Ensembles recently
added to the list are identified by the
symbol.
- A - F
- Gabrieli Consort & Choir (Paul
McCreesh) At times, this ensemble performs with only male voices. Formed in 1982.
Accompanies the instrumental ensemble, the Gabrieli Players.
{E-mail : 101526.3227@compuserve.com
or gabrieliconsort@compuserve.com}
[London, UK]
- Gachinger Kantorei Stuttgart (Helmuth Rilling)
- Georg Friedrich Händel-Chor
[Luzern, Switzerland]
- Gesualdo
Consort Amsterdam (Harry
van der Kamp) A madrigal group.
- Gesualdo Consort of London
(Gerald Place) Although originally formed in 1978 to focus on the music of Gesualdo, the
group now encompasses a wide repertoire. They have specialist programmes of a wide range
of sacred music (15th-20th cent), and they are now working on neglected madrigal composers
of the English School, notably Thomas Vautor. They are currently offering a
music-theatre piece about the life & music of Gesualdo entitled, "See Naples
& Die". For this they are joined by the distinguished English actor Clive
Francis. They recently took part in Werner Herzog's film about the composer "Death
for Five Voices". [Hampton, UK]
- Contact Information :
- 112 Wordsworth Road
Hampton
Middlesex TW12 1ET
UK
- Telephone : +44 20 8941 2684
- E-mail : venosa@ndirect.co.uk
- Members : Amanda Morrison (soprano), Alison Place (mezzo-soprano), Penny
Vickers (alto), Gerald Place (tenor ), Graham Titus (bass), Dorothy Linell (lute)
- Discography : Gesualdo, Nenna & Luzzaschi - ASV CDQS 6210 (Gramophone
review: "Most valuable, not only for putting Gesualdo in his context, but for the
harmonically assured, flexible and verbally sensitive singing of this group")
- Gloriana [Andrew Raiskums]
Sixteen voices specialising in the performance of Renaissance and Baroque music. Formed in
1994 by Raiskums [Melbourne, Australia]
- Gothic Voices (Christopher
Page) Raphael Biran's
and Hyperion
discography. [Cambridge, UK]
- Members (cumulative listing): Emma Kirkby, Emily Van Evera, soprano; Margaret
Philpot, contralto; John Mark Ainsley, Paul Agnew, Rogers Covey-Crump, Andrew King, Leigh
Nixon, Julian Podger, Andrew Tusa, tenors; Steven Charlesworth, Colin Scott Mason, Peter
McCrae, Harry Wickham, baritone/bass; Instrumental accompaniment: Robert White, bagpipes;
Nick Bicat, percussion; Pavlo Beznosiuk, fiddle; Christopher Page, (Director) medieval
lute
- Grazer Choralschola (Franz Karl Praßl) Founded in 1992. 8 women and 8 men who
specialize in the interpretation of Gregorian chant according to the manuscripts of the
10th century, also performing later repertoires. [Graz, Austria]
- Postal adress:
- Grazer Choralschola
c/o Franz Karl Praßl
Bergmanngasse 18, A-8010
Graz, Austria
- FAX : 43-316-389-6088,
- E-mail : franz.prassl@kug.ac.at
- Gregorian Schola of St. Joseph Parish
(Richard Lee) Dedicated to the
cultivation, study and promotion of Gregorian chant as a musical art. Formed by Brother
Christian Guertin, FFSC in 1993. {E-mail : rlee@comp.uark.edu}
[Fayetteville, Arkansas]
- The Group for Early Music, Munich (See Die Gruppe für Alte Musik München
below.)
- Groupe Vocal de Toulouse (Alix Bourbon) Formed in 1990. Sixteen young singers
from the region of Toulouse. Perform renaissance, baroque, and romantic polyphony, as well
as baroque opera. [Toulouse, France]
- Grupo Hermes [Mexico]
- Grupo Vocal Olisipo
(Director: Armando Possante; Vocal coach: Elsa Cortez) A mixed vocal ensemble formed in
1987 which performs English and Italian madrigals, and sacred polyphony (mainly Portuguese
and Spanish). {E-mail: olisipo@esoterica.pt}
[Lisbon, Portugal]
- Postal address : Rua dos Soeiros, 334 - 4º A - 1500 LISBOA / PORTUGAL
- Telephone : 01 - 7266869
- Fax : 01 - 7267699
- Members : Elsa Cortez (soprano), Catarina Saraiva (alto), Armando Possante
(tenor), Sérgio Duarte (tenor), Hugo Oliveira (bass)
- Die Gruppe für Alte Musik München Both singers and instrumentalists. Formed in
1985 by students of the Musikhochschule and Musikwissenschaftlichen seminar. (Director:
Martin Zöbeley, keyboard) [Munich, Germany]
- Gruppo Corale San Giovanni
(Domenico Innominato) Thirty-five (35) singers. The choir performs a wide variety of
sacred music ranging from the Renaissance and Baroque to the twentieth century, and gives
particular attention to the study and performing of the motets for choir or double choir
"a cappella" by G. Croce, F. Mendelssohn, A. Bruckner and J. S. Bach - is
accompanied (on original instruments) by the ensemble Bach Collegium for Bach's Motets .
[Lecco, Lombardy, Italy]
- Postal address:
- Via Monte Barro, 9
23851 GALBIATE (LC)
ITALY
- Telephone/Fax: ++39 0341 541070
- E-mail: san_giovanni@tin.it
- Gruppo Madrigalistico
"Fuori Tempo" Italian Madrigal Group formed by 5 singers and
performing Renaissance music, Italian and English madrigals. {E-mail: fuori_tempo@yahoo.it} [Sanremo, Italy]
- Gruppo Vocale Musica Laudantes (Ricardo Doni) SATB; a total of 40 members. Formed
in 1984. The choir focuses on music from the baroque period with special emphasis on
compositions by Milan cathedral chapelmasters. [Milan, Italy]
- Handel Choir of Baltimore (T. Herbert
Dimmock) Formed in 1934. Specialize in choral music from the baroque. {E-mail: hcob@charm.net} [Baltimore, Maryland]
- Handel and Haydn Society Chorus (John
Finney) {E-mail: handlhaydn@aol.com}
[Boston, Massachusetts]
Hassler - Consort (Franz Raml) Vocalists and instrumentalists. Formed in 1992. At
present, the ensemble's work focuses on Monteverdi, Schütz, Bach, Haydn, and Mozart. The
Consort can vary from a trio made up of singer, organ, and gamba, to an ensemble of 45
musicians. [Germany]
- Heinrich Schütz Choir (Roger Norrington)
- Hesperimenta Vocal Ensemble
(President: Roberto Locci; Artistic Director: Lorenzo Donati) Performing early Renaissance
European music. [Arezzo - Tuscany - Italy]
- Contact information :
- Postal address :
- C/O Paola Slanisca (secretary)
Via degli Albergotti 25 - 52100 - Arezzo
ITALY
- Telephone : Italy-575-27918
- E-mail :
info@hesperimenta.com
- Members : Paola Slanisca (soprano), Alessandro Ciofini (countertenor), Lorenzo
Donati (tenor), Roberto Locci (bass)
- Himlische Cantorey (?) Formed in 1995. Borrowed its name from a
collection of psalm settings, published in Hamburg in 1604, by Jacob and
Hieronymus Praetorius, Joachim Decker and David Scheidemann, Mixed (6
vocalists) - Sing works from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. [Germany]
- His Majestie's Clerkes (Chamber choir's name changed to
Bella Voce.)
