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"The Andreas Scholl Society was founded on 21 January 2000 by music lovers with a common love of the countertenor voice and repertoire and a particular interest in the work of the German countertenor Andreas Scholl. It is our great pleasure to share information about Andreas Scholl's work and to introduce others to the artistry of this great musician. It is our longer term hope that this website will provide a definitive information resource on Andreas Scholl. We do not purport to represent Andreas Scholl officially. We have a mailing list on which we post alerts about Andreas Scholl's upcoming performances, recordings, reviews, radio and TV broadcasts. The information we share is helping to build our website into a complete archive of Andreas Scholl's work." ...

Added on: Aug 03, 2007 | Hits: 409

"BMEMF exists to promote the making and enjoyment of Early Music.

BMEMF brings together listeners and performers, instrument makers and players, dancers, singers, teachers and pupils, amateurs and professionals throughout the Border Marches and the adjoining Welsh and English counties.

BMEMF organises regular day workshops covering a wide span of interests and levels of ability. These are run by specialist tutors and are open to both members and non-members.

BMEMF publishes a quarterly newsletter with news and reviews, articles, letters, trade display and members’ advertisements, details of forthcoming workshops and a concert diary for the region and beyond. " ...

Added on: Aug 22, 2007 | Hits: 409

"The Dallas Bach Society was formed in 1982 to promote and encourage instrumental, choral, vocal, operatic, chamber, and keyboard music composed before 1800 through live performances in Dallas and its vicinity. Since its founding, the Society, under the leadership of its founding Artistic Director, Paul Riedo (1982-1994), and its current Artistic Director, James Richman (1995-present), has been the city’s primary resource for early music performances by serious, professional musicians. Instrumentalists perform on replicas of instruments from the 17th and 18th centuries. The Choir is trained in the vocal style and performance practice of the period. National and international soloists specializing in the interpretation of Baroque join musicians to present the highest level of choral, chamber, and orchestral productions each season." See website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Feb 10, 2008 | Hits: 408

" The National Early Music Association of the UK has existed since 1981 to bring together all concerned with early music and to forge links with other early music organisations in the UK and around the world. NEMA also acts to represent musicians in the early music field to outside bodies, when required. " This site has quite an extensive "Links" page. See website for more details. (ed.)

Added on: Aug 17, 2007 | Hits: 408

"The Viola da Gamba Society was founded in 1948 with the aim of advancing the study of viols, their music, their playing, and their making." Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Aug 05, 2007 | Hits: 407

"Welcome to the third season of Pegasus Early Music, Rochester’s early music concert series. In the last two years, we have brought you fabulous music ranging from medieval song to baroque sonatas and improvisations to Jane Austen’s favorite tunes. We have brought you great performances by world-class artists such as lutenist Paul O’Dette, violinist Dana Maiben, and soprano Laura Heimes. Our audiences have gotten to know us, and have come to share our passion for this music. " ...

Added on: Aug 22, 2007 | Hits: 407

" ... IBS membership includes musicologists, instrument makers and performers. The Society assembles and disseminates information, and organises events designed to bring the baryton to a wider audience.

The Society has organised three international conferences, held in London and Austria. In 1998, they organised a series of concerts and a conference at the palaces of Eisenstadt and Esterhàza, using the very rooms in which Haydn would have heard his baryton music performed by Prince Nicholas Esterhàzy. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Apr 16, 2008 | Hits: 407

"Formed in 1993 as Benevolent Order for Music of the Baroque, the group is now known as Baroque Northwest and is made up of people who share the same dedicated and progressive attitude towards performing music from the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, early Romantic, and Modern eras. We challenge and question the traditional canon of what historical performance practice should be, as well as the traditional concept of what a concert should be. We have fun with our concerts while never violating the integrity of the music (we show respect for the dead). We make our programs accessible to the general public while keeping them stimulating to our regular audience of early music aficionados. While some early music ensembles chose to perform in costumes, we perform in modern clothes because we believe ancient music is for modern people. Our programs are given in a traditional classical music setting but we often speak directly and informally to the audience, sharing interesting and amusing anecdotes about the music and composers, and we have been known to encourage audience participation. ...

