BIOGRAPHIES

Rebecca Bain (Montréal, Canada)
performed with several early music and folk music ensembles in Canada before earning an advanced degree in medieval music under Dominique Vellard at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, in Basel, Switzerland. She is the founder and artistic director of Ensemble Les Fumeux (Montréal, Canada) and has toured and recorded with a number of early music ensembles, among them Mora Vocis (France), Sequentia (Germany), Sarband (Germany), and the improv cross-over ensemble nu:n (Canada/Germany).
 

Ruth Eiselsberg (Vienna, Austria)
began her performing career in Austrian folk music and dance ensembles and, after getting a Ph.D. in law, shifted her focus to new music and early music. She has performed as vocalist and keyboardist with the free-improvised music group XX Music (Switzerland), the fusion group T.F.G. (Austria), and composes and arranges for 4KANT (Austria), an a capella quartet that she co-founded.
 

Ellen Santaniello (Providence, RI, USA)
earned a degree in Medical Biology from Brown University and went on to a performing career that has included jazz, early music, folk music, buffoon theatre, pop music, live radio cabaret, oratorio, and art song. She holds an MA in vocal performance from the Longy School of Music, Boston, has an active teaching schedule, and has toured and recorded with the early music ensembles Oni Wytars (Germany), Ensemble Unicorn (Austria), Duo Cantilena (USA), and The Boston Camerata (USA).