

"...marvelously warm, full sound that is remarkable for a group its size..."
The Choral Journal
​"...[their] musicality and sound are beyond question."
Early Music America
​"...consummate organization, compelling storytelling, and pristine musicianship."
Cleveland Classical Review
UPCOMING ENGAGEMENTS
Byrd of a Feather
Friday, October 20, 2023, 7:30pm
Mayslake Peabody Estate, 1717 31st St., Oak Brook
Saturday, October 21, 2023, 8:00pm
Swift Hall, University of Chicago, 1025 E. 58th St., Chicago
Sunday, October 22, 2023, 3:00pm
Indian Boundary Park, 2500 W. Lunt Ave, Chicago
Join us for a celebration of English Renaissance composer William Byrd in the four hundredth year following his death. Journey through Byrd's outstanding corpus with Schola Antiqua, as we survey his musical contributions to the Catholic recusant community, highlighting themes of trial and deliverance. Actor Jeff Parker will also read dramatic texts of Jesuit priest Robert Southwell, whom Byrd met in 1586. The program further includes some of the most prized music for keyboard known to that point, composed by Byrd. Guest harpsichordist Jason Moy (DePaul University), a specialist in Renaissance and Baroque keyboard music, joins Schola Antiqua to present this splendid music. Composer Nicolas Chuaqui also will contribute a commissioned work for the quatercentenary.




Admission: Pay-what-you-wish
This concert is generously sponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute of Chicago and a grant from the Illinois Arts Council. Nicolas Chuaqui's commission is supported in part by a grant from the Saints, volunteers for the performing arts.


