Shira Kammen
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Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Shira Kammen received her degree in music from the University of California, Berkeley
and studied vielle
with Margriet Tindemans. She has performed and taught throughout the world and has played on several television and movie soundtracks, including "O", a modern high school-setting of Othello. Her music was also licensed for the soundtrack of the video game Braid
.
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
and studied vielle
Vielle
The vielle is a European bowed stringed instrument used in the Medieval period, similar to a modern violin but with a somewhat longer and deeper body, five gut strings, and a leaf-shaped pegbox with frontal tuning pegs. The instrument was also known as a fidel or a viuola, although the French...
with Margriet Tindemans. She has performed and taught throughout the world and has played on several television and movie soundtracks, including "O", a modern high school-setting of Othello. Her music was also licensed for the soundtrack of the video game Braid
Braid (video game)
Braid is a platform and puzzle video game developed by independent software developer Jonathan Blow. The game was released on August 6, 2008 for the Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade service. A Microsoft Windows version was released on April 10, 2009. Hothead Games ported and released the game to Mac OS...
.
Ensembles
Shira collaborated with singer/storyteller John Fleagle for fifteen years, and has been or is a member of or worked with a number of different groups:- Founder of Class V Music, an ensemble dedicated to performance on river rafting trips.
- The Boston CamerataBoston CamerataThe Boston Camerata is an early music ensemble based in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1954 by Narcissa Williamson, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, as an adjunct to that museum's musical instrument collection....
- Camerata MediterraneaCamerata mediterraneaCamerata Mediterranea is a French non-profit organization, an international, intercultural institute of musical exchanges. Camerata Mediterranea devotes itself to research, dialogue, and pedagogy involving the diverse musical civilizations of the Mediterranean basin, Christian, Jewish, and Muslim....
- Cançonièr, a medieval ensemble
- Ensembles Alcatraz
- Ephemeros new music group
- Fortune's Wheel, a medieval ensemble
- Hespèrion XX
- The King's Noyse
- Medieval Strings
- PanaceaPanaceaIn Greek mythology, Panacea was a goddess of healing. She was the daughter of Asclepius and Epione. Panacea and her five sisters each performed a facet of Apollo's art: Panacea was the goddess of cures, Iaso was the goddess of recuperation, Hygieia was the goddess of disease prevention, Aceso was...
, an eclectic ethnic band - Project Ars Nova
- SequentiaSequentia (music group)Sequentia is an early music ensemble, founded in 1977 by Benjamin Bagby and the late Barbara Thornton . The group specializes mainly in Medieval music. Sequentia focuses particularly on music with texts, specifically chants and other stories with music, such as the Icelandic Edda...
- Trouz Bras, a band devoted to the dance music of Celtic Brittany
Discography
- (1988) Visions and Miracles with Ensemble Alcatraz. Elektra Nonesuch.
- (1989) Ars Magis Subtiliter with Ensemble P.A.N. (Project Ars Nova). New Albion Records, Inc.
- (1990) Danse Royale with Ensemble Alcatraz. Elektra Nonesuch.
- (1991) The Island of St. Hylarion with Ensemble Alcatraz.
- (1991) Lo Gai Saber with Camerata MediterraneaCamerata mediterraneaCamerata Mediterranea is a French non-profit organization, an international, intercultural institute of musical exchanges. Camerata Mediterranea devotes itself to research, dialogue, and pedagogy involving the diverse musical civilizations of the Mediterranean basin, Christian, Jewish, and Muslim....
. Erato. - (1992) Homage to Johannes Ciconia with Ensemble P.A.N. (Project Ars Nova). New Albion Records, Inc.
- (1994) Remede de Fortune by Guillaume de Machaut with Ensemble P.A.N. (Project Ars Nova). New Albion Records, Inc.
- (1994) The Unicorn with Anne AzémaAnne AzémaAnne Azéma, is French-born soprano and artistic director of the Boston Camerata. She has been an important or leading singer of early music since 1993. She has co-directed programs for the Boston Camerata and is also noted as a music scholar...
. Erato. - (1994) Wings of Time with Lauren Pomerantz. Songbird Music.
- (1995) Le Roman de Fauvel with Boston CamerataBoston CamerataThe Boston Camerata is an early music ensemble based in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1954 by Narcissa Williamson, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, as an adjunct to that museum's musical instrument collection....
and Ensemble P.A.N. (Project Ars Nova). Erato. - (1995) Unseen Rain with Ensemble P.A.N. (Project Ars Nova). New Albion Records, Inc.
- (1996) Angeli with Ensemble P.A.N. (Project Ars Nova). Telarc.
- (1996) Le Jeu d'Amour with Anne AzémaAnne AzémaAnne Azéma, is French-born soprano and artistic director of the Boston Camerata. She has been an important or leading singer of early music since 1993. She has co-directed programs for the Boston Camerata and is also noted as a music scholar...
. Erato. - (1996) World's Bliss with John Fleagle. Archetype Records.
- (1997) The Cloister and the Sparrow Hawk: Songs of the Monk of Montaudon (Twelfth Century) with Tim RaybornTim RaybornTim Rayborn is a notable American-born musician and singer who has accomplished himself in the music of the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia, Turkey, Iran, and the Balkans. His musical interests began with medieval music, and he studied harpsichord at the Dominican College of San...
and Alison Sabedoria. ASV. - (1997) Tapestry: Song of Songs: Come into my garden. Telarc.
- (1998) Cantigas with Camerata MediterraneaCamerata mediterraneaCamerata Mediterranea is a French non-profit organization, an international, intercultural institute of musical exchanges. Camerata Mediterranea devotes itself to research, dialogue, and pedagogy involving the diverse musical civilizations of the Mediterranean basin, Christian, Jewish, and Muslim....
. Erato. - (1998) Celtic Roads. Revels Records.
- (1998) Provence Mystique with Anne AzémaAnne AzémaAnne Azéma, is French-born soprano and artistic director of the Boston Camerata. She has been an important or leading singer of early music since 1993. She has co-directed programs for the Boston Camerata and is also noted as a music scholar...
. Erato. - (2000) Cantigas de Amigo with Ensemble Alcatraz. Dorian.
- (2002) Music of Waters. Bright Angel Records.
- (2002) Pastourlle with Fortune's Wheel. Dorian Recordings.
- (2003) The Almanac: Time & the Turning Wheel. Bright Angel Records.
- (2003) The Castle of the Holly King: Secular music for the Yuletide. Bright Angel Records.
- (2004) Across The River: Settings of poems from Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. TolkienJohn Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.Tolkien was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College,...
. Bright Angel Records. - (2006) Mistral. Bright Angel Records.
- (2008) Ragged, Rent and Torn. Bright Angel Records.