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“Founded in 2009 by Artistic Director Jessica Gould as an alternative to the conventional concert hall, Salon/Sanctuary Concerts offers the special chance to hear acclaimed artists performing pre-Romantic music in intimate venues that complement the historical context of the repertoire. We present compositions intended for the domestic salon in the Abigail Adams Smith Auditorium of the Mt. Vernon Hotel Museum and Garden, built in 1799, where Salon/Sanctuary is the concert series in residence.  Sacred music is performed in sanctuaries appropriate to the religious context of the music. …”

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Added on: Sep 17, 2011 | Hits: 200

“Pacific MusicWorks provides a forum for the artistic vision of conductor and baroque opera specialist Stephen Stubbs.  Productions range from chamber music to fully staged operas, engaging internationally renowned artists in collaboration with leading musicians of the Northwest.  Audiences of early music enthusiasts are expanding by PMW’s educational offerings that reach from the primary school level through advanced work with young professionals to other members of our community.“ 

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Added on: Sep 15, 2011 | Hits: 230

“The Thomas Tomkins Forum seeks to pursue interests of all kinds in the music of the English Renaissance and its context. We aim to encourage interest in and enjoyment of Tomkins' music (and the music of a range of other composers) at all levels. We clearly need a Forum dedicated to giving Tomkins the recognition he deserves as one of England's finest composers - and to fostering interest in the English Virginalists generally. Anyone interested in Tomkins, in early music, in keyboard instruments, in choral music, consort music, or in the wider musical and cultural contexts of Renaissance England and its European parallels, is most welcrome to contact us.”

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Added on: Sep 07, 2011 | Hits: 222

“We come together to discuss the life, times and works of the author, to visit places important in her life; sometimes to dress in Regency finery, and to perform her music and dances! We meet or go on expeditions every couple of months, the meetings normally in North Oxford.

The Austen family had links to the city and University of Oxford: we are engaging in research to find out more about Jane's schooling here, and the family's association with Brasenose and St John's College. The group was founded in October 2009 as Oxford's first and only Jane Austen Society for many decades (so far as we have been able to find out!).

We also have strong interest in the music of the period, and the historical aspects of domestic performance: Jane pulled together a large corpus of contemporary and traditional works, adding her own embellishments and arrangements for performing them at home.”

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Added on: Sep 07, 2011 | Hits: 248

“The American Beethoven Society is an international organization of individuals devoted to the study and appreciation of Beethoven's life, music, and influence on culture and society to the present day. …“

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Added on: Jul 18, 2011 | Hits: 302

“The International Shakespeare Association (ISA) offers an opportunity for individuals and institutions to join together to further the knowledge of Shakespeare throughout the world. Its central commitments, outlined in its constitution, are to link the work of various Shakespeare associations and societies and to advise on the foundation and development of new associations; to advise on the initiation and planning of the World Shakespeare Congresses; to support an information centre, covering research, publication, translation, and performance; to circulate a diary of future performances, conferences and graduate courses; to aid travel in the interests of Shakespeare scholarship and performance and to coordinate and support requests for finance from internationally cooperative projects.”

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Added on: Jul 17, 2011 | Hits: 252

“The American Nyckelharpa Association is a non-profit corporation for the preservation and fostering of the nyckelharpa (sometimes called the Swedish Key Fiddle). We will conduct educational programs and activities to promote knowledge of and interest in the nyckelharpa and the traditional music of the nyckelharpa. We shall endeavor to provide competent instruction in playing the nyckelharpa, in the traditional music, and in the traditional dance associated with the music.“

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Added on: Jul 04, 2011 | Hits: 182

“The Berkshire Bach Society is the only member-based musical organization in Berkshire County. It uniquely focuses on one composer, and creates programs with the long-range goal of exposing its membership (actual and potential) to a broad perspective on the works of J. S. Bach. This perspective is constantly expanded and reinterpreted, but always comes back to a reconsideration of what is possibly the most remarkable body of music ever generated by a single individual.“

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Added on: May 27, 2011 | Hits: 263

“In 1994 the “Fondazione Academia Montis Regalis Onlus” in Mondovì initiated training “Corsi di Formazione Orchestrale Barocca e Classica” (courses for a baroque and classical orchestra), with the aim to offer to young talented musicians, both Italian and foreign, the possibility to do an experience, unique in its kind in Italy, in the field of 17th and 18th century repertory, expressed according to the historical criteria and performed on historical instruments.

