Praise for Tapestry
Tapestry is fast carving a formidable reputation as one of North America’s most polished ensembles.
—Jonathan Webster, Classic CD
Hypnotically beautiful... inexhaustible cornucopia of sensual pleasures.
—Jonathan Saville, San Diego Reader
This is an outstanding performance, such as I have rarely heard.
—Mary Berry, Gramophone
Tapestry was founded by Cristi Catt, Daniela Tosic, and Laurie Monahan (emerita) to create bold, conceptual programs that travel through time, weaving together a diverse range of genres and colors. The Cleveland Plain Dealer describes Tapestry as “an ensemble that plants haunting vibrations, old and new, in our ears.” Each recording and concert program beckons the listener to a new time and place—“an inexhaustible cornucopia of sensual pleasures,” according to the San Diego Reader.
Tapestry’s first inspirations were Hildegard von Bingen and contemporary composers who wrote specifically for the ensemble. Moving through the centuries, they continue to explore rich vocal repertoires ranging from medieval ballads and polyphony to the music of Guillaume Dufay, a seminal composer who bridged the gap between late medieval and early Renaissance music.
In recent years, their repertoire has expanded to include works by Claude Debussy, Pauline Viardot, Rebecca Clarke, Duke Ellington, Samuel Barber, Florence Price, Emily Lau, and Jocelyn Pook. This new path was inspired in part by a concert created for the National Gallery to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the WWI Armistice in 2018. Tapestry released a new album in 2026, Postcards from France, which travels through France—from Provence and Brittany to Paris and beyond—featuring toe-tapping traditional dances and songs by Fauré, Satie, and Édith Piaf.
Tapestry collaborates with vocalists Deborah Rentz-Moore and Clare McNamara, Shira Kammen, medieval strings and fiddle, Laura Jeppesen, vielle and rebec, Scott Metcalfe, vielle and harp, Taki Masuko, percussion, John McDonald, piano, Alex Pryrodny, piano, Jeremiah McLane, accordion, James Falzone, clarinet, and Andrew VanNorstrand, guitar.
Concert appearances include the National Gallery and the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; Jordan Hall and the Celebrity Series, Boston, MA; a Banco Republico tour of Colombia; the Frick Collection and Rockefeller University, NY; Utrecht Early Music and the Maastricht Musica Sacra Festivals; Regensburg’s Tage Alter Musik; the Flanders Festivals of Ghent and Brussels; Le Donne in Musica, Rome; Da Camera of Houston; Denver’s Newman Performing Arts Center; Da Camera Society LA; Stanford University; Connecting Chords Festival, Kalamazoo, MI; Music and Beyond, Ottawa; the Song Festival in Riga, Latvia; the Moscow Conservatory, Russia; and many others. Tapestry has also performed under the baton of Marin Alsop with the Colorado and Cabrillo Festival Symphonies.
Tapestry has four recordings with Telarc International: Angeli, Music of Angels; Hildegard von Bingen: Celestial Light; Song of Songs—Come into my Garden; and The Fourth River. Tapestry has two recordings with German Label Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm (MDG): Sapphire Night and Faces of a Woman. Sapphire Night won the Echo Prize, Germany’s highest honor for a recording and The Fourth River is a past winner of Chamber Music America Recording of the Year. Tapestry’s latest album, Postcards from France, was recorded with New England Music & Stage Co. Ltd. / NEMS Co. Ltd.