- Huelgas Ensemble
(Paul van Nevel) Formed in 1970.
- Incantatus
(Garth McPhee) Formed in 1996 by Sarah MacDonald. A 12- to 16-voice vocal ensemble which
performs small-choir repertoire from all periods, but specializes in 16th-century sacred
music. {E-mail: incantatus@hotmail.com}
[Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada]
- Le Istitutioni Harmoniche (Paolo
Facincani) Formed in 1989 by Mr. Longhini. The ensemble's work consists of research and
concert performance especially related to the Italian renaissance and baroque. {E-mail
: istith@tiscalinet.it} [Verona, Italy]
- Discography :
- Claudio Monteverdi - "Litanie, Messa e Magnificat della Beata Vergine" - Nuova
Era 7118 - 1992
- Emilio de' Cavalieri - "Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo" -
Stradivarius/Dulcimer STR33339 - 1993
- Giacomo Carissimi - "Messa Sciolto Havean dall'Alte Sponde" -
Stradivarius/Dulcimer STR33344 - 1994
- La Jolla Renaissance Singers (William Propp) Formed in the
early 1960s by Dave Keeling. Originally known as the "USCD (University of
California San Diego) Madrigal Singers". The ensemble dresses in Renaissance
costumes. [San Diego, California]
- Contact information:
- Postal address:
- c/o Carol Resnick, Concert Manager
502D Baltimore Drive, #244
La Mesa, CA 91941
- Tel/Fax: 619-466-6058
- E-mail: sdtanc@att.net
- Jouyssance Early Music Ensemble
(Nicole Baker) Formed in 1990 by James Stehn (Director Emeritus). A chamber
choral and instrumental group specializing in music of the Middle Ages,
Renaissance, and Early Baroque. Performs with the
Jouyssance des
Instruments instrumental ensemble. [Los Angeles area, California, USA]
- Junge Kantorei (Joachim Carlos Martini) Formed in
1965. Accompanies the instrumental ensemble, the Barockorchester Frankfurt. [Frankfurt,
Germany]
- Kairos: A Consort of Singers
(Dr. Edward Lundergan) Formed in 1994. An ensemble of 10 men and women dedicated to the
performance of a cappella choral music from the medieval to the 21st century, specializing
in medieval, renaissance and Baroque works. {E-mail: info@kairosconsort.org} [New Paltz, NY; Hudson
Valley area]
- Kalenda Maya Specialize in medieval repertoire, but also perform some music from
the Renaissance. Winners of the Norwegian Spellemann Prize in 1985. [Norway]
- Members: Sidsel Brevig, div. fiddles, vielles; Tone Hulbaekmo, voice, harp,
lyre; Hans Fredrik Jacobsen, lute, recorder, bagpipe, kantele, and lyre; Sverre Jensen,
psaltery, mandora, hurdy-gurdy, dulcimer; Gilles Obermayer, percussion; and members of the
choir.
- Kamerijk
The 7 singers perform music from the late 15th century [The Netherlands]
- Kammerchor Cantamus, Halle (Dorothea Köhler)
- Kammerchor Michaelstein
Formed in 1991. This Choir is a part of the "Institute of Performance Practice of the
Music of the 18th century, Michaelstein". Collaborates with the instrumental
ensemble, Telemann-Kammerorchester Michaelstein {E-mail
: kammerchor.michaelstein@gmx.de}
- Kammerchor Stuttgart (Frieder Bernius) Formed in 1968.
- Kamerkoor El Grillo "The singing cricket" (Heidi Sayre) Formed
in 1994. 15 voices. {E-mail: M.J.vandenBoogaard@fys.ruu.nl}
[Utrecht, The Netherlands]
- Kassiopeia Quintet
Formed in 1999 at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague by five singers from
Portugal, Israel and Holland. The ensemble focuses on madrigals from the
16th and 17th centuries.
- Contact information:
- Postal address:
- Lindenstraat 34 b
1015 KX Amsterdam
THE NETHERLANDS
- Telephone: 00 31 (0)20 6610117
- Mobile: 00 31 (0)6 24 551475
- E-mail: kassiopeia@planet.nl
- Kölner Kammerchor (Peter Neumann) Formed in 1970. Accompanies the instrumental
ensembles Musica Antiqua Köln, Capella Agostino Steffani, Concerto Köln, and Collegium
Cartusianum.
- Koor van de Nederlandse Bachvereniging
(Jos van Veldhoven) approx. 30 voices. (Guest conductors: Ton Koopman, René Jacobs, Roger Norrington,
Philippe Herreweghe, Hermann Max, Frans Brüggen, Gustav Leonhardt). {E-mail
: info@bachvereniging.nl} [The Netherlands]
- Laos Deo Choir (Gabriele
Mara) [Busto Arsizio, Italy]
- Das Leipziger Concerto Vocale (Gotthold Schwarz) Formed in 1983. Accompanies the
instrumental ensemble, Ensemble baroque de Limoges.
- Liber unUsualis
Formed in 1996 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A vocal trio that specializes in the music of
the Middle Ages and early Renaissance. Winners of an 'Honourable Mention' at the Early
Music Network's 1997 Young Artists Competition. The name is taken from the Catholic chant
book "Liber Usualis" or the Usual Book. It contains the chants for the
Proper of each feast day. The ensemble added "un" because 'we do
things a little differently'.
[Somerville, Massachusetts]
- London Handel Choir (Piers Maxim) Accompanies the instrumental ensemble, London
Handel Orchestra. Formed in 1981. [London, UK]
- London Oratory Choir (Patrick Russill as of October 1999; formerly, John Hoban,
Andrew Carwood)
- London Oratory Junior Choir (Patrick Russill)
- Lumen Valo A mixed vocal ensemble of eight
singers (SSAATTBarB). Concentrates on polyphonic vocal music of the Renaissance, but also
frequently performs medieval and contemporary music. Debut performance in 1993. {E-mail
: titta.lampela@lumenvalo.fi} [Helsinki,
Finland]
- Lygonia Consort A soprano, tenor, and
instrumental accompaniment. [Portland, Maine]
- Lyric Consort (Alan Baker) Core repertoire is drawn from both the sacred and
secular masters of the 15th and 16th centuries, with seasonal and educational programs
ranging from Chant to Arvo Pärt. Formed in 1993, the ensemble presents an annual
four-concert series in both the Scranton and Wilkes-Barre area, and is regularly featured
in broadcasts on the local public-radio affiliate, WVIA-FM. [Scranton, Pennsylvania]
- Postal Address :
- P.O. Box 560
Dalton, PA 18414
- Tel : (717) 752-3953
- E-mail : abaker@planetx.bloomu.edu
- Members: Susan Kelly & Leslie Mason (sopranos); Jennifer Adam (alto); Peter
Waskiewicz (countertenor); Alan Baker & Frank Spenser (tenors); Christopher Gallo
& Francis McMullen (basses)
- Madrigali (Jaye
Hersh) A merry band of costumed performers singing traditional Renaissance & medieval
music -- a cappella madrigals, folks songs, ballads, chants & carols; romantic,
fanciful, bawdy, joyous! {E-mail : dave@ojaishakespeare.org}
[Ojai, California]
- Magnificat Choir (Philip Cave) Formed in 1991 by Philip
Cave. Accompanies the instrumental ensemble, Magnificat Players. {E-mail : adminstration@magnificat.org.uk}
[Oxford, UK]
- Mala Punica (Pedro Memelsdorff) Singers and six
instrumentalists. The ensemble performs late 14th-century/early 15th-century secular and
sacred polyphony, in particular Italian composers such as Bartolomeo da Bologna, Matteo da
Perugia, Antonio Zacara da Teramo, Corrado da Pistoia, Francesco Landini, Antonello da
Caserta, Filippotto da Caserta, Johannes Ciconia, Paolo da Firenze, etc. [multinational;
Bologna, Italy, is where most of the preparation takes place.]
