The EMA Member Concerts & Events Calendar is for time-sensitive events, such as in-person concerts, livestreaming performances or video premieres, and live online events such as webinars. Videos available on-demand (temporarily or permanently) should not be submitted as multi-day or recurring events. Information about on-demand viewing periods are welcome as community news and press releases.
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Nota Bