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Since 2008, les Rendez-vous de Musique Ancienne offers a bold and eclectic concert season in the Chapelle du Sacré-Coeur à la Croix-Rousse in Lyon.

Favoring an accessible approach , les Rendez-vous de Musique Ancienne welcomes artistic teams who cultivate and present a fresh outlook of early music.

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“Music Before 1800 is the longest-running early music concert series in New York City.  We have been presenting vocal and instrumental chamber music at Corpus Christi Church for nearly 40 years, with programs of sacred and secular music ranging from Medieval to early Classical.  Offering artists of the highest caliber, we present audience favorites as well as rising stars.  Our artists, including New York's finest ensembles, come from across the United States, Canada and Europe.  …”

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“IndyBaroque Music, Inc. is an umbrella non-profit organization that consists of two member organizations, Ensemble Voltaire and the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra.

We enrich, educate and inspire the Central Indiana community through performance of 17th and 18th century music. We believe in the importance of fostering connections between the past and present; building a sense of community and mutual understanding; and encouraging the process of self discovery though music.“

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WHAT DOES Huismuziek do?

• Offers a variety of courses each year; 40 music courses with 1000 students! for young and old, beginners and advanced students of classical music, early music, world music, light music and customed arrangements by our teachers. These courses are about playing together.
• Allows member access to the Players Contact Bank , the Teachers Contact Bank and Musicians Bulletin Board . (Click here for more information about memberships).
• Allows Access to the Huismuziek Music Library that houses up to 8000 polyphonic music pieces. Members can borrow music against expenses (postage), but non-members can also borrow music from the library.
• Publishes the Huismuziek Newsletter, which is published twice a year, is packed with information on such matters as courses, teachers and ensemble events.
• Publishes the Huismuziek E-News; our monthly newsletter containing date information of the courses, ensemble projects and tips for the amateur musicians and singers.
• Publishes the 250 Music Annex (sheet music) that appears in each issue of the journal. This music is copyright free and free for download/print for members.
• Offers a discount for instrument insurance to Huismuziek members from the insurance company Zicht BV (ex Zuidstaete)..
• There are 25 independent regional Huismuziek associations across the country. Each "department" are connected ensembles, varying in shape and composition. Membership in a regional association is independent of the national membership.
• Contact Builder, is an important part of Huismuziek. The “Contact Builder” lists about 600 amateur builders, their knowledge and experience about building, sharing of their knowledge of maintaining and repairing musical instruments, and has its own building in Arnhem. Contact Builder organizes six annual building workshops. Contact Builder members information is published four times a year through the Construction Letter.

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“… The Bach Society was founded at Christ the King Lutheran Church under the initial leadership of Carroll and Dorry Shaddock, inspired by the example of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Manhattan, which presented cantatas on a weekly basis at Sunday evening vespers services. Dr. Robert Lynn, professor of musicology at the University of Houston (now emeritus), was engaged as Music Director, and together they worked to establish an ensemble which reflected the latest research and scholarship of historically-informed performance practice. A series of Bach Vespers was the Society’s first offering; the response of the public was overwhelming, and attendance remained at capacity over the years as the number of presentations steadily increased. …”

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“The Gregorian Association was founded in 1870 (as The London Gregorian Choral Association) to promote the singing of Gregorian Chant to English texts, and to overcome the prejudice which existed against doing so. This purpose is still part of the work of the Association, but more recently its policy has increased in scope, so that the it is now fully oecumenical, and promotes and uses the chant in Latin as well as Modern English and that of the Book of Common Prayer. The Association is now 130 years old; during this time it has sung and taught the chant as a living witness to the enduring value and beauty of the "true music of the church". Directors of Music have included Sir John Stainer, Francis Burgess, Arthur Clarke and Professor David Hiley.

