Deborah Roberts

For 30 years Deborah Roberts sang using the Tallis Scholars, widely thought to be among the finest a cappella choirs in the world. Her concerts and recordings with them included much solo function, but Roberts in addition has made an appearance as soloist with various other well-known choral groupings, like the Deller Consort, London Baroque, Consort of Musicke, as well as the British Concert. Furthermore, Roberts may be the creator of Musica Secreta, a little vocal group focused on the efficiency of post-Renaissance music connected with females. Roberts acts as the group’s music movie director and in addition conducts its sister ensemble Celestial Sirens, an organization she also founded. She’s produced acclaimed recordings with both groupings that exist from labels Linn Information and divine artwork. Her recordings using the Tallis Scholars can be found from Gimell Information. Deborah Roberts was created in London in 1952. She researched Renaissance and Baroque music at Nottingham College or university. From 1978 to 2008 she sang as an associate from the Tallis Scholars. Throughout that period she made an appearance in about 1200 concerts using the group and on a lot more than 60 recordings with them. Roberts was also active being a instructor and choral conductor of these years and continues to be energetic in those capacities. In 1990 she founded, with Tallis Scholars vocalist Tessa Bonner, Musica Secreta. Under Roberts’ path the ensemble quickly obtained reputation, and in 1996 was presented with the renowned American Musicological Society’s Noah Greenberg Prize. 2002 was an especially memorable season for Roberts: she co-founded the Brighton Early Music Celebration, a yearly group of concerts that she still acts as co-artistic movie director (with Clare Norburn). Roberts also founded Celestial Sirens that season, an ensemble composed of amateurs and semi-professional performers that, based on repertory, runs from eight to thirty performers who frequently sing with Musica Secreta while keeping their own routine of concerts. 2002 was also the entire year Roberts and her Musica Secreta ensemble drew wide acclaim for his or her Linn Information CD Harmful Graces, that was granted a Diapason Découverte in January 2003. Pursuing her departure from your Tallis Scholars in 2008, Roberts offers remained occupied teaching workshops at numerous universities and proceeds her performing and choral performing using the Musica Secreta and Celestial Sirens. One task using the ensembles entails overall performance of convent music in cooperation with traditional novelist Sarah Dunant. Roberts’ 2009 divine artwork Compact disc Sacred Hearts, Magic formula Music supplies the fruits of the unusual collaboration.