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SRS members are encouraged to form smaller
ensembles which meet more often than our monthly gathering.
Some of the established consorts are available for public performances.
 Absent Minded Women
Alex Ives, harp and harpsichord
Kathryn Canan, flutes, whistles, and recorders
Gentle Celtic or early music, available for weddings, parties, and
concerts. Seeking a Celtic fiddler.
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 Bach et Alia
Billie Hamilton, John Pronko, Dorothy Orolin, Alex Ives
Baroque chamber music as well as more modern music on recorders, violin,
viola da gamba, harpsichord, hammered dulcimer and mandolin. Available for
concerts.
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 Baroque and
Beyond
Kathryn Canan, recorder and baroque flute
Robin Houston, recorder and baroque bassoon
Phil Daley, Devon Hough, violin
Adrienne Fortini, voice
Stephen Hudson and Carrie Miller, ‘cello
Alex Ives, harpsichord
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Camellia Camerata
Billie Hamilton, Gerry Greer, recorders
Dorothy Orolin, viola da gamba
Alex Ives, harpsichord
Baroque music on period instruments.
Available for concerts.
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 Simply Renaissance
Kathryn Canan,
Glenn McGregor, Liz Young, Mark Schiffer, Irene Warschauer
Renaissance music on a matched set of Renaissance recorders.
Available for concerts, feasts, and school demonstrations.
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 Sine Nomine
Meets weekly for group playing. Contact Elsa Morrison for meeting time and
place.
Need a Flashy Consort Name?
By Steve Sherman
Several
years ago, I devoted some time to thinking about flashier names than Sine
Nomine (which means “no name”) for our consort. I actually did some
Google research followed by some heavy drinking, and came up with this list
of names. I figured we needed a more memorable name so that bouncers
in downtown clubs would finally stop forgetting to admit us to their
celebrity lounges.
Consort Gothica – Every day, we earned the right to call
ourselves gothic. We are truly more gothic than any teen with dyed
black hair (unless she plays really old music or writes
horror/mystery/steampunk stories).
Sacragothica – kinda cool, but it sounds like an historic
lower back pain.
Benny & the Baroques – probably not a contender.
A Baroque Cacophony (ABC for short) - I like this one.
DerBlokfluitenmeisters – I thought I had left this kind of
thing behind when I moved from Milwaukee.
The Fippletones – Recorders have a fipple in them, honest,
they really do.
The Sorrowful Slackers – From an old song title, not too
attractive, but perhaps truthful.
Polyffonykka - My (and no one else's) first choice.
As things turned out, we kept our original non-name, Sine Nomine. All
the others are available for your consort’s use!
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