Anita Felton, Martin Felton, Anne Gray recorders, viols, cornetto, shawms, sackbuts, voices

‘How many instruments do you play?’ is usually the first question we are asked and it is not that easy to answer. Versatility is a key feature of our performances. Whether we are floating background music from a minstrel’s gallery, or spending the day turning Year Five into Tudors, with mixed and matched consorts of instruments, there is a huge variety of sounds complemented by themed readings in the concert setting. There is no chance to be bored with textures ranging from medieval through instruments of the Mary Rose; viols with recorder and unaccompanied song to the town wait consort of cornetto, sackbut and curtal.

Together for more than 20 years, Courtlye Music has an easy, accessible style welcomed by audiences young and old. With themed concerts and children’s workshops incorporating drama and dance, we have worked nationwide at festivals, historic events, weddings, banquets and plays.

Sample Programme:

Fools and Frolics: Period instruments, colourful costumes, joyful songs and lively dances create a festival atmosphere for this concert of medieval and renaissance music.

Education:

A Tudor Workshop: a cross-curricular experience using a range of sources, including documents, artefacts, pictures and music, to bring to life the colourful times of the Tudors.

Recordings:

Demo CD

Performances:

16 Sep 06 Lulworth Castle, Dorset
12 May 07 Durlston Castle, Swanage
28 May 07 Leicester Early Music Festival

Contact:

Anita Felton, 38 Downs Park Avenue,
Totton, Southampton, SO40 9GX

Tel: 023 8086 0327

Email: amfelton@rya-online.net
Website: http://homepages.rya-online.net/felton/cm1.htm