In this month's episode we interview award-winning playwright and poet Robert Kehew. Kehew was gracious enough to let us use some of the translations from his book Lark in the Morning: The Verses of the Troubadours, a Bilingual Edition, for our latest season program, Found in Translation 2.0. You can learn more about the book and even hear some liv…

In this episode Allison and Elena are joined by guest artists Sian Ricketts and Allen Otte, providing you a behind the scenes glance at our upcoming live concerts! We even preview two of our favorite selections from the program. Learn more about the two shows here, happening this Sep. 17 & 18 in Cleveland Heights and Cleveland's Clark Fulton neighb…

In this episode the trio explores Christmas traditions in medieval England, including feasting, decorating, knife throwing, caroling, and extra-special holiday treats (dried fruit and nuts disguised as entrails, anyone?) ***************************** Watch this space for performances by yours truly of seasonal music, including one of the carols dis…

Join the trio for a romp through The Story of an Early Music Quartet, Sterling Jones's first-hand account of the rise and fall of the Studio der frühen Musik. The Studio helped set the standard for medieval music performance in the 1960s and influenced future generations of performers as founding members of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and the H…

In this episode the trio discusses the influence that Middle Eastern traditions may or may not have had on the development of European medieval music, and what modern re-creators of the music (like Thomas Binkley) have learned from studying those traditions. In particular we discuss Binkley's "On the Modern Performance of Medieval Monophonic Repert…

In this episode the trio reads aloud an English translation of "Guigemar," an engaging and somewhat strange lai (or tale) by Marie de France, preserved in a manuscript from the 13th c. And of course we provide context and color commentary along the way! Support the showBy Trobár - Allison Monroe, Elena Mullins, Karin Weston

Warning: This month’s episode of Trobár Talks is so bad that we can only imagine you all using it as blackmail material years from now. Regardless, we wish everyone a happy holiday season and promise to do better in 2022!! ******* In the episode we read excerpts of The Second Shepherds’ Play in a modern translation (with a few semi-appropriate musi…

In this episode the trio was fortunate enough to snag a conversation with Anne Azéma, French-born vocalist, scholar and stage director, as well as the director of The Boston Camerata since 2008 and the French ensemble Aziman, which she founded, since 2005. We got to hear about Anne's musical training, and chat about the challenges of working with a…

In this episode we discuss the poetic pastourelle genre popular with 13th c. French trouvères, and read excerpts from Christine de Pizan's longer narrative pastourelle, the Dit de la pastoure (Tale of the Shepherdess). Medieval pastourelles all begin with the same setup: a knight encounters a shepherdess while he's out riding. The stories play out …

This month we chat with our friend and colleague, David McCormick. David is the Executive Director of Early Music America, the Artistic Director of Early Music Access Project, a beautiful vielle player, and an overall delightful human being. We get to hear all about how he came to early music, and what his hopes and dreams are for the field. Suppor…

In this episode we take a tour through Conrad von Zabern's 15th c. treatise on singing chant, "De modo bene cantandi choralem cantum." Von Zabern's exhortations are entertaining and still relevant today! Support the showBy Trobár - Allison Monroe, Elena Mullins, Karin Weston

A long-overdue episode detailing our 2022-23 season that started a month ago (cue rending of garments and gnashing of teeth). Check out our season details here! Support the showBy Trobár - Allison Monroe, Elena Mullins, Karin Weston

In this episode we read and discuss a letter that Hildegard wrote to the Prelates at Mainz, who had placed her and her nuns under interdict for failing to follow their instructions. The interdict had deprived them of the ability to sing the divine office, a punishment that Hildegard believed was not just unnecessarily harsh, but also contradictory …

In this episode, we explore the symbolically rich descriptions of the appearance and dress of the virtues that Hildegard experienced in her visions, and described in her work Scivias (c. 1150). Support the showBy Trobár - Allison Monroe, Elena Mullins, Karin Weston

In this episode we get a bit more acquainted with one of our favorite saints, the 12th-c. abbess, writer, composer, mystic, visionary, philosopher, and botanist Hildegard von Bingen. As impressive a person as Hildegard was, she was not uncontroversial in her own day. An exchange of letters between Hildegard and a Mistress Tengswich reveal aspects o…

This week, we talk to figurative symbolic painter and illusionary fiber artist, Ruby Hoppen! Ruby shares about life as an artist and mother in Australia during the time of COVID, as well as her childhood art-making experiences, and what art school was like in Montreal. Her art discussion picks (Peter jackson's film, Heavenly Creatures and Hans Holb…

This week, we go on a cinematic journey with mixed media painter, sculptor, and performance artist, Loren Erdrich! Find more about Loren at: https://okloren.com/ https://www.instagram.com/okloren/ You can continue the conversation with us on Instagram, at: Painting in Motion Podcast: @painting_in_motion Hosted by Liz Layton: @liz_theprophetess Cove…

Jordan Mullins is a comedian, actor, writer, and musician who has performed in plays, films, for Second City in Chicago, and now through her own comedic troupe, Attic Fever. Learn about her childhood with artist parents, her background and influences leading to her career in comedy, and all about the making of the hilarious characters (and music!) …

This week, we interview the fantastical lace maker, textile art historian, and fashionably inventive artist, Elena Kanagy-Loux! For more on Elena Kanagy-Loux: Elena's Instagram & TikTok: @erenanaomi Antonio Ratti Textile Center, Met Museum on Instagram: @metrattitextilecenter Brooklyn Lace Guild on Instagram: @brooklynlaceguild Lace in the Met Coll…

Natalie Baxter is a prolific visual artist who has worked within filmmaking, fiber, and sculpture. Her most recent work, currently being created at her residency with the Wassaic Project in upstate New York, is an introspective view into the inner life of staying home, and the public displays that may be shared from these experiences, vs. the kind …

This week on Painting in Motion, we share part 2 with our guest, filmmaker and musician, Brad Eastridge. In the conclusion of this conversation, Eastridge shares about one of his favorite works by the figurative painter, Francis Bacon, and the overlap between his work and the imagery from the esoteric 1984 film, Birdy. Brad also spotlights the purp…

This week on Painting in Motion, our guest is filmmaker, composer, and musician Brad Eastridge. In this episode, he shares both background film knowledge as well as his personal connections to the late Alan Parker's film, Birdy. Like Brad, this film melds together a mixture of esoteric imagery, heartfelt friendship, and a killer soundtrack (Peter G…

In our debut episode of Painting in Motion, Liz is in conversation with SWOON, (Caledonia Curry), the artist and activist known for her emotive figurative street art, whose work has been seen worldwide amongst galleries and numerous city streets, including her iconic crashing of the Venice Biennale on a large d.i.y. art raft, in a variety of collab…