Erin Headley

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Erin Headley is an American lirone player, teacher, and director of several early music groups.The Independent [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/reviews/album-atalante-erin-headley-lamentarium-destino-classicsnimbus-alliance-6277949.html Album: Atalante, Erin Headley, Lamentarium (Destino Classics/Nimbus Alliance)] 12 2011 "Erin Headley is the leading performer - probably the sole performer, in fact - on the lirone, a 17th-century precursor of the cello with between 9 and 14 strings, whose sound was said to move the emotions uncontrollably." She teaches at the University of Southampton in England.{{Cite web |url=http://www.southampton.ac.uk/music/about/staff/eh18v07.page |title=Erin Headley |access-date=2012-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204035011/http://www.southampton.ac.uk/music/about/staff/eh18v07.page |archive-date=2013-12-04 |url-status=dead }}

With lutenist Stephen Stubbs and Andrew Lawrence-King she was part of the ensemble Tragicomedia, then founded the ensemble Tirami Su.VdGSA news: Volumes 38-39 Viola da Gamba Society of America - 2001 "In November, Erin Headley and her group Tirami Su wowed audiences here with their gypsy-influenced playing." She has also performed regularly with flautist Nancy Hadden's ensemble Circa 1500. In 2007 she founded the ensemble Atalante, named after Atalante Migliorotti, a musician and lutenist who was commissioned by Isabella d'Este to make the first lirone in 1505.