Critically acclaimed string ensemble Parthenia explores the extraordinary repertoire for viols of the 16th-18th centuries. This dynamic consort of viols, a precursor of today's stringquartet, has been featured at many prestigious festivals and concert series, including Regensberg Tage Alter Musik (Germany), Maverick Concerts, Music Before 1800,Nantucket Friends of Chamber Music, Arizona Early Music Society, and the Amherst Early Music Festival. Beverly Au, treble/bass viols; Rosamund Morley, treble/tenor viols; Lawrence Lipnik, tenor viol/countertenor; Lisa Terry, tenor/bass viols.