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"THE MIDWESTERN HISTORICAL KEYBOARD SOCIETY is a regional (midwestern United States) non-profit organization comprised of members who love and promote early keyboard instruments like those pictured here, and the music written for them. MHKS members include instrument builders, players, teachers, and scholars, as well as many who merely love the looks and sounds of these beautiful instruments."

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" In the spring of 1982 a group of friends, including University of Arizona faculty members James Anthony and John Boe as well as other members of Tucson's musical community, hit upon the idea of forming a group that would be, as our mission statement still reads, "Dedicated to the enrichment of contemporary life with the music of the past." Specifically, they wanted to organize concerts featuring music from the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Periods performed by early music specialists on period instruments. They settled on a name for the organization: The Arizona Early Music Society. " ...

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"We are the Toronto Early Music Players' Organization, a registered non-profit group and a chapter of the American Recorder Society.

Our members play recorders, viols, flutes, harp, other early instruments. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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" Founded in 1980, the Academy for the Study and Performance of Early Music is a non-profit organization celebrating the riches of music from the Middle Ages to the Classical era. Through our presentation and sponsorship of period performances, research, and teaching, the Academy seeks to enrich the cultural life of Southeast Michigan. We welcome all interested musicians, scholars, and enthusiasts to join our ranks.
>br> The Academy is a membership organization run entirely by volunteers. Our membership range from dedicated concert-goers, serious amateurs, and aspiring students to some of the area's finest performers. Through their memberships and donations of time and services, Academy members support a diversity of programs including: concerts by visiting and local artists, masterclasses and workshops, informal house concerts, research projects, sight readings and the Academy Choir. " ...

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"The TEMC is a non-profit charitable organization (in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) promoting appreciation of historical music performance (medieval, renaissance, and baroque) through sponsorship of concerts and activities such as pre-concert lectures, workshops, exhibitions, and master-classes. The TEMC is supported by fees and donations from members, as well as by grants from the Toronto and Ontario Arts Councils."

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" The Early Music Guild of Seattle was founded in 1977 as a non-profit corporation to foster appreciation for the music of earlier historical periods. Focusing on historically informed performances of repertoire from the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and early Classical periods, the Guild presents annual concert series by internationally known artists. The Early Music Guild also provides support services to local early music specialists and ensembles, and has an educational program that offers classes, workshops and special programs for schools. The EMG newsletter, Musica!, informs Guild members about EMG concerts and activities, and other early music events in the Seattle area. " ...

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" Early Music Vermont (EMV) brings together singers and players from the Vermont region who share a passion for music, especially early music from the medieval, renaissance and baroque eras. EMV's principal performing ensemble is the women's trio Celestial Sirens. " ...

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"TEMS (Totnes Early Music Society ed.) was set up during the Summer of 1999 with a view to offering its members a number of recitals during the Autumn/Winter season of Mediaeval to Baroque music, performed by professional players, supplemented by lecture-recitals and workshops. The aim of the Society is to provide a high standard of performance of historically-informed early music to individuals and families in the South Devon area. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"AMUZ is an international music centre, hosting cultural, educational and research activities. The concert programme of AMUZ is inspired by the criteria of Historically Informed Performance (HIP): on the basis of a historically valid approach, music from all periods, styles and cultures is presented to a broad public in a creative, re-invigorating and accessible way. Often music also engages in a dialogue with the other arts. For the achievement of this broad aim AMUZ can take advantage of a baroque monument – the former church of St Augustine – a felicitous environment adapted with advanced technology so as to offer a modern concert hall that provides unsurpassed acoustics to boot. Furthermore, AMUZ integrates other historical buildings of the city of Antwerp as venues, more specifically during the events organized in the framework of the Flanders Festival-Antwerp.”

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"Early Music Network Inc. is a non-profit organization whose goal is to promote, revive and support historical performance practice all over the world. To join or get more information how you can help, choose the membership link ..."

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"The Italian Centre for Ancient Music (Centro Italiano di Musica Antica) and the italian digital publisher Garamond with Beni Musicali aim to promote and manage a web site dedicated to the appreciation of the vast historical musical heritage from Italy through research and the critical analysis of musical works, transcriptions, and audio-visual recordings.

The achievement of the task of promoting and diffusing the Italian musical heritage involves the setting up of a complex operation which can make use of institutional contributions (European, State and Regional Bodies), professional skills (Musicologists, Philologists, Musicians), technical skills (Transcribers), commercial activities (audiovisual publication and production), and live performances, in Italy and abroad. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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The Association of studies and techniques of medieval art. Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"The Toronto Continuo Collective is an educational and performing group dedicated to exploring the art of Baroque accompaniment. The ToCC was launched in the fall of 2005 by Lucas Harris and Borys Medicky, who spent time with the New York Continuo Collective and recognized the need for a similar group in Toronto.

In the ToCC, we share ideas about the performance of basso continuo and its role in various genres of Baroque music, with particular focus on church, chamber, and theatre music of the seventeenth century. Topics discussed include figured bass harmony, supporting text inflection and delivery, ornamentation, rhetoric, word painting, and improvisation. We accompany different guest soloists from week to week, and welcome guest presenters to provide special workshops and coaching sessions. We perform at least two programs per year, and have given concerts of seicento repertoire in several Toronto venues: Fort York National Historic Site, Church of the Holy Trinity, Royal St. George's Chapel, The University of Toronto Faculty of Music (during the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute), Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, and at the CanAsian Dance Festival. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"The Festival Music Society (FMS) specializes in "early music." It was established in 1966 as a not-for-profit organization to enrich, educate and entertain audiences with the music of Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque and early classic eras. FMS concerts feature high quality performers, performing on instruments of the period. FMS was the first organization of its kind formed in Indiana and only the second in the nation at the time of its organization. The concert series takes place every June and July at the Indianapolis Arts Center. ..."

