Da Camera is a versatile ensemble, crossing the line between 'early', 'folk' and 'contemporary' music. Their programmes range in repertoire from the passamezzi of the 15th century, via traditional Celtic and English music, through the baroque, to newly-commissioned works. Three new works have been commissioned by them to date. All members of the recorder family feature alongside many different sizes of viol with harpsichord or organ accompaniment. The ensemble has performed at London's Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room, for the BBC on many occasions, at many major festivals around the UK - including Totnes Early Music Society, Finchcocks' Festival, Chester Summer Music Festival and Dartington Summer Festival - and many other venues. Emma, Susanna and Steven are all in demand as freelance musicians with many of the UK's leading period groups and they all teach on various music courses and summer schools, including Dartington International Summer School.

They have just recorded their first CD on their own Da Camera label of Scottish and Irish Baroque and Traditional music, entitled A Celtic Celebration.

Current programmes include:

A Celtic Celebration
This programme consists of Irish and Scottish Baroque music alongside traditional music. Composers include Carolan, Oswald, Playford, Tollett, Eccles & others. This programme is both lively and highly evocative, full of 'Celtic' sounds as well as great 'baroque' music. Da Camera has performed this programme at the Wigmore Hall, at the Totnes, Chester and Finchcocks Festivals, and Dartington Summer School.

Bach Da Camera
This is a programme of Bach's organ trio sonatas arranged by and for Da Camera. Work on the arrangements is still in progress but it is very exciting and sounds wonderful on our combination of recorders, viols and harpsichord, where each individual line can be heard clearly. We will be performing these at the Totnes Early Music Society and London's Purcell Room next year.

Ground Bass, No Bass
This programme consists of late renaissance, baroque and contemporary works based on grounds, alongside works that have no separate bass (continuo) line at all. Pieces include Corelli's La Follia, Vitali's Ciaccona, Eccles' Bellamira, Nicholas Ansdell Evans' Ground, Gabriel Jackson's Toccata and Ground, Fischer's Passacaille and others. Da Camera commissioned three new works by young British composers for this programme and has performed it at the Purcell Room, BBC Maida Vale Studios, Dartington, and Northern Recorder Course.

Photograph of Emma Murphy by John Buckman.