Winter Lights

Saturday, January 7 at 8 p.m.
Lutheran Church of the Master
10931 Santa Monica Blvd, West Los Angeles

Sunday, January 8 at 7:30 p.m.
Church of the Angels
1100 Avenue 64, Pasadena

The Christmas story is filled with lights shining forth in the darkness. Both artists and composers have depicted the splendor of the angels, the starlight that led the Magi, and even the radiant Christ Child as sources of healing light. Jouyssance reflects that ancient light to you in our traditional Twelfth Night concert with Medieval and Renaissance music of the season.

$20 general admission
$15 students and seniors
Discounts for prepaid groups of 6 or more

Messe de Nostre Dame

Saturday, October 22 at 8 p.m.
Lutheran Church of the Master
10931 Santa Monica Blvd, West Los Angeles

Sunday, October 23 at 4 p.m.
Church of the Angels
1100 Avenue 64, Pasadena

The first complete Mass setting, Guillaume de Machaut’s Messe de Nostre Dame dazzles with exotic harmonies and mesmerizing rhythm. Jouyssance complements its performance of the work with Marian motets from throughout the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

$20 general admission
$15 students/seniors/SCEMS members
$12.50 prepaid groups of 10 or more

Make Your Spirit Soar

Saturday, June 11 at 8 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica
1220 Second Street, Santa Monica
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Sunday, June 12 at 4 p.m.
Church of the Angels
1100 Avenue 64, Pasadena
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Inspired by music for the Christian holy day of Pentecost, Jouyssance celebrates music of the Spirit. Join us for a concert of uplifting and transcendent beauty, featuring the greatest composers of the Middle Ages and Renaissance – and a few surprises!

$20 general admission
$15 students/seniors/SCEMS members
$12.50 prepaid groups of 10 or more

Souvenirs: Jouyssance Remembers

Sunday, April 3 at 4 p.m.
St. Cross by the Sea Episcopal Church
1818 Monterey Boulevard, Hermosa Beach, CA

Jouyssance honors the tremendous contributions of its longtime President, John Leicester, who passed away in January, with a concert of his favorites and ours. We will reprise the ornate 12-voice Missa Et ecce terrae motus by Antoine Brumel, plus works by Isaac, Josquin, Parsons, Sheppard and Johnson. We return to a familiar and much loved venue. Join us!

$20 general admission
$15 students/seniors/SCEMS members
$12.50 prepaid groups of 10 or more

A Celtic Twelfth Night

Saturday, January 8, 2011 at 8 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica
1220 Second Street, Santa Monica
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Sunday, January 9, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
Church of the Angels
1100 Avenue 64, Pasadena
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Jouyssance continues its tradition of Twelfth Night concerts with music of the British Isles. Scotland and Wales will serve as our focus (kilts are optional!). Listen for music by Robert Carver and Robert Johnson (Scotland), Thomas Tomkins (Wales) as well as English and Irish composers.

$20 general admission
$15 students/seniors/SCEMS members
$12.50 prepaid groups of 10 or more

These concerts will be part of a series in honor of EMA’s 25th anniversary.

A Force of Nature!

Saturday, November 6 at 8 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica
1220 Second Street, Santa Monica
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Sunday, November 7 at 4 p.m.
Church of the Angels
1100 Avenue 64, Pasadena
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$20 general admission
$15 students/seniors/SCEMS members
$12.50 prepaid groups of 10 or more

In Memoriam: A Concert of Hope, Healing and Renewal

Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 8 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica
1220 Second Street, Santa Monica
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Sunday, June 6, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
Church of the Angels
1100 Avenue 64, Pasadena
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$20 general admission,
$15 students/seniors/SCEMS members
$12.50 prepaid groups of 10 or more

A Tongue in Cheeke

Sunday, April 18 at 4 p.m.
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
525 E 7th Street, Long Beach
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Jouyssance returns to Long Beach with an updated reprise of its popular concert, featuring hilarities from the Renaissance. Join us in this lighthearted romp as we present Janequin’s Chant des oiseaux, Banchieri’s Festino, and a host of madrigals about beasts, birds, food, drink, love and marriage. Let the comedy begin!

