About Trinacria
...A husband and wife team; both artists, both Medievalists, both a bit mad...-
Suzanne
singer, musician, actress, model
early music, new music, opera, experimentalSinger, model, actress, scholar, producer, editor and writer Suzanne has been praised for her rich tone, wide range (singing professionally as a Baritone with Vivaldi's Women), expressivity, and dramatic skills -- she did doctoral studies in Historical Performance Practice at the University of York, in Early Music. She has studied voice, musicology, religion, and Medieval history at Oberlin, Harvard and Eastman in the USA, specializing in music of the 16th and 17th centuries, with a strong interest in drama, and contemporary music; secondary fields include ethnomusicology, ritual studies, 20th century music, gender studies, and Buddhism. Suzanne is passionate about combining performance and scholarship, and is an active researcher. She is passionate about collaborating with other artists, and in bringing early and new musics together, and thus participates in many world-premiere performances. As a model and actress, Suzanne enjoys collaborating with artists from all across the spectrum. She models and works as a diversity advocate full-time, with experience in beauty, photographic, print, runway and bridal modelling, with some background in fit work.
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Michael
visual artist
CGI, animation, woodworking, stained glassMichael's love affair with art, Medieval history and technology have all been brewing in him since a very young age. His work has progressed from drawing and painting, sculpture, woodworking, and stained glass, to CGI. He participated in several art shows in Buffalo, NY with collaborator Rich Cherry. You can see a gallery of their works together, from shows such as Artists & Models, Herd About Buffalo and Art on Wheels. Since moving to England, Michael had to leave his workshop behind, and began experimenting with virtual art. Using Z-Brush and Maya, he became completely hooked and has started tutorials with Escape Studios in London and Gnomon School of Visual Arts in Los Angeles. Michael most recently collaborated with composer Emily Kalies; his first CGI premiere was for Sensorium, through The Link Project, on 6 January 2010. The work, Untitled: Nativity of the Minster, won rave reviews and will be re-tooled for the Dublin premiere. Other collaborations include an independent movie based on Lord of the Rings for which Michael is doing the CGI effects, including a complete virtual creature. He also filmed and produced a vidoe for opo-folk singing star Stef Connor, for her song "Silver Dagger." He currently works as a LAN Administrator in the IT sector but is going into digital art full time.
Here are some examples of Michael's work:
