"The Institute of Early Music and Performance Practice was founded more than 40 years ago as mere research institute. During the past few years instrumental instruction such as on the recorder, harpsichord and viola da gamba was included. In addition it is also possible to take courses in other period wind- or string-instruments. Graz, the capital of the province of Styria may be called one of the most beautiful cities in Austria. It was the European Capital of Culture in 2003. The historical city center is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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“The Musicological Society of Australia exists to foster greater understanding and valuing of music, musical thinking and musical life by:

• Providing an Australian forum for communication about music
• Encouraging excellence in music research and research training
• Facilitating the dissemination of the outcomes of music research“

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“Brepols Publishers is an international academic publisher of works in the humanities.

The focus of its publications lies in "source-works" from Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period. By this is meant critical editions of original texts and documents in their original language, reference works such as encyclopaedias, handbooks and bibliographies, as well as monograph studies and cutting-edge research.

Brepols Publishers' mission is to publish works with an outstanding academic reputation in the field of Europe’s cultural roots and sphere of influence. Such publications fall mainly within the disciplines of history and archaeology, language and literature, music, art and architectural history.“

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Departement de Musique Ancienne (Conservatoire de Bruxelle)

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“Founded in 1971, the Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (CSECS) aims to promote, support and disseminate research on the eighteenth century. The Society is a bilingual and multidisciplinary organization interested in the overall cultural heritage of an era that has played a decisive role in constituting our modernity.

Each year, CSECS hosts a conference in one of Canada's various regions and publishes an issue of the scholarly journal Lumen. It awards a prize to the best graduate paper read at the conference (the Mark Madoff Award) and offers an annual fellowship (the D.W. Smith Research Fellowship).

CSECS fosters a particularly rich and invigorating scholarly sociability through its annual conference and its links with the international eighteenth-century studies community. It has, notably, delegates to the International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (Pascal Bastien), the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (Don Nichol), and the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (April London).“

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“The Gregorian Institute of Canada (GIC) undertakes research and education to promote the study and performance of Gregorian and other western chant repertoires in Canada.

Education:

• works with local churches of various denominations, with musicians and cantors, and with historians interested in medieval society.
• provides workshops, performances, and special study days encompassing the whole range of the Gregorian and other Western chant repertoire to develop the knowledge and teach the skills necessary to perform and critically appreciate monastic and secular chant in the western cultural tradition.
• organizes and runs ‘field-trips’ to parishes and monastic communities with living traditions of chant performance.

• supports and publishes research into the performance of various chant traditions, with a particular emphasis on current performance.

The Gregorian Institute of Canada is a not-for-profit corporation, licensed and authorized to provide official tax receipts for donations in support of its mission. Founded in 2004, GIC is a non-denominational association. GIC is affiliated with The School of the Arts, McMaster University.”

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"The Bach Consort performs the music of J.S. Bach, exploring the riches of his more than 200 secular and religious cantatas. Formed in 1992 by bass player Timothy Dawson and baritone Gordon McLeod, The Bach Consort includes a core of members from the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Tafelmusik, as well as some of Canada's most sought-after singers and instrumentalists. Soprano Monica Whicher, baritone Russell Braun, alto Elizabeth Turnbull; tenors Michael Shade and Benjamin Butterfield; baritones Brett Polegato and Kevin MacMillan---have appeared with the Canadian Opera Company, with most Canadian Orchestras, and with major opera companies in North America and Europe.

These artists have lent the gift of Bach's music, performing for community groups such as Camphill Village Ontario and L'Arche--- communities for adults with disabilities---and Settlement House Music School. As well, the ensemble has helped in the fundraising activities of Out of the Cold and Share the Warmth. Their concerts provided these organizations with a musical forum from which they reached out to the public. To that end, the group has recorded two compact discs in aid of charity: The Bach Consort at Camphill and The Bach Consort at L'Arche. In designing its programme, The Bach Consort chooses music to highlight the performers in a variety of solo and ensemble works. This follows the Baroque tradition of creating an obbligato or instrumental solo, which interweaves with the vocal line. The ensemble often performs without a conductor, reaching a musical consensus during rehearsals prior to their concerts. Once this artistic agreement has been forged, The Bach Consort is ready to share the depth and joy of Bach's music with its generous audience.