Baroque Northwest is the presenting organization for the Baroque Northwest ensemble. Baroque Northwest also currently presents the Baroque Flute and Viola da Gamba Boot Camp, workshops featuring visiting artists, and recitals by select individuals. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Feb 26, 2008 | Hits: 402

"The Viola da gamba-föreningen is a newly formed society with the aim of building and sustaining a network between people interested in the viola da gamba and the music written for it. Amongst other things, the society wants to help organise playing situations, promote new music for the viol, give information about concerts and courses, and also to act as a forum at which viol topics can be discussed.

Our membership comprises of 90 members from Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. Amongst them are professional players, amateurs, viol makers, bow makers and those who simply love the instrument’s sound. ..." Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Aug 06, 2007 | Hits: 401

"The Cultural Association Medieval Italy (ACIM) has as its main objective the promotion and enhancement of historical and artistic heritage of medieval Italy. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: May 18, 2008 | Hits: 400

" The Renaissance & Baroque Society (R&B), Pittsburgh's Early Music Presenter, presents performances of the music of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque and Early Classical periods and fosters a broader understanding and appreciation of the music, arts and culture of the times. " ...

Added on: Nov 17, 2005 | Hits: 396

" The British Clavichord Society encourages the understanding and enjoyment of the clavichord. It promotes recitals, workshops and lectures o­n the history, construction and repertoire of the instrument. Our Newsletter, published three times a year, offers interesting and informative articles, reviews of recitals, conferences, books and recordings, and news of events in Britain and other European countries. Members also have the option to subscribe through the BCS to the journal Clavichord International, published twice yearly by the Dutch Clavichord Society; and they receive a discount o­n tickets for our events and a free copy of our newly republished International Clavichord Directory. We are preparing a series of publications (including clavichord music and a clavichord tutor) and already have a well-stocked mail-order shop for books, music and CDs - this is open to non-members too. " ...

Added on: Nov 11, 2005 | Hits: 395

"The West Gallery Music Association is an informal group of singers, instrumentalists and scholars. We share an interest in the sacred music, psalmody and hymnody, and the secular music and dance of the men and women who performed from the west galleries of parish churches, in chapels, and around the towns and villages of England during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Although our interests mainly centre on this period and form of music in the United Kingdom, we are also interested in many aspects of the history and popular culture of the English-speaking world which have influenced or been influenced by our musical and singing traditions. Abroad, we have active members in Australia and the United States.

The Association, which was formed in 1990, has staged many highly successful workshop, study and performance events, and members have appeared on national and local television and radio. Many offshoot performing groups have been formed around the country and there are presently over 400 members. The researches of several members of the group are gaining increasing respect in academic circles. " See website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Mar 08, 2008 | Hits: 394

"Associazione Culturale Spazio e Musica was founded in 1996 with the intent to exploit the architectural jewels of Vicenza, a city of Palladio, with sound and music of their time. Each concert takes place at a different location of particular artistic significance, with special attention reserved to the monuments protected by UNESCO as heritage of humanity. " (Google translation) Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Jul 13, 2008 | Hits: 393

"The Society exists: to provide a forum for its members to share information about, and enjoyment of, the harpsichord; to provide support for those interested in playing, constructing, and studying harpsichords and the music written for them; and to foster in the community an awareness of and appreciation for the harpsichord as a musical instrument."

Added on: Jun 17, 2005 | Hits: 390

"The MUSIC ASSOCIATION CONCENTUS LUCENSIS was founded in 1985 by a group of musicians with the aim of promoting and disseminating knowledge of ancient music and dance history. ...