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“The activities of the Society over the years have been varied. They include early music concerts, instrument making, workshops and meetings where p eople got together to play, sing or dance. The EMSQ organised the annual Easter Viol School in turn with groups in other states over a period of many years starting in about 1980.

Within the Society, there are singers and people who play string instruments (including viols), recorder, harpsichord, cornetto, shawm, crumhorn, ra ckett and many others.

Today Early music Queensland continue to provide events, activities and concerts for the benefit of its members and general public.” Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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Dancing troup existing since 1992. Is doing dances from Renaissance to 19th century dances. 

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"The Accademia del Ricercare is an association of musicians specialised in the performance of the pre-Classical repertoire (sec. X _ XVIII). It has been founded with the aim of studying and spreading the style of Early music, by using copies of original instruments and considering the performance practice. The Accademia del Ricercare, with its various ensembles, each one dedicated to a specific repertoire, has performed in over 600 public concerts in some of the most renowned musical institutions, national and international festivals, always gathering the public's and critics' success. "

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"The Miami Bach Society (MBS) was founded in 1984 by a group of parishioners at The Coral Gables' Presbyterian Church. This group planned three concerts to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the birth of Johann Sebastian Bach. Because of the tremendous success of the programs, they formed a more permanent entity, The Miami Bach Society. Since then, the Society has performed an average of four concerts a year. The venues broadened to include much of Miami-Dade County, and, in recent years, other Florida venues such as Boca Raton and Key West, FL., as well as international cultural events in Europe.

The Miami Bach Society performs music of the greatest Baroque masters as well as works of other 17th and 18th century composers. These include Lully, Couperin, Charpentier, Vivaldi, Corelli, Händel, Telemann and the sons of Bach: Carl Philipp Emanuel, Johann Christian and George Friedman. It utilizes the talent of local artists from the faculty of the University of Miami, the New World Symphony, and what was the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra, In its season concerts, the Bach Society also presents great musicians with national and international reputations. countertenor Steven Rickards, and noted Baroque soprano Julianne Baird regularly sing with the Miami Bach Society orchestra and chorus. Dutch cellist Anner Bylsma, Mexican recorder player Horacio Franco; and groups such as The Ensemble for Early Music, Lionhart and The Baltimore Consort have been featured in past seasons. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"The Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society, founded in 1980, is a non-profit, regional organization committed to the promotion of interest in and the study of early keyboard instruments, principally harpsichord, clavichord, fortepiano, and organ prior to 1860, and the music intended for these instruments. SEHKS provides a forum for all aspects of early keyboard music through its meetings and publications. Membership is open to all interested persons and institutions worldwide. "

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"In 1998, instrumentalists from the Mannes Collegium Musicum in New York City sought to learn more about the art of continuo (improvising accompaniments from figured bass) in the music of the early Baroque. After just two informal meetings, the growing number of interested musicians revealed the need for formal coaching, necessitating the creation of the New York Continuo Collective. Open to all, regardless of their level of experience and expertise, we now number more than thirty active participants, including singers, and instrumentalists playing baroque harp, cello, gamba, theorbo, lute, guitar, violin, and cornetto. A central tenet of the Collective is that singer and player form an equal partnership in the realization of the music. Through public performances the Continuo Collective hopes to bring the audience into that partnership. Under the direction of Grant Herreid, Pat O'Brien, Paul Shipper, Jennifer Griesbach, and Charlie Weaver, the Collective conducts weekly sessions in performance practice, in which we examine rhetoric of text, gesture, ornamentation, and phrasing to create a common language for realizing this highly improvised music. In addition, the Collective has offered a number of shorter, specialized classes, including continuo theory, a theorbo seminar, continuo theory and harmony for singers, the Caccini Project, and classes in grounds, dance forms and improvisation. Master classes have been given by Stephen Stubbs, Elizabeth Kenny, Paula Chateauneuf, Karl-Ernst Schroeder, Andrew Lawrence-King, and Judith ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"NEEMF is an association of people who enjoy early music (medieval, renaissance, baroque and early classical). If you like it too, we would be delighted if you became a member, especially if you live in our area - Yorkshire, Humberside, Durham and Northumberland. " ...

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"The organisation will take care of a number of activities that will structure life with the Viola da Gamba in the Netherlands for professionals and amateurs. Apart from concerts and cd's, education through workshops and courses, publication of sheet music and articles is the center of our work. We will provide contact possibility by maintaining a database of gambaplayers, makers and music shops in our country."

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"Seviqc Brežice is an abbreviation of the newly-coined phrase Semper Viva Quam Creata – roughly translated as Always alive as at the moment of creation. ...

The following are our principle objectives: to maintain an international programme featuring high-quality artistry in historic settings; to built the positive reputation of Slovenia on the international cultural and tourist map; to connect Slovenian artists with the international scene; to support and promote young talent; to facilitate the break-through of Slovenian composers in Europe and beyond; to encourage the development of tourism and build an effective cultural infrastructure; to stimulate and promote cross-cultural dialogue and musical exchange of European and non-European cultures; to develop innovation and creativity; to provide better access and encourage greater participation in cultural activities; and finally to make a substantial contribution to Slovenian and European culture. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"The purpose of this organization shall be to promote the performance and appreciation of “early” music in the state of Colorado, and in furthering scholarship, education, and awareness of appropriate styles and performance practices for this genre of music. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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“ 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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