Love to My Liking

Lady troubadours get an album release. Finally.

Eight centuries ago, women poet-composers known as trobairitz wrote about love, lust, longing, and everything in between.

For this special pair of album release concerts, Alkemie and cellist Amanda Gookin perform music from the trobairitz’ 13th-century world alongside new compositions by eight female and non-binary composers. Join us for a spirited conversation where Medieval voices meet contemporary imaginations, and everyone gets a chance to talk back.

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Woman with wavy brown hair holding a wine glass, sitting in front of patterned wallpaper; a small white mouse on a book on her lap.
A man with glasses and a beard, wearing a black shirt and colorful floral scarf, sitting in front of a patterned backdrop, holding a glass display case with various butterfly specimens.

Tracy Cowart

voice, harps, percussion; producer

David McCormick

vielle

Man with long hair, glasses, and a beard holding a vintage typewriter in front of patterned wallpaper.
A woman with long, curly, silver hair sits in a cream armchair holding a glass display case with a glowing blue butterfly inside, wearing an orange dress and a beaded choker, against a dark floral wallpaper background.

Charles Mueller

producer, recording engineer

Sian Ricketts

voice, douçaines, recorders; producer

A woman with red hair wearing a green dress and a fur coat draped over her shoulders, sitting against a dark floral wallpaper, holding a tangerine in one hand and an orange in her lap.
A person with short brown hair, wearing a floral dress and hoop earrings, holding an hourglass with white sand and standing in front of floral wallpaper.
A woman with wavy auburn hair, wearing a black floral dress, holding a white teapot, with a gold-colored scarf draped over her shoulders, smiling in front of a floral wallpaper background.
A man with long hair, wearing a dark velvet shirt and vest, sitting and holding a large, textured mushroom in his lap, against a dark, botanical-patterned background.

Elena Mullins-Bailey

voice, lyre, percussion

Ben Matus

hümmelchen

Produced by Tracy Cowart, Charles Mueller, and Ellie Sutherland.
Engineered by Charles Mueller.
Mastered by Mike Tierney.
Recorded at Oktaven Audio & Tiny Panther Recording, Mount Vernon NY, July 2022.
Executive Producer Sian Ricketts.
Photography by Anja Schutz.
Cover art and design by Haeg Design.
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Produced by Tracy Cowart, Charles Mueller, and Ellie Sutherland. Engineered by Charles Mueller. Mastered by Mike Tierney. Recorded at Oktaven Audio and Tiny Panther Recording, Mount Vernon, NY, July 2022. Executive Producer Sian Ricketts. Photography by Anja Schütz. Cover art and design by Haeg Design.

Niccolo Seligmann

vielles, viola a chiavi, psaltery, scheitholt, gittern, percussion

Ellie Sutherland

voice