Anthea Cottee
Anthea Cottee is a viol and viola da gamba player whose work moves between Renaissance consort music and contemporary Australian chamber repertoire.
She is linked with the Sydney viol consort Josie and the Emeralds, and appears as guest viol on their debut recording The Emerald Leopard (TP233), a programme of English Renaissance songs beside new writing and arrangements for viols.
Her viola da gamba also colours recent chamber scores that set early instruments against electronics and mixed ensembles, including the recomposed Marais-inspired movements on Uncovered Ground (MD 3456) and the string ensemble of the ritual chamber work Threading the Light (MCD 636).
Performing as Josie and the Emeralds
Josie and the Emeralds is a Sydney early-music ensemble founded in 2011, uniting soprano with viol consort in Renaissance song and new Australian writing for the viol.
The Emerald Leopard
Josie and the Emeralds pair acclaimed early-music soprano Josie Ryan with some of Australia’s finest viol players, the Emerald City Viols. Founded in 2011, the group is known for sophisticated performances and inventive programmes of Renaissance and contemporary works, including compositions and arrangements by director Brooke Green.