The Early Music Ensemble of St. Paul

The Early Music Ensemble of St. Paul was formed in the fall of 1991 to perform music from before 1650 in and around St. Paul and neighboring Minneapolis. Under the direction of its founder, Dr. John Baboukis, the Ensemble was noted for its radical approach to early music repertoire, including the exclusive use of unbarred editions prepared for the Ensemble by Dr. Baboukis.

Since 1994 the Ensemble has been directed by noted Twin Cities early musician and composer Douglas C. Shambo II, and is currently a 12-voice choral ensemble that performs with independent instrumentalists as needed for individual concert programs.

The Ensemble is an organizational member of Early Music America.

• 20 August 1995: We have finalized the Twin Cities concert dates and venues for our 1995-1996 concert season.

Bawdy Ballads, Dirty Ditties, and Salacious Chansons

Music from Las Huelgas

Florence: Piazza, Palazzo, Duomo

The director:

• Douglas C. Shambo II, bass

Current members (with home page links and email addresses as appropriate):

• Jill Ableman, alto
• Emily Eagen, soprano (eeagen@macalstr.edu)
• Linda Kachelmeier, alto (stoff004@maroon.tc.umn.edu)
• Steven Knight, tenor (knight@netstar.com)
• Diane Manning, soprano
• J. David Moore, tenor (jdavmoore@aol.com)
• Celia Mullen, soprano
• Stacy Olson, alto
• Jordan Sramek, baritone (ellio010@maroon.tc.umn.edu)
• Jeff Stone, baritone (a-sath@maroon.tc.umn.edu)

Other links we like.

• Early Music Minnesota. Includes a list of Twin Cities early music ensembles and the local early music concert calendar.

Feel free to send email about this Web page to its maintainer, knight@netstar.com.