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    Artist description
    Eight musicians, who sing and play multiple instruments. The consort can produce a wide range of instrumental groupings, from sackbuts and cornets, shawms, recorders, viols to "a capella" voice. The consort can also play with choirs, adding apropriate instruments to performance of 16th and 17th century music, by composers such as Monteverdi, Lassus, Schutz etc.
    Music Style
    Early music, from renaissance to baroque
    Musical Influences
    European music from 1300 to 1700. Italian, English, Spanish, German, Flemish, French
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    Artist History
    Founded in 1987. Have performed in native East Anglia, as well as London, Oxford, Cambridge and many other locations.
    Group Members
    Steve Cassidy, cornet, shawm, bagpipes, recorder, voice (musical director) Jennie Cassidy, curtal, shawm, recorder, harp, principal voice Jim Parr, cornet, shawm, bagpipe, recorder, voice David Fergusson, sackbut, recorder, crumhorn, voice Sue James, sackbut, shawm, recorder, flute, bagpipe, voice Michelin Wandor, recorder, viol, voice Steve Hornung, sackbut, curtal, shawm, bagpipes, recorder, voice Ann Hornung, viol, percussion, voice
    Instruments
    Cornets & Sackbuts, Recorders, viols, shawms, curtals, bagpipes, percussion, voice
    Location
    Ipswich, England - United Kingdom

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