- Marburg Bachchor (Wolfram Wehnert) Formed in 1966. Accompanies the instrumental
ensembles, Marburg Baroque Ensemble and Hessisches Bach-Collegium.
- The Martin Best Consort (Martin Best) Singers (6 female, 3 male) and
instrumentalists.
- Mayfield Chamber Opera Company
[UK]
- Medieval Ensemble of London (Peter & Timothy Davies) Raphael Biran's
discography.
- Melismata [Haverhill, Massachusetts]
- Contact information :
- c/o Bruce A. Randall
218 Broadway
Haverhill, MA 01832
- Métamorphoses (Maurice Bourbon) Formed in 1983 by Charles Ravier and
Maurice Bourbon. Specializes in music from the Renaissance, mainly French and Italian.
Most recently, the ensemble has also performed Baroque Italian music. The ensemble size
varies between 4 to 16 singers with instrumental accompaniment. [Paris, France]
- Mignarda An
ensemble formed to explore the vast and varied repertoire of music for lute
and voice. The performers present engaging programs of English, French and
Italian music from around the year 1600, with forays into earlier and later
periods. {E-mail:
lutesongs@mignarda.com}[Cleveland, Ohio, USA]
- Minisingers Formed in
1986. They specialise in music from the 12th to the early 17th centuries. [Australia]
- Members: Graeme Stentiford, tenor/countertenor and Hilary Rhodes, soprano. In addition,
they play lute, viol, and percussion. They are at times, augmented by 1 or more players,
who specialise in the performance of Medieval and Renaissance music.
- Mississippi Early Music Ensemble [University of
Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi]
- Monteverdi Choir (John Eliot Gardiner)
Formed in 1964 by JEG. Accompanies the instrumental ensemble, the English Baroque Soloists. {E-mail : info@monteverdi.co.uk} [London, UK]
- Monteverdi Singers
(John Huw Davies) {E-mail
: mailto:a.j.smith@cwcom.net} [Bangor, Gwynedd,
North Wales, UK]
- Montreal Chamber Choir (See Ensemble vocal de Montréal
above.)
- Morgana
Madrigaalkoor
(Taco Sorgdrager). Originally founded in 1995, this chamber choir makes a new start in 2007, once again focusing on European Renaissance
music.
[The Hague, The Netherlands]
(added 11 August 2007)
- Mostly Motets
(Stephen T. Moore) Formed in
1998. 12- to 14-voices. Sing mostly motets from the Renaissance. {E-mail:
music@vistaconsulting.com}
[Santa Rosa, California]
- Mountain Ayres
[Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont]
- Mountain Madrigals (Ann Hall) 12 or more a capella singers;
focus on early secular music. Same members as Ara Coeli. {E-mail:
mu3@vnet.net} [Asheville, North Carolina]
- Munich Bach Chor (Karl Richter)
- Musica Antiqua Serbiana (Artistic director: Ms Vera Zlokovic, mezzo-soprano)
Primarily a vocal ensemble specializing in music from the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
[Belgrade, Yugoslavia]
- Musica Contexta (translation: "music interwoven") Formed in
1991. [UK]
- Musica Fabula (Jan Walters) [UK]
- Members : Jan Walters (harp), Liliana Mazzari (soprano), Sarah Pillow (soprano),
Steven Player (guitar)
- Música Ficta Vocal and instrumental ensemble
dedicated to the performance of Latin American Baroque and European Renaissance music. {E-mail:
gserran@javercol.javeriana.edu.co}
[Bogotá, Colombia]
- Musica ficta (Bo Holton) [Copenhagen, Denmark]
- Musica Ficta (Raul Mallavibarrena) 8 singers. Specialize in Spanish and Italian
renaissance polyphony. [Spain]
- Musica Freybergensis (Roland Wilson) [Freiberg, Germany]
- Musica Reservata de Barcelona [guest conductors} Formed in 1991. A
chamber vocal group devoted to the repertory of 16th Century religious music, with
particular interest in Spanish music, and with a typically Southern timbre. Moved by the
desire to make the most famous and the most unknown polyphonic works known to a wider
audience, MRB collaborates with leading musicologists and performers of the Spanish
"Siglo de Oro" (Golden Age), such as Bruno Turner, Peter Phillips, Ivan Moody,
Jean-Marc Andrieu, etc. [Barcelona, Spain]
- Contact information:
- Postal address:
- c/o Jordi Abelló Sola
Av. Meridiana, 506-510, 1 - 2
E - 08030 Barcelona - SPAIN
- Tel. 0034 93 346 24 32 or 0034 93 274 01 57
- Fax. 0034 93 265 90 80
- E-mail address:
jordiabello@jazzfree.com
- Ensemble members: Roser Garrell, soprano; Isabel Juaneda, soprano; Jordi
Abelló, countertenor; Mercè Trujillo, alto; Antoni Trigueros, tenor;
Albert Riera, tenor; Jordi Lluis Blanco, baritone; Tomas Maxe,
bass
- Discography:
- "Dos generaciones de musica en Sevilla": Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599) &
Alonso Lobo (1555-1617). Jean-Marc Andrieu, conductor - Edicions Albert Moraleda. Ref.
1665 DDD 1996
- Alonso Lobo: Lamentationes & Sebastián de Vivanco: Missa Assumpsit
Iesus & motets Bruno Turner, conductor La Mà de Guido LMG2045 2002
- Francisco Guerrero: Missa Dormendo un giorno & motets (Live
Recording in Granada) Peter Phillips, conductor rtve-Música Ref. 65186
2003 (1999)
- Musica Spei "Music of Hope". Formed in 1995.
A cappella choral group that specializes in the sacred choral music of the
Renaissance. {E-mail:
SMMarcus@localnet.com} [Rochester, New York]
- Musica Vocalis
(none) An a cappella ensemble. Formed in 1996. {E-mail :
K.Seidel@lrz.tum.de} [Munich, Germany]
- Nederlands Kamerkoor (Principle conductor: Uwe Gronostay; choir often works with
guest conductors.)
