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“The Parkening International Guitar Competition honors Christopher Parkening's lifetime commitment to fostering musical excellence in young artists as demonstrated by his mentor, the great Spanish guitarist Andrés Segovia. It is held on the beautiful campus of Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, where Christopher Parkening is Distinguished Professor of Music. The Parkening International Guitar Competition is the most prestigious classical guitar competition in the world. Cash prizes in excess of $50,000 U.S. will be awarded, representing the largest prize purse of any classical guitar competition worldwide.

The first Parkening International Guitar Competition was held at Pepperdine University in 2006. With generous grants from Howard and Roberta Ahmanson, the Parkening International Guitar Competition is held every three years.”

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“The Smithsonian Folklife Festival is an international exposition of living cultural heritage annually produced outdoors on the National Mall of the United States in Washington, D.C., by the Smithsonian Institution's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.

The Festival takes place for two weeks every summer overlapping the Fourth of July holiday. It is an educational presentation that features community-based cultural exemplars. Free to the public, like other Smithsonian museums, each Festival typically draws more than one million visitors.“

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“Preliminary qualification by recording, submitted electronically (required, no CDs accepted). Further information, required online application, and instructions for electronic submission of sound files are available at www.sehks.org. Semi-final and final rounds held at the Historical Keyboard Society joint conclave at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati, Ohio. A maximum of twelve players from the preliminary round will be admitted to the semi-final round. …”

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Added on: Jan 31, 2012 | Hits: 181

“The Tallis Scholars Summer Schools are dedicated to exploring our great heritage of renaissance choral music, under the direction of Peter Phillips and members of the Tallis Scholars. Set in beautiful campus surroundings in the UK, USA and Australia, each of our three summer schools welcomes singers from across the globe for an exhilarating week of music-making.”

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Added on: May 06, 2011 | Hits: 185

“A major event with three components: concerts, master classes and a symposium A CELEBRATION OF MUSIC Founded in 2002, the Montreal Bach Academy is an organization dedicated to the study, performance and celebration of Johann Sebastian Bach, the timeless genius whose innovations in composition laid the groundwork for all composers and musicians of the last …”

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Early music festival held in the Washington DC area.

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“This biennial event is designed for a wide audience, and particularly for lovers of early music from the medieval to the baroque, dance and visual arts. Thanks to the widespread and generous support of people in our community WEMF has been successful since its inaugural year, June 2004. A different country or cultural focus is featured each year. Past festivals were:

• 2004 “Music of England”
• 2005 “Spain and the New World”
• 2006 “Musica Antica d’Italia,” – Music of Italy
• 2008 “From Hildegard to Bach” – Early Music Masterpieces from Germany
• 2010 “La Musique Magnifique” – Early Music Masterpieces from France

In 2006, we decided to move to an every other year format, to alternate years with the Boston Early Music Festival, and provide more time for development and planning.

In 2007, we initiated a special weekend of events in response to the public demand for “a taste of early music” on the “off” year. We continued this in 2009 with a Gala Concert featuring eight performing groups in one concert evening.

Our programs seek to be diverse and inclusive of many aspects of musically-centered culture. We include lectures, special art tours based on the Festival’s theme, post-concert receptions to encourage discussion between audience and performers, demonstrations of period instruments, and workshops that have focused on – dance, medieval and renaissance; instrumental, baroque and medieval; vocal, renaissance/baroque choral, medieval chant. …”

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“The mandate of Ottawa Chamber Music Society (OCMS) is to make classical music accessible to everyone. Through artistic expression and audience engagement, Ottawa Chamber Music Society creates experiences that challenge and stimulate listeners while offering time for reflection and regeneration.

We bring together top Canadian and international artists, in all stages of their careers, to present concerts that draw local, national and international audiences.

Our activities help to make Ottawa a great cultural destination and contribute significantly to the economy of the National Capital Region. These activities include the annual Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival (Ottawa Chamberfest), a year-round concert series, arts education and outreach programs, and other innovative community programming partnerships.”

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“The American Historical Association (AHA) is a nonprofit membership organization founded in 1884 and incorporated by Congress in 1889 for the promotion of historical studies.

The AHA provides leadership for the profession, protects academic freedom, develops professional standards, aids in the pursuit and publication of scholarship, and supplies various services to sustain and enhance the work of its members.

The association’s principal functions fall within four realms: publication, teaching, advocacy, and networking. As the largest historical society in the United States, the AHA serves historians representing every historical period and geographical area.

The nearly 14,000 members include academics at universities, two- and four-year colleges, museums, historical organizations, libraries and archives, but also independent historians, students, K–12 teachers, government and business professionals, and countless people who, whatever their profession, possess an abiding interest in history.  …”

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Symposium held yearly at Stony Brook Graduate Music programme. 

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Added on: Dec 13, 2011 | Hits: 212

“The website for Antiqua/Nova: Celebrating the Harpsichord Across the Centuries, the 2012 Joint Meeting and Festival of the Midwestern and Southeastern Historical Keyboard Societies, is now up and running at historicalkeyboardsociety.org. The 5-day event will be held at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, March 21-25, 2012, and promises to be a rich experience.“

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“Medieval music, Renaissance and Baroque, known as early music, has acquired in recent decades increasingly important. Today the practice of early music is based on specialized interpreters in musicological research on the technical implementation and interpretation of ancient instruments and singing in the reconstruction of musical instruments from specimens preserved in museums and implementation of transcripts, respectful of the canons of writing of the time. Our country has not been indifferent to the interest in this music, demonstrated in large musical centers of the world, and for several years there are groups devoted to this repertory. The Early Music Festival offers the opportunity to discover the wide and varied repertoire of these centuries, but with instruments constructed according to ancient models. In this way we approach a sound unknown in the country.

