Touring Programs
A WORTHY MIRROR
A Worthy Mirror is a commissioning project of female and non-binary composers in response to 12th-century trobairitz texts.
LOVE TO MY LIKING
Like the troubadours in the South, the trouvères of Northern France wrote some of the most captivating vocal music of the 13th century.
Add on: Medieval dancing.
PENTIMENT
Historically-informed and historical repertoire that supports the illuminated/woodcut art style of Pentiment, a 16th century Bavarian mystery role-playing video game.
Add on: Projected scenes from the game that coincide with the music.
VERDANT MEDICINE
Mystic, medic, and musician Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) expanded humoral theory to connect the viriditas (living greenness) of plants and the metaphorical viridity of spirituality directly to the human body and its functioning.
Add on: Interactive cards that elicit reactions from the 5 senses.
A FINE COMPANION
Newly-composed settings of troubadour songs and texts, written in a dream-pop/shoegaze/psychedelic rock style for an amplified combination of medieval and new instruments.
Wondrous Beasts
Alkemie joins forces with composer Elliot Cole to craft new arrangements of stunning music from 14th-century Italy and newly-composed repertoire inspired by the medieval bestiary.
Add on: Interactive family programing