Timothy Dawson, Founder
Timothy is a member of the string bass section of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. He began his studies in Edmonton with Peter Marck, who is now Co-Principal Bass of the Israel Philharmonic. Timothy continued his education at the University of Toronto with Tom Monahan (then Principal Bass of the TSO). He graduated in the Spring of 1979 and started with the TSO thereafter. Since joining the orchestra, Tim has been actively involved in organizing concerts. Two groups have grown out of this love of chamber music; The Bach Consort and BASStiality." Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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Headquartered in Geneva, the foundation "La Ménestrandie" is born of the last wishes of Helen Teysseire-Vuilleumier who wanted an institution bearing the name inherited from her collection of historical musical instruments, its library and its wealth so that her commitment to early music throughout her life is to be pursued through this institution.

Officials of the foundation are now trying to continue the work of Helen Teysseire, acquiring new instruments, restoring others and holding, each spring, concerts of early music in which several instruments from the collection are highlighted.

"La Ménestrandie" is a member of GEFAM (Gesellschaft der Freunde alter Musikinstrumente, Zurich) www.gefam.ch.

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“The Foundation aims are of the preservation and knowledge of ancient musical instruments and the coordination of events related to ancient music. ”

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“Karin Paulsmeier was born 1943 in Hamburg, Germany. She began her music studies at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (SCB), receiving her diploma in 1968, and continuing her formation in musicology at the University of Basel, Switzerland.

From 1970 to 2003 she taught „Notationskunde", the study of musical notation dating from the 12th to 18th centuries, at the SCB. Over the years she has gained international recognition as one of the most knowledgeable professionals in her field. Karin Paulsmeier's particular interest lies in the relationship between notation and musical style as they evolve over time, presenting a history of music through original sources. She frequently advises musicians on the interpretation and performance of music read directly from the original notation. ..“

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"ARPADEMICA is an Institut of Science and Research of Historical Harps. The consistent research and the reproduction of surviving Early Harps using historical- physical- and technical principles, as well the reconstruction of Historical Harps from iconografic illustrations in manuscripts and skulptures. To keep this historical heritage and undertake studies in this field as well as to make publications is the the main interest of the institute. We give seminares, lectures and workshops in universities, conservatories, cultural centers and music schools, as well as at symposiums.

All research we do personaly in museums and collections arround the world, to be able to make reproductions of these musical instruments close to there historical construction and craftmenship. We measured most Historical Harps considered to be important to the early music scene and did documentations as well as technical drawings.

Professional musicians ordered Historical Harps from our workshop. We started a collection of Historical Harps several years ago. There is an archive of publications, books, drawings and digital data. All instruments are handmade, and we put great effort into original details which would not be realised using machinery. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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“Welcome  to my pages with recorder fingerings! The largest page worldwide for recorder fingerings. - More than 523 charts on-line. ..”

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Burg Fürsteneck , Academy in Germany, provides a worldwide unique vocational training for medieval music for musicians. The teachers are Marc Lewon and Uri Smilansky. 

Also at castle BURG FÜRSTENECK: Workshops for early music and historical dance and Workshops for medieval music.

Burg Fürsteneck
Akademie für berufliche und musisch-kulturelle Weiterbildung
Am Schlossgarten 3
D-36132 Eiterfeld
Germany
Tel: +49 / 6672 / 92020
Fax: +49 / 6672 / 920230

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“The International Inventory of Musical Sources - Répertoire International des Sources Musicales (RISM) - is a crosscountry
non-prof it joint venture which aims at comprehensive documentation of the w orldw ide existing musical
sources.