This festival began in 2006 as an idea of the composer Otto Castro. Originally took place every two years, but due to the enthusiasm of the crowd then decided to hold annual events that take place in the first half of each year. From the 2008 it was decided to accept only groups that use old-style instrument. The festival has become a benchmark in the Caribbean area. The guests give lectures, master classes and concerts. Thus, his teaching and exchange of ideas among participants, promoting growth and generating conceptual connections.“ (Translated with the aid of Google Translate)

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Early music festival held in Indianapolis.

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Added on: Jul 30, 2011 | Hits: 250

“Since 1954, the Renaissance Society of America has been the leading organization in the Americas for the interdisciplinary study of the period 1300-1650 in Western history. The RSA brings together members from many backgrounds who are interested in a wide variety of disciplines related to this period.

The RSA actively encourages the continued spread of learning about the Renaissance. The Society organizes an annual meeting every year, which features the most distinguished Renaissance scholars in North America and beyond. The Society further encourages scholarship by offering prizes and research grants of up to $3,000 in three categories (pre-doctoral scholars, junior scholars, and senior scholars).

The RSA sponsors many publications. The Society publishes the journal Renaissance Quarterly, its electronic counterpart, the online edition of Renaissance Quarterly, and the newsletter Renaissance News & Notes. The RSA also sponsors its own text, bibliography, and special purpose series (RTS), a reprint series (RSARTS), and the program of the annual meeting with abstracts of all the papers, and subsidizes editions, translations, and research tools published outside the RSA series. The RSA's Directory of members is available on this website. Finally, through its partnership with Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance, the RSA helps to make access to information about Renaissance scholarship broadly accessible.”

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Early music workshop held in Seattle, Washington, held every 2 years.

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“The competition welcomes young pianists (ages 6-19) throughout the world who pursue the musical ideals espoused by Rosalyn Tureck. …“

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“Ten years of following all the musical currents surrounding the recorder. Ten years of surprises, marvelling and exploring all the infinite possibilities of our favourite instrument. During those ten years we have had the pleasure of welcoming to Montreal the most illustrious flutists, making our city a prime meeting place for vitality, adventure, audacity and excellence. …”

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“Our Mission
We are dedicated to increasing the quantity and quality of cultural activities in San Miguel, while building partnerships between Business and the Arts through a cohesive set of programs that promote music appreciation, build business leadership in support of the Arts, and facilitate growth in cultural tourism based in the Arts.

Our Vision

•     Provide coordinated performances and educational activities which promote music appreciation and excellence.
• Build an international network of musicians to participate in artistic exchanges with Mexican musicians.
• Encourage the preservation and restoration of historically important venues, in and around San Miguel, by utilizing a variety of these beautiful spaces for concerts.
• Coordinate activities with businesses and organizations interested in contributing to San Miguel’s cultural profile for the benefit of residents and visitors to this World Heritage city.”

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Visit the Lute Society of America website for more information re: their bi-annual Seminar and Lute Festival. (Admin)

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Full days of classes, coaching, and rehearsals are followed by optional evening events, including faculty concerts and lecture-demonstrations, plus more light-hearted activities, from Morris and Renaissance dancing to croquet or poetry readings.

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“The Harvard-Lyrica Dialogues are interdisciplinary symposia and lecture-recitals intended to complement the broad, interdisciplinary nature of critical inquiry across the Harvard campus. Held each Spring term, the Dialogues exploit inter-related yet independent facets of a common theme. The 2008 Dialogues, Music and Memory - Music as Memory, honor the C. Douglas Dillon Professor of the Civilization of France, Professor Susan Suleiman's recent book Crises of Memory and the Second World War (Harvard University Press, 2006) . ..“

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“Every two years the the Seattle Recorder Society presents a summer Early Music Workshop, which provides the opportunity for recorder and viol players to study and play music of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Baroque, and the 20th century.”

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Added on: Apr 19, 2011 | Hits: 339

"MEMF was created to provide an opportunity for musicians, scholars, teachers and early music enthusiasts to gather and exchange information and ideas about Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music and to bring acclaimed early music artists to the Midwest to perform in beautiful Madison, Wisconsin. There are opportunities for everyone from those who simply enjoy listening to concerts and lectures to early music scholars and performance opportunities for amateurs and professionals. All listeners, singers, players and dancers are welcome! " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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“Seattle is an amazing place.   For the past 30 years the Handel Festival has been a four-day scholarly conference with a couple of concerts,  but when I breathed the words “Handel Festival” to Seattle musicians, this was the astonishing result:  American Handel Festival Brochure.  26 organizations are collaborating on this festival!“

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Added on: Jul 04, 2011 | Hits: 367

There are hundreds of masses, motets, chants, and other such works surviving in Renaissance and Baroque choral manuscripts that have never been transcribed into modern notation. Chalice Consort is interested in helping the public rediscover some of these works written between 1400 to 1750.

To facilitate this discovery, Chalice Consort produces an annual Early Music Scholars Competition (EMSC) and the corresponding CCEMC.

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