From this enterprise was born the Academia Montis Regalis’s orchestra which has been conducted by the most important international specialists in the field of ancient music, and has taken part in a lot of important concerts and Italian and European Festivals since then.
Thanks to the numerous concerts and the flourishing discography in the last years, the orchestra has become a professional activity and not only the result of the Academia’s courses.

As these courses are always an important aim for the foundation, it has decided to continue the formative experience for the young musicians making up a second orchestra: “I Giovani della Montis Regalis”. They who obtain a scholarship take part in five cycles of lessons which are given by teachers of international fame.
The Academia has an excellent replacement of elements for its professional orchestra: in fact, at the end of the five cycles of lessons, the best of these young musicians becomes part of the professional orchestra.

The Academia Montis Regalis also performs with smaller ensembles without a director, having acquired the "Astrée" ensemble, a prestigious instrumental group that represents the chamber version of the Orchestra.

The Fondazione Academia Montis Regalis Onlus organises “Armoniche Fantasie”, an important festival of 17th and 18th century music that has come to its 11th edition in this year.”

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Added on: Apr 24, 2011 | Hits: 316

“ … As the only presenter in the entire state that focuses exclusively on historically informed, period instrument performances of Medieval, Renaissance, and early Baroque music, EMN aims to ensure the continued vitality of the arts in Wisconsin.  Other presenters may offer some early music programs, short-term festivals, or modern-instrument adaptations of this special repertoire.   But no other presenter carries this banner consistently, or maintains EMN's intense and exclusive focus on early music. …”

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Added on: Apr 22, 2011 | Hits: 209

“Article 2 - Aims of the Association

The Association is unaligned and was founded in order to carry out socially useful activities in favour of associated third parties. It is a non-profit association, which fully respects the freedom and dignity of its members.

The purpose of the Association is specifically:

• to coordinate and promote studies that can enrich and develop the cultural identity of Vignanello. This includes studies on historical, artistic, and archaeological findings, as well as awareness for the preservation and protection of' the environment and the processing of ancient crafts. It also encourages the discussion of current issues through research activities, conferences, publications, guided tours, travel, training, updating, workshops and laboratories, as well as interaction with other countries;

• to create a bridge between the practical realities of local Vignanello and the rest of the world, through participation, exchanges, projects with various Provincial, National and International associations and universities with the aim of enhancing the potential of individuals, the community and the territory of Vignanello. The aim is to create a basis of active participation in the process of sustainable development in ecology, equity and economy as proposed by UNESCO and the EU. This will be obtained through the strengthening of cultural identity on the territory, as well as direct international confrontation, thus giving future generations the opportunities to find in their territory the conditions for a better life;

• to grant scholarships, organize refresher courses and / or study courses for teachers of compulsory education, announce and publish competitions, etc… ;

• to provide consultancy services, workshops, refresher courses and training to promote studies and research. Furthermore, to aid in editing books and DVD editions of music; manage exhibitions and museums; make movies about all kinds of activities; manage the hospitality for visitors; promote events (congresses , concerts, cultural events, etc…); manage merchandising and refreshment points; organize tourist events and guided tours; produce multimedia documentation, both for television and radio, as well as textual and archival records;

• to carry out its activities, and in doing so the association may cooperate with Italian and international associations, engaging in relationships with the relevant public and private organizations;

• to operate, for the pursuit of specific goals, throughout the country, promoting activities and projects to find regional, national and international funding.“

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Added on: Oct 12, 2010 | Hits: 229

“Created in fall 1998 to manage the Bach Festival in Combrailles and complete the construction of a pipe organ, the association is governed under the law of 1901 and is headquartered in Pontaumur (Puy de Dome) in the heart of Combrailles. ..“

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Added on: Jun 12, 2010 | Hits: 316

“The Italian Society of Musicology was formed in 1964 with the aim of enhancing the study of musicology and enhance the development and dissemination of musical culture. By supporting musicological research SIdM promotes research, organizes congresses and other publishing endeavours.