- Netherlands Bach Choir (Ton Koopman)
- Niederaltaicher Scholaren (Konrad Ruhland)
- Norfolk Singers
(Ronald Beckett)
Formed in 1983 by Ronald Beckett. {E-mail : dlenson@rogers.wave.ca}
[Norfolk, Ontario, Canada]
- Nova Schola Gregoriana (Sergo Vartolo)
- Oberon Consort
{E-mail:
oberonconsort@hotmail.com}
SSATB and continuo. [Antwerp, Belgium]
- Obsidienne (Emmanuel Bonnardot) [Paris, France]
- Opera Restor'd (Peter
Holman) Hyperion
discography. [UK]
- Oriana Formed in 1977. Sing music
from the renaissance. [Uppsala, Sweden]
- The Oriana Singers (William Chin,
founder/director) Formed in 1979. An a capella 6-voice chamber choir performing a
broad repertoire from early music to jazz and commissioned compositions. Toured the U.S.,
Germany, Spain, and Costa Rica. {E-mail: thevoice@oriana.org} [Chicago, Illinois]
- Orlando Chamber Choir
"London's leading Baroque choir"
[London, UK]
- Orlando di Lasso Ensemble (Detlef Bratschke) Formed in 1981.
Authentic performances of vocal music from Perotin (1200) to the early Baroque
era (1700). [Germany]
- Contact Information:
- Postal address:
- c/o Detlef Bratschke
Hamburger Str. 152
D-28205 Bremen
GERMANY
- Phone: +49-421-72032
- Fax: +49-421-74481
- E-mail:
Detlef.Bratschke@t-online.de
- Performance Management: Ars musica,
Julia.Ortmann@t-online.de
- Members:
- Nele Gramß (soprano), Mona Spägele (soprano), Beat Duddeck (countertenor),
Detlef Bratschke (countertenor), Tobias Hiller (tenor), Hans Jörg Mammel
(tenor), Adolph Seidel (bass)
- Discography: Thorofon
(thorofon@t-online.de)
- Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594): Motets and Magnificat, CTH 2130
- Orlando di Lasso: Viersprachendruck (Four Language Print) 1573, CTH 2209
- Orlando di Lasso: Trionfo dell'Amore, Madrigals after Petrarch, CTH 2282
- Melchior Franck (1579-1639): Paradisus Musicus, CTH 2343
- Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672): opus 1 Italian Madrigals, CTH 2387
- Barbara Strozzi (1619-1664): opus 1 Il primo de Madrigali, CTH 2441/2
(vols. 1 & 2)
- Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (?-1653): Vespers
- The Orpheus Consort
- Members: Susan Rode Morris, soprano; Paul Hillier, baritone; John Dornenberg,
viol; Richard Savino, vihuela, baroque guitar, & lute
- Oslo Baroque Soloists
(Shalev Ad-El) [Oslo, Norway]
- Otti Strotti 2 sopranos,
two contraltos, two tenors and two basses. {E-mail: putter@cs.vu.nl} [The Netherlands]
- Oxford Camerata (Jeremy Summerly; E-mail: js@demon.camerata.co.uk) Formed in 1984. Naxos website. {E-mail:
info@camerata.demon.co.uk} [Oxford, UK]
- Pacific Camerata (Daniel
Ratelle) A 16-member semi-pro vocal ensemble which presents programs of Medieval through
Baroque music, primarily a cappella but sometimes with instruments. Formed in
1994. {E-mail: PacCam@aol.com} [San Diego,
California]
- Pacific Collegium
(Christopher Kula) Specializes in 16th- through 18th-century small-ensemble
vocal and choral music. {E-mail:
info@pacificcollegium.org}
[Oakland, California]
- Palacio Kwartet (?)
Formed in 1994. A vocal quartet. {E-mail: boogaard@xs4all.nl}
[Utrecht, The Netherlands]
- Members: Edith Kömink, soprano; Maurien de Vries, alto; Twan Geurts, tenor;
Martin van den Boogaard, bass
- Palestrina Choir (Michael Harrison) A 14-voice
a capella choir, formed by Michael Harrison in 1986, to present
rarely-heard masterpieces of 16th Century liturgical music. Telephone:
703-519-1961 [Washington, DC]
- The Parley of Instruments Baroque Choir (Peter Holman)
- Parthenia Vocal (Christian Brembeck) Four voices (SATB). Formed in 1990
- Pembroke College Cambridge Chapel
Choir (Christopher Gray) {E-mail : nrm23@cam.ac.uk} [Cambridge, UK]
- Penn Madrigal Singers (William
Parberrry)
- Philomusica Chamber Choir
(Dennis Boyle) A 40-voice mixed community choir performing since 1969. At least 50% of
their repertoire is early music -- mostly sacred (e.g. Masses, chants, Magnum
Mysterium, Ave Maria, Gloria, etc.) with occasional madrigals, medieval carols, and
shorter pieces. {E-mail :
info@philomusic.org}
[East Brunswick, New Jersey]
- Pittsburgh Camerata (Gayle
Clark Kirkwood) Approx. 30 singers. Specializes in vocal music from the sixteenth to
twentieth century. {E-mail : jrmeans@nb.net}
[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]
- Playford Consort (Richard Wistreich)
[UK]
- Polygon (Thomas Gebhardt) Vocal and
instrumental early music ensemble. [Cologne, Germany]
- Polyhymnia
(E-mail:
info@polyhymnia-nyc.org) [New York City, New York]
- Polyhymnia Choir
& Consort (Richard Lowell Childress)
Formed in 1995. The ensembles perform in all-male or mixed versions, depending
on repertoire being explored. The Polyhymnia Choir numbers 12 to 18; the
Polyhymnia Consort numbers 6 to 8. [Winchester, UK] {E-mail:
childress@worldonline.co.uk}
- PolyPhonia (Nikolaos Kotrokois)
Specializes in renaissance polyphony. Formed in 1994. Made the first worldwide recording
of Franghiskos Leontaritis' - the unique Greek composer of renaissance music - works. {E-mail
: polyphonia@yahoo.com} [Athens, Greece]
- Polyphony (Stephen Layton) Formed in 1986. Hyperion biography. {E-mail:
info@polyphony.co.uk} [London, UK]
- Pomerium (previously known as
"Pomerium Musices" -- name shortened in 1993) (Alexander Blachly) Formed in
1972. A 13-voice vocal ensemble modeled on the virtuoso chapel choirs of the Renaissance.
The core repertory consists of chansons, madrigals, motets, and masses of the Renaissance,
but it performs music from Leonin to J.S. Bach. Two commercial recordings on the Nonesuch
label; a third for Classic Masters. Now records for Archiv Produktion and Glissando. [New
York, New York]
- Pro Arte Singers (Thomas Binkley) "a chamber choir which performs
medieval, renaissance and baroque choral repertory. In addition to choral concerts the
members perform early theatrical works and opera on a larger scale, and solo chamber music
with other voices and instruments on a smaller scale." A performance ensemble
for the Early Music Institute, Indiana University School of Music. [Bloomington, Indiana]
- Progetto Musica (Giulio Monaco) [Italy]
- Pro Musica Antiqua, Brussels (Director: Safford Cape) Both singers and
instrumental. Active in the 1950s; disbanded.
