(WASHINGTON, DC) – Folger Consort, the early music ensemble in residence at Folger Shakespeare Library, was honored with the 23rd Annual Washington Area Music Award for Best Classical Chamber Ensemble. Winners were announced at a ceremony at The State Theatre in Falls Church, Virginia, on Sunday, February 15.
The awards—affectionately known as the Wammies™—are given annually by the Washington Area Music Association, an umbrella organization of Washington area musicians, concert promoters, lawyers, recording engineers, managers, graphic artists, and related businesses.
Folger Consort’s season of Mediterranean music continues March 13-15 with Mosaic: Medieval Song from Spain and Cyprus. Guest artists include soprano Ann Monoyios and instrumentalists Mary Springfels and Tom Zajac. The season concludes April 17-19 with Don Quixote, featuring music inspired by Cervantes’ classic saga and dramatic readings of the text by Floyd King. Rosa Lamoreaux—Wammie™ award winner for Best Classical Vocal Soloist—and William Sharp are the featured vocalists.
ABOUT FOLGER CONSORT & FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY:
The early music ensemble-in-residence at the Folger Shakespeare Library for over 30 years, Folger Consort presents music from the 12th through 21st centuries, with a focus on the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Artistic Directors Robert Eisenstein and Christopher Kendall are joined by guest artists, including the world’s leading vocalists and instrumentalists in the field of early music. With recordings and early music seminars, Folger Consort continues to add to the interest in and knowledge of medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music. Janet Alexander Griffin serves as Artistic Producer, and Donnajean Ward is the Folger Consort Manager. For more on Folger Consort, please visit www.folger.edu/consort.
Folger Shakespeare Library is a renowned center for scholarship, learning, culture, and the arts. Home to the world’s largest Shakespeare collection and a primary repository for research material from the early modern period (1500-1750), Folger Shakespeare Library is an internationally recognized research library offering advanced scholarly programs in the humanities; a national leader in how Shakespeare is taught in grades K-12; and an award-winning producer of cultural and arts programs—theater, music, poetry, exhibits, lectures, and family programs. A gift to the American people from industrialist Henry Clay Folger, Folger Shakespeare Library—located one block east of the U.S. Capitol—opened in 1932 and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Learn more at www.folger.edu.
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