Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Sephardic, British Isles & original music!

Alas, the Consort has gone through many changes in the 5 decades(!!!) it has been around. Since Steven and Kathy's move from Vermont to Minneapolis we are no longer playing as anything other than a duo.
I am keeping the info on this website up and highlighting new projects as they come along.

Our recordings of the full consort (and more) are available on all streaming services like Spotify, Apple Music, CD Baby, etc..

Right now the most current projects are Steven and Kathy playing as a duo and performing the Camino Presentation
and Steven's musical arrangements.

Click HERE for info about Steven and Kathy's Camino presentation
Click HERE for Steven's musical arrangements

The Fyre and Lightning Consort, founded in 1974, was a group of musicians living in Central Vermont dedicated to the study and performance of Medieval and Renaissance music. Throughout the past years, we have also become increasingly interested in traditional music of various types, including the music of the Sephardic Jews and traditional music of the British Isles, as well as arrangements and new compositions created especially for us by us.

We have a large collection of early instruments including recorders, flutes, whistles, krumhorn, cornamuse, cornetto, bagpipe, harp, lute, psaltery, vielle, violas da gamba and assorted percussion.

Throughout its long performing history Fyre and Lightning has delighted audiences of all ages and musical tastes with its lively and interesting approach. The duo (Steven and Kathy) still offer a variety of performance options including full length concerts, lecture-demonstrations, special school programs and workshops for audiences of all ages.

Steven and Kathy have moved!
We did one last "Farewell" Concert

Saturday, May 6, 2023 @ 7 pm
Plainfield Opera House

The program included Medieval and traditional music of Galicia, music of the Flemish Renaissance, and music of Scotland and Ireland, including a number of tunes by the blind Irish harper Turlough O’Carolan.

The Nisht Geferlach Klezmer Band
Saturday, May 27, 2023 @ 7 pm
Unitarian Church of Montpelier

Gamelan Sulukala
Saturday, June 3, 2023 @ 7 pm
Goddard College Haybarn Theater

During the summer of 2018 Kathy and Steven walked the Camino de Santiago, a thousand year old pilgrim trail across northern Spain - over 540 miles. We now offer a combined presentation/concert of our experiences along the way and medieval and traditional music.

Click HERE for more info.

Please click the links on the left to find out more about our various offerings and recordings (available as CD and on iTunes) and to contact us.