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Oberlin Conservatory of Music is a pioneer and leader in the field of historical performance. The Oberlin Baroque Ensemble - composed of historical performance faculty Michael Lynn, Marilyn McDonald, Catharina Meints and Lisa Goode Crawford - was one of the first in the nation to specialize in the performance of early music on historical instruments. Through its teaching and its critically acclaimed concerts and recordings the ensemble has already influenced an entire generation of young performers.

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"The internationally-renowned faculty, headed by the members of the Oberlin Baroque Ensemble will again lead daily master classes and ensemble coachings. Faculty and student concerts promise to offer memorable listening and music-making experiences, lectures and informal open discussions stimulate the intellect, and the ever-popular baroque dance classes provide excellent physical exercise as well as a kinetic appreciation for the rhythms that underlie so much music of the baroque era ..."

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" The Princeton Early Keyboard Center is a small independent school devoted to the teaching of harpsichord and clavichord playing, continuo realization and accompaniment, and related arts. The Center is located in Princeton, NJ, roughly equidistant from New York and Philadelphia. The Center's principal studios are on Nassau Street in Princeton, within walking distance of Princeton University, Westminster Choir College, and other cultural and educational resources. Students of all levels, backgrounds, and interests are welcome to study at PEKC. The course of study is flexible, and always tailored to the needs, interests, and schedules of each student. Students taking lessons of any sort from the center have access to the studio for practicing as well as for lessons.The Director of the Center, and its principal teacher, is harpsichordist and organist Gavin Black. " ...

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"Aliénor promotes new music for the harpsichord through concerts, commissions and a competition.

The "Aliénor Harpsichord Composition Competition" was started in 1980 under the aegis of the Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society (SEHKS). Aliénor is now an independent, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Donations are tax-deductible. Aliénor runs the quadrennial harpsichord composition competition, publishes winning compositions, and commission new works for the harpsichord. There have been six competitions thus far, with over 400 new scores generated from composers around the world. The 2004 competition had 85 entries, with compositions coming from Australia, Japan, New Zealand, numerous European countries, and 15 states in America. "

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"("Gothenburg" in flight timetables) is situated o­n the west coast of Sweden: ca. 400 km north from Copenhagen, ca. 300 km south from Oslo and ca. 500 km west from Stockholm. It is the second largest city in Sweden with a population of about 500 000. It has a university of which the School of Music and the Göteborg Organ Art Center are parts. The Göteborg International Organ Academy is arranged by the City of Göteborg in collaboration with the Göteborg University / Göteborg Organ Art Center (GOArt) and the Academy of Music and Drama - also called Artisten ('the artist'). The School of Music, with the address Fågelsången 1 , where the Academy office is to be found, is situated in the middle of the city, near Götaplatsen where the Concert Hall, the Art Museum and the City Theater are located."

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"The Longy School of Music, founded in 1915, is a degree-granting Conservatory and school of Preparatory and Continuing Studies located near Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The School serves 200 undergraduate and graduate students, from over 25 states and 20 countries, and more than 1000 children and adults from the Greater Boston area. Longy provides for all of its students a distinguished faculty that promotes profound musical understanding and technical mastery, encourages growth of imagination, and fosters an attitude of inquiry about the role of music and the musician in the larger world."

See Summer Programmes offered on the website

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"Early Music classes and projects are open to students from every department. In keeping with international trends, we define Early Music studies as making music with an understanding of history. We therefore also study performance practice of the post-Baroque. It is our aim to train both Early Music specialists aware of later styles and classical and modern musicians with insight into earlier styles."

See the website for Summer workshop details.

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"Founded in 1987 by Daniel Johnson, the Texas Early Music Project is dedicated to preserving and advancing the art of Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and early Classical music through performance, recordings, and educational outreach.

The project started as a unique venue in which student members of The University of Texas at Austin Early Music Ensemble could work and perform with professionals, allowing students to explore repertoire normally out of their reach. As such, TEMP served to bridge the ensembles of The UT School of Music and the Central Texas early music community while Mr. Johnson directed the UT EME (1986-2003). ... " (See the site for more info on performers and concert programming. (ed.)

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"Find out on this site about my demonstrations of early musical instruments...... get lots of background information about early musical instruments (including sound clips and photographs), hear sound clips from my album Early Music, hear clips from my musical literacy teaching programme Live Recorder and find out how I can provide background ambience for your special events. " ...