[Brussels, Belgium]
- Members (* = core members) : *Jeanne Deroubaix (alto, drum), *Louis Dervos
(tenor, recorders), *Franz Mertens (tenor, triangle), *Albert van Ackere (bass, drum),
Silva Devos (recorder), *Janine Tryssesoone (diskantfiedel), *Arthur Dirkx (tenorfiedel),
Fernand Terby (tenorfiedel), *Michel Podolski (lute), Elisabeth Verlooy (soprano), Rene
Letroye (tenor), Willy Pourtois (bass), Andre Douvere (tenorfiddle), Janine Rubinlichr
(treble-fiddle). Gaston Dome (tenor-fiddle), Jan-Christophe van Hecke (tenor-fiddle),
Renee Defraiteur (soprano), Christianne Plessis (alto), Arnold Brand (bass), Hertha
Theunen-Seidl (lute), Valerie Noack (recorders), Heiner Spieker (treble fiddle)
- Discography:
- ARC 3002 (6/23/53) -- produced by Dr. Fred Hamel
Adam de La Halle: Le Jeu Robin et Marion
Adam de la Halle: 13 Rondeaux
17 Danses du 13e et 14e Siecle
- ARC 3034 (11/12/54)
Gastoldi: 12 Balletti
Jannequin: 7 Chansons (incl. La Guerre, Chant des Oiseaux)
- ARC 3051 (7/2-7/56)
Chansons et Motets du 13e Siecle (troubadours, trouveres, minnesingers)
Leoninus: Judea et Jerusalem (organum)
Perotinus: Sederunt principes (organum)
- ARC 3052 (7/2-7/56)
Dunstable: Motets
Okeghem: 5 Chansons
- ARC 3071 (12/19/52) -- produced by Dr. Fred Hamel
9 Chansons from "Notenbëaut;cher der Margaret von Oesterreich"
Susato: 16 Danserye
- ARC 3159 (10/26/59 & 4/26/60) -- produced by Dr. Hans Hickmann
Des Prez: Missa Pange lingua
Des Prez: 8 Secular Works
- La Psallette de Lorraine (Pierre Cao)
- Publick Musick
(Thomas
Folan) The Publick Musick Chamber Choir consists of 24 professional singers
who specialize in the performance of choral music from the 16th through the
early 19th centuries. The ensemble performs as an a cappella ensemble
as well as with the Publick
Musick Chamber Orchestra.[Rochester, New York, USA]
- Contact Information:
- Postal address :
- 165 St. Bridgets Drive
Rochester, NY 14605
USA
- Telephone: (585) 454-5618
- E-mail :
- Discography :
- Aural Borealis: Baroque Choral and Instrumental Music for the Christmas
Season - Sonabilis son002 (Released in 2003.)
- Purcell Simfony Voices (?)
- Quink A 5-voice Dutch a capella ensemble featuring music of the Renaissance and
baroque periods.
- Il Quintetto Madrigalistico Udinese
(Paolo Malisano) Formed in 1996. [Majano, Italy]
- Contact Information :
- Postal address :
- Paolo Malisano
Via Zumino 3/15
33030 MAJANO (UD)
Italy
- Tel & FAX : 0432/958182
- E-mail : malisano@marvel.it
- Members : Patrizia Chittaro (soprano), Barbara Codutti (soprano), Anna Mindotti
(contralto), Paolo Malisano (tenor, lute) Franco Stringaro (bass)
- Quintessenz! A
madrigal quintet specializing in music of the renaissance and early baroque (Claudio
Monteverdi, Sigismondo d'India, Girolamo Frescobaldi et al.). Formed in 1995. {E-mail
: uranos@t-online.de} [Berlin, Germany]
- Members : Elisabeth Rapp (soprano), Heike Scheel (soprano), Barbara Nestler
(alto), Ingo J. Jander (tenor), Markus Brühl (bass)
- Quodlibet
Six members: two sopranos, an alto, a tenor, a baritone and a bass. {E-mail:
quodlibet@wanadoo.es} [Badajoz, Spain]
- Recital Cantando (Yuusuke Arimura) [Japan]
- Red Byrd Hyperion discography. A
soloist vocal ensemble consisting of five voices: SSTTB
- Renaissance Singers (Edward Wickham -- also
director of the Clerks' Group) Originally Formed by Michael Howard in 1944 as the
performing arm of the Renaissance Society. The ensemble was inactivated in 1982 but was
resurrected in 1992 by the musical director, Michael Procter. Mr. Wickham succeeded
Mr. Procter in 1995. {E-mail : robinr@josquin.com}
[London, UK]
- Renaissance Singers (Richard Cunningham)
Formed in 1973. The ensemble performs music spanning the 15th-20th centuries. {E-mail
: bgreaves@quarry.com} [Kitchener-Waterloo,
Canada]
- Renaissance Street Singers
(John Hetland) Sacred music of the 16th and 15th centuries sung a cappella
in the streets, parks and other public places of New York City. {E-mail:
JHetland@nyc.rr.com}
[New York City, New York]
- La Reverdie Consists of four female singers, one male singer, and a variety of
vielles, harps, and other instruments. [Italy]
- Rheinische Kantorei (Hermann Max) Origins in 1977. Obtained current name in 1985.
16-32 singers. Accompanies the instrumental ensemble, "Das Kleine Konzert". [Germany]
- Ring Ensemble Formed in
1991. The repertoire of the ensemble extends from music of the Renaissance to the very
latest contemporary works. [Helsinki, Finland]
- Postal address :
- c/o Johanna Talasniemi
Temppelikatu 3-5 A 8
00100 Helsinki, Finland
- Telephone : +358 9 454 0201
- Fax: +358 9 454 4021
- Rondellus
To promote medieval and renaissance music. [Tallinn, Estonia]
- Rose Ensemble (Jordan Sramek) Formed in 1996
by Sramek.
The Rose Ensemble has built a diverse and enthusiastic contemporary audience
for ancient music and legends. Every Rose Ensemble concert is an imaginative
performance of music from before 1750, scrupulously researched and
beautifully presented. {E-mail :
info@RoseEnsemble.org}
[St. Paul, Minnesota]
- The Royale Madrigals
(?) Founded in 1997 and inspired at King Richard's Faire in Carver, MA. The members
perform as characters in period accurate clothing from the 1580s. The singers goals
are to bring back Renaissance music, madrigals, as well as lute songs and breathe life
into them. The ensemble consists primarily of an a cappella quartet, though
occasionally a guitar or recorder is added. {E-mail: arianna@ici.net} [North Attleborough,
Massachusetts]
- Saint Agnes
Chamber Choir (Donna May) Formed in 1986. The group sings the first Saturday of
every month at St. Agnes Church and specializes in Reniassance Music -- especially that of
Palestrina, Victoria, and Byrd. {E-mail : stagnes@catholic.org}
[St. Paul, Minnesota]
- Saint Ann Choir (Professor William Mahrt) It sings Gregorian
chant and Renaissance polyphony for sunday masses at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Palo
Alto, and polyphonic Masses of the Renaissance for major feast days. {E-mail :
mahrt@stanford.edu} [Palo Alto,
California]
- Saint Dominic Choir
(David Scofield) A church choir specializing in early music performed in its original
liturgical context [San Francisco, California]
- Saint Martin's Chamber Choir
(Timothy Krueger) A 20-voice
ensemble whose repertoire ranges from Renaissance music to English Romantic-era partsongs
to 20th century works. (E-mail: smccinfo@webpan.com)
[Denver, Colorado]
- San Francisco Bach Choir (Artistic director:
David P. Babbitt) They perform many works from the 16th-18th centuries, most notably
antiphonal music for multiple choirs. {E-mail :
webmaster@sfbach.org}
[San Francisco Bay area, California]
- Santa Barbara Quire of Voyces
(Nathan Kreitzer) {E-mail: sbqv@catalina.org}
- Sarum Consort (Dr. Martha N. Johnson) Formed in 1985. [UK]
- SAVAE (San Antonio Vocal Arts Ensemble)
Formed in 1989. It's mission has been to perform the XVI, XVII, and XVIII centruy
villancicos of colonial New Spain (Latin America). Performances are in historic places
such as Mission San Jose and San Fernando Cathedral. {E-mail: moroneys@ix.netcom.com} [San Antonio, Texas]
- Members: Paula Jarvis (soprano I), Kathy Mayer (soprano II), Lee P'Pool (tenor
I), Jody Noblett (tenor II), Covita Moroney (alto II), Tanya Moczygemba (alto I), Phil
Zamora (bass II), Christopher Moroney (bass II & Artistic director)
- Schola Antiqua (R. John Blackley) 3 men & 3 women.
