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"The cultural association of Imperfetti Academy was established in 1996 in Pescara by a group of musicians for people interested in world culture and art, especially from a world of early music: then promotion of artistic activities (concerts, ballet performances), but also educational activities (courses in music, dance, etc..), with particular attention to education and research ... " (Google translation) Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: May 25, 2008 | Hits: 353

"The objective of Nocturna is to disseminate and to taste "The Idea of the Middle Ages" with its values and its problems, through the reconstruction of atmospheres and glimpses of our past.

The Company consists of a dozen components with clothes of the XII - XIII century. In recent years the Group has participated with increasing success to many expressions of historical reconstruction, both in Italy and abroad : ceremonies and festivals are the main contexts in which the group operates, collaborating with public bodies, associations and individuals. ... " (Google translation) Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: May 25, 2008 | Hits: 330

"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: 379

"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 Cultural Association Dimensione Polifonica was founded by Maestro Biagio Terracciano and by Dr. Ileana Parascandolo in June 1988. The Association, an organization of regional importance, aims at spreading the ancient music by means of meetings, concerts, seminars, refresher courses and events. It collaborates with the main artistic and cultural institutions such as the "Comune", the "Provincia", the "Regione", The Academy of Music, the "Soprintendenza" and so on, having the consulence of the main authorities in the field. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: May 20, 2008 | Hits: 374

"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

"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.)

Added on: May 11, 2008 | Hits: 416

"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.)

Added on: May 11, 2008 | Hits: 426

"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.)

Added on: May 10, 2008 | Hits: 435

"The Nuove Settimane Barocche was founded in 2003 by Emanuele Beschi and Francesco Lattuada. The main purpose is the dissemination of music, arts and culture through events of various kinds: concerts, conferences, lectures concert, workshops musical high refinement, recordings and publications specialized companies. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: May 10, 2008 | Hits: 336

"Southern California Baroque Association was established 1986 to foster performances of early music on period instruments. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Apr 26, 2008 | Hits: 322

"The Este Music Association was founded in 2000 with the basic aim of broadening the knowledge of early and baroque music and to value its heritage with particular regard to the Este dynasty's musical culture.

The Association numbers among its members many pure and simple lovers of music, but also includes experts in all walks of life: operators in the fields of music, communication, management, finance, legislation- all of whom are prepared to give their help on a voluntary basis. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Apr 25, 2008 | Hits: 365

" The Lute Society of America, founded in 1966, is devoted to the lute and its music. Membership is open to anyone, anywhere: scholars and listeners as well as amateur or professional players. We share information through our publications, an e-mail forum (operated by Wayne Cripps), here on our www pages, and at one or two annual Summer Seminars. Smaller regional meetings are occasionally sponsored as well. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Apr 18, 2008 | Hits: 344

"Services to Members

We are a society dedicated to the following goals:

• To open lines of communication related to early music activities within the community by means of a website and newsletter
• To nurture early music making at all levels
• To encourage performance opportunities
• To build audiences that enjoy early music "

Added on: Apr 17, 2008 | Hits: 511

" ... 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: 405

"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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Added on: Apr 13, 2008 | Hits: 417

"The Hungarian Haydn Society was formed at the end of 1996 on the initiative of the excellent concert organizer Kálmán Strém, who until his death in 2005 devoted himself to the cause of creating world-class concert life at Eszterháza (the present-day Esterházy palace at Fertőd). For this reason the Society's first and most important act was to establish the "Haydn at Eszterháza" festival, which has been held every September since 1998 and has won serious international recognition. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Mar 29, 2008 | Hits: 345

Objectives of the society are:
- to disseminate Ancient Music in Patagonia, particularly the music of the French XVII and XVIII centuries
- establish a Center for Ancient Music files, consisting of scores and library materials and record, open to the general public
- perform concert tours across Patagonia, in order to perform instrumental music of the Baroque period
- investigate the work of Sainte-Colombe and Sainte-Colombe le fils, using the site as a forum on the work of both musicians

The Ensemble Sainte-Colombe is formed of Horacio Bollini on viola da gamba and harpsichord, and Adrian Bascary on violoncello. The ensemble interprets works by Marin Marais, Sainte-Colombe le Fils Schenck, J. S. Bach, Couperin and other composers of the XVII and XVIII centuries.

Added on: Mar 23, 2008 | Hits: 478

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

Added on: Mar 23, 2008 | Hits: 428

"ARTA is an organization that provides a support network for recorder teachers and acts as an advocate and source of information for recorder pedagogy.

ARTA encourages professionalism in recorder education by making available current research and ideas to those in the teaching profession, and by enlarging the circle of recorder teachers who have access to such information.

ARTA maintains a network of contacts that members can call upon for help and to which they can contribute ideas and informal communications. " Visit website for more information. (ed')

Added on: Mar 19, 2008 | Hits: 170

"The aims of the KVNM are described as follows in Article 3 of its articles of association:

a. to carry out the scholarly study of Dutch music and its history, and all matters related;
b. to promote the advancement of musicology in the broadest sense.

Article 4 describes the means of achieving these objectives:

a. by issuing its own publications and promoting publications of others, insofar as these publications bear a relationship with Dutch music and its history;
b. by publishing one or more scholarly journals or yearbooks;
c. by organising lectures, recitals and concerts;
d. by using all other legal means available to promote its aims.

The KVNM publishes a wide range of studies and music editions in the field of Dutch music and its history. Although the publications are scholarly in nature, practitioners find them invaluable as well. They have attracted international acclaim and are used around the world. The KVNM also helps new authors to get started. The Focus series was set up especially to generate publishing opportunities for this group. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Mar 11, 2008 | Hits: 352

"The mission of the Handel and Haydn Society is to perform Baroque and Classical music for chorus and period-instrument orchestra at the highest level of artistic achievement. Founded as a choral society in 1815 by a group of Boston merchants, Handel and Haydn is among the oldest continuously performing arts organizations in the country. From its earliest years, the Society established a tradition of innovation, performing the American premieres of Handel’s Messiah in 1818, Haydn’s Creation in 1819, Verdi’s Requiem in 1878, and Bach’s B Minor Mass in 1887. The Society began performing Handel’s Messiah annually in 1854. Throughout its history the Handel and Haydn Society has brought the world’s most beautiful music and its greatest artists to local audiences, setting a standard for orchestral and choral performances that remains unparalleled. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Mar 08, 2008 | Hits: 217

"SoHIP is a non profit organization which sponsors a summer early music concert series and is committed to promoting the performing opportunities for musical ensembles of high quality in the New England region and to help these groups promote their activities and produce concerts in local communities. ... " See website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Mar 08, 2008 | Hits: 526

"The American Musical Instrument Society is an international organization founded in 1971 to promote better understanding of all aspects of the history, design, construction, restoration, and usage of musical instruments in all cultures and from all periods.

The membership of AMIS includes collectors, historians, curators, performers, instrument makers, restorers, dealers, conservators, teachers, students, and many institutional members. All individual members have full voting rights and, with the exception of spouse members, receive the Society's publications. " See website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Mar 08, 2008 | Hits: 297

"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: 393