Madregalia!!

...and the Pastyme Consort



Madregalia!! 20 Years!

Gaudete! 

Please come join Madregalia!! for our New Year's concert featuring a variety of works from the Renaissance and early Baroque. The venue will be at All Saints Episcopal Church in Carmel. We will have both an evening concert on Friday, January 10 at 7:30 pm, and a matinee on Saturday, January 11 at 2:30 pm. Members of the Pastyme Consort will be featured as well on violins, viols, shawm, dulcian, and recorders. We will again be joined by a trio of sackbuts (early trombones) led by Sue Mudge, and, as a special treat, Greg Smith will enliven the concert on natural trumpet.

Our program will consist of a variety of vocal and instrumental works for Christmas and the new year including major works by Giovanni Gabrieli and Michael Praetorius. 

We look forward to seeing you in this continued celebration of 20 years of Madregalia!!


When: Friday, January 10 at 7:30pm & Saturday, January 11 at 2:30pm

Where: All Saints Episcopal Church, Dolores & 9th Ave in Carmel

Cost: Suggested donation $25.

Featured Artists:

Elizabeth Gaver, violin

Elizabeth Gaver lives in Oslo, Norway and performs baroque, medieval, and traditional music in Scandinavia and Europe. Elizabeth moved to Germany to join the medieval ensemble, Sequentia, playing concerts throughout Europe and the US. After meeting her husband in the National Folk Music Archive in Oslo, she moved to Norway where she learned to play the Hardanger fiddle. They formed the band Feleboga, and together with their son, play both Norwegian traditional music and American old-time music. 


Elizabeth was born in Pittsburgh and her family moved to Carmel Valley when she started high school. She performed extensively with Katie Clare Mazzeo, forming the Cherry Trio together with Penny Hanna in 2010. Elizabeth, Penny Hanna and Francis Toldi play an annual New Year's Day concert at the Cherry Foundation as part of the Cherry Trio and Friends. 


She was in the same high school class as Madregalia director, Jeff DeMarco and has performed with the ensemble for three years.

Elizabeth holds degrees from Stanford University, San Francisco Conservatory, The Juilliard School, and the University of Oslo.

Penny Hanna, viola da gamba


Penny performs throughout the San Francisco Bay & Monterey Bay areas as a singer, bassist, and/or reed player. Ms Hanna began performing on the Viola da Gamba as music student with the University of Michigan Consort of Viols, later studying with Judith Davidoff in New York. Locally, she has performed in concerts at Colton Hall, UC Davis, UCSC, Cal Berkeley, 1750 Arch St., and with the Santa Cruz Chamber Players & Baroque Festival, Cantiamo! Cabrillo, WAVE, Musica Mundana and the Brandenburg Liberation Front. She has produced numerous  recordings of her own music and her arranging credits include works for Jazz Birds, California Gamba Consort, & Sex Chordae Consort of Viols. She is currently the Cabrillo College Stroke Center’s choir instructor, and serves on the boards of The Santa Cruz Chamber Players and The Santa Cruz Baroque Festival. Penny has participated in Madregalia!! concerts for several years.

Jody Lee, Soprano


Since moving to the Monterey Bay Area in 2014, Jody enjoys performing with Madregalia!!, Carmel Bach Festival, Central Coast Chamber Choir, Choral Artists of Carmel and Voices of Silicon Valley in the Bay Area. She holds a B. Mus. from Brock University (Canada) and was active a soloist, adjudicator, instructor and chorister throughout Southern Ontario, Canada through 2011. As Assistant Choirmaster/Soprano soloist at St. George's Anglican (St. Catharines), she worked extensively with composer John Butler, and appeared regularly with Niagara Vocal Ensemble and Opera Ontario - and with Carmina Inc. after emigrating to the US in 2009. She continues vocal studies with Robin McKee Williams and works in allied health services.

Suzanne Mudge, Sackbut 

Suzanne Mudge is the Director of Development & Community Engagement for the Carmel Bach Festival. She is a trombonist, educator, and arts administrator who has performed with the Festival for over 30 years. Sue held Principal Trombone positions with the Women’s Philharmonic, Central Oregon Symphony, and Modesto Symphony and performed with the Marin, Berkeley, Fremont, and San Jose symphonies in the SF Bay Area for 22 years.


Currently the Director of the Youth Music Monterey Bravo Brass Ensemble, Sue has taught at the middle, high school, and college levels. She has a private teaching studio for trombone and trumpet and her students have won top solo and ensemble honors at state levels. Inspiring and motivating young people to play orchestral and chamber music, developing a life-long love for music, is one of her many passions. She holds a BM from the UOP Conservatory of Music, MM from University of Arizona, and California Teaching Credential in Music and Math.

Greg Smith, Natural Trumpet 


Francis Toldi, Dulcian

Francis Toldi is a native of Carmel, having recently returned after many years in the San Francisco Bay Area.  His current musical focus is on the dulcian (Renaissance bassoon) and voice.  He received his Bachelor of Arts in Music from San Francisco State University, with further private study on clarinet with Alan Balter in San Francisco, and on Balinese gender wayang with John Badanes and Lisa Gold.  He continued with study and performance on various woodwinds, including clarinet, Hungarian tárogáto, quena, recorders, and dulcian.  His primary performing emphasis over many decades was singing and playing woodwinds in the Coro Hispano de San Francisco and Conjunto Nuevo Mundo.  

Our Program:





Prior Concerts

For the programs of our prior concerts, please take a look at our Repertory page