On Wednesday 16th August at 1:15pm Brooke Green plays a rare concert of solos for treble viol at St James' King Street, Sydney.

Palimpsests of Isabella - Women in Music from Medieval to Modern

Music by Tobias Hume, Martha Bishop, Brooke Green and Elena Kats-Chernin.

A palimpsest is a manuscript where the original text has been covered over by new writing – a common practice in medieval times. This recital was inspired by the notion of palimpsest in music about women, beginning with the intriguingly named Isabella from a 14th century manuscript of instrumental solos.

Brooke Green is a composer, performer and artistic director for Josie and the Emeralds.

For several years Brooke played baroque and classical violin with London-based ensembles such as The London Handel Orchestra, The Brandenburg Consort and The Hanover Band while researching and performing music by early women composers such as Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre. A concert by Jordi Savall inspired her to take up the treble viol which led to study with Wendy Gillespie and a Masters in Early Music Performance at Bloomington, Indiana University. As a composer, Brooke is a recipient of the 2023 APRA/AMCOS Art Music Fund, the 2019 Jonathan Blakeman National Composition Prize and a winner of the Viola da Gamba Society of America’s Traynor Competition for New Viol Music. Her music appears on The Emerald Leopard and The Emerald Phoenix CDs (Tall Poppies).

Contact the host of St James' Lunchtime Concert: Brooke Green