SIdM publishes two journals, "Journal of Musicology Italian (monthly) and 'Italian Musical Sources (annual), a Newsletter (monthly) along with various series of musicology texts and music.

SIdM intervenes in the fields of musical heritage and music lessons and musicology; promotes contacts between scholars and ensures the dissemination of Italian musicology. Members of SIdM share its goals: the association is in fact directed not only to scholars and experts, but also to scholars and enthusiasts who wish to deepen their knowledge in music and musicology.” (Google Translate)

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Added on: Jun 10, 2010 | Hits: 240

“ OPERA America is dedicated to supporting the creation, presentation  and enjoyment of opera.

OPERA America draws on resources and expertise from within and beyond the opera field to advance a mutually-beneficial agenda that serves and strengthens the field through programs in the following categories:

•     * Creation: Artistic services that help artists and companies increase the creativity and excellence of opera productions, especially North American works;
•     * Presentation: Opera company services that address the specific needs of staff, trustees and volunteers;
•     * Enjoyment: Education, audience development and community services that increase all forms of opera appreciation.

The association provides members with an array of publications and online resources, regional workshops, an annual conference and network-specific services such as conference calls, e-mail listservs and direct contact with staff with expertise in opera production, administration and education. OPERA America provides members with tools to maximize the effectiveness of financial and human resources, expand the scope of repertoire and programs, and extend their reach to new and diverse audiences.

Founded in 1970, OPERA America has an international membership that includes nearly 150 Professional Company Members, 300 Associate and Business Members, 2,000 Individual Members and over 16,000 subscribers to its electronic news service. “

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Added on: Apr 16, 2010 | Hits: 242

“The International Heinrich Schütz Society has its headquarters in Kassel, the first home of the composer. ..

The members of the International Heinrich Schütz Society is not just comprised of professional musicians but also theologians, journalists and church music and musicology institutions, libraries, public authorities and companies. They all are interested in the work of Heinrich Schütz. The great number of members shows the global interest in his music.

The International Heinrich Schütz Society regularly organizes smaller Heinrich-Schütz-days or longer-term Heinrich-Schütz-festivals with various themes. Such meetings serve not only the intensive care and practical scientific penetration of Schutz's music, but also give Members the opportunity for mutual exchange of ideas and to deepen existing knowledge of the music as well as forge new contacts.“ .. (Google translate)

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Added on: Apr 16, 2010 | Hits: 385

“The American Heinrich Schütz Society is dedicated to the study and performance of the music of Schütz and his German contemporaries. For many years, the AHSS was an independent entity; however, in 1991, its members voted to expand the boundaries of its focus, and to invite other scholars of seventeenth-century music to form a Society for Seventeenth-Century Music, which held its first conference at Washington University in St. Louis in April 1993. At the point of the formation of the SSCM, the AHSS became a constituent society of the larger body, with representation on the board of directors. ..“

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Added on: Apr 16, 2010 | Hits: 280

“Born in early 2007,  the founding members of the association is mainly active in the field of early music, it is natural that the first projects will be turned around this esthétique.Le future we will address a wide variety of activities in the approach the Métamusique.” (Google translation)

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Added on: Feb 22, 2010 | Hits: 368

“The Over the Water Hurdy-Gurdy Association (OTW for short) is a group of hurdy-gurdy players, builders, and aficionados based mostly in Western Washington (USA). We put on French music jams and dances in the Seattle area (with live hurdy-gurdy music, of course) and an annual hurdy-gurdy festival and Saturday dance on the Olympic Peninsula. ..“

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Added on: Jul 29, 2009 | Hits: 330

“ Created in 2004, the Grup Valencià pro Música Antiga is a non profit association based in Alicante, Spain.

