“She Rambled Out of Bounds”

Sunday, March 15th, 1:00PM

Join us for a performance that promises whimsey, cheek, and fire in equal measure, transporting you across time and space to early modern Ireland and Scotland. We will featuring musical works for harp curated by the Maclean-Clephane sisters and Lady Margaret Wemyss, fiddle pieces by Mistress Magdalen Stirling, lyra viol music from the Leyden Manuscript, and traditional tunes by Carolan. These sounds will weave through poetry by Letitia Pilkington, Mary Monck, and Frances Sheridan. As always, L.A. Camerata musicians will perform on period instruments, including a clarseach (Scottish period harp), baroque fiddle, and viola da gamba.

This show will mark our debut at the newly-opened Harp Center Los Angeles, the coolest place to experience art and all things harp while enjoying a cup of coffee or tea from the on-site cafe! Following the performance, audiences can interact with performers to learn about our instruments and peruse harps for sale on site.

Performances by: Marylin Winkle (viola da gamba and co-director), Tamzin Elliott (clarseach and co-director), Alys Hoy (voice), Corryn Cummins (actor), Amy Wang (baroque fiddle), and Jillian Risigari-Gai (European harp).

Admission by donation (pay-what-you-can). RSVP and advance donation required for guaranteed seating.

Location: Harp Center Los Angeles | 2927 S Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064. Free parking in large lot behind the venue. Street parking also available on Sepulveda.

Early Modern Women’s Music Workshop

Saturday, April 11th

L.A. Camerata Artistic Director Marylin Winkle leads a day of workshops exploring music by women composers in the 16th and 17th centuries. Three workshop sessions will be offered, targeting instrumental/vocal disciplines, maximizing opportunities for participation.

The cost to participate is PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN, with suggested donation levels of $35 per workshop session or $90 for the full day (with snacks and lunch included). Currently-enrolled students may participate for free. 

All workshop sessions will be at A=415. The full schedule will be as follows:

10:00-11:30am Instruments Only: Articulating texts without words.

11:30-12:00 Refreshment Break & Scores Exhibition: Coffee, tea, and light snacks provided. Participants welcome to bring treats to share. Meanwhile, peruse a small exhibit of print editions of music by women composers. 

12:00-1:30 Sacred Music for Voices & Instruments: Bask in the beauty of music by nun composers. All voices and instruments welcome.

1:30-2:00 Lunch Break & Scores Exhibition: Assorted sandwiches provided and participants encouraged to contribute treats to share. Meanwhile, peruse a small exhibit of print editions of music by women composers. 

2:00-3:30 Secular Music for Voices & Instruments: Cupid’s piercing arrows, living roses, lilting zephyrs… come enjoy the ways in which women set these vivid texts. All voices and instruments welcome.

Location: Private Residence in Vermont Square Park, 1317 W. 51st Street / Los Angeles, CA 90037. Free street parking available in the neighborhood.

Reading works by: Raffaella Aleotti, Francesca Caccini, Maddalena Casulana, Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, Sor. Juana Ines de la Cruz. Leonora Duarte, Camilla de Rossi, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, and more.

MadriGALS

The program will feature works by women composers of the Middle Ages, Renaissance and early Baroque. L.A. Camerata will join Jouyssance Early Music Ensemble, and will feature “debut” performances of music not heard since the 16th and 17th centuries!

Saturday, June 13, 2026 at 8 p.m.
Holy Church of the Nativity
6700 W 83rd Street, Westchester

Sunday, June 14, 2026 at  4 p.m.
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
122 S. California Ave., Monrovia

Concert tickets are available in advance or at the door: https://www.jouyssance.org/current-season

$25 General Admission
$20 Senior / SCEMS member
$10 Students with current ID

Madwomen, pt. 2: Remembrance & Revenge

Sunday, October 12th, 6:00PM

L.A. Camerata returns to City Garage Theatre with a program centered on two driving factors of madness: remembrance and revenge. This second iteration of “Madwomen” weaves together theatrical scenes and historically-informed music to reclaim women’s rage.

In collaboration with the LA Female Playwrights Initiative

Featuring works by: Shakespeare, Chandra Thomas, Claudio Monteverdi, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Antonio Vivaldi, Henry Purcell, Isabella Leonarda, Henri de Bailly, Rachel Iba, and more!