The association holds regular concert events, summer courses, internships, courses annual cycles of conferences and cultural meetings. The courses, workshops organized by the activities are aimed at children with extensive young girls, adults in a musical education aimed specifically at promoting dissemination of music, dance and ancient. " (Google translation) Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: May 24, 2008 | Hits: 390

"The Centre for Early Music was created in Bergamo in 1990 by a group of musicians interested in the study, research and performance of music repertoire with a particular interest in the repertoire sixth-eighteenth centuries.

While not neglecting the great Italian and European repertoire, the work of the Centre was directed especially to the study and research on the history and musical tradition Bergamo, in particular the musicians who in various ways have worked in the Chapel Choir of Santa Maria Maggiore. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: May 25, 2008 | Hits: 390

"The Phoenix Early Music Society (PEMS) is an organization that brings together everyone with an interest in music of the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque eras. Whether you are a performer, teacher, critic, or just enjoy listening, the Phoenix Early Music Society will keep you in touch with the best in local events to stimulate, educate and make early music come "alive". ... "

Added on: Aug 06, 2007 | Hits: 388

"SFEMS was founded in 1975, growing from an informal gathering of early music enthusiasts into the largest early music presenter and service organization in America. SFEMS is a community-based, membership organization and the largest and most successful society of its kind in the USA. Since its founding, SFEMS has been the focal institution in Northern California for the advancement of historically-informed performance of early music. It is unique in providing a full spectrum of programs to the general public, to amateur and professional musicians, and to children.

The Society emphasizes three areas of activity: concert presentations of primarily medieval, Renaissance, and baroque music; education programs that support professionals, encourage the development of amateurs, and increase public involvement and participation; and services to the community, including communication, outreach, and support for emerging artists." ...

Added on: Jul 22, 2005 | Hits: 385

“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 Early Music Guild of Oregon is a non-profit organization founded in 1978 to promote the interest in, the study of, and the performance of early music, and to encourage the construction and use of historically accurate early instruments. EMGO sponsors concerts, workshops, lectures, master classes, and meetings open to all interested parties. " ...

Added on: Aug 17, 2007 | Hits: 384

"The Guild for Early Music was founded in 2004 as a consortium of early music ensembles and musicians serving central New Jersey and eastern central Pennsylvania. The mission of the Guild is:

-To promote historically informed performances of early music
-To provide support and resources to amateur and professional ensembles and musicians and to encourage emerging artists.
-To reach out to the community in order to expand horizons and to foster an appreciation of earlier historical periods. "

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Added on: Aug 20, 2007 | Hits: 384

"TVEMF exists to encourage the singing and playing of early music in the London to Oxford area and currently has over 300 members. TVEMF organises early music workshops and events, and publishes TAMESIS, a monthly newsletter with articles and details of early music courses, concerts and workshops." See website for more info. (ed.)

Added on: Feb 08, 2008 | Hits: 384

" MusicSources was founded in 1986 by Laurette Goldberg, visionary harpsichordist and teacher (1932 - 2005). Goldberg created MusicSources to broaden awareness and appreciation for historically informed performances of western classical music. Gilbert Martinez, Artistic Director of MusicSources since 2005, has further developed the MusicSources vision.

MusicSources is a nonprofit organization (501)(c)(3) devoted to music from the Middle Ages to the Romantic Era (1500 to 1850). MusicSources serves as a local, national, and international base for professionals and promising students.

What’s available at MusicSources?

• A “hands on” collection of harpsichords, clavichords, fortepiano, virginals and organ
• Instrument sales and rentals of early keyboards
• Teacher referrals and music to go
• MusicSources’ publications for teachers, performers and students. Publications include our ever popular open scores of Bach’s WTC and the WTC Handbook
• and much more ...”

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Added on: Oct 31, 2005 | Hits: 382

"Our principal intention is to investigate the historical moment of the Renaissance in all its facets as always keeping focus of our investigation man. " (Google translation) Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: May 25, 2008 | Hits: 381