Tickets $20 general admission, $15 students/seniors/SCEMS members

Spirit Child
A Nativity Tale from the New World

Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 8 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica
1220 Second Street, Santa Monica
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Sunday, January 10, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
Church of the Angels
1100 Avenue 64, Pasadena
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Join us for an evening of Twelfth Night storytelling, as we bring a sixteenth-century Aztec Christmas tale to life with drama and Spanish music from the Old and New Worlds.

Jouyssance takes Fray Bernardino de Sahagun’s historic adaptation of the Nativity
story for the Aztecs, and blends it with trappings of the Mexican pastorela tradition. With its usual eye toward fun and scholarship, Jouyssance will interweave music by Mexican and European masters, including Fernandes, Padilla, Guerrero, Morales, and Victoria.

Tickets will be available at the door:
$20 general admission,
$15 students/seniors/SCEMS members
$12.50 for prepaid groups of 10 or more

A Tongue in Cheeke

Saturday, October 24 at 8 p.m.
Church of the Good Shepherd
505 N. Bedford Drive (at Santa Monica Blvd.), Beverly Hills
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Sunday, October 25 at 7:30 p.m.
Church of the Angels
1100 Avenue 64, Pasadena
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Join us for a lighthearted romp through the Renaissance, featuring Janequin’s Chant des Oiseaux, excerpts from Banchieri’s madrigal comedy Festino, and a host of madrigals about beasts, birds, food, drink, love and marriage. Let the Comedy begin!!!

Tickets $20 general admission, $15 students/seniors/SCEMS members

Jouyssance’s new CD, A Tour of Christmases Past, will be available for purchase at the concerts!

A Solemn Evensong
A Special Performance for St. Mary of the Angels Anglican Church

Sunday, June 21, 2009
St. Mary of the Angels Church
4510 Finley Ave, Hollywood 90027

Jouyssance is pleased to participate in a special day of celebration
at St Mary of the Angels!

St. Mary’s, where we rehearse and where we recently recorded our soon-to-be-released CD of Christmas music, will be playing host to their bishop, the Rt. Rev'd Daren K. Williams. At 4:15, the bishop will present a concert of organ works, including works by J. S. Bach, Langlais, Vierne, and Gerald Near. Following the organ programme, St. Mary’s will hold a Solemn Evensong and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, with music provided by Jouyssance. We’ll be performing works by Byrd, Palestrina, Lasso, and Dunstable, along with Christopher Tye’s Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis.

Our performance time will be determined by the bishop’s schedule, but is expected to be around 5 pm.

The concert is free, although St. Mary’s will accept donations to support ongoing restoration of the organ. For more information, please contact Fr. Kelley at 323-660-2700.

Renaissance Transitions
Experience the Mysteries of the Dawning Renaissance

Saturday, June 6, 8 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica
1220 Second Street, Santa Monica
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Sunday, June 7, 7:30 p.m.
Church of the Angels
1100 Avenue 64, Pasadena
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The early 15th century saw new sonorities as the jagged rhythms and harmonies of the Ars Nova and Trecento yielded to the smooth sounds of Franco-Flemish Polyphony. This transition was centered in England and at the opulent court of Burgundy.  Enjoy simply gorgeous music by Dunstable, Dufay, their contemporaries, and excerpts from the Old Hall Manuscript.

Jouyssance explores
Trailblazers of Early Music

Sunday, April 5 at 3:30 p.m.
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
525 East 7th Street (at Atlantic)
Long Beach, CA

Jouyssance makes its Long Beach debut, after thrilling Southern California audiences for nearly 20 years with its joyous and moving presentations of early music. We will explore the fascinating transitions between the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods, performing music by Monteverdi, Gabrieli, Dunstable, Power, Dufay and others.

A Twelfth Night of Jouyssance Favorites

Saturday, January 3, 8 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica
1220 Second Street, Santa Monica
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Sunday, January 4, 7:30 p.m.
Church of the Angels
1100 Avenue 64, Pasadena
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Over the past 10 years, Jouyssance’s Twelfth Night concerts explored Europe, the New World, the Far East and Africa.  This year, we come home. Come share favorite seasonal early music, including excerpts from our new CD, A Tour of Christmases Past.

Baroque Transitions
Experience the Drama of the Emerging Baroque

Saturday, October 18, 8 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica
1220 Second Street, Santa Monica
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Sunday, October 19, 7:30 p.m.
Church of the Angels
1100 Avenue 64, Pasadena
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At no other time in music history did critics, theorists and musicians reject all that was past, indulging in wild experiments in text expression, harmony and texture. Hear excerpts of the landmark Florentine wedding celebration of 1589, Carissimi's sumptuous Jephte, Cavalieri's Rappresentazione di anima e di corpo, and daring experimental madrigals and motets by Monteverdi, Caccini, d'India, Viadana, Gabrieli, and Grandi.

