Daughters of Elvin: Medieval songs of love and enchantment.

Daughters of Elvin were formed in 1996 with the aim of presenting early music in a new and exciting way and of reaching as diverse an audience as possible. Evoking the spirit of Medieval Europe with music, masks, dance and giant stilt puppets they give powerful displays of colour, movement and sound.

Based around carefully researched music, they bring to life images inspired by Medieval paintings, carvings and literature and are equally at home at festivals, churches, art centres, street and outdoor events.

Daughters of Elvin have been described as amongst the best in Europe. They have toured throughout the UK, Ireland, Europe and Scandanavia appearing at everything from Early Music festivals, rock festivals, street festivals, historical fayres, churches, stately homes and castles.

They have worked for English Heritage, education authorities, museums and in 2001 they were commissioned by the National Trust to create a series of shows which featured a medieval circus of fantastical masked beasts. They have featured in several television programmes including Channel 5's 'Time Warp Wedding' and have been played on Radio 3's Late Junction on numerous occasions.


The members are:
Steve Tyler: Hurdy gurdy, gothic harp, cittern, lute and percussion
Katy Marchant: Director and mask maker. English bagpipes, recorders, pipe and tabor/salterio.
Dhevdhas Nair: Hammered dulcimer, percussion
Sophie Brumfitt: Voice
Jennie Cassidy: Voice
Mike Edwards: Bass and treble viol
Ricardo Barros: Dance

Photo credit www.spiderwoodimages.com

'Brilliant, I love your music'
- Alan Lee, artistic director, Lord of the Rings trilogy

Daughters of Elvin's live performances evoke the spirit of Medieval Europe with music, masks, dance and giant stilt puppets which give powerful displays of colour music and sound.

To view further images of the incredible masked beasts please visit: myspace.com/daughtersofelvin

Photo credit www.stonefree.org

  Daughters of Elvin

[Galdrbok - Medieval Songs of Love and Enchantment by Daughters of Elvin]

Galdrbok - Medieval Songs of Love and Enchantment
Daughters of Elvin lives in Okehampton, England.

Tagged as: Classical, Medieval, Folk, Medieval Romance, Hammered Dulcimer, Harp, Hurdy Gurdy, Recorder.

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