Alison Crum
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Alison Crum is an English viol
player. She got her first viol while studying music at Reading University, and went on to study at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels
with Wieland Kuijken
and, later, with Jordi Savall
at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
. She has made around ninety recordings - mostly with the Consort of Musicke, the Dowland Consort, Musica Antiqua of London, and the Rose Consort of Viols
- but also featuring as a soloist on two discs of Marais
, and more recently with Laurence Cummings
, on a recording of the three Bach
gamba sonatas, and playing Italian virtuoso divisions on renaissance viols with Musica Antiqua on their 'Word Play' CD.
She is President of the Viola da Gamba Society of Great Britain, and is Professor of Viola da gamba at Trinity College of Music
in London. She directs many courses for viol players, including the International Viol Summer School, attracting players from all over the world, and has had published a series of graded music books centred around her highly acclaimed textbook 'Play the Viol' - now in its fifth reprint. Her second book, 'The Viol Rules' was published in November 2009.
Viol
The viol is any one of a family of bowed, fretted and stringed musical instruments developed in the mid-late 15th century and used primarily in the Renaissance and Baroque periods. The family is related to and descends primarily from the Renaissance vihuela, a plucked instrument that preceded the...
player. She got her first viol while studying music at Reading University, and went on to study at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels
Royal Conservatory of Brussels
The Royal Conservatory of Brussels is a drama and music college in Brussels, Belgium. An academy for acting and the arts, it has been attended by many of the top actors and actresses in Belgium such as Josse De Pauw, Luk van Mello and Luk De Konink....
with Wieland Kuijken
Wieland Kuijken
Wieland Kuijken is a Belgian musician and player of the viola da gamba and baroque cello.Kuijken started his career in music in 1952 with the Brussels Alariusensemble of which he formed part until 1972...
and, later, with Jordi Savall
Jordi Savall
Jordi Savall i Bernadet is a Catalan viol player, conductor and composer. He has been one of the major figures in the field of Western early music since the 1970s, largely responsible for bringing the viol back to life on the stage...
at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
Schola Cantorum Basiliensis is a music academy and research institution located in Basel, Switzerland, and focusing on early music and historically informed performance....
. She has made around ninety recordings - mostly with the Consort of Musicke, the Dowland Consort, Musica Antiqua of London, and the Rose Consort of Viols
Rose Consort of Viols
The Rose Consort of Viols is an English ensemble of viol players that perform mainly early consort music, including works by Gibbons, Dowland and Purcell....
- but also featuring as a soloist on two discs of Marais
Marin Marais
Marin Marais was a French composer and viol player. He studied composition with Jean-Baptiste Lully, often conducting his operas, and with master of the bass viol Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe for 6 months. He was hired as a musician in 1676 to the royal court of Versailles...
, and more recently with Laurence Cummings
Laurence Cummings
Laurence Cummings , MA , ARCM, FRCO, HonRAM is a British harpsichordist, organist, and conductor. Cummings was educated at Solihull School, Christ Church, Oxford and the Royal College of Music...
, on a recording of the three Bach
Bạch
Bạch is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Bai in Chinese and Baek, in Korean.Bach is the anglicized variation of the surname Bạch.-Notable people with the surname Bạch:* Bạch Liêu...
gamba sonatas, and playing Italian virtuoso divisions on renaissance viols with Musica Antiqua on their 'Word Play' CD.
She is President of the Viola da Gamba Society of Great Britain, and is Professor of Viola da gamba at Trinity College of Music
Trinity College of Music
Trinity College of Music is one of the London music conservatories, based in Greenwich. It is part of Trinity Laban.The conservatoire is inheritor of elegant riverside buildings of the former Greenwich Hospital, designed in part by Sir Christopher Wren...
in London. She directs many courses for viol players, including the International Viol Summer School, attracting players from all over the world, and has had published a series of graded music books centred around her highly acclaimed textbook 'Play the Viol' - now in its fifth reprint. Her second book, 'The Viol Rules' was published in November 2009.
Discography
- Discography on Alison Crum's website
- Bach; Viola da gamba sonatas (Signum SIGCD 024)
- Marais; Greatest Masterworks (Naxos 8.550750 and 8.553081)
- Buxtehude; Jubilate Domino (Meridian CDE 84332)
- Elizabethon Christmas Anthems (Amon Ra CD-SAR-46)
- Lawes: Consort music for Viols, Lutes and Theorbos (Naxos 8.550601)
- Tomkins: Consort Music for Viols and Voices (Naxos 8.550602)
- Gibbons: Consort and Keyboard Music (Naxos 8.550603)
- Byrd: Consort and Keyboard Music (Naxos 8.550604)
- Jenkins: All in a Garden Green (Naxos 8.550687)
- Dowland: Consort Music and Songs (Naxos 8.553326)
- Purcell: Fantazias" (Naxos 8.553957)
- Elizabethan Songs and Consort Music (Nazos 8.554284)
- Four Gentlemen of the Chapel Royal (DXL 1129)
- John Ward Consort Music: Upon a bank with roses (CPO 999 928)
- Alfonso Ferrabosco: Consort Music (CPO 999 859)
- Ah, Dear Heart (Woodmansterne 002-2)
- Lachrymae (Amon Ra CD-SAR-55)
- Born is the Babe (Woodmansterne 001-2)