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- On the Cover: Hails, Farewells, Hellos by Anne Schuster Hunter
- Banner Year for Keyboardists: 1722 by Mark Kroll
- Venerable and Vibrant by Kyle MacMillan
- From the Editor:Â Such Sweet Sorrow
- From the Board President and Executive Director:Â Inspiring the Future
- The Art of the Amateur:Â Carrying the Torch
- EMA Courant – News from Around the Early Music Community
- CD & Book Reviews
- EMAg Puzzle by Joshua Kosman
- Musings:Â Glancing Ahead by Thomas Forrest Kelly
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Features
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Nurturing a Love for Early Music
Amherst Early Music and the Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute have long embraced musicians ranging from enthusiasts to professionals. These two programs, similar in many regards, serve a range of abilities and interests, and both of them got their start a half a century ago.
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Rock & Reel: Monticello’s Black Fiddlers
Sally Hemings’ three sons with Thomas Jefferson, and many in her extended family, were accomplished musicians. The pieces they played are ripe for modern performances on historical instruments.
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Chatting with a Keyboard Master: James Nicolson
James Nicolson, the 2013 recipient of EMA’s Howard Mayer Brown Award for lifetime achievement in the field of early music, was interviewed in March 2021 by Leslie Kwan.
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Let Voices in Early Music Be Heard
Thinking about the current state of early-music singing, I polled friends, colleagues, students, and teachers, both here and abroad. Many instrumentalists find singers more confident with style than in the past, more flexible vocally, and more expressive with a variety of repertoires. Singers themselves are much less upbeat.