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"York Early Music Foundation was established in 1994 to provide long-term support for the world-acclaimed York Early Music Festival and to promote complementary events through the rest of the year. The establishment of a national centre for early music at St. Margaret's Church in Walmgate, York, will fulfil the Foundation's two central aims: to provide a permanent home for the annual Festival and to establish a national focus for the study of early music. " ...

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"This course began life as the Welsh Early Music Week at Swansea in 1984 and in 2000 found a new and comfortable home in St. George's School, Ascot. It is designed for players of viols, recorders and other early instruments. " ...

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"Founded in 1989, the center has involved over 300 people, local and from throughout the U.S., in its offerings. NWCEMS presents classes for musicians of all ability levels: singers and instrumentalists alike are welcome to explore the curriculum.

It is our goal to enhance the appreciation and enjoyment of early music through increased knowledge and skill. We believe our offerings will deepen our students' love for the music of these earlier periods. Join us as we re-discover early music.

The Northwest Center for Early Music Studies is a division of the Early Music Guild of Seattle. " The NWCEMS also offers some scholarship assistance. See website for more information. (ed.)

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"The Centre for Early Music Performance and Research at Birmingham (CEMPR for short), was founded in 1998 by Dr Mary O'Neill and Professor John Whenham. ...

Their aim was to create a centre with international links which, uniquely in higher education institutions in this country, brings together academic and performance research in early music at the highest professional level. CEMPR also exists to co-ordinate and encourage all kinds of early music activities within the Music Department and the University, from lessons for beginners on Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque instruments and in early vocal techniques, through workshops, master classes and concerts, to postgraduate programmes in performance practice, international symposia and research projects. " See website for more information. (ed.)

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"The Academy of Saint Cecilia takes its name from the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, in effect the musicians' union in seventeenth century Rome of which Corelli, Pasquini and Alessandro Scarlatti were members.

The sphere of interest is early music, interpreted loosely as music dating before 1825.

General Meetings are held twice yearly in central London. An admission ceremony is followed by a musical entertainment and refreshments.

Members receive twice yearly the Academy's news letter, VOX, detailing forthcoming events and members are invited to submit articles for publication.

It is hoped that in the future it will be possible to hold occasional meetings outside London and to arrange visits to places of relevant musical interest.

The Academy is a social and learned society and not an examining body.

From time to time the Chapter may award Honorary Fellowships in recognition of an individual's musical contribution. "

Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"The American Musicological Society was founded in 1934 as a non-profit organization to advance "research in the various fields of music as a branch of learning and scholarship." In 1951 the Society became a constituent member of the American Council of Learned Societies. At present, 3,300 individual members and 1,200 institutional subscribers from forty nations are on the rolls of the Society.

The Society is governed by a Board of Directors, elected by the membership at large, consisting of six directors-at-large and five officers. An elected Council of sixty regular members and thirty student members advises the Board of Directors concerning the general policies of the Society. Within the framework of the Society are fifteen chapters, geographically circumscribed divisions covering all of the U.S. and Canada. The chapters hold meetings, at such time and place as determined by their elected officers, to bring the activity of the Society to the local level and make participation in the affairs and concerns of the discipline available to all.

To fulfill its declared purpose and to create a community of scholars, the AMS conducts a variety of enterprises. From the very beginning the Society has held annual meetings; these run from Thursday afternoon to Sunday noon on a weekend near the beginning of November. Concurrent sessions to accommodate the reading of about 145 papers form the core of the meetings, which also include study sessions, panel discussions and forums on a variety of topics. Concerts, exhibits, and social and business functions engage the time and interests of members beyond the scholarly sessions. The meetings are held in metropolitan centers from coast to coast in both the U.S. and Canada. Depending on the site of the meeting, attendance varies from 1,200 to 1,900. Abstracts of papers read are available for all in attendance and are for sale after the meetings. " See website for more information. (ed.)

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"The Academy Bartolomeo Cristofori, founded in Florence in 1989 by a group of friends and music lovers of ancient instruments, had as its goal to create a center, unique in Italy, devoted entirely to the fortepiano in order to be able to perform on original instruments and study in depth the styles of interpretation related to these. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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About my project "Recorder Fingerings"

The charts are interactive - point to the note - no click - and the fingering will be shown. Use the menu-bar to select other fingerings or other models. The menu-bar can be opened by pointing to the field in the upper left corner. " Visit website for more information (ed.)