The chant is music of great variety, from simple recitation to complex, melismatic melodies requiring the vocal skills of trained cantors. Much of the chant repertory continues to be sung by monastic communities, who have no special musical training, and is easily within the capabilities of parish choirs today, especially when limited numbers preclude singing in harmony. It is functional music, designed to serve the needs of the Church's liturgy; it is also widely regarded for its 'timeless' character. The Gregorian Association works to educate the public about this vast treasury of song for the enrichment of worship. It is not permanently based anywhere, but rather its members meet in different places throughout the year for a variety of events.

• Study Days for Parish Church Choirs, ending with a service
• Evening Classes in London
• RSCM and other Festivals
• A wide variety of venues, from Cathedral to Country Church
• A Newsletter publishes forthcoming Gregorian Association events, and other events of interest to members”

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“Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity, just off NYC’s famous Lincoln Square, invites you to engage in the unique historic experience of hearing full Bach cantatas in the setting for which they were written. Each Sunday through the end of April, 2012, cantatas will be rendered on their appropriate liturgical Sundays following the practice of J.S. Bach himself in 18th Century Leipzig. These candlelit vespers services also feature organ works, choral motets, chamber music and exciting hymn singing with the renowned Bach Choir and Bach Players on period instruments under the direction of Cantor Rick Erickson. The assembly gathering each week is a diverse community of people in age, lifestyle, sexual orientation, religious affiliation and nationality. All are welcome. Bach Vespers requests a free-will offering during the service and encourages everyone to give generously. Annual contributions and weekly offerings fully support this series and its team of professional artists. ”

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French musicological society.

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“The Renaissance Society was founded in 1944 to promote the understanding and appreciation of plainchant, Renaissance polyphony and other types of vocal and instrumental music from the period. The founder was Michael Howard who was later to achieve distinction as the Organist and Master of the Choristers at Ely cathedral before holding other prestigious posts in the musical world.

The Renaissance Singers was formed at the same time as the performing arm of the Society, and apart from a period of silence in the 1980s has maintained an impressive schedule of concerts. Many recordings have been made-the last in February 1998. 

The success of the Singers is evidenced by the detailed and fascinating archive dating from July 1944, but it took 55 years for a wider role for the Society to emerge. 

In 1999 Saeculum was launched as a festival of early music and is the first major activity undertaken by the Society other than the running of the Renaissance Singers. The immediate success of Saeculum meant that in 2000 the scope was broadened beyond the running of a single annual weekend event and now Saeculum events take place throughout the year. They include cultural events beyond the staging concerts and include workshops for musicians and the appreciation of wine and art. …”

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"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')

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“La Fundación Camerata de Caracas is a non-profit institution whose mission is to bring all the groups that make up a high level of artistic excellence, to educate all those involved in its activities through a new experience and a wide cultural activity and comprehensive education of music students specializing in international early music and of Latin America. …”

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“NORDEM, Nordic Early Music Federation, is an inter-Nordic organization for early music, founded September 6, 2006 in Stockholm. The Federation represents the early music festivals, organizations and organizers in the North.

It will work to strengthen the early music's place in the Nordic music community and among other things, stimulate educational activity.”

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“Association Ensemble 900 is a well established activity around the regional, interregional and national culture.

In fact, it is often involved on the organization of major events, in favour of the cultural heritage of our region and the dissemination of it in a national field.

Ensemble900 for the first time in Abruzzo, held a luthery workshop taking the important international school "Antonio Stradivari" of Cremona in the region. Some years after led another event: two first absolute musical executions of the famous Roman composer Sylvano Bussotti with a live record at the Teatro Comunale in Atri.
Ensemble' 900 combines the live musical events with a musical research and protection: not only a concert but an interactive relationship with the public.

For over ten years, Ensemble900  is dedicated to the Organization of the International Festival of ancient music "Seicentonovecento" with vintage instruments of the seventeenth and eighteenth century, with important awards at a national level:

• Medal from the Italian President of the Republic C.A. Ciampi on 12th of May 2005;
• Two silver plates from the Italian President of the Republic G.Napolitano on 2007-2008;
• Silver plate from the Presidency of the Council (F. Marini) on 2008;
• Honorable Mention from the Italian President of the Republic G.Napolitano on May 2009.

