Madrigal - 1.a.  A song for two or three unaccompanied voices, developed in Italy in the late 13th and early 14th centuries          b. a short poem, often about love, suitable for being set to music        2.  a polyphonic song using a vernacular text   and written for four to six voices, developed in Italy in the 16th century

The American Heritage College Dictionary

LIVE IN GREATER CINCINNATI/NKY

September 21, 2007                      8pm   Friday                                                    Greaves Concert Hall                       Northern Kentucky University              Highland Heights, KY 

Presented in cooperation with the Phil-Am Med Mission Found of MI for the benefit of their upcoming 2008 and 2009 medical missions to Cagayan de Oro, Phil.

A Tradition of Choral Excellence

Coming from the 2007 European Choral Competition Grand Prix in Arezzo, Italy

Overall Winner of the 2006 Florilege Vocal de Tours 

Since its humble beginnings as a university-based chamber ensemble (Univ of the Phil. Madrigal Singers) to its rise to be one of the world's best choirs, the MADZ has consistently won the top prizes in the prestigious choral competitions for the last 42 years.

The group's trademark performance stance, singing in a semi-circle without a conductor, is instantly recognizable.  Their highly eclectic repertoire spans the breadth and length of vocal music:  from Rennaissance madrigals to the avant-garde, from Filipino and int'l folk songs to the latest pop hit, even from the most cerebral choral masterpieces to the most humorous of novelty numbers.

Here are human beings in harmony with themselves and one with what they are doing;  this sincerity and fervor is what is so touching, and at times, unsettling. - Marian Leschik, Wunstork, 2000