The Madrigals perform standard renaissance repertoire at an exceptional level. In addition to expected pieces, Dr. Margaret Boudreaux often presents the group with fun and challenging world music. Many of these songs demand a large range in each part and an incredible perception of rhythm. Repertoire includes (and has included):

2007 - 2008 Repertoire Included:

Pastime with Good Company - Henry VIII
Gloucestershire Wassail - Trad. arr. Edward L. Stauff
Oy comamos y bebamos - Juan del Encina
Mas vale trocar - Juan del Encina
La Rosa Enflorece - Traditional Sephardic
Yo me soy la morenica - Anonymous
Scalerica del Oro - Traditional Sephardic
Weep O mine eyes - John Bennet
Ocho kandelikas - Trad. Sephardic
Si, la mar era de leche - Trad. Sephardic, arr. Boudreaux
We Sing - J.R. Meyer
Buns and Muffins - J.R. Meyer
Since First I Saw Your Face - John Ford
Loch Lomond - Trad. Scottish, arr. Jonathan Quick
Tango to Evora - Loreena McKennitt, arr. Jon Washburn
Hora - Julius Chajes
Pied Beauty - Rebecca Oswald
Ayyuha ssaqui - Trad. Arabic
Jesaiah dem Prophetan - Michael Praetorius
April is in My Mistress Face - Thomas Morley
Now is the Month of Maying - Thomas Morley
Though Amaryllis Dance in Green - William Byrd
Lamma Bada Yatathanna - Trad. Muwashah - arr. Shireen Abu-khader
Kings and Queens - J. R. Meyer

2006 - 2007 Repertoire Included:

La Pata Pancha - Cecilia Esquivel
Chi La Gagliarda - Baldasare Donato
It Was a Lover and His Lass - Thomas Morley
It was a Lover and His Lass - P.D.Q. Bach
The Turtle Dove - Margaret Boudreaux
Berimbao - Baden Powell, arr. Arlindo Teixeira
Pastime with Good Company - Henry VIII
La, la, la, je ne l'ose dire - Pierre Certon
Hau, Hau, Hau Le Boys - Claude Sermisy
Dindirin, dindirin - Anonymous
His Covenant and Protestation to Julia - John Clements
El Grillo - Orlando Lassus
Tanzen und Springen - Hans Leo Hassler
Chi La Gagliarda - Baldassare Donato
Il Ballerino - Giovanni Gastoldi
Johnny's Gone for a Soldier - Arr. Boudreaux
La Guerre - Clement Jannequin

Spring 2006 Repertoire Included:

Prologue (From"Einstein's Dreams (its about time . . .)" - Lorraine Whittlesey
Breaths - Ysaye Barnwell
I Would be True - Trad. Irish Melody, Arr. Paul Ayres
Benissez Nous - Trad. Sephardic Song, Arr. Stephen Cohen
He Watching over Israel (From "Elijah") - Felix Mendelssohn
Super Flumina Babylon - Giovanni P.di Palestrina
Autumn Song - Chen Dai Lin
The Hope Trilogy - Margaret Boudreaux
The City
The Nation
The Hope
My Love is Like a Red Red Rose - James Mulholland
Three Madrigals - Emma Lou Diemer
O Mistress Mine, where are you roaming?
Take, O take those lips away
Sigh no more, ladies sigh no more
Finale (From "The Magic Flute") - W. A. Mozart
The Stars are with the Voyager - Eleanor Daley
The Lord Bless You and keep You - Peter Lutkin

Spring 2005 Repertoire Included:

Tungarre - Steven Leek
Yo me soy un morenica - Anon. 15th cent. Spain
Mas vale trocar - Juan del Encina
Pavanne for a True Musical Prince - Milcho Leviev
Lbintish Shäläbiyäh - Levant Folksong, arr. Shireen Abu-Khader
Asidae - Trad. Ghanian Childrens Song, arr. Lisa Moore
Mata del Anima Sola - Antonio Estevéz
If music be the food of love - Henry Purcell, arr. M. Boudreaux
Innsbruck ich muss dich lassen - Heinrich Isaak
Pastime with Good Company - Henry VIII
Come again, sweet love - John Dowland
Fine knacks for ladies - John Dowland
Come surrah, Jack ho! - Thomas Weelkes
Weep, O mine eyes - John Bennet
Fairwell, dear love - Robert Jones
Sing we and chant it - Thomas Morley
The Marvelous Toy - Tom Paxton

Fall 2004 Repertoire Included:

Pastime with Good Company - Henry VIII
Gloucestershire Wassail - Eng. Trad. arr. Vaughn Williams
The Boar's Head Carol - Eng. Trad. arr. Elizabeth Poston
Come again, sweet love - John Dowland
Fine knacks for ladies - John Dowland
Come surrah, Jack ho! - Thomas Weelkes
Weep, O mine eyes - John Bennet
Fairwell, dear love - Robert Jones
Sing we and chant it - Thomas Morley
O, eyes of my beloved - Orlando de Lasso
The nightengale - William Byrd
The Marvelous Toy - Tom Paxton
Good King Kong - P.D.Q. Bach
Two Children's Songs from Ghana - arr. Lisa Moore
The Queen to me a royal pain doth give - P.D.Q. Bach

Spring 2004 Repertoire Included:

Pastime with Good Company - Henry VIII

Songs about animals:
(Swans)-
Il bianco e dolce cigno - Jacob Arcadelt
The Silver Swan - Orlando Gibbons
(Chickens)
Il est bel e bon - Pierre Passereau
(A Flea)-
Un Puce - Claude LeJeune
(Barnyard)-
Audite Nova - Orlando Lassus
(Sharks)-
Ngana - Stephen Leek

Songs about Love:
Do You Not Know - Thomas Morley
Sweet Phyllis Stay - Henry Youll
O Fly not, Love - Thomas Morley
Your Shining Eyes - Thomas Bateson

We Are - Ysaye Barnwell

2003's repertoire saw the Madrigals performing a diverse variety of non-standard pieces from Sweet Honey in the Rock to Salsa. Below is an excerpt from 2002's Chamber Music on the Hill Latin-America Concert describing the pieces learned and skillfully performed by the Madrigals in only a few weeks. Each piece has its own specific history and complex musical concept:

"Congori Shango comes from Costa Rica and the Santeria religion, which comes from the enslaved Yoruba of West Africa. Banned from practicing their faith, the Yoruba people created saint-like deities representing elements found on earth. Shango represents the fire and thunder god, a warrior, but is also the god of music and drums. In this piece you will hear the dance: clave rhythm and imitative instruments to make the audience feel the pulse of life itself. Salseo, a Venezuelan piece featuring Caribbean salsa, has the same qualities. El Manguito, a traditional piece from Venezuela, also shares these musical traits. Continuing with the force of life theme, Natalia, Xicoci conetzintle, and Don Dolon Dolon are lullabies. From Venezuela, Mexico and Argentina, respectively, a variety is hereby presented under one cultural theme. Incidentally, Xichochi is written musically in the style of colonial Spain, but the language used is the Aztec's Nahuatl."

-Program notes by Tara DellaFranzia