The aim of the association is to promote early music, term by which we understand the music composed in the period between the middle Ages to the early Romanticism performed on period instruments, originals or copies and under historically informed criteria. ..“

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Added on: Jul 28, 2009 | Hits: 414

“NFA Core Values

• Honors, values, and respects the contributions of all members equally.
• Promotes collegiality and embodies integrity.
• Draws strength from our local roots and provides meaningful benefits.
• Promotes flute performance, pedagogy, and development by providing a forum for the exchange of ideas.
• Enriches the repertoire for the flute through commissioning, special publications, and related activities.
• Inspires and cultivates personal, professional, and artistic excellence.
  
  

• More than 6,000 members, from all 50 states and 50 countries
• Thirty-six conventions and counting
• NFAMusic Library—the largest lending library of flutemusic in the world, where NFA members have access to a collection of more than 15,000 works
• Networking of flutists and exhibitors for more than 36 years
• Cultural outreach scholarships in 15 cities
• Extensivemusic commissioning activities, including new works annually for the Young Artist and High School Soloists and biennially for the Piccolo Artist competitions
• Liaison with more than 200 U.S. flute clubs“

The NFA does include early flute in their support list.

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Added on: Jul 25, 2009 | Hits: 277

“To give Joseph Touchemoulin's oeuvre the place it deserves in musical history.

To locate all his existing musical manuscripts and publish them in a critical modern edition.

To perform and record his complete works.

To research and publish a biography which situates Touchemoulin in the artistic context of his time.

To promote Joseph Touchemoulin as an important personality in Burgundy's artistic heritage and a representative of the musical links between France, Germany and Italy. “

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Added on: Jul 06, 2009 | Hits: 380

“Musica Antica a Magnano is an association founded in 1986 to promote a festival offering an opportunity to hear historically informed performances of early music on original instruments. The Festival concerts are held in August and early September in either a 12th-century church or in the town's 18th-century church. The latter also houses an organ built in 1794 by Giovanni Bruna and restored by Italo Marzi.

In 1988, early music courses were introduced concentrating principally on keyboard instruments for both young performers and specialists. Now covering a ten-day span in August and attracting musicians from numerous countries and cultural backgrounds, these courses simultaneously allow participants a fruitful exchange of ideas and opinions. In 1990, courses in organology and organ building were added, taking advantage of the numerous historical organs in the Biellese region. In 2009, these latter courses will be replaced by recorder, viola da gamba and chamber music courses. Shorter courses and workshops are organised at other times during the year. ..”

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Added on: Jul 05, 2009 | Hits: 238

“The Netherlands Bach Society owes its existence and fame to the performances of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion which it has given since 1922, in the Grote Kerk, Naarden. These performances are greatly beloved by the Dutch public, and they attract a yearly audience of more than 12,000.

The present-day Netherlands Bach Society consists of a group of professional singers and instrumentalists who are specialized in the performance practice of 17th and 18th century repertoire. The artistic director, and chief conductor of The Netherlands Bach Society, is Jos van Veldhoven. ..“

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Added on: May 17, 2009 | Hits: 323

“The Associazione Hendel* is a non-profit organization that seeks to combine musicological thinking with practical performance projects of Handel's music. We are presently supporting an ambitious recording and performance project by the Italian orchestra La Risonanza to perform and record all of Handel's cantate con strumenti (i.e. the cantatas accompanied by continuo and additional instruments) dating from the composer's time working across Italy. In co-operation with the Spanish early music label Glossa, we aim to complete the project before the end of 2009, the 250th anniversary of Handel's death. Such a project has never been envisaged before, and has so far been met with enormous critical success. ..“

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Added on: May 17, 2009 | Hits: 311

Association for early music concert production in Bergen.

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Added on: May 09, 2009 | Hits: 341