L'ensemble Musicque de Joye

MUSICQUE DE JOYE is a permanently constituted ensemble consisting of five musicians, devoted particularly to the re-establishment of the cornett and the sackbut through the music which they used to play and the places in which they used to be heard.

In combination with a vocal ensemble, MUSICQUE DE JOYE fosters an enrichment of the sacred and profane repertoires of the period from the Renaissance to the early Baroque, restoring to these works their true colours.

Other instruments may be used as well, such as recorders, viola da gamba, violin, bassoon, organ and harpsichord...

MUSICQUE DE JOYE gives regular concerts in churches and châteaux in the Centre region of France, and is often called upon to perform in other parts of France as well as in other countries.

It offers a welcome opportunity to rediscover the music of the XVIth and XVIIth centuries as performed on the sackbut and the cornett.

Alain Recordier – certified teacher, teaches trombone and sackbut at the National Music School in Orleans, winner of the first prize for trombone at the CNSM in Paris, specialising in the interpretation of ancient music. Currently studying sackbut at the Scola Cantorum, Basle.

Thierry Quatrehomme certified teacher, winner of the Paris municipality first prize for trombone, specialising in sackbut, director of the National Music School, Meung sur Loire.

Jean-Luc Thauvin – certified teacher. Teaches at the National Music School, Châteauroux, winner of the first prize for bass trombone and chamber music.

Manolo Gonzalez – Studies in harmony and counterpoint, trombone, orchestra director at the CNR, Poitiers, Studies in analysis and the history of music at the École Normale, Paris.

Frédéric Malmasson – Musicology degree, Paris IV Sorbonne, specialising in cornett, diploma from the CNR, Paris, choirmaster and teacher of cornet and recorder at the CMM, Evry.

Serge Delmas – After traditional studies in trumpet, specialises in cornett. Diploma in ancient music, CNR, Paris. Continuing his specialised studies under Bruce Dickey at the Scola Cantorum, Basle. Serge Delmas teaches cornett at the CNR, Paris. He is a world-renowned instrument-maker, and his cornets are copies of instruments from Verona and Brussels.

Florence Blatier - first prize in bass continuo, CNSM, Lyon, first prize in organ at the National Music School, Orléans, first prize in organ and bass continuo, CNR, Boulogne-Billancourt, teacher at the EMM, St-Jean-le-Blanc (surburbs of Orléans) – incumbent organist at St-Marceau, Orléans.

Musicque de Joye

19, rue Croix de Bois - 45000 ORLEANS

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