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Grace Newcombe (director)Voice, harp, keyboards, direction
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Jacob MarianiPlectrum lute, gittern, bowed strings, luthier
Jacob Mariani is a musicologist, performer, and maker of historically-inspired instruments. He was recently awarded a prestigious Clarendon Scholarship to pursue doctoral research the University of Oxford under the supervision of Elizabeth Eva Leech. Jacob holds an MA in Musicology from the University of Oregon, and an MA in Early Music Performance from the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, where he studied with Profs. Randall Cook and Crawford Young. He currently studies plectrum lute with Marc Lewon. Jacob began his luthier studies in Ashland, Oregon with Stephen Bacon, who is the curator of the Schumann Collection of historical instruments and Master Luthier at Bellwood Violin. In Eugene, Oregon, he worked for Master Luthier Charlie Ogle, and more recently, Jacob spent several months collaborating with Richard Earle in his Basel workshop. He has researched, designed, and built instruments for performers all over the world, Read Jacob's luthier blog here |
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Ozan KaragözVoice, harp
Born in Turkey, Ozan Karagöz studied violin, piano and singing in Izmir and composition, music theory and harpsichord in Istanbul. He studied mediaeval-renaissance singing with Kathleen Dineen and Dominique Vellard as well as ensemble direction with Crawford Young at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, where he also studied early music theory with Johannes Menke and Felix Diergarten. Ozan is currently teaching (ad interim) “Historische Satzlehre” for Medieval-Renaissance music at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. Ozan has performed with dedicated medieval ensembles in Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Belgium and The Netherlands. Bookings include Ensemble Leones, Canto Coronato, Peregrina, and Perlaro. Ozan is the founder and director of vocal ensemble Troxalida. |
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Félix VerryFiddle, rebec
felixverry.com Félix Verry studied early music in Strasbourg with Stéphanie Pfister (baroque violin) and later in the Schola Cantorum in Basel (Switzerland) with Leila Schayegh (baroque violin) and Randall Cook (medieval fiddle and Renaissance violin). After he obtained his Master in baroque violin in 2015, he continued his studies in Basel by learning historical improvisation with Dirk Börner and Sven Schwannberger until he obtained a second Master in 2017. Félix Verry focuses specifically on performing and teaching Medieval and Renaissance music. As an improviser, he focuses on the study and reconstruction of bastarda diminutions for Renaissance violin. He also plays folk music and performs free-form improvisation. He co-created the duo Die Hasardeure, dedicated to the practice of improvisation in late-Renaissance and early-Baroque music. He also formed Stemme Nova, an ensemble which explores Northern European music from the early 17th century and its crossings with folk music. |
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Mara WinterTransverse and double flute
mara-winter.com Mara Winter is a historical flautist based in Basel, Switzerland. She is a specialist in Medieval and Renaissance traverso, and is pursuing a Masters at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. She is a member of the ensembles Moirai, based in Basel, CH, and Motus Harmonicus in Prague, CZ. In 2015, Mara was the recipient of the Early Music America Barbara Thornton Memorial Scholarship. She has studied with Janet See, Norbert Rodenkirchen, Wilbert Hazelzet, and Johanna Bartz. Mara holds an Artist Diploma in Baroque Flute Performance from Cornish College of the Arts. She recently performed a program of reconstructed songs in Old Norse with her duo Moirai at the Radovjlica festival in Slovenia. In 2016 with Motus Harmonicus, she toured the Czech Republic performing a program of 14th century music from the time of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor. |