Ensemble Alcatraz

Ensemble Alcatraz Has Been Presenting Innovative Performances Of Medieval And Renaissance Music From Spain Portugal France And Italy Since 1984. Based In The San Francisco Bay Area The Group Has Performed Throughout The United States Canada And Europe. Their Two Recordings Visions And Miracles And Danse Royale On The Elektra/Nonesuch Label Have Brought Them World-Wide Acclaim. Ensemble Alcatraz's Members Cheryl Ann Fulton Harps Shira Kammen Vielle Rebec And Fiddles Kit Higginson Recorders And Psaltery And Peter Maund Percussion Are All Internationally Recognized Specialists In Early Music Who Combine Scholarship With Imagination Virtuosity And Musicality. The Musicians Of Ensemble Alcatraz Regularly Perform With Such Groups As The Boston Camerata Chanticleer Hesperion XXI Ensemble PAN Medieval Strings Philharmonia Baroque Quarternaria Angelorum Skyedance Magnificat American Bach Soloists The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Sequentia And Others. Alcatraz Is An Early Iberian Word For ‘Pelican’ A Medieval Religious Symbol. read less