Ensembles recently added to the list are identified by the
symbol.
- ACTEA (Carles-Josep Comalada) Specializes in contemporary and baroque music, especially that of venetian
ospedali. It is accompanied by the ACTEA orchestra, a female chamber orchestra who perform
on period instruments. {E-mail : ccomalda@pie.xtec.es} [Barcelona, Spain]
- Anonymous 4 Biographical
sketch. Formed in 1986. {E-mail : email@anonymous4.com}
[New York, New York]
- Members: Marsha Genensky, Susan Hellauer, Johanna Maria Rose, and Jacqueline
Horner (NOTE: Ruth Cunningham, a founding member, left the ensemble during the Spring of
1998.)
- Aurora Surgit (Alessio Randon)
- Bimbetta 5 women: 3 sopranos, cellist,
& harpsichordist. Formerly members of Musica Prospectus Insularum {E-mail
: kshao@dnai.com} [Bloomington, IN & Oakland, CA]
- Le Canterine - 3 sopranos with continuo (viola da
gamba, theorbe, and Baroque guitar). Baroque music. {E-mail : jg@giocoso.de} [Germany]
- Canty Canty is Scotland's only professional Medieval ensemble. It is
associated with the larger mixed ensemble
Cappella Nova. The ensemble was
founded in 1998 by Rebecca Tavener to celebrate the 900th anniversary of
Hildegard of Bingen. It consists of four female singers plus William Taylor on
Medieval harps and symphonie. The group is unique in that it is exploring
Celtic traditions of chant performance, based on original research. [Glasgow,
Scotland]
-
Cappella Artemisia (Candace
Smith) {E-mail: candace@cappella-artemisia.com}
[Bologna, Italy]
- Choir of Benedictine Nuns of the Abbey of Notre Dame d'Argentan (Dom Joseph
Gajard) Chant.
- Choir of Benedictine Nuns of Sainte Marie de Maumont (M.D. Pacquetcean) Chant.
-
Concerto delle Donne
Formed principally to perform the Italian vocal repertoire of the late 16th
and early 17th centuries. [UK]
- Postal address:
- Alastair and Gill Ross
4 Conegra Road
High Wycombe, Bucks
HP13 6DY
UNITED KINGDOM
- Tel / Fax: 0044 (0) 1494 524596
- E-mail: cddmusic@onetel.com
- Members: Donna Deam, soprano; Gill Ross, soprano; Fay Newton, soprano; Alastair Ross, harpsichord and organ
- Discography: Giacomo Carissimi: "Cantatas and Motets" - Signum
Records SIGCD040
- de cælis
(Laurence
Brisset) Formed in 1997. Perform medieval chant and polyphony. {E-mail:
decaelis@wanadoo.fr} [Paris,
France] (added 6 June 2007)
- Les Demoiselles de Saint-Cyr (Emmanuel Mandrin) [France]
- Dialogos (Katarina Livljanic) Womens' medieval music ensemble. 8 singers form a
very international group : Bulgaria, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Switzerland, Venezuela,
France and Croatia. The ensemble specializes in medieval a cappella chant and
polyphonic repertories but also in the traditional liturgical repertory of mediterranean
countries. Its programme of the glagolitic chant from medieval Croatia has been performed
and recorded with great musicological interest. [Paris, France]
- Postal address:
- Compagnie Dialogos
137 avenue de Choisy
75013 Paris - France
- Tel/fax: +33. 1. 45.53.40.00
- E-mail : dialogos@wanadoo.fr
- Discantus (Artistic
director : Brigitte Lesne) Formed in 1989. Formed in 1989. Between 5 and 10
solists singers (for a larger program, the group is often joined by a schola
(childrens or womens voices) or an instrumental group). They perform
essentially sacred music of middle age : gregorian chant and early monodies
and polyphonies from «ars antiqua» and later, between 9th and 15th
centuries. Discantus has 12 CDs : Universi populi (Zig-Zag territoires,
2006), Mare nostrum (Jade, 2004), Compostelle (Jade, 2003), Sur la terre
comme au ciel (Jade, 2002), Eya pueri ! (Opus 111, 2001), Quem quaeritis ?
(Opus 111, 2001), Jerusalem (Opus 111, 2000), Hortus deliciarum (Opus 111,
1998), Dame de flors (OPus 111, 1996), Eya mater (Opus 111, 1995), Campus
stellae (Opus 111, 1994), Codex Las Huelgas (Opus 111, 1992). [Paris,
France]
- Postal address :
- 47, rue Bobillot
75013 Paris
FRANCE
- Tele. : 33 (0) 1 45 80 74 49
- FAX : 33 (0) 1 45 81 15 14
- E-mail :
discantus@wanadoo.fr
- Ensemble Da Pacem Formed in 1993 by Kennedy and Charpy with the goal to
contribute to the rediscovery of revival of music from the 17th and 18th centuries. The
instrumentalists employ period instruments.