- Schola Antiqua of Chicago (Calvin
M. Bower) Formed in 2000. Eight-voice professional chant ensemble under the direction of
medieval music scholar Calvin M. Bower from the University of Notre Dame. The
group focuses on chant from the 9th - 12th centuries and publishes it own
editions from manuscripts found only in European libraries. {E-mail:
ScholaChicago@yahoo.com}
[Chicago, Illinois]
- Schola Cantorum of Boston (L. Frederick Jodry) 14 members. Perform a capella and
accompanied music from Dufay through Bach. Formed in 1982. Collaborate with the Boston
Camerata. {E-mail: Louis_Jodry_V@brown.edu}
[Boston, Massachusetts]
- Schola Cantorum
Daytoniensis Formed in 1994. [Dayton, Ohio]
- Schola Cantorum Gedanensis (Jan Lukaszewski) [Gdnansk, Poland]
- Schola Cantorum Of Oxford (Jeremy Summerly) It was founded in 1960 by the
Hungarian dissident László Heltay.
- Schola Cantorum of St. Peter the Apostle
(J. Michael Thompson) 24-voice mixed group of professionals singing plainchant and
polyphony. Formed in 1988. {E-mail: rhawkjmt@aol.com}
Discography : See website.
[Chicago, Illinois]
- Schola Cantorum Scaniensis (Peter Wallin) Specializing in the performance of
Gregorian chant and medieval music. The ensemble consists of students and ex-students at
the School of Music, Malmö. {E-mail : peter.wallin@mbox2.swipnet.se} [Sweden]
- Schola Cantorum of Melbourne
(Gary Ekkel) Formed in 1994 -- by Ekkel. Resident at Newman College, The University of
Melbourne. [Melbourne, Australia]
- Discography: Jan Dismas Zelenka: "The Litanies of St. Francis
Xavier" [includes Dixit Dominus (ZWV66), Confitebor (ZWV73), Beatus Vir (ZWV75),
Laudate Pueri (ZWV82), Laudate Dominum (ZWV87), Magnificat (ZWV108), Litaniae Xaverianae
(ZWV155), Alma Redemptoris Mater (ZWV124)] - with the Schola Cantorum Baroque Players - Move Records MCD156
- Schola Cantorum of Syracuse or
"School for Singers" (Joyce Irwin) 12-16 singers; 4-6 instrumentalists
(typically a viol consort) perform on period instruments. The ensemble performs works
spanning 1000 A.D. to 1700 A.D. [Syracuse, New York, USA]
- Schola Discantus (Kevin
Moll) Lyrichord
discography.
- Schola of Gloriae Dei Cantores (Richard Pugsley, Elizabeth Patterson) 44-voice
choir. Chant and more. [Cape Cod, Massachusetts]
- Schola Gregoriana Bonn (Alexander M. Schweitzer) Formed in 1995. 10 men and
women. [Bonn, Germany]
- Schola Gregoriana Mediolanensis
(Giovanni Vianini) {E-mail
: vianini@mail.virtuale.it} [Milan, Italy]
- Schola Hungarica (Janka Szendrei & Laszlo Dobszay)
- The Scholars of Cambrai A 7-voice ensemble (with occasional lute
accompaniment) dedicated exclusively to the performance of Renaissance music. {E-mail
: scholarsofcambrai@yahoo.com} [Chicago,
Illinois]
- The Scholars of London Formed in 1970 from members of the choir at King's
College, Cambridge. Originally an all-male quintet. Presently a mixed quartet. Perform
with the Scholars Baroque Ensemble. (U.S. agent: Lisa Sapinkopf Artists) [UK]
- Members : Kym Amps (soprano), Angus Davidson (countertenor), Robin Doveton
(tenor), David van Asch (bass)
- Schütz Choir of London (Roger Norrington) Approx. 20 voices. Accompanies the
instrumental ensemble, the London Classical Players.
- A Sei Voci (Artistic director: Bernard
Fabre-Garrus; Manager: Thomas Vasseur) Formed in 1977. The ensemble's artistic mission is
to rediscover polyphonic music of the Renaissance and Baroque periods while also
performing works from the present day. The ensemble consists of 2 countertenors, 1
soprano, 1 tenor, 1 baritone, 1 bass. For choral compositions requiring larger forces, the
ensemble includes other singers accordingly. [Sablé-sur-Sarthe, France]
- Sequentia Formed in
1977. [Köln, Germany]
- La Serenissima (Maria Forsstöm)
A vocal quintet (named after the sobriquet for Venice) who specializes in music from the
late renaissance and early baroque periods. The Ensemble performs music by composers such
as Monteverdi, Purcell and Tallis. {E-mail : staffan@ngb.se}
[Stockholm, Sweden]
- La Sestina
(Adriano
Giardina) Formed in 1999. {E-mail:
info@lasestina.ch} [Switzerland]
- The Sherwood Consort (Mary
Devlin) Formed in 1995. Performs with period instruments. The ensemble specializes in
medieval and Renaissance music of the British Isles and other music, such as medieval
music of northern France, which directly influenced British early music. {E-mail : sherwcon@hotmail.com} [San Francisco Bay area,
California]
- Sine Nomine (Music director: J. Nixon McMillan) Formed in 1995. [All Saints
Episcopal Church, East Lansing, Michigan]
- Members: Tamara Syron (soprano), Robert Kellerman (countertenor), Taylor
Johnson (countertenor), Bill Henson (tenor), Scott Knitter (baritone)
- Current repertoire: Gregorian Mass ordinary and propers, Byrd, Tallis, Batten,
Purcell, Tompkins, 13th c. Westminster Manuscripts, Merbecke, Morley; also
early-music-style compositions by 20th-c. composers Vaughan Williams, Willan, and Howells.
