Musica Secreta is a British vocal ensemble that was founded in 1991 by soprano Deborah Roberts[1] to explore music written by and for women in the 16th and 17th centuries.
[3] Their album Lucrezia Borgia's Daughter (2017) is a recording of the earliest known published music intended for performance by nuns.
[5] The original members of the group were Roberts, Tessa Bonner,[6] Mary Nichols,[7] and harpsichordist John Toll.
Collaborators have included Suzie LeBlanc (The Secret Music of Luzzasco Luzzaschi), Emily Van Evera (Dangerous Graces), Catherine King (Songs of Ecstasy and Devotion, Dialogues with Heaven, Dangerous Graces), and Clare Wilkinson (Sacred Hearts, Secret Music).
Featured instrumentalists include Paula Chateauneuf, David Miller and Lynda Sayce (lute, theorbo, and chitarrone); Frances Kelly (harp); Mark Levy and Kinga Gáborjáni (viol); Matthew Halls and Nicholas Parle (organ and harpsichord).