Quarantine Madrigals

Conspirare is excited to collaborate with composer Reena Esmail and poet Amy Fogerson on a unique project to bring Quarantine Madrigals to life. Composed in response to the pandemic, Composer Reena Esmail says that Quarantine Madrigals is intended to “trace the break from society, the descent into isolation, and the eventual return to one another” experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic. She selected the madrigal format to allow the work to be sung with one solo voice on each part. The lyrics to each madrigal are haikus by poet and singer Amy Fogerson.

Conspirare will offer a program featuring Conspirare artists singing the Quarantine Madrigals and a live discussion with Craig Hella Johnson, Reena Esmail, and Amy Fogerson. Each madrigal will be featured in a weekly “Madrigal Mondays” segment on Facebook starting March 22.  Each of the Conspirare singer videos will be made available for singers from anywhere to download and sing along with to create their own performance videos.