Polyphonia (Group)
History
Polyphonia is Montengarde's Music Group started by Lady Margareta vanden Velde in 2003 as a choral group determined to sing and perform period songs from memory. Polyphonia was created to mean "Many Voices" but was immediately determined to actually mean "False Parrot" and from that point forward was symbolized as a peacock wearing the beak of a Parrot tied over it's own.
Polyphonia has self-recorded 2 CD's: "Music for Christmas and Any Other Season" and "Polyphonia Puts the F in F Sharp."
At May Crown 2009, Polyphonia received the Sable Chime[[1]] from Their Majesties Vik and Inga.
As of 2011 the group is still meeting regularily to practice and will often perform at one or two local events a year.
Polyphonia Members
Membership has fluctuated over the years with people joining and dropping out. This list is composed from Althea's human memory of those who have performed with the group assisted by photographic evidence. (I know some are missing due to my not remembering their SCA names - If someone is missing and should be added, please fix!)
- Margareta vanden Velde
- Gelis An Ceol
- Éadaoin
- Thorvald Grimsson
- Sine Peregrina aka Wulfwyn of Meduseld
- Heinrich von Stuttgart
- Heregyth Ketilsdottir
- Pier Francesco aka Caterina d'Alessandro Franceschi da Firenze aka Caterina Etcetera
- Adelheid Holtzfallerin
- Francis Coulter Hill
- Althea Tambourri
- Anselm
- Shariya Shirin Khayzuran bint Shahzadeh
- Q. Mueller
- Demetra ap Samarkand
- Laurelyn of WestBromwich
- Hirota Kenshin
- Bjar the Blue (DM and mascot)
- Durant Ramberti Caiaphas
Quotes heard at practice
- "This song is not a Slurpy!"
- "Breathing is a Bourgeoisie affectation"
- "If you can't laugh and sing at the same time..."
- "If you can't remember the words just "Meow"!
- "Five is right out!"
Polyphonia Extravaganzas
Polyphonia Extravaganzas are when Polyphonia takes over Montengarde's Tavern for a performance. There have been two, the last one was in 2009 when Margareta vanden Velde handed over leadership of the group to Pier Francesco. Pictures[2]