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Monroe, A. (2024) Trob谩r's first album, Il Dit Elle Dit: Love & Dialogue in the World of Christine de Pizan, received a favorable review in Early Music America Magazine. The review highlighted its "exquisite intonation," "delightful lilt," and "clear," "vital," and "well-balanced" sound, and quoted extensively from Artistic Director Allison Monroe's liner notes.


Medieval music ensemble Trob谩r just released their first album, Il Dit Elle Dit: Love and Dialogue in the World of Christine de Pizan, featuring Allison Monroe (Artistic Director), Elena Mullins (Executive Director), Karin Weston, and Tis Kaoru Zamler-Carhart. The album is now available on all major streaming platforms or via their website: https://www.trobarmedieval.org/album


Medieval music ensemble Trob谩r, co-directed by Allison Monroe and Elena Mullins Bailey, received accolades from Early Music America for its community participation events. A recent article in EMAg highlighted Trob谩r's MuckAbouts, alongside similarly community-focused programs by other American medieval and Renaissance groups.


Monroe, A. (2024) As the Artistic Director of Trob谩r, Allison co-curated and co-directed performances of 鈥淚 Sing a New Song鈥 with Liza Malamut, Artistic Director of the venerated Newberry Consort, featuring a slate of some of the country鈥檚 best medieval musicians. They performed in both Cleveland and Chicago, to enthusiastic audiences, and .


Monroe, A. (2023) An episode of Les D茅lices' SalonEra featured a program that I created as Artistic Director for medieval music ensemble Trob谩r. Interviews with myself and another performer are interspersed with recordings of a May 2023 performance.


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Montague, E. (2020) Light on a Path, Follow, has screened internationally at over 30 festivals, museums and events since its release in 2020. It was awarded Best of Show: Short Films at the Boston LGBTQ Film Festival and received Honorable Mention at the Deep Focus Film Festival in Brooklyn, NY.


Elliot Montague has been invited to be an artist-in-residence at The Studios at MASS MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts during the fall of 2025, where he will continue work on his current film project, "The Birthing Series".