Performers at Camlann  are skilled professional entertainers, presenting music and stories from medieval sources, using instruments and equipment of the types available before 1400, including the Lute, harp, symphonie, recorder, vielle, pipe & tabor, and many others. You too may participate by joining hands with the village dancers.

 BAWDERIE & BLISSE

Roger Shell performs original arrangements of courtly and popular songs from the middle ages, accompanied by lute, harp, recorder, tabor, bell and tambor.  Roger is a composer and lyricist with a degree in music composition, and teaches classes at Camlann about medieval music, minstrels, and early notation.

The GOLIARDS

Wondrous rod-poppet shows The Wicked Sacristan or What has Become of the Bacon,  presented by Jacob Priestley and company, based on a French 15th century fable.

 The Goliards also perform songs and instrumentals from medieval Latin sources, including political/satirical and love songs from the 12th century collection Carmina Burana, played on the symphony, viol, and percussion.

ÞE SISTERS  -  

 This a capella ensemble performs music of Hildegard von Bingen, the Cantiguas de Santa Maria, and other works. Kathy Sankey combines occupational therapy with music at her Voiceworks studio.  Kiki Hood sings at University Christian Church, and with the Seattle Chamber Singers.  Alison Hopkins cantors at Our Lady of Fatima.  Miriam Espeseth sings in the Northwest Chamber Chorus, and is the group's linguistic expert.

GOOD YONGE VOYCES 

Shulamit Kleinerman  present songs sung by a children's choir and instrumental music from the 12th to 14th centuries,  performed with 2 vielles and assorted percussion.   Shula is a professional musician and  has appeared in many historical settings.

JANET ÞE HARPER  

Janet Naylor, of Eugene Oregon, resurrects traditional techniques on the wire strung harp, with songs from Gaelic and medieval traditions.  She has won national awards for arranging in the Scottish tradition, and teaches harp privately and in workshops.