Lake Forest Lyrica: Newberry Consort

The Newberry Consort has been delighting audiences for nearly three decades. The Consort, an early-music, original-instrument chamber ensemble affiliated with the Newberry Library Center for Renaissance Studies, brings early music to the general public through performances, recordings, and related educational activities. Directed by David Douglass and early music diva Ellen Hargis, the ensemble plumbs the Newberry Library’s vast music collection and assembles a star-studded roster of local and international artists to present world-class performances of music from the 13th to the 18th centuries. The Consort is the longest- running and most successful period instrument early music ensemble in the Chicago area. The group serves as an ensemble-in- residence at both the University of Chicago and Northwestern University and has recorded several critically acclaimed albums over the past two decades for Harmonia Mundi and Noyse Productions.