- Members : Raphaële Kennedy (soprano), Claire Lefilliatre (soprano), Virginie
Descharmes (violin), Pierre-Adrien Charpy (organ)
- Ensemble Vocale Tempus Floridum (Joan Yakkey) 10 female voices.
European Renaissance Madrigals and Sacred Polyphony {E-mail : joyakkey@tin.it} [Florence, Italy]
- Favella Lyrica
(translation: "lyric speech") Formed in 1990. The ensemble aims to capture the
communicative power of its chosen repertoire, the vocal chamber music of the 17th and 18th
centuries. [Belmont, Massachusetts]
- Medieval Women's Choir
(Margriet Tindemans) Formed in 1991. [Seattle, Washington]
- Musica Prospectus Insularum - defunct. Active between 1987-1989. [Santa
Barbara, CA]
- Musica Secreta (Deborah
Roberts) Music by
women from the 16th and 17th centuries. (E-mail:
musicasecreta@aol.com) [West
Sussex, England]
- Le Nuove Musiche
- Members : Mona Spägele (soprano), Nele Graß (soprano),
Friedericke Heumann (viola da gamba), Alexander Weimann (keyboard)
- Discography : Giovanni Felice Sances et al. "Arie e Duetti" -
Stradvarius STR 33491 (1999
release)
- Salomone Trio The Salomone Trio
performs a wide variety of Medieval, Renaissance and Jewish music. Formed in 1985 [New
York, New York]
- Schola of the Benedictine Nuns' Abbey of St. Hildegard, Rüdesheim-Eibingen
(Immaculata Ritscher)
- Schola Gothia
Sing medieval music. [Gothenburg, Sweden]
- Members : Ulrike Heider, Yvonne Carlsson, Helene Stensgård Larsson,
Christina Kvick
- Sinfonye (Hyperion discography.)
Now releasing CDs on the American label Celestial Harmonies -- currently the complete
works of Hildegard von Bingen. {E-mail: 101525.2667@compuserve.com}
[London, UK]
- Current members: Stevie
Wishart, Director (medieval fiddles & voice), Vivien Ellis (voice), Jocelyn West
(voice), Jim Denley (bendirs, pandeiro)
- Past members: Paula Chateauneuf (medieval lute), Mara Kiek (voice), Bonnie
Shaliean (medieval harp)
- The Tall Poppeas
(Inara Molinari) A vocal quartet. Formed in
2000. (E-mail:
contact_us@thetallpoppeas.com) [Sydney, Australia]
- Tapestry A three-voice ensemble
devoted to performing the wealth of early medieval European chant and polyphony as well as
20th-century repertory written for their configuration of voices. [Cambridge, MA]
- Trio mediæval
Formed in 1997. Their repertoire includes: polyphonic medieval music from
England and France, contemporary works, and Norwegian medieval ballads and
songs. [Oslo, Norway]
- Contact information:
- Members: Anna Maria Friman, Linn Andrea Fuglseth, Torunn Østrem
Ossum
- Trobairitz Ensemble
Dedicated to the performance of Medieval music. The ensemble's name
comes from a female troubadour, or composer from 12th-century Provence. {E-mail
: kwallace@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca}
[Edmonton, Alberta, Canada]
- Members: Katherine Wallace (soprano, lute & saz), Joy-Anne Murphy (contralto, recorders &
percussion), Wendy Grønnestad (mezzo-soprano, recorders & viol), Susan Pierce
(soprano, percussion & recorders)
- Urban Sky Consort Performs
medieval, renaissance, baroque and 20th century vocal music, a cappella or with
harpsichord & viola da gamba, focusing on works written by and for women. Formed in
1985. [Pittsburgh , PA]
- Villanella Ensemble
- Members: Sopranos Charlotte Edström & Helena Ek.
- Vox Feminae Singers either perform a cappella or accompany the
instrumental ensemble, New Orleans Musica da Camera. {E-mail: mdc@nomdc.org} [New Orleans, Louisiana]
- Vox feminae Sequentia women's vocal ensemble.
- ZORGINA Vocal Ensemble
Formed in 1993. An international trio presenting innovative programs of medieval and
Renaissance secular polyphony.
- Contact Information:
- Members: Ruth Eiselsberg (Vienna, Austria), Rebecca Bain (Montréal, Canada),
Ellen Santaniello (New York, USA)
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