Jennifer Eriksson, viola da gamba player, founder and Artistic Director of The Marais Project recently spent a residency at The Banff Centre in Canada, curating the ensemble’s most recent concert. It was an intensely creative and enriching time. She tells of her experiences in her own words: In January and February 2013 I undertook at short…
Abandon your notions regarding the viola da gamba when you listen to this recording, Lady Sings the Viol, from The Marais Project. In their 4th studio recording, the ensemble, led by gambist, founder and Music Director Jennifer Erkisson has gathered an ensemble of 5 female voices (Belinda Montgomery, Nicole Thomson, Megan Cronin, Narelle Evans, Mara Kiek)…
Viol (viola da gamba) consort The Marais Project’s upcoming concert Six of the Best was conceived high in the Rocky Mountains of Canada by Jennifer Eriksson, founder and music director of the ensemble. Like the setting in which it was created, it has elements that bear witness to centuries as well as the freshness and…