This manifestation has an high historic and musicologic relevance, often using historical organs and instruments found within theinstrumental panorama of our region. The on-site festival combines the rediscovery of the palaces, churches and the ancient crafts from the 500th.“

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“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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“Early Music DC is your source for information about upcoming early music and baroque concerts in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, DC.

Early Music DC provides information about upcoming early music performances in the Washington, DC area.”

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“The Workshop Series - classical music concerts in Lewes, East Sussex, UK

The Workshop Series is a classical music concert series based at the workshop of harpsichord maker Malcolm Rose in Lewes, East Sussex, UK. Over 20 years the series has built up an enviable reputation for presenting world-class artists in an atmospheric, intimate and friendly setting.“

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“The Collegium Pro Musica Association has its premises in the city of Genoa and promotes activities aimed to regenerate and enliven the art and culture, with particular reference to the classical and ancient music.

Since 1990 until now, the artistic direction of the Collegium Pro Musica distinguished itself for having supervised the artistic coordination of many concert events. As far as its first years of activity are concerned, we can mention: Musica Antica nei Chiostri (Ancient Music in cloisters, Genoa, 1990), the baroque music section of The International Festival of Baroque Arts (Rome, Genoa and Siracusa, 1991) and the classical music section of the Mediterranean Festival (Genoa, 1992, 1993 and 1994). In 1993, the Association has finally been founded and from that time on, it has fully managed both the organizational and the artistic aspects of the events promoted.

The International Festival of Chamber Music (formerly named as “I Concerti dell’Ateneo” and then “Genova Musica Antica”) is the concert event that the Collegium Pro Musica Association has been promoting for many years: launched in 1994, dedicated to the great chamber music with a special predilection for the baroque and classical repertoire, it is the most important summer event of classical music in Genoa. Since the 2000, the Festival takes place also in the town of Savona. …”

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“The AMS South-Central chapter includes the states of Georgia, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Members include professors, independent scholars, students, and those who love music history. If you are a member of the national American Musicological Society and live within the zip codes of our area (as determined by the national office), you are a member of our chapter. All are welcome to attend the annual chapter meetings.

The date for our Spring 2012 meeting, which will be held at Union University, is March 2-3. Please see link at left for the Call for Papers. Our keynote speaker will be David Huron, who heads the Cognitive and Systematic Musicology laboratory at Ohio State. Our conference will also feature a performance (open to the public) by the Orchid Ensemble. We look forward to seeing you there; registration information will be added to this page in the spring..“

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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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“ … 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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“Il Canto Delle Muse is an association of cultural non-profit organization founded by Vittorio Zanon, Mark Scavazza, Walter Testolin, Bena and Mauro Stefano Morini, which aims to promote the artistic and musical activities with public administrations and agencies or persons private, in order to disseminate knowledge and practice of music of the sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth centuries.“

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“The "Thüringer Bach Weeks" are a project of the association "Thüringer Bach Festival Association" The club was founded in 2004 and currently has about fifty members, who work for maintenance and performance of Baroque music, particularly the works of Johann Sebastian Bach in Thüringer.”

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"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.)

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“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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“The Association GEMA (Spanish Groups of Early Music) was founded during the days 12 to February 14, 2010, in which a significant number of Spanish early music groups met in Leon intended to create an association that represents our profession .

Over fifty groups, participated at drafting a Constitution and elect a Board of Directors .

The more important overall objectives, In relation to the purposes of the Association, were identified as establishing the legal aid to groups to help regulate their legal operation and structuring in order to help in developing a channel for dialogue with political institutions to  determine the development of historical music. In this way the Association can address GEMA ideas and find solutions to problems and shortcomings that concern us: the national and international presence in the sector, legal groups, taxes and withholding taxes, labor relations, etc..

The Association meets GEMA groups of all autonomous regions, and a member since October 2010 State Board of Performing Arts and Music. …” (Translated with the help of Google Translate)

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