Ave Maria!
Sumptuous early music honoring mothers everywhere

Saturday, May 10, 8 p.m.
Pacific Palisades Presbyterian Church
15821 Sunset Blvd, Pacific Palisades

Sunday, May 11, 7 p.m.
Church of the Angels
1100 Avenue 64, Pasadena

Come celebrate mothers past and present with a concert featuring Palestrina’s Missa Beata virgine, Hassler’s Missa Dixit Maria, and Marian motets by Josquin, Byrd, Dufay, Sweelinck, and that great medieval composer, Anonymous.

The Christmas Story

Sunday, January 20, 3 p.m.
St. Bede’s Church in Culver City

Sunday, January 27, 4:30 p.m.
St. Andrew’s Church in Fullerton

Jouyssance will unite with the Los Angeles Recorder Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Axworthy, in a special presentation of The Christmas Story by Heinrich Schütz. Stay tuned for more details!

An International Twelfth Night
Join the Three Kings (and Jouyssance) as they
circle the globe on their journey to the manger!

Saturday, January 5, 8 p.m.
Pacific Palisades Presbyterian Church
15821 Sunset Blvd, Pacific Palisades

Sunday, January 6, 7 p.m.
Church of the Angels
1100 Avenue 64, Pasadena

Travel throughout Europe and the Americas as Jouyssance and JDI present early music from Cyprus to Scotland, the Netherlands, Portugal, Denmark, Ethiopia, Ukraine,Byzantium, Mexico, and Peru.

Chiaroscuro:
Darkness and Light, Day into Night

Saturday, October 27, 8 p.m.
Church of the Angels

Sunday, October 28, 7 p.m.
Pacific Palisades Presbyterian Church

Jouyssance and JDI celebrate the new season, and its new (old) leadership,
with a concert devoted to darkness and light, as well as morning and evening. Christopher Tye’s Magnificat & Nunc Dimitis, plus Giaches de Wert’s monumental Qual di notte chiara serve as pillars in this varied program of Sheppard, Tallis, Lasso, Victoria, Ortiz, Guerrero, and Jacquet da Mantua.

A Renaissance Requiem

Sunday May 27, 2007 at 5 p.m
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

Saturday June 2, 2007 at 8 p.m.
Church of the Angels

Jouyssance and Jouyssance des Instruments pay their respects to early musicians and their responses to mortality. Join us for the solemn chant and inspiring polyphony of Victoria's Requiem Mass and other songs of commemoration.

Timon of Athens

Sunday January 21, 2007 at 2:00 pm
St. Bede's Episcopal Church, Los Angeles

Sunday January 28, 2007 at 5:00 pm
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Long Beach

We will be collaborating with the Los Angeles Recorder Orchestra to bring you Purcell's famous Masque from"Timon of Athens".

Natus Est

Saturday December 9, 2006 at 8:00 pm
Church of the Angels, Pasadena

Join Jouyssance and Jouyssance des Instruments as we welcome the holiday season! We will present a Christmas program of Renaissance and medieval tunes from Europe, and a sing-along for all to enjoy.

Lust und Freud

Saturday May 20, 2006 at 8 o'clock p.m., Church of the Angels
Saturday May 27, 2006 at 8 o'clock p.m., St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

Jouyssance and Jouyssance des Instruments present a program of solo and choral Lieder and instrumental works by Hans Leo Hassler, Ludwig Senfl, Heinrich Isaac, and other lesser-known composers.

A Visit from La Befana: an Italian Twelfth Night

Saturday January 14, 2006 at 8 o'clock p.m., Church of the Angels
Sunday January 15, 2006 at 5 o'clock p.m., St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

Jouyssance continues its series of Twelfth Night celebrations across Europe with the rich traditions and music of Italy. Join Italy’s resident Christmas spirit, La Befana, on her legendary journey to follow the Magi, with songs and dances from Palestrina, Marenzio, Victoria, Vinci, and other surprises.

