EarlyMusicNews.Org

“ … 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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Added on: Apr 22, 2011 | Hits: 204

" 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. " ...

Added on: Aug 18, 2007 | Hits: 437

"The mission of the Gotham Early Music Scene (GEMS) is to promote and enrich public understanding and appreciation of early music in New York City.

GEMS will achieve its mission by

♦ providing administrative, marketing, and financial services to professional and amateur early music organizations based in the City;
♦ increasing the public's awareness of and access to early music events;
♦ producing concerts, seminars, lectures, master classes, exhibitions, and scholarly forums by New York City based individuals and organizations;
♦ acting as a liaison among performers, presenters, instrument builders, scholars, teachers, the general music industry, and educational institutions interested in early music; and
♦ disseminating information concerning the publication, performance and recording of early music."

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Added on: Aug 20, 2007 | Hits: 1012

"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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"The Guild of American Luthiers is a non-profit educational membership organization whose purpose is to facilitate learning about the art,craft and science of lutherie. Started by a group of budding craftsmen in 1972, the Guild has grown to become a driving force in the current "Golden Age" of lutherie through it's constant committment to a free exchange of information among luthiers of all areas and experience levels. Makers and repairers of guitars of all types, mandolins, violins, lutes, and other stringed instruments have found in the Guild's publications and meetings a place to share their expertise and developing techniques, and to learn from the experience, successes, and trials of others in the field. In over 30 years, we have published over 100 journals and currently 8 books compiled from over half of these. Thousands of members and hundreds of authors and presenters, including many of the world's foremost luthiers, have supported the Guild's free exchange of information and created a culture of openness that has helped advance the craft to the incredibly high level we see today. The Guild (GAL) is supported solely through membership dues, sales of its publications, and donations (donations are tax deductible). Our membership in 2007 included over 3,600 individuals in the US and 40 different countries. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Jul 30, 2008 | Hits: 373

"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: 214

"The Historic Brass Society is an international music organization concerned with the entire range of early brass music, from Ancient Antiquity and the Biblical period through the present. The history, music, literature and performance practice of early brass instruments such as natural trumpet, natural horn, early trombone, cornetto, serpent, keyed bugle, keyed trumpet, early valve horn, 19th century brass instruments are some of the main issues of concern to the HBS.

The HBS publishes the scholarly, refereed journal, The Historic Brass Society Journal and an annual newsletter and publishes, in collaboration with Pendragon Press, BUCINA: The Historic Brass Society Series.

The HBS also sponsors the annual Early Brass Festival, an activity that features early brass playing sessions, concerts and lectures. The HBS also sponsors other early brass symposia and special study sessions in collaboration with other music organizations such as the American Musicological Society, the International Musicological Society and the Galpin Society.

The HBS has also established The Christopher Monk Award, an annual award presented to an individual for outstanding contributions to the scholarship of early brass music. " See website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Mar 02, 2008 | Hits: 368

"PURPOSE OF THE SOCIETY

To cultivate, foster, sponsor, and develop appreciation of the art, history, literature and uses of historical harps.

To promote appreciation of and to raise the level of proficiency in the performance and use of historical harps.

To keep historical harp makers and performers, along with other friends of the historical harp, informed about literature and activities pertaining to historical harps, and to provide occasions for them to meet.

To promote the use of historical harps as professional instruments, and to encourage their use among amateurs.

To encourage the reconstruction of historical harps.

To collect and disseminate information regarding the construction of and performance upon historical harps. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"Houston Early Music is a chartered, non-profit, organization whose purpose is to present historically-informed performances of early music from the European traditions and other world cultures in concerts featuring internationally renowned vocal, instrumental, and chamber musicians. In addition, we reach out to new and diverse audiences through a cross-disciplinary educational program on the elementary, secondary, college, and community levels that reflects the issues and concerns of the community as a whole. " ...

Added on: Aug 20, 2007 | Hits: 537

“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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Added on: Mar 29, 2012 | Hits: 131

" 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: 337

"The Medieval Music & Arts Foundation is a non-profit public benefit corporation organized in order to nourish understanding of medieval music and related subjects. The focus of the Foundation is on the general public, and its intended niche is that between the truly academic scholarly publications and the more money-oriented commercial concerns. We hope to adopt a restrained dignity in our endeavors, without indulging in hype and without being exclusionary. " ...

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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 Mississippi Academy of Ancient Music is devoted to the performance and appreciation of "early music", primarily music before 1800 performed on the instruments originally intended and using the practices of the time.  We sponsor the world's finest local and international artists in concert performances and educational activities in local schools.