- Sine Nomine
Ensemble for Medieval Music Formed in 1991 to research and perform vocal and
instrumental music of the Middle Ages. {E-mail: martinb@chass.utoronto.ca} [Toronto, Canada]
- Sine Nomine
Chamber choir. Founded by Marek
Toporowski in 1996. Its repertoire consists of renaissance, baroque, classical and
romantic music. Often accompanies the early music instrumental ensemble,
Concerto Polacco. [Warsaw, Poland]
- Postal address :
- Towarzystwo Muzyki Dawnej
TRAZOM
Powsińska 24a m 6
02-903 Warszawa (Warsaw)
POLAND
- Telephone/Fax (1) : +48228582548
- Telephone (2) : +48600974435
- E-mail : trazom@trazom.art.pl
(c/o Maria Mostowska)
- Sine Nomine Performing medieval and
renaissance music. (E-mail:
sinenomine@promotor.telia.se)
[Uppsala, Sweden]
- Singakademie
Tsukuba (Masaru Suzuki) Singakademie Tsukuba performs choral music ranging from
16th century to 20th century, with special attention to the early music. Formed in 1988.
There are currently about 50 members. {E-mail: yamane@social.tsukuba.ac.jp} [Tsukuba,
Japan]
- Sirin Ensemble (Andrey Kotov) Formed
in 1989. The choir's goal is to resurrect medieval Russian music traditions that had been
lost after the church reforms of the 17th century. {E-mail : sergeish@mtu-net.ru} [Russia]
- Sirinu Hyperion
discography.
- Members: Sara Stowe, soprano voice, organ, recorder, percussion; Matthew
Spring, voice, lute, hurdy-gurdy, shawm, lira da braccio, viol, gittern; Jon Banks, voice,
harp, sackbut, organ, viol, recorder, percussion; Henry Stobart, voice, recorder,
bagpipes, viol, shawm, pipe, tabor.
- The Sixteen (Harry Christophers)
Formed in 1977 by Harry Christophers. Accompanies the instrumental ensemble, The Orchestra of the Sixteen.
- Societas Incognitorum [Czech Republic]
- Song Company (Roland Peelman) A group of 6 - 8 vocalists who specialise in the
performance of Early Music, ranging from Early Renaissance to Mozart. Formed ca. 1984.
[Sydney, Australia]
- Sonoma County Bach Choir (?) [Sonoma
State University, California]
- Stadtsingechor Halle (Dorothea Köhler)
- Stanford Early Music Singers (Professor William Mahrt) It specializes in
polyphonic vocal music from Dufay through Schuetz. The group has completed a cycle of all
the Masses of Josquin Des Prez and is now presenting a series of historical vespers
services in concert. (in collaboration with the St. Ann Chapel Choir).
{E-mail : mahrt@leland.stanford.edu}
[Palo Alto, California]
- Le Studio de
musique ancienne de Montréal (Artisitc director:
Christopher Jackson)
Founded in 1974. {E-mail:
info@smam-montreal.com}
[Montréal, Canada]
- Super Librum
(Jankees
Braaksma) - ensemble for medieval music [Groningen, The Netherlands]
- Tafelmusik Chamber Choir (Ivars Taurins) Accompanies the instrumental ensemble, Tafelmusik. Formed in 1981. [Toronto, Canada]
- The Tallis Scholars (Peter Phillips) Formed in 1973. [UK]
- Tapestry - The All-Centuries
Singers Tapestry concerts feature
Renaissance madrigals performed in period costume, each selection being
prefaced by an original poetic introduction. Occasionally straying from the a
cappella repertoire, they may include in their program sacred works
accompanied by organ and/or chamber orchestra. {E-mail:
tapestrysings@wildblue.net} [Clinton, New
York, USA]
- Taverner Consort & Choir (Andrew Parrott) Formed in
1973. Accompanies the instrumental ensemble, the Taverner Players. Raphael Biran's
discography. Sony
Classical [UK]
- TEMPOL (The Early Music Project Of Louisville) (Director:
Richard Burchard) Originally formed in 1989 by Richard Burchard as "TimeChange".
The ensemble was subsequently remodeled into TEMPOL. The group specializes in sacred
medieval chant and polyphonic repertoire up to 1550 by lesser-known composers. {E-mail:
rburchard@bellarmine.edu} [Louisville,
Kentucky]
- Il Terzo Suono (trans: "the third sound") Formed in 1993. The name of
the ensemble derives from the notion (as opined by Tartini) that "two sounds, diverse
and distant but perfectly in tune, give rise from a natural necessity to a third
sound". "The ensemble believes that a soloistic vocal approach to ensemble
repertoire not only does not obstruct the sense of music, but on the contrary enriches it
with colors and nuance all too often ironed away by a tendency towards homogeneity,
bordering on uniformity." [multinational]
- Members (cumulative list) : Marinella Pennicchi (soprano), Jeffrey Gall
(countertenor), Gian Paolo Fagotto (tenor & founder), Furio Zanasi (bass), Carlo
Lepore (bass)
- Texas Bach Choir
(Artistic director : Daniel
Long) Formed in 1976. {E-mail : tbc@prontomail.com}
[San Antonio, Texas]
- Texas Early Music Project (Daniel
Johnson) [Austin, Texas]
- Theatre of Voices (Paul Hillier) Formed in 1989. [California]
- Members: Paul Elliott (tenor), Alan Bennett (tenor), Paul Hillier (baritone)
- Thesaurus Musicus (Kamiel Cooremans) [The Netherlands]
- Thüringischer Akademischer Singkreis (Wolfgang Unger) Formed in 1969.
- TimeChange (See TEMPOL above.)
- TONUS PEREGRINUS
(Antony Pitts) An 8-voice mixed ensemble. Formed in 1990. (E-mail:
info@tonusperegrinus.co.uk) [UK]
- Toronto Chamber Choir (E-mail
: mailto:allan.griffin@utoronto.ca
[Toronto, Ontario, Canada]
- Triacamusicale
(Mara Colombo) Formed in 1995. Perform mainly Renaissance and Baroque
European musical repertoire, [Quarona (Piemonte), Italy]
- Contact Information:
- Postal address:
c/o Mara Colombo
Via XX Settembre 3 - 13017 QUARONA (Vercelli) Italy
- E-mail:
info@triacamusicale.it
- Members: Paola Ferracin (soprano), Mara Colombo (alto), Giovanni
Fiandino (tenor), Domenico Monetta (baritone), Carlo Cavagna (bass)
- Trinity Baroque
(Julian
Podger) Specialists in the music of the Renaissance and the Baroque.
- Trinity College Choir (R. Marlow)
- Trinity Consort, Cambridge Formed in 1998. The group specialises in music from
the Renaissance period, and has performed in several venues in the Cambridge area, notably
the impressive 16th-century chapel at Trinity College. Although primarily an a cappella
group, the Consort has appeared with the viol consort La Dolce Gamba in several
verse anthems.
{E-mail: gls20@hermes.cam.ac.uk [Cambridge,
UK]
- Members : (Past or current choral scholars of Trinity College Choir, Cambridge.)
Rachel Bennett (soprano), Susan Atherton (mezzosoprano), Clare Wilkinson (alto), Geoffrey
Silver (tenor), Christopher Adams (bass)
- Postal address: c/o Beulah, 66 Rochester Way, Crowborough, East Sussex, TN6 2HN,
UK
- Concert schedule: Wednesday, 18th November 1998 at 8pm. The venue is Trinity
College Chapel, tickets are GBP 4 / GBP 2. All are welcome!
- Tudor Choir (Doug Fullington) Formed in 1993.