Musical sources are manuscripts or  printed music, w orks on music theory and libretti stored in libraries, archives, monasteries, schools and private collections.

The organization, founded in Paris in 1952, is the largest and the only global operation that registers w ritten musical sources.

RISM documents what exists and w here it is stored. On the one hand the musical traditions are protected through cataloging in a comprehensive encyclopedia and on the other made available to musicologists and musicians.

Archiving is thus not an end in itself, but leads to practical application.“

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"Just outside the town of Blankenburg / Harz, in wooded and scenic landscape, is located in a former Cistercian monastery, Stiftung Kloster Michaelstein.

This foundation, under public law, is a training and research facility for musical performance practice of European rank and international importance. The Music Institute Michael Stein is also one of the major concert promoters in the south-west of Saxony-Anhalt.

With its well-preserved monastery, monastery gardens and an interesting instrument exhibition the foundation is at the same time as a tourist centre in the Harz region. ..." Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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About my project "Recorder Fingerings"

The charts are interactive - point to the note - no click - and the fingering will be shown. Use the menu-bar to select other fingerings or other models. The menu-bar can be opened by pointing to the field in the upper left corner. " Visit website for more information (ed.)

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“Ars Hispana is a project dedicated to the recovery of the Spanish musical patrimony through the publication of studies and work editions, mainly unpublished, composed from 16th to 19th centuries

Ars Hispana is an editorial project by Raúl Angulo Díaz and Antoni Pons Seguí. It is born at the beginning of 2009, and its aim is to approach Spanish and Ibero-American music from 16th to 19th centuries, to musicians, musicologists and fans.

The studies and editions of Spanish and Iberic-American music are few and difficult to find. For that reason, Ars Hispana insists in offering trustworthy editions, often of works not yet published, based always on the original sources and with the pertinent critical apparatus.

One of the preferred research lines of Ars Hispana is the one of scenic music in Spain and Ibero-America at 17th and 18th centuries.

Ars Hispana is an independent project, which does not count on the support of any public nor private institution. Nevertheless, for diverse specific projects, we collaborate with diverse musical groups, since the final mission of editions is that the published works are offered to the public in concerts. “

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The Académie Bach can essentially be defined from its celebrated summer festival; discoverer of new young talent in France; in its support and promotion of early music.

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The Center of Baroque Music of Versailles has for mission to foster research, documentation, and produce edited interpretation of concerts on period instruments at the château de Versailles. Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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“Over the past twenty years, the “Centre de musique médiévale de Paris” provides instruction on the ancient musical practices. Amateur and professional co-exist without too strict a hierarchy: the beginners will find introductory workshops which allow an initiation with the music; enthusiasts can try a more complete immersion through different possibilities; musicologists confront their theoretical know-how that in turn complete their knowledge; performers or music teachers, finally, come to find vocational training almost never taught elsewhere, deepening their knowledge in terms of style, performance, and theoretical knowledge.”

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Centre for the Study of the Fairground Theatres and the Comédie-Italienne

The Centre was created in 1999 by Françoise Rubellin, professor at the University of Nantes, following the international colloquium entitled “Les théâtres de la Foire 1678-1762”, with the support of two great specialists, Barry Russell from England (creator of the website foires.net) and David Trott from Canada, both deceased. The original project was to create a lasting link between researchers who were geographically dispersed, and to favour an interdisciplinary approach, bringing together theatre, music and dance: the Fairground plays are more show libretti than simple literary, textual objects.

Today, the Centre extends its research and its publications to the repertory of the Comédie-Italienne, having as a priority to edit manuscripts of plays that have never been re-edited, and to restore their musical dimension.

