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"The Bach Consort performs the music of J.S. Bach, exploring the riches of his more than 200 secular and religious cantatas. Formed in 1992 by bass player Timothy Dawson and baritone Gordon McLeod, The Bach Consort includes a core of members from the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Tafelmusik, as well as some of Canada's most sought-after singers and instrumentalists. Soprano Monica Whicher, baritone Russell Braun, alto Elizabeth Turnbull; tenors Michael Shade and Benjamin Butterfield; baritones Brett Polegato and Kevin MacMillan---have appeared with the Canadian Opera Company, with most Canadian Orchestras, and with major opera companies in North America and Europe.

These artists have lent the gift of Bach's music, performing for community groups such as Camphill Village Ontario and L'Arche--- communities for adults with disabilities---and Settlement House Music School. As well, the ensemble has helped in the fundraising activities of Out of the Cold and Share the Warmth. Their concerts provided these organizations with a musical forum from which they reached out to the public. To that end, the group has recorded two compact discs in aid of charity: The Bach Consort at Camphill and The Bach Consort at L'Arche. In designing its programme, The Bach Consort chooses music to highlight the performers in a variety of solo and ensemble works. This follows the Baroque tradition of creating an obbligato or instrumental solo, which interweaves with the vocal line. The ensemble often performs without a conductor, reaching a musical consensus during rehearsals prior to their concerts. Once this artistic agreement has been forged, The Bach Consort is ready to share the depth and joy of Bach's music with its generous audience.

Timothy Dawson, Founder
Timothy is a member of the string bass section of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. He began his studies in Edmonton with Peter Marck, who is now Co-Principal Bass of the Israel Philharmonic. Timothy continued his education at the University of Toronto with Tom Monahan (then Principal Bass of the TSO). He graduated in the Spring of 1979 and started with the TSO thereafter. Since joining the orchestra, Tim has been actively involved in organizing concerts. Two groups have grown out of this love of chamber music; The Bach Consort and BASStiality." Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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“The International Inventory of Musical Sources - Répertoire International des Sources Musicales (RISM) - is a crosscountry
non-prof it joint venture which aims at comprehensive documentation of the w orldw ide existing musical
sources.

Musical sources are manuscripts or  printed music, w orks on music theory and libretti stored in libraries, archives, monasteries, schools and private collections.

The organization, founded in Paris in 1952, is the largest and the only global operation that registers w ritten musical sources.

RISM documents what exists and w here it is stored. On the one hand the musical traditions are protected through cataloging in a comprehensive encyclopedia and on the other made available to musicologists and musicians.

Archiving is thus not an end in itself, but leads to practical application.“

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Added on: Jun 10, 2009 | Hits: 639

"This Web site was created in autumn 2003 without other purposes than those arising from the pleasure of contributing to the disclosure of some news on that genius whose art so much passion there, George Frideric Handel. " (transl. ed.) A site dedicated to all that is Handel. Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Apr 27, 2008 | Hits: 515

"Just outside the town of Blankenburg / Harz, in wooded and scenic landscape, is located in a former Cistercian monastery, Stiftung Kloster Michaelstein.

This foundation, under public law, is a training and research facility for musical performance practice of European rank and international importance. The Music Institute Michael Stein is also one of the major concert promoters in the south-west of Saxony-Anhalt.

With its well-preserved monastery, monastery gardens and an interesting instrument exhibition the foundation is at the same time as a tourist centre in the Harz region. ..." Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"This web site is devoted to musicians interested in playing early keyboard instruments using authentic techniques, and very especially to the readers of my Baroque Keyboard Fingerings book in its previous editions (1983, 1985, 1988, 2003). ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Jan 15, 2009 | Hits: 495

“The Musicological Society of Australia exists to foster greater understanding and valuing of music, musical thinking and musical life by:

• Providing an Australian forum for communication about music
• Encouraging excellence in music research and research training
• Facilitating the dissemination of the outcomes of music research“

Added on: May 09, 2009 | Hits: 494

"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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“Karin Paulsmeier was born 1943 in Hamburg, Germany. She began her music studies at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (SCB), receiving her diploma in 1968, and continuing her formation in musicology at the University of Basel, Switzerland.

