PRE-CONCERT LECTURES
Pre-concert lectures that compliment the evening’s program are provided by noted musicologist Dr. Lyle Nordstrom, with participation from other ensemble members as relevant. Audience members have repeatedly told us how...
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
We are glad to perform interactive concerts with community groups and schools, inspiring music lovers of all ages to explore the breathtaking and exciting music of the Renaissance and Baroque.
September concert tour of the Midwest!
We are performing “Udite Amanti: Lovers, Beware! Music from the Seventeenth-Century Barberini Court,” our exciting program that has gotten audiences to their feet everywhere we’ve toured it. The concert explores...
Armonia Celeste presents “The Rebel Queen: Music from Christina’s Swedish Court in Rome”
“She walked like a man, sat and rode like a man, and could eat and swear like the roughest soldiers.” So she was described by one of her biographers. This was...
How we made our own Vespers
Armonia Celeste is collaborating with the Duke Vespers Ensemble as part of the North Carolina HIP (Historically Informed Performance) Festival in the Raleigh-Durham Triangle Area. The Festival runs from January 21 to February 7, and...
Recording “The Rebel Queen”
There are major differences in recording an album versus performing the same program live. The amount of focus, stamina, and energy needed to capture everything on recording (which is, let’s...
MASTERCLASSES
In addition to thrilling live performances, the members of Armonia Celeste are highly qualified and enthusiastic teachers. Masterclasses are an important part of what we do, passing our love of...
Taming the Furies: Virtuosic Music of Love and Betrayal from 17th Century Rome
Join Armonia Celeste as we explore intricate music from sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century Italy, from the madrigals of the Concerto delle Donne – a singing group of “Three Ladies” in...