Trobár's 2024-25 Season
Trobár returns for its seventh consecutive season with three fresh looks at the medieval world: beauty, wit and reason in Christine de Pizan's France; frivolity and mystery in midwinter medieval England; the personal and familial lives of Western Catholic and Byzantine Orthodox nuns.
October 25, 2024 at 7pm
Tucker Hall at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
We explore 15th c. French thought on the topic of women’s value through the words of Christine de Pizan, medieval author, performed by Cleveland-based actor Chris Szajbert. To place her words in the musical context of her contemporaries, Trobár directors Allison (strings, voice) and Elena (voice, harp) are joined by Sian Ricketts (voice, winds).
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​with YoreCraeft Productions
SOLD OUT - January 5, 2025
Experience a medieval English Yuletide, complete with chant and carols, pub songs and dancing, games, readings, and of course wassail! Allison (strings, voice) and Elena (voice, harp) welcome their musical friends Debra Nagy (winds, voice), Sian Ricketts (winds, voice), and Allen Otte (percussion), and the historical party planners at YoreCraeft Productions for this festive sojourn.​
Mothers and Sisters explores the lives of medieval nuns through their spiritual familial experience, with repertoire drawing from both Western Catholic and Byzantine Orthodox traditions of chant. Allison and Elena are rejoined by their ensemble co-founder Karin Weston and by their sisters in chant, Rosemary Heredos and Nadia Tarnawsky. Byzantine-chant expert Photini Downie Robinson, Trobár’s season apprentice Naomi McMahon, and percussionist Allen Otte round out the ensemble.
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