A Charming Affair

Saturday October 22, 2005 at 8 o'clock p.m., Church of the Angels
Sunday October 23, 2005 at 5 o'clock p.m., St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

Join Jouyssance in welcoming Dr. Carol Lisek to her inaugural concert!
We’ll celebrate the theme of love with genteel English madrigals, balletts, and canzonets to charm and delight. Enjoy a thousand pleasures from such masters as Morley, East, Bateson and Farmer.

Going for Baroque: The Music of Monteverdi

Sunday, May 29th, 2005 at 4 o'clock p.m., Church of the Angels
Saturday, June 4th, 2005 at 8 o'clock p.m., St. Paul's Lutheran Church

Claudio Monteverdi both perfected the Renaissance style of music and helped to originate the Baroque style. Join Jouyssance Early Music Ensemble as we explore his musical evolution, including early motets, famous madrigals, operatic choruses, and pioneering later works. We will also perform some pieces by his musical contemporaries, Wert and de Rore.

A Tour of Two Centuries (reprise)

Sunday, April 17th, 2005, at 4 o'clock p.m.

St. Mary of the Angels Anglican Church

Join Jouyssance on a journey through late Mediæval and Renaissance Europe. Featured will be music by Dunstable, Josquin, Palestrina, Monteverdi, and many others. Jouyssance and its interim director, Colleen Kennedy, will serve as your tour guides in old England, France, Burgundy, Italy, Portugal, and Bavaria.

An Eastern European Christmas

Saturday, January 8, 2005 at 8 o'clock p.m., St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Sunday, January 9, 2005 at 8 o'clock p.m., Church of the Angels

Jouyssance Early Music Ensemble presents a special night of Advent,
Christmas, and Epiphany music from Mediæval and Renaissance Eastern Europe. Selections will include sacred works and carols from Poland, the Czech lands/Bohemia, Cyprus, Slovenia, and Byzantium.

A Tour of Two Centuries

Saturday, October 16th, 2004, at 8 o'clock p.m., Blessed Sacrament Church
Sunday, October 24th, 2004, at 3 o'clock p.m., St. Paul's Lutheran Church

Join Jouyssance on a journey through late Mediæval and Renaissance Europe. Featured will be music by Dunstable, Power, Josquin, Palestrina, Monteverdi, and many others. Jouyssance and its director, Nicole Baker, will serve as your tour guides in old England, France, Burgundy, Italy, Portugal, and Bavaria.

The Versatile Genius of Orlando di Lasso

Sunday, May 23rd, 2004, at 3 o'clock p.m., Church of the Angels
Sunday, June 6th, 2004, at 7:30 o'clock p.m., St. Paul's Lutheran Church

Jouyssance will present a concert entirely devoted to the music of Orlando di Lasso, that prolific, international composer of the 16th Century. The group will present his Missa Quinti Toni, as well as madrigals, Lieder, chansons, and motets.

Joyeux Noël!
Sunday, January 4, 2004 at 4 o'clock p.m., St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Friday, January 9, 2004 at 8 o'clock p.m., Church of the Angels

Join us this holiday season on a fanciful Twelfth Night voyage through Mediæval and Renaissance France. Director Nicole Baker and assistant director Colleen Kennedy will enchant us with Christmas carols, dances, and sacred polyphony ranging from the 12th - 17th Centuries. Featured composers include Brumel, Compère, Dufay, Arbeau, Goudimel, and lesser-knowns Bouzignac and Waelrant.

Jouyssance Favorites
Saturday, September 20, 2003 at 8 PM, St. Paul's Lutheran Church

Under the direction of Nicole Baker, Jouyssance Early Music Ensemble will present "Jouyssance Favorites" comprising pieces chosen by Ensemble members. Included are portions of the Mass of Tournai (arranged by Southern California composer, John Biggs) and Dufay's Missa Se La Face Ay Pale, the complete Palestrina Sicut Cervus, Gibbons' O Clap Your Hands, Ave Maria by Parsons and polychoral works by Gabrieli and Guerrero. Other featured composers are Machaut, Josquin, Monteverdi, Gesualdo and that old standby, Anonymous.

Josquin and Friends
Sunday, June 8, 2003 at 4pm, Church of the Angels
Saturday, June 14, 2003 at 8pm, St. Andrew's Lutheran Church

Josquin des Prez and his generation set the standards for Renaissance polyphony. Jouyssance explored some of Josquin's most beloved sacred music, as well as sampled his widely varied secular works. Music by Brumel, Isaac and de la Rue also were featured.