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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.

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“The activities of the Society over the years have been varied. They include early music concerts, instrument making, workshops and meetings where p eople got together to play, sing or dance. The EMSQ organised the annual Easter Viol School in turn with groups in other states over a period of many years starting in about 1980.

Within the Society, there are singers and people who play string instruments (including viols), recorder, harpsichord, cornetto, shawm, crumhorn, ra ckett and many others.

Today Early music Queensland continue to provide events, activities and concerts for the benefit of its members and general public.” Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"The Early Music Society of Victoria Australia was formed in 1979 to encourage and promote the performance and enjoyment of medieval, renaissance and baroque music through a wide range of activities.Society events include Players' Afternoons,"Master Classes", Workshops, Lectures, CD Listening Afternoons, Public Concerts and our annual Christmas Party (with Quiz).

Venues may be members' homes, school halls or churches depending on the activity.New members and visitors are most welcome at all of our activities. ... "

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"AMUZ is an international music centre, hosting cultural, educational and research activities. The concert programme of AMUZ is inspired by the criteria of Historically Informed Performance (HIP): on the basis of a historically valid approach, music from all periods, styles and cultures is presented to a broad public in a creative, re-invigorating and accessible way. Often music also engages in a dialogue with the other arts. For the achievement of this broad aim AMUZ can take advantage of a baroque monument – the former church of St Augustine – a felicitous environment adapted with advanced technology so as to offer a modern concert hall that provides unsurpassed acoustics to boot. Furthermore, AMUZ integrates other historical buildings of the city of Antwerp as venues, more specifically during the events organized in the framework of the Flanders Festival-Antwerp.”

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“Born in early 2007,  the founding members of the association is mainly active in the field of early music, it is natural that the first projects will be turned around this esthétique.Le future we will address a wide variety of activities in the approach the Métamusique.” (Google translation)

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Tags: Metamusique, Metamusic

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Bach Society of Brazil

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Added on: Jan 15, 2012 | Hits: 276

“Early Music Alberta strives to engage and expose a larger public to music prior to circa 1850, through historically informed performance practices; with performances, recordings, workshops, and through innovative interdisciplinary educational programs, publications, and electronic media.

Early Music Alberta is an active promoter and organiser of an early music concert series, an early music festival and is sponsor of many early music related activities.”

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"Early Music Fredericton is an organization which strives to bring live professional and amateur performances of classical, renaissance and baroque music to the audiences of New Brunswick." Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"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 "

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"Based in Victoria, BC, the Early Music Society of the Islands (EMSI) is a non-profit, fully volunteer society founded in 1985 to present concerts featuring internationally renowned soloists and ensembles. EMSI also presents early music concerts by accomplished local musicians.

EMSI is committed to the idea that artistically successful performances of early music are historically informed. All of the Society's concerts feature original instruments, historical performance practices and accurate scores.

The list of soloists and ensembles presented by EMSI in Victoria is a who's who of the international early music scene: Anonymous 4, Nancy Argenta, Ensemble Anonymus, Julianne Baird, the Baltimore Consort, Camerata Köln, Marc Destrubé, John Holloway, Monica Huggett, Ton Koopman, La Venexiana, London Baroque, the Orlando Consort, Andrew Manze, Ronn McFarlane, Paul O'Dette, Simon Standage, Tafelmusik and many others have appeared in Victoria under the Society's auspices. ..."

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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 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.)

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"The TEMC is a non-profit charitable organization (in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) promoting appreciation of historical music performance (medieval, renaissance, and baroque) through sponsorship of concerts and activities such as pre-concert lectures, workshops, exhibitions, and master-classes. The TEMC is supported by fees and donations from members, as well as by grants from the Toronto and Ontario Arts Councils."

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"We are the Toronto Early Music Players' Organization, a registered non-profit group and a chapter of the American Recorder Society.

Our members play recorders, viols, flutes, harp, other early instruments. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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WEKS is devoted to topics relating to early stringed keyboard instruments: clavichords, virginals, harpsichords and fortepianos.

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"The Winnipeg Early Music Society is a group of people of all ages interested in the music of the Medieval, the Renaissance and the Baroque periods. * It gives members the opportunity to play or sing in an ensemble setting. * Members have the opportunity to meet other players, and are encouraged to form smaller ensembles if they desire. * Members learn more about Early Music by; attending workshops, attending clinics, and learning from the expertise of more experienced players. * Members have the chance to perform for each other at reading sessions, in recitals and other venues. * WEMS provides information on what is going on in Early Music in Winnipeg through a newsletter that reviews what members have been doing and lists future Early Music concerts in Winnipeg. * WEMS has a music library for use by its members. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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“The International Heinrich Schütz Society has its headquarters in Kassel, the first home of the composer. ..

The members of the International Heinrich Schütz Society is not just comprised of professional musicians but also theologians, journalists and church music and musicology institutions, libraries, public authorities and companies. They all are interested in the work of Heinrich Schütz. The great number of members shows the global interest in his music.

The International Heinrich Schütz Society regularly organizes smaller Heinrich-Schütz-days or longer-term Heinrich-Schütz-festivals with various themes. Such meetings serve not only the intensive care and practical scientific penetration of Schutz's music, but also give Members the opportunity for mutual exchange of ideas and to deepen existing knowledge of the music as well as forge new contacts.“ .. (Google translate)

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"Since 1983, Pro Musica Antiqua has devoted itself to early music (historical instruments / historical performance practice), so music from the beginnings to the romance, presented on the basis of historical performance practice and period instruments. ... (Google translation)" Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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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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"Fifteen managers and artistic directors of Early Music Festivals in Central Europe met on 14 and 15 October 2000 in Bratislava and they decided to establish the Central European Festivals Early Music Association or CEFEMA. They signed the 'Bratislava Document', thus confirming this intention.

Six different Central European countries were represented: the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia.

In anticipation of the formal establishment of CEFEMA, the co-signatories separated in national groups and each group appointed a National Representative. The six National Representatives formed a preliminary Supervisory Board from which an Executive Board was chosen. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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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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“ Created in 2004, the Grup Valencià pro Música Antiga is a non profit association based in Alicante, Spain.

The aim of the association is to promote early music, term by which we understand the music composed in the period between the middle Ages to the early Romanticism performed on period instruments, originals or copies and under historically informed criteria. ..“

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"Cinco Siglos is a society devoted to the study and diffusion of medieval music. Sociedad Cultural Cinco Siglos sponsors concerts and recordings. Both activities are carried out by Grupo Cinco Siglos. ..." Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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“To give Joseph Touchemoulin's oeuvre the place it deserves in musical history.

To locate all his existing musical manuscripts and publish them in a critical modern edition.

To perform and record his complete works.

To research and publish a biography which situates Touchemoulin in the artistic context of his time.

To promote Joseph Touchemoulin as an important personality in Burgundy's artistic heritage and a representative of the musical links between France, Germany and Italy. “

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“The ABF welcomes people who love the work of composer Ludwig van Beethoven. Musician or not, a passion for Beethoven, or professional listener of music, everyone finds his place within the Association Beethoven France ABF-and Francophonie.”

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