La Compañia
La Compañia, established in 1997, is dedicated to the music of the 16th century with a primary focus on loud winds and percussion, improvisation being a key element of the group's performance.
La Compañia's Melbourne debut received critical acclaim, and since then the group has been active in concert performances, festival appearances and the recording of the early music components for the English feature film Elizabeth.
Artist's website: www.lacompania.com.au
La Compañia is featured on the following titles
Music of the Spanish Renaissance
La Compañia's first CD gathers seventeen Spanish Renaissance works on period instruments with soprano Vivien Hamilton, including cues heard in the film Elizabeth but omitted from its commercial soundtrack.
Members of La Compañia
Linda Kent
Linda Kent has been a core member of the Elysium Ensemble and has performed with artists including Walter van Hauwe, Han Tol, Eva Legène and Stanley Ritchie. Her playing has been critically acclaimed for its sensitivity, insight and sense of style.
Christine Baker
As well as being a member of WOOF! Christine also teaches at various high schools around Melbourne and is a member of the Renaissance wind and percussion ensemble.
Vivien Hamilton
Vivien is currently Lecturer in Voice at Monash University, and conducts the Monash University Women's Choir, also teaching at the University of Melbourne. Her recent work covers many styles and contexts, from the role of Mrs Anderson in the Melbourne Theatre Company's production of Sondheim's A Little Night Music, to her performance as soprano soloist in J.S. Bach's St. John Passion at the Festival of Perth.
Racheal Cogan
Racheal Cogan plays soprano and alto recorders. She is a member of the Melbourne early-music ensemble La Compañia, devoted to sixteenth-century music with loud winds, percussion and improvisation.
Glenn Bardwell
Glenn Bardwell is a trombonist and tenor sackbut player with Melbourne early-music ensembles, including La Compañia and the Victorian Time Machine.
Rosemary Hodgson
Australian lutenist, Rosemary Hodgson maintains a vibrant career as soloist and chamber musician. Known for her remarkable sensitivity and technique, she has established an international reputation for outstanding concert presentations and solo lute recordings, of captivating subtlety.