There are some uncannily beautiful moments from all the performers and the blend of the voices is excellent.
Early Music Review
Musica Secreta (co-directors Deborah Roberts and Laurie Stras) brings together some of the finest solo and ensemble singers and continuo players in the world to perform an exciting and newly emerging repertoire; music for female vocal ensemble. We present programmes that illustrate the many faces of women musicians in the 16th and 17th centuries: courtiers, courtesans and even cloistered nuns.
Extraordinarily worldly, even sensual settings, ravishingly declaimed.
Classic FM Magazine
Workshops for Choirs
An experienced and internationally respected choral conductor and coach, Deborah is available for workshops with choirs and ensembles - both mixed-voice and all-female - who wish to explore the rich (and vast) repertoire of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. For more details, see our Education pages, or contact us directly.
Reviews for Fallen
"The music...was touchingly done."
The Independent (review of South Bank Early Music Weekend performance, 2007)
"Dressed in nuns' habits and just visible behind a gossamer screen, the
women of Musica Secreta and Celestial Sirens sang passionate love
songs to Christ.... The
singing was spine tingling, the casting superb."
Brighton Argus (review of first performance, October 2006)