Alkemie: Awesome Is This Place
$25-$50 ($15 student/economic need)
- Shira Kammen, voice, vielle, & harp
- Corey Shotwell, tenor
This new program presents Alkemie's creative arrangements of favorite works by Guillaume Dufay – considered the foremost European composer by his 15th-century contemporaries – alongside the compositions of modern medieval luminary Shira Kammen. Though written centuries ago, many of the texts on this program have a strong sense of place recognizable to us today – like a beloved home, a garden, or a place of spiritual worship. Alkemie is joined for this program by Corey Shotwell and Shira Kammen.
Attending in person – March 12 in NYC: Walk-ups welcome, but advance registration advised. This venue is accessible.
Attending online – April 29: The digital premiere of this program will be presented at 7:30pm Eastern / 4:30pm Pacific with live musician chat.
About Alkemie Medieval Music Ensemble
Alkemie exists to explore and share the life-affirming and alternative perspectives to be experienced in the sounds of centuries past. Comprised of singer-performers playing over a dozen instruments (including vielles, harps, psaltery, gittern, recorders, douçaines, and percussion), the ensemble has a particular interest in the porous boundaries between the court and folk music of the Medieval period.
http://www.alkemie.org