From 1970 to 2003 she taught „Notationskunde", the study of musical notation dating from the 12th to 18th centuries, at the SCB. Over the years she has gained international recognition as one of the most knowledgeable professionals in her field. Karin Paulsmeier's particular interest lies in the relationship between notation and musical style as they evolve over time, presenting a history of music through original sources. She frequently advises musicians on the interpretation and performance of music read directly from the original notation. ..“

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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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Burg Fürsteneck , Academy in Germany, provides a worldwide unique vocational training for medieval music for musicians. The teachers are Marc Lewon and Uri Smilansky. 

Also at castle BURG FÜRSTENECK: Workshops for early music and historical dance and Workshops for medieval music.

Burg Fürsteneck
Akademie für berufliche und musisch-kulturelle Weiterbildung
Am Schlossgarten 3
D-36132 Eiterfeld
Germany
Tel: +49 / 6672 / 92020
Fax: +49 / 6672 / 920230

Added on: Apr 29, 2008 | Hits: 482

“Ars Hispana is a project dedicated to the recovery of the Spanish musical patrimony through the publication of studies and work editions, mainly unpublished, composed from 16th to 19th centuries

Ars Hispana is an editorial project by Raúl Angulo Díaz and Antoni Pons Seguí. It is born at the beginning of 2009, and its aim is to approach Spanish and Ibero-American music from 16th to 19th centuries, to musicians, musicologists and fans.

The studies and editions of Spanish and Iberic-American music are few and difficult to find. For that reason, Ars Hispana insists in offering trustworthy editions, often of works not yet published, based always on the original sources and with the pertinent critical apparatus.

One of the preferred research lines of Ars Hispana is the one of scenic music in Spain and Ibero-America at 17th and 18th centuries.

Ars Hispana is an independent project, which does not count on the support of any public nor private institution. Nevertheless, for diverse specific projects, we collaborate with diverse musical groups, since the final mission of editions is that the published works are offered to the public in concerts. “

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Added on: Oct 18, 2009 | Hits: 482

"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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“18th Century Music has been launched to be an interactive music resource on the web. We invite contributions from academics and students, performers and audiences alike and ask only that you become a member of the site and that what you submit is both interesting and informative.

Start a debate in one of our forums, get your work published electronically, you can even get a free web-based email address here!

We provide resources like composer biographies, stylistic descriptions, reviews and comment, in addition to links to other music sites and services. Please join our 18th Century 'Family' and take part in promoting and discussing this amazing part of musical history.

18th Century Music is also linked to Cantata Editions which prepares and publishes the work of editors around the globe, presenting 17th and 18th century musical works in accurate performing editions.“

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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.)

Added on: Apr 18, 2008 | Hits: 462

"REMA, the European Early Music Network (Réseau Européen de Musique Ancienne), has become the essential meeting place for those involved in programming, who are often conscious of a certain professional isolation, taken up as they are by their work-load and the intensity of their preoccupations. REMA can break through this relative isolation by enabling its members to meet regularly, to exchange ideas and share projects, and to provide solutions to problems we all face.

REMA came into being in 2000 at Ambronay in France. Since then, more than forty organisations covering twelve countries have joined us. REMA has three main areas of activity: communication, the building of relationships, and the development of awareness. Working to promote Early Music is a way of making the diversity of European artistic traditions better known, and it is also a means of encouraging mutual understanding between our various countries. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Apr 25, 2008 | Hits: 459

" 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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"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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"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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"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. "

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Departement de Musique Ancienne (Conservatoire de Bruxelle)

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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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“Founded in 1971, the Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (CSECS) aims to promote, support and disseminate research on the eighteenth century. The Society is a bilingual and multidisciplinary organization interested in the overall cultural heritage of an era that has played a decisive role in constituting our modernity.

Each year, CSECS hosts a conference in one of Canada's various regions and publishes an issue of the scholarly journal Lumen. It awards a prize to the best graduate paper read at the conference (the Mark Madoff Award) and offers an annual fellowship (the D.W. Smith Research Fellowship).

CSECS fosters a particularly rich and invigorating scholarly sociability through its annual conference and its links with the international eighteenth-century studies community. It has, notably, delegates to the International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (Pascal Bastien), the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (Don Nichol), and the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (April London).“

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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.)

Added on: Mar 30, 2008 | Hits: 421

"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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"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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