Collectio Musicorum featured in the New York Times
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In the New York Times on September 12, 2019.
Here's the link, just scroll down to October:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/arts/music/classical-music-calendar.html?searchResultPosition=1
Here's what it says:
10 Months of Classical Concerts You Won’t Want to Miss
ensemble explores early music from Scotland on Oct. 18 at Christ and St.
Stephen’s Church on the Upper West Side, focusing on the Renaissance
composer Robert Johnson — rarely if ever performed in this country — but also
including works dating back to the 12th century. collectio-
musicorum.blogspot.com.
In the spring of 2019, Collectio Musicorum joined up with the American Theatre of Actors to produce The Harrowing of Hell. This is a short play, written in Middle English, that dramatizes the rescue of all the souls in Hell by Jesus right after the Crucifixion. Although it survives in four medieval manuscripts and was published (in Middle English) in the 19th century, it was never performed in the United States. A review of the production may be found here: https://www.rgmagazine.com/the-harrowing-of-hell-a-theatre-review-by-michael-elias/.
The production has been nominated for an Innovative Theatre Award, and further details about that may be found here: https://nyitawards.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-harrowing-of-hell.html. The award ceremony is September 16th. Keep your fingers crossed!
Here's a video of the production:

Collectio Musicorum is one of the producers of a theatrical interpretation of Sir Walter Scott's poem, "The Dance of Death." It will be performed in the weeks prior to Halloween 2018. Although the text is not medieval, it is based on the medieval concept of the dead returning to earth to recruit new members of their band. Written shortly after the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, Scott wrote it after a visit to the battlefield.
Details: https://danceofdeathshow.weebly.com/
On January 5th, members of Collectio Musicorum dominated a session at the Modern Language Association conference in New York City. The session was devoted to troubadour music, and featured Dr. Jeff Dailey and Christopher Thompson (who also sang and played the harp) giving papers and two additional members--Elizabeth Bates and Patrick Fennig--performing selections from the 12th and 13th centuries. Dr. Dailey spoke about the surviving alba repertoire--music describing adulterous relationship and Mr. Thompson talked and demonstrated how to devise harp accompaniments for monophonic songs.
NEW YORK EARLY MUSIC CELEBRATION 2017
an Early Music Foundation Service Project
For a listing of the other Celebration Events, go to: www.NYEMC.org

