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Popular hits of 17th-century Italy • Orlando Gibbons at 400 • Sir Nicholas Kenyon’s ‘HIPP revolution’ Saturday, 12 July 2025 Continuo Foundation will present its inaugural Early Music Day in collaboration with the Oxford Festival of the Arts on 12 July at the Grove Auditorium, Magdalen College, Oxford. The programme features two daytime concerts by established […]

Join Elevate Vocal Arts and Dr. Amanda Quist of Western Michican University for a free webinar on Thursday, June 12 at 7:00 pm ET. Register for free at https://zoom.us/meeting/register/-uZXmGx5RNKYMq4aod4aSQ#/registration Many choir directors have experience with the repertoire of the Baroque period, especially that of J.S. Bach, but unpacking the performance practice of the Baroque can

A restless collective of medieval experimentalists, the Flatbush-based band Alkemie recently gained recognition beyond Brooklyn with their soundtrack for the video game Pentiment (directed by Obsidian studios and published by Xbox). Locally and nationally, they have been presented by the Amherst Early Music Festival, Arizona Early Music Society, Brooklyn Public Library, Cambridge Society for Early

The North American Virtual Recorder Society (NAVRS) present the Flanders Recorder Duo (FR2) for a William Byrd Playing Meeting on Saturday, June 21 at 1:30PM, ET. World-renowned musicians, Tom Beets and Joris Van Goethem, will lead the NAVRS monthly Playing Meeting in an exploration of William Byrd’s famous six-part Pavan and Galliard. The Pavan consists

Cambridge, MA – The Cambridge Society for Early Music returns from hiatus following the passing of long-time director Jim Nicholson with new leadership, a Fringe concert with the Boston Early Music Festival, and an upcoming 2025-26 Concert Season. CSEM welcomes Annette Klein as Artistic Director and Sarah Vandewalle as General Manager. It also renews its