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"The Northern Recorder Course was founded in 1966 by Dennis Bamforth and Colin Martin and has grown to become one of the foremost recorder courses in the world. Repertoire from the Medieval period to the present day is studied in a variety of ensembles including Renaissance Band, Multi Choir, Recorder Orchestra and one to a part playing. There is a large choice of tutors and music in each playing session, allowing you to tailor the course to suit your individual interests. A particular feature of the NRC is that the full-time tutors teach for a maximum of two courses in a row, thereby ensuring that the course always feels fresh and vibrant with innovative classes. This is reflected in the interesting and unusual range of music available to be studied, complimented with classics from the recorder repertoire. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"The world of Baroque music can be dramatic as well as beautiful, and in 1989 Nancy Metzger founded Musica Dulce to aid all performers of Baroque keyboard music in their quest for expressivity. " Harpsichord technique and tips on playing the harpsichord. See website for more information. (ed.)

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"From classical to jazz and pop - the whole musical spectrum is on offer at Benslow, with an all year programme of day and residential music courses and music summer schools. In our friendly and supportive atmosphere all adults can enjoy inspiring tuition from professional musicians with a choice from 140 music courses every year.

Based at Little Benslow Hills in the attractive market town of Hitchin in Hertfordshire, the campus is an ideal venue for the Trust's music courses and concerts. The facilities are also available for hire for meetings, rehearsals, training courses, social functions, and personal study. The elegant Victorian house and grounds are complemented by the stunning Waldeck wing, completed in 2000, funded with the support of the National Lottery through the Arts Council of England.

We hope that you will find your visit to this website interesting and helpful, and that we shall be able to welcome you to Benslow in person soon. Benslow Music Trust (BMT) is an independent educational charity. " Visit this site for various early music programmes. (ed.)

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"In any profession, the move from student to practitioner is always difficult and if you are a talented young baroque musician, difficult might sometimes seem like impossible. The problem is one of experience: to work with a top orchestra you need experience, but you can’t get the experience you need without working with a top orchestra. EUBO bridges this ‘experience gap’.

Every year EUBO invites 100 talented young baroque musicians from across Europe to take part in one of the three-day audition courses. The 29 successful candidates, usually from at least 13 EU countries with an average age of 24 years, then spend six months together, training, touring and performing throughout Europe and further afield under the world’s leading baroque specialists.

At the end of each year, the students of EUBO move on into the professional world and the whole process from audition to graduation, begins again. EUBO has been so successful in its mission that there are now former EUBO students in every major professional baroque ensemble in the world, including, for example, The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Les Musiciens du Louvre, English Concert, Europa Galante, Academy of Ancient Music, La Petite Bande, The King's Consort, Concerto Copenhagen and Les Arts Florissants. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"ARPADEMICA is an Institut of Science and Research of Historical Harps. The consistent research and the reproduction of surviving Early Harps using historical- physical- and technical principles, as well the reconstruction of Historical Harps from iconografic illustrations in manuscripts and skulptures. To keep this historical heritage and undertake studies in this field as well as to make publications is the the main interest of the institute. We give seminares, lectures and workshops in universities, conservatories, cultural centers and music schools, as well as at symposiums.

All research we do personaly in museums and collections arround the world, to be able to make reproductions of these musical instruments close to there historical construction and craftmenship. We measured most Historical Harps considered to be important to the early music scene and did documentations as well as technical drawings.

Professional musicians ordered Historical Harps from our workshop. We started a collection of Historical Harps several years ago. There is an archive of publications, books, drawings and digital data. All instruments are handmade, and we put great effort into original details which would not be realised using machinery. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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The Center of Baroque Music of Versailles has for mission to foster research, documentation, and produce edited interpretation of concerts on period instruments at the château de Versailles. Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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" Most of the information on this Web site was compiled during my research in Italy under a Fulbright Scholarship in 1991-1992. The information contained here is primary research; the result of my visits to over two dozen libraries in Italy, France, and Great Britain where I studied over 100 examples of printed guitar tablatures. My doctoral dissertation, "Giovanni Battista Granata and the Development of Printed Guitar Music in Seventeenth-Century Italy" (Duke University, 1995), resulted from this research. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"The Institute of Early Music and Performance Practice was founded more than 40 years ago as mere research institute. During the past few years instrumental instruction such as on the recorder, harpsichord and viola da gamba was included. In addition it is also possible to take courses in other period wind- or string-instruments. Graz, the capital of the province of Styria may be called one of the most beautiful cities in Austria. It was the European Capital of Culture in 2003. The historical city center is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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