Shira Kammen

Shira Kammen
At the 2007 Port Townsend Early Music Workshop
At the 2007 Port Townsend Early Music Workshop
Background information
GenresEarly Music, Folk Music
Instrument(s)Vielle, Fiddle, Viola da Gamba, Harp and Voice
LabelsBright Angel Records
Websitewww.shirakammen.com

Shira Kammen is a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist.

She received her degree in music from the University of California, Berkeley and studied vielle with Margriet Tindemans. She has performed and taught throughout the world and has played on several television and movie soundtracks, including "O", a modern high school-setting of Othello.[1] Her music was also licensed for the soundtrack of the video game Braid.

She currently lives in El Cerrito, California.

Ensembles

Shira collaborated with singer/storyteller John Fleagle for fifteen years, and has been or is a member of or worked with a number of different groups:

Discography

References

  1. ^ "Patrick Ball - The Christmas Rose", [1], accessed July 1, 2009
  2. ^ Kozinn, Allan, (March 7, 1992). "Classical Music in Review". The New York Times, sec. 1 p. 16 of the New York edition.
  3. ^ Guerrieri, Matthew, (June 14, 2007). "King's Noyse enlivens songs from the French court". The Boston Globe, p. E6.
  4. ^ Oestreich, James R. (October 26, 1991). "Classical Music in Review". The New York Times, sec. 1 p. 13 of the New York edition.
  5. ^ Have One On Me album booklet