Asteria (Sylvia Rhyne, soprano, and Eric Redlinger, tenor and lute) seeks to bring a narrative quality and emotional immediacy to their late-medieval vocal and instrumental music. Their historically informed settings are based on extensive archival research into original sources in Paris, The Hague, and Basel, Switzerland. The duo took first place in Early Music America’s (EMA) competition for Medieval and Renaissance music in October 2004 and were recently presented by EMA in a concert at the Boston Early Music Festival in June, 2005