Performances by: Michaela Slezak (actor), Inger Tudor (actor), Donnie Smith (actor), Ianthe Marini (actor & mezzo-soprano), Sarah Reynolds (mezzo-soprano), Amy Wang (baroque violin), Rachel Iba (baroque violin, actor, & author), Johannes Eberhart (baroque viola), Marylin Winkle (baroque cello & viola da gamba), Sonia Lee (harpsichord)

5:30PM Doors & Bar Open

Admission by donation (pay-what-you-can)

Location: City Garage Theater, Bergamot Station Arts Center | 2525 Michigan Ave T1, Santa Monica, CA 90404. Free parking in large lot. Lot can fill on busy nights, so allow time for parking. Guests strongly encouraged to save our planet by taking the Metro to Bergamot Station!

Madwomen

Saturday, June 28th, 8:00PM

For centuries, artists have used women’s anger as a trope. From ancient theatre to opera, men have written madwomen scenes that equate anger, sadness, and bewilderment with hysteria or insanity. This performance will reclaim that madness! “Madwomen” will include theatrical scenes and live, historically-informed music on period instruments.

Featuring works by: Sophocles, Euripides, Shakespeare, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Francesca Caccini, Claudio Monteverdi, Marin Marais, Antonio Vivaldi, and more!

Performances by: Jennifer Bush (actor), Corryn Cummins (actor), Donnie Smith (actor), Ariel Pisturino (soprano), Sarah Reynolds (mezzo-soprano), Amy Wang & Rachel Iba (baroque violins), Johannes Eberhart (baroque viola), Marylin Winkle (baroque cello & viola da gamba), Sonia Lee (harpsichord)

7:30pm Doors Open

Admission: by donation, pay-what-you-can.

Location: City Garage Theater, Bergamot Station Arts Center | 2525 Michigan Ave T1, Santa Monica, CA 90404. Free parking in large lot. Lot can fill on busy nights, so allow time for parking. Guests strongly encouraged to save our planet by taking the Metro to Bergamot Station!

Francesca Caccini’s La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’Isola di Alcina

400th Anniversary Celebration of the First Woman-Composed Opera

L.A. Camerata collaboration with the UCLA Early Music Ensemble

Co-Sponsored by The Colburn Foundation

Sunday, March 23, 2025—10:00am Special Collections Exhibition, 10:45am Seating Opens, 11:00am Performance, 12:30pm Reception

Location: UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
2520 Cimarron Street

The UCLA Early Music Ensemble and L.A. Camerata will celebrate Early Music Month and Women’s History Month with an outdoor performance of the first opera composed by a woman. Caccini’s Alcina depicts a power struggle between two women—demigodess Melissa and sorceress Alcina—as they battle over Ruggiero and an entire island of enchanted lovers. This performance will include light staging and an ensemble of period instrumentalists.

Directors/Producers: Marylin Winkle (Stage & Music Director); Jillian Risigari-Gai Lopez (Assistant Director); Don Smith (Production Manager).

Full Cast List: Ariel Pisturino (Alcina); Ianthe Marini (Melissa); Jon Lee Keenan (Ruggiero); Vasken Ohanian (Nettuno, plant); Adam Faruqi (Pastore, plant); Iris Malkin (Dama disincantata); Krystal Mao (Sirena, Nunzia); Laur Trustee (Vistola Fiume, chorus); Abbey Thompson (Astolfa, chorus); Soo Bin Kwon (damsel, plant, monster); Charlotte Kelly (plant, chorus); Miranda Claxton (chorus); Ray Ingersoll (chorus); Corryn Cummins (Muse); Alex Barrios (Polish Prince Władysław IV Vasa). Click Here for principal cast bios.

Sinfonia: Eli Chenevert (baroque violin); Johannes Eberhart (baroque violin); Ashley Salinas (baroque violin); Suzy Hertzberg (treble viol); Minnie Seo (baroque cello, tenor viol); Bruce Teter (recorders, musette); Gerald Cotts (recorders); Natalie White (recorders); Davis Lerner (baroque bassoon); Lucas O’Brien (sackbut); Kenny Tran (sackbut); Ray Ingersoll (trumpet); Caleb Virkstis (baroque guitar); Seamus Byrne (lute); Erin Young (theorbo); Jillian Risigari-Gai Lopez (harp); Alaina Stark (harp); Emma Yim (harpsichord); Anthony Lopez (harpsichord).

FREE ADMISSION. RSVP Required. Click here for full event details, including RSVP form.