Theatre of Voices

Theatre of Voices is a vocal ensemble founded in 1992 which focuses on early music and new music. Members of the U.S.-based group are from both the United States and England. It was formed by Paul Hillier as an avenue to do more contemporary music when his group, the Hilliard Ensemble, focused primarily on early music. Hillier created the group while he was teaching at the University of California, Davis. The group has collaborated with a number of composers, including Steve Reich, Arvo Pärt, and John Adams. They premiered Reich's "The Cave" along with his musicians, his "Proverb" (1995) was written for Theatre of Voices, and they also premiered John Adams' "El Niño" (the DVD of which won a Grammy). The group records with Harmonia Mundi USA and tours internationally. Their recording of Pärt's "De profundis" was in the Billboard Top Ten Albums. The group's membership depends on the needs of the specific project they are working on, however the members listed below are most often involved in one way or another.

Members

*Ellen Hargis - soprano
*Steven Rickards - countertenor
*Paul Elliott - tenor
*Alan Bennett - tenor
*Paul Hillier - baritone
*Christopher Bowers-Broadbent - organ

Discography

*"William Byrd: Motets & Mass for 4 Voices" (1994) - works by William Byrd
*"Lassus: St. Matthew Passion; Paschal Vigil" (1994) - works by Orlande de Lassus
*"Carols From the Old & New Worlds" (1994)
*"Proensa" (1994) - various medieval
*"Cantigas from the Court of Dom Dinis " (1995) - Cantigas de Santa Maria and songs by Joan Airas de Santiago and King Dinis I of Portugal
*"Tallis: Lamentations, Motets, String Music" (1996)- works by Thomas Tallis
*"Proverb/Nagoya Marimbas/City Life" (1996) - works by Steve Reich
*"The Age of Cathedrals" (1996) - various Notre Dame school composers
*"Arvo Pärt: De Profundis" (1997)
*"Carols from the Old & New Worlds, Vol. 2" (1998)
*"Litany For The Whale " (1998) - works by John Cage
*"Monastic Song: 12th Century Monophonic Chant" (1998)
*"Home to Thanksgiving" (1999)
*"Hoquetus" (1999) - medieval Hockets
*"I Am The True Vine: Arvo Pärt" (2000)
*"Kingdom Come; Hymnodic Delays; Fog Tropes II for String Quartet and Tap" (2001) - works by Ingram Marshall
*"Fragments" (2002)
*"The Cries of London" with Fretwork
*"Stimmung" (2007) - recording of the work by Karlheinz Stockhausen

External links

* [http://www.paulhillier.net/ph_tov.htm Theatre of Voices on Paul Hillier's site]
* [http://www.goldbergweb.com/en/interpreters/orchestras/9958.php on Goldberg web]