| The Academy of St, Giles, 2000 |
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Pictured left to right
Warren Barnes; tenor, percussion, keyboards,
recorders, cornetto
Helene Mock; percussion, recorders,
cornetto, alto
Kathy Hurley; recorder, crumhorn
Joseph Baldassarre; director, lutes,
recorders, flute, doucaine, percussion, viola da gamba, symphonia, baritone
Aeja Killworth; vielle
Laura Berg; mezzo-soprano, vielle,
recorders
Active 1986-2009
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Most of my early music work has been done alone
or in duos but I had always wanted the flexibility afforded by a larger group. Since
1995, The Academy of St. Giles has been the fulfillment of that quest.
The group started as a university ensemble with
a revolving lineup and has fluctuated from as few as four to as many as eight members. However, the core of the group
has been stable for many years and has settled at six for the last several years.
The
sextet specializes in court music and dances of the 14th and 15th centuries, but has the diversity to reach back
into the troubadour era (12th C.) and forward into the early baroque (17th C.). In 2002, The Academy
of St. Giles was honored by being selected "Best of Boise" and was given a concert at the 600-seat
Special Events Center on the Boise State University campus.
Most recently the group has produced two
television videos, one live in performance and another in the studio.
A THOUGHT: Things were never more like today ... than they are right now.
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