Newberry Consort hits its stride under Malamut with de Lassus
March 19, 2023 — Tim Sawyier for Chicago Classical Review
“Leadership transitions are a delicate time for any organization, with performing ensembles no exception. When the husband-and-wife team of David Douglass and Ellen Hargis decided to step down as co-artistic directors of the Newberry Consort after a tenure of 15 years, it was hard for many to imagine the group without them at the helm.
Saturday night’s concert at the University of Chicago’s Bond Chapel showed that not a stitch had been dropped in the transition and the reins have been handed off successfully to new artistic director Liza Malamut, who curated a program that embodied the Consort’s tradition of probing scholarship and refined performance.”