Viriditas
Mary E. Larew is a native of Iowa City, Iowa USA, where she grew up studying violin and piano at the Preucil School of Music. A 2005 Marshall Scholar, Mary is currently pursuing PhD in Directing Medieval Music Dramas at the University of York, UK, under the supervision of John Potter. Before coming to York to complete an MA in Ensemble Singing with her vocal quintet Uncloistered, Mary graduated with a Bachelor of Music in Music Composition from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Mary has directed productions of Fleury Playbook Image of Saint Nicholas , Kurt Weill's The Tsar Has His Photograph Taken, 13 th -century Ludus Danielis and 12 th -century Hildegard von Bingen's Ordo Virtutum , with performances in York, Oberlin, Cleveland, and Boston. She has also performed with the Renaissance wind band Ciaramella, and can be found on the Naxos CD Sacred and Secular Music of Renaissance Germany .
Photo: Sam Southgate