Skye Consort - Grands succès du deuxième millénaire
photo: H. Fortin
Skye Consort was formed in 1999 and since then has toured and participated in
chamber music festivals across eastern Canada. The group's original goal was
to bring an art-music aesthetic to the folk genre, but for this project the
pendulum has swung the other way, and the musicians give art music and some
old folk music a fully modern treatment. Skye Consort plays this collection
of songs and dances without regard for historical or musicological constraints,
instead bringing the music to life for modern ears. These are festive songs
played festively, love songs played romantically, and drinking songs played drunkenly.
photo: H. Fortin
Seán Dagher regularly performs Celtic folk music in Québec and Ontario and has
played as far afield as Ireland and Switzerland. He has played medieval music
with La Compagnie Machaut and Mandragore.
photo: H. Fortin
Alex Kehler mainly plays Celtic, klezmer, and baroque violin but is able to play
any style with equal deftness and musicality. For over a decade he has been one
of Montréal's most sought-after violinists.
photo: H. Fortin
Amanda Keesmaat plays continuo in numerous baroque ensembles in Montréal. She is
a founding member of Les Voix Baroques and has toured Canada.
photo: H. Fortin
Andrew Horton divides his time between playing bass in modern and baroque orchestras
and chamber ensembles and singing and playing guitar in bluegrass bands, most notably
The Andrew Horton Band.