The Academy grew out of a series of musical birthday parties held by Dr. Ernst Borinski of Tougaloo College.  When Dr. Borinski bought an evening of music for his party from John Paul  at an ACLU auction, neither realized that that the parties would expand, and lead to the formation of the Mississippi Academy of Ancient Music.  His 80th and 81st birthday parties moved to Edwards, in the home that became the Academy.

 The Academy is named after the English group, the Academy of Ancient Music, in turn named after an ensemble from Handel's era, when "ancient" meant just twenty years old!  Ultimately, of course, the name was chosen because of the delightfully southern acronym which results.  And we still promote music before 1800 as well as anything 20 years old...”

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Added on: Sep 26, 2011 | Hits: 231

“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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" 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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“NFA Core Values

• Honors, values, and respects the contributions of all members equally.
• Promotes collegiality and embodies integrity.
• Draws strength from our local roots and provides meaningful benefits.
• Promotes flute performance, pedagogy, and development by providing a forum for the exchange of ideas.
• Enriches the repertoire for the flute through commissioning, special publications, and related activities.
• Inspires and cultivates personal, professional, and artistic excellence.
  
  

• More than 6,000 members, from all 50 states and 50 countries
• Thirty-six conventions and counting
• NFAMusic Library—the largest lending library of flutemusic in the world, where NFA members have access to a collection of more than 15,000 works
• Networking of flutists and exhibitors for more than 36 years
• Cultural outreach scholarships in 15 cities
• Extensivemusic commissioning activities, including new works annually for the Young Artist and High School Soloists and biennially for the Piccolo Artist competitions
• Liaison with more than 200 U.S. flute clubs“

The NFA does include early flute in their support list.

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"The New England Early Music Calendar offers the most complete listing of concert, workshop, lecture and exhibit events in the six-state New England region (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut & Rhode Island). " ...

Added on: Aug 17, 2007 | Hits: 379

"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: 414

"Designed to highlight the opening events of New York City artists and presenters specializing in historically informed performance (aka 'early music"), Celebration '07 will encompass a six week period in the fall, a veritable cornucopia of activity spanning the gamut from medieval to classical repertoire, performed by individual artists to baroque orchestras, in chamber concerts to symposia, including professional, recreational and educational events. " ...

Added on: Aug 20, 2007 | Hits: 321

" North Star Viols -- The Upper Midwest chapter of the Viola da Gamba Society of America The North Star Viols was organized in 1998 to encourage performance opportunities and provide educational activities relating to the Viola da Gamba in the upper midwest. To these ends, North Star Viols gathers people interested in early music and viols, organizes workshops and performance opportunities for players ranging from beginners to very experienced, publishes an informational newsletter, and provides opportunities to purchase music and instruments. The North Star Viols maintain a close relationship with the Twin Cities Recorder Guild, which helps strengthen both organizations. Among the benefits of this partnership are opportunities for mixed consort playing. " See website for more info. (ed.)

Added on: Feb 10, 2008 | Hits: 353

“ OPERA America is dedicated to supporting the creation, presentation  and enjoyment of opera.

OPERA America draws on resources and expertise from within and beyond the opera field to advance a mutually-beneficial agenda that serves and strengthens the field through programs in the following categories:

•     * Creation: Artistic services that help artists and companies increase the creativity and excellence of opera productions, especially North American works;
•     * Presentation: Opera company services that address the specific needs of staff, trustees and volunteers;
•     * Enjoyment: Education, audience development and community services that increase all forms of opera appreciation.

The association provides members with an array of publications and online resources, regional workshops, an annual conference and network-specific services such as conference calls, e-mail listservs and direct contact with staff with expertise in opera production, administration and education. OPERA America provides members with tools to maximize the effectiveness of financial and human resources, expand the scope of repertoire and programs, and extend their reach to new and diverse audiences.

Founded in 1970, OPERA America has an international membership that includes nearly 150 Professional Company Members, 300 Associate and Business Members, 2,000 Individual Members and over 16,000 subscribers to its electronic news service. “

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“The Over the Water Hurdy-Gurdy Association (OTW for short) is a group of hurdy-gurdy players, builders, and aficionados based mostly in Western Washington (USA). We put on French music jams and dances in the Seattle area (with live hurdy-gurdy music, of course) and an annual hurdy-gurdy festival and Saturday dance on the Olympic Peninsula. ..“

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“Pacific MusicWorks provides a forum for the artistic vision of conductor and baroque opera specialist Stephen Stubbs.  Productions range from chamber music to fully staged operas, engaging internationally renowned artists in collaboration with leading musicians of the Northwest.  Audiences of early music enthusiasts are expanding by PMW’s educational offerings that reach from the primary school level through advanced work with young professionals to other members of our community.“ 

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Added on: Sep 15, 2011 | Hits: 227

"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: 404