Real name: The Taliesin Orchestra

Effective period / Period of releases: 1996 - 2006

Members: Frank Ricotti, Chris Laurence, Patrick Kiernan, Gavyn Wright, Frank Schaefer, Rebecca Hirsch, Perry Montague-Mason, Mary Scully, Paul Gardham, Cathy Giles, Hugh Seenan, Paul Kegg, Hugh Webb, Justin Pearson, Mark Berrow, Peter Oxer, Anthony Pleeth, Wilf Gibson, Rosemary Furniss, Maciej Rakowski, Ben Cruft, Rita Manning, Martin Loveday, John Pigneguy, Bill Benham, Jim McLeod, Roger Garland, Boguslaw Kostecki, Gary Kettel, Sophie Harris, William Comita, Bruno Nasta, Rolf Wilson, Richard Watkins, Dermot Crehan, Martin Robinson, John Heley, Vaughn Armon, Paul Cullington, Risa Browder, Mark Dulac, Lisa Sayre, Trammell Starks, Amy Orsinger, Roger Whitworth, David Shumway, Beth Cantrell, Sue Kelly (2), Matthew Loden, Nancy Jo Snyder, Belinda Swanson, Judy Steinmeyer, Phyllis Mauney, Terri Lazar, Jon Nazdin, James Gollmer, Jeffrey Girdler, Leslie Ludena

Biography by Jason Ankeny

Led by keyboardist Trammell Starks in tandem with conductor, producer and arranger Charles Sayre, the Taliesin Orchestra rose to success with a series of symphonic albums reprising the work of some of New Age music's most popular artists. Their debut Orinoco Flow: The Music of Enya appeared in 1996, followed a year later by Forbidden Forest: The Music of George Winston. 1997 also saw the release of Anthem, a break from Taliesin Orchestra tradition with its focus on re-interpreting classic rock hits. The music of Enya, however, was again the subject for 1998's Maiden of Mysteries and provided a "best of" disc for the group in 2002. Meanwhile, the Taliesin Orchestra was rather quiet in the following years, reappearing in 2002 with their gospel collection Sacred.