

Guildmaster, Atlantian Performing Arts Guild, February 2022-present
Fellow of the University of Atlantia
Founder of the Atlantian Music Ensemble
Atlantian Dance Band
Atlantian Brewers Guild
Founding member of Gabriel’s Landing household
Member of The House of the Wounded Mushroom

Relationships

Apprentice to Master Olivier de Bayonne, 2019 to 2022
Brewing student of Meister Alain ap Dafydd, 2019 to 2022
Squire to Jarl Nicholas Barchatov until his death in 2010

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