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About Serendipity
Serendipity is a mixed-instrument ensemble which performs a wide
variety of musical forms. Founding members Carolyn Smith and Margaret
Sibley met as students at the Longy School of Music, and worked
together further in the Boston-based Scandinavian folk ensemble, Stämbandet. Thus, Serendipity's
performers draw on a background both in
folk styles and in early music to create an unusual and interesting
musical offering. Their debut season focuses on the works of Thomas
Morley, a selection of Italian frottole, and an excursion
into the contemporary world of Vaughan Williams.
Biographies
Margaret Barton Sibley (soprano)
Margaret (Meg) grew up in Atlanta, Georgia and
moved to Massachusetts for the first time in 1987 to attend Smith
College. She studied music in Sweden, specializing in
Swedish fiddle and folk song, during her junior year
abroad and for the three years after Smith. In 1994, she moved to
Somerville, Massachusetts to pursue a Master of Music degree in
Dalcroze Eurhythmics at the Longy
School of Music. While at Longy she studied voice with Laurie
Monahan and took a number of repertory courses in the Early Music
Department. Now a graduate of Longy, Meg is still musically active in
the Boston area. She currently studies voice with Richard Conrad. In
addition to her ensemble work with Serendipity, she sings with the
Scandinavian ensemble Stämbandet, with whom she
recorded the CD Nordic
Voices; appears
regularly as the
soprano section leader at Trinity church, Topsfield; and teaches voice
lessons using a Dalcrozian approach. Meg has also recently
rediscovered her fiddle and is working with another violinist to form
what may become a Boston-area "spelmanslag" (group of Swedish
fiddlers).
Carolyn grew up in New York City and moved to Boston in 1983 to pursue
a BS in Biology at MIT. After working in research for several years,
she returned to school to pursue her lifelong love of recorder. She
completed her Master of Music degree in Early Music at the
Longy School of Music in 1999. She is a member of Boston area ensembles Stämbandet,
with whom she has recorded a CD, and Cantata à Trois. Carolyn has studied with Ford
Weisberg, Sonja Lindblad, and John Tyson, and has done masterclasses
with Michael Lynn, Gerd Lunenberger, John Tyson, Paul Leenhouts, and
Charles Lemouses.
Carolyn Jean Smith (cjsmith@mit.edu)