• The Centre is working on the publication of several plays still in manuscript versions only of the Fairground theatres and the Comédie-Italienne in the form of separate editions or of collections.
• The Centre is currently undertaking research on parodies of opera, with the support of the ANR (Agence Nationale de la Recherche), the Région Pays de la Loire and the Maison des Sciences de l’Homme Ange-Guépin.
• The Centre trains numerous students in research during their MA and PhD theses, and provides access for them to an important number of microfilms of unedited plays, as well as a specialised collection of documents.
• The members of the Centre (PhD candidates and MA students included) publish articles and present papers in colloquia in France and abroad.
• The Centre actively collaborates with specialised researchers in the field of Fairground theatres and the Comédie-Italienne in France and abroad (Italy, United Kingdom, Canada, United States, etc.).
• The Centre works in partnership with several cultural structures dedicated to music and theatre, in Nantes and in the region Pays de la Loire (Angers Nantes Opéra, Le Grand T, La Folle Journée of the CRÉA) as well as with ensembles (Hugo Reyne’s Simphonie du Marais) and troupes (Thierry Pillon’s L’Éternel Éphémère, Chantal David’s Bel Viaggio). With them, we put into place activities for communication, creation and research development.
• The Centre has organised, for over ten years, a monthly seminar, study days and colloquia.

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"REMA, the European Early Music Network (Réseau Européen de Musique Ancienne), has become the essential meeting place for those involved in programming, who are often conscious of a certain professional isolation, taken up as they are by their work-load and the intensity of their preoccupations. REMA can break through this relative isolation by enabling its members to meet regularly, to exchange ideas and share projects, and to provide solutions to problems we all face.

REMA came into being in 2000 at Ambronay in France. Since then, more than forty organisations covering twelve countries have joined us. REMA has three main areas of activity: communication, the building of relationships, and the development of awareness. Working to promote Early Music is a way of making the diversity of European artistic traditions better known, and it is also a means of encouraging mutual understanding between our various countries. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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French association promoting the “ Orpheon Project”, France-Orpheon seeks concert locations, expositions, financing and a location to establish the permanent residence of the Orpheon Foundation collection of historical string instruments in France.

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“ ‘The Convent’, run by an innovative mixed enterprise that was the brainchild of the General Council of the Moselle and the Town of Sarrebourg, and which now includes the International Centre for the Paths of the Baroque and the K617 record label, has today become a truly cultural phenomenon, with a wealth of projects and a bright future in store.

The General Council of the Moselle is proud to support those who make and who shall continue to make this site a place for discovery and encounter, as well as a showcase for artistic and cultural development.“ Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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“The revelation of a vanished musical continent

It is a source of pride for the K617 label honour to have been the promoter and driving force behind a crucial musicological discovery: the missing portion of the universal phenomenon of Baroque music, born beyond the oceans, which had been thought lost forever. Now imitated by others (but never equalled!), this policy was immediately backed by the AFAA (Association Française d’Action Artistique, a division of the French Foreign Ministry) and the Fondation Paribas (now Fondation BNP PARIBAS). It has been constantly accompanied by a multitude of diffusion and training initiatives and exchange and overseas aid programmes, run in partnership with "LE COUVENT" Centre International des Chemins du Baroque de Saint-Ulrich at Sarrebourg (Moselle département), which have been aimed successively at Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Cuba and Chile.

This voyage of discovery into the heart of a lost continent of music has drastically changed our view of musical history, and it is of prime importance to discover each step of the journey through these recordings. Gabriel Garrido was the pioneer who began the adventure, in the company of the musicians of Elyma, the Coro de Niños de Cordoba and the Cor Vivaldi-El Petits Cantors de Catalunya. But this ‘saga’ has also revealed the talents of new arrivals: the splendid Camerata de Caracas, the Ensemble Louis Berger of Buenos Aires, the Ensemble Ars Longa of Havana, the ensembles Vox Brasiliensis and Turicum, or, finally, the Jovenes Musicos of Urubicha, whose mellow, naive expressiveness is proof of the miracle of ‘living Baroque’, preserved for more than two centuries by the natives in this Bolivian region on the edge of the Amazon forest.“ Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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