Specializing in early Tudor church music. {E-mail: dougf@u.washington.edu} [Seattle, Washington]
- University of Houston Collegium Musicum
[Moores School of Music, Unversity of Houston, Texas]
- University of Texas Early Music Ensemble (Daniel
Johnson -- tenor) [Austin, Texas]
- Vencelius (Artistic
director: Marco Rossi) Formed in 1998. The
eight-singers-choir specializes in "a cappella" compositions and often performs
with soloists and musicians when the repertoire requires it. The ensemble is named after
the musician Nikolaus Vencelius, a "bohemian-style" composer who lived between
the 17th and 18th centuries. [Trieste/Milan, Italy]
- Contact information:
- Postal address:
- c/o Federico Monti
Via San Cilino, 52
34128 Trieste
ITALY
- Telephone: +39 040 567914
- E-mail:
- La Venexiana (Chamber Music and Madrigal
groups) [Terra del Sole, Italy]
- VICTORIA Cor de Cambra A mixed
ensemble of 16 singers with conductor from Valencia (Spain) whose musical repertoire
primarily includes the renaissance (especially the music by Tomés Luis de Victoria) and
baroque. {E-mail : pcruz@iti.upv.es}
[Valencia, Spain]
- Victoria Voices and Viols
(Andrew Hope) A young ensemble of 8 solo voices and a 5-piece viol consort with Emma
Johnson, arpa doppia, and Taro Takeuchi, theorbo.
- Virginia Tech Early Music Ensemble
(Director: by Prof. John Howell) [Blacksburg, Virginia]
- Viriditas (Artistic Director: Juliette Norwood) Formed in 1991. The group
includes a core of regulars; Juliette Hughes and three women, but there is also a
commitment to exploring the possibilities of Hildegard's music with mixed voices. Includes
instrumetal accompaniment. In 1993 Viriditas released a CD entitled "Jouissance"
containing works by Hildegard von Bingen and Peter Abelard. {E-mail : jupiter@melb.alexia.net.au} [Melbourne,
Australia]
- Viva Voce Formed in 1994. SSATTB, organ,
and chitarrone perform works from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. {E-mail
: ensemble@vivavoce.de} [Germany]
- Vocalitas A mixed
a cappella choir of 13 singers performing Gregorian chant and renaissance vocal
music. [Bienstädt, Germany]
- Vocalconsort Berlin Formed in
2003. {E-mail:
vocalconsort@berlin.de} [Berlin, Germany]
- Voces Novae et Antiquae (Robert Ross)
Formed in 1991. {E-mail:
info@vocesnovaeantiquae.org} [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]
- Voci Angeli (Mary Jane Newman)
- Voces Sacrae (Judy Martin)
An a capella choir specialising in 16th-century (and 20th-century) music. Formed in
1989 by Judy Martin. {E-mail : josie@engela.demon.co.uk}
[Oxford, England]
- Voice of Orpheus A baroque vocal quartet. [USA]
- Members : Laura Heimes (soprano), Mark Rimple (countertenor and lute), Allen
Townsend (tenor), John Alston (bass), James Smith (continuo)
- Voices of Ascension (Dennis Keene) Choral music with a
special emphasis on early music. Delos International
discography. [New York, New York]
- Les Voix Médiévales (John Baboukis) Formed in 1997. Seven singers who
specialize in medieval and renaissance repertory. [Montréal, Canada]
- Vokalensemble der Akademie für Alte Musik Bremen (Manfred Cordes)
- Vokalensemble Frankfurt [Frankfurt, Germany]
- Vokalensemble Luzern (Hansjakob Egli)
Peform works by di Lasso, Palestrina, Gabrielli, Schütz, JS Bach, Bennet, Byrd, Handel,
etc. {E-mail : matthiass@tic.ch}
[Luzern, Switzerland]
- Vokalensemble der Salzburger Hofmusik (Wolfgang Brunner)
- Vox Animae (translation:
"The voice of the soul") Formed in 1994 as a product of the
Mayfield
Chamber Opera Company. [UK]
- Vox Renaissance Consort
(Valentin Radu) 20 singers. Formed in 1987 by Valentin Radu. {E-mail: AmaDeus@libertynet.org} [Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania]
- Vozes Alfonsinas (Manuel Pedro Ferreira) Formed in 1995. Ensemble of vocal and
instrumental music from the XI to XIV centuries. 6 singers (bass, baritone, 2 tenors,
alto, and soprano) and 2 instrumentists. {E-mail: goncalo-p-goncalves@telecom.pt} [Lisbon,
Portugal]
- The Waltham Abbey Singers (Brian Link) Formed in 1991. [Minneapolis, Minnesota] -- disbanded
- Washington Bach Consort (J. Reilly Lewis) A baroque
chorus and orchestra. [Washington, DC, USA]
- Weser-Renaissance (Manfred Cordes) A mixed vocal
(women and countertenors) and instrumental ensemble of Dutch and German singers as well as
sackbuts, chitarrone, and positiv organ and is affiliated with the Akademie für Alte
Musik. [Bremen, Germany]
- Westfälische Kantorei (Hildebrand Haake -- since 1987.) Formed in 1948 by
Wilhelm Ehmann. 20-25 voices. [Herford, Germany]
- William Byrd Choir (Gavin Turner) Hyperion discography.
- Winterthur Vokalensemble
(Beat Merz) A mixed vocal ensemble (18-20) specializing in a cappella repertoire
spanning the early Renaissance to Baroque periods. {E-mail: b.merz@bluewin.ch} [Winterthur, Switzerland]
- Woodley Ensemble (no director)
15-25 singers specializing in a cappella music from the Renaissance to contemporary
compositions. {E-mail: woodleyexec@earthlink.net}
[Washington, DC]
-
Wren Baroque
Soloists The Wren Baroque Soloists was Formed to perform and record the vast and
varied vocal repertoire of Antonio Caldara (1670-1736), and to explore the music of his
contemporaries. {E-mail: starmus@brainlink.com}
[UK]
- Members: Lesley-Jane Rogers, Nicola Jenkin, sopranos; Frances Jellard, alto;
Simon Davies, tenor; Martin Elliott, bass (Director); Melanie Woodcock, baroque
violoncello; Jan Waterfield, organ/harpsichord/virginals
- Wykeham Singers (Paul Ogren) An a capella octet who sang secular and
sacred works from the 15th century to the present day with a focus on the Late
Renaissance. - disbanded [San Francisco Bay
area, California]
- Yorkshire Bach Choir
(Peter Seymour) Formed in 1979. [York, UK]
- Zephyr : Voices Unbound
(none) The ensemble sings Baroque music from the Franciscan missions in California
(among many other things). [Los Angeles, California]
- Zephyrus (Paul Walker)
Formed in 1991 -- by Walker. The ensemble's repertoire spans six centuries, from the
polyphonic chants of Notre Dame Cathedral to the sacred motets of Tudor England, the
madrigals of Renaissance Italy, and the masterworks of the early Baroque. The
eighteen-member core group regularly divides into double chorus, quintets, and other
smaller ensembles. [Charlottesville, Virginia; University of Virginia]
Last updated: 11 August 2007
Introductory notes
Mixed vocal ensembles: A - F
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Trebles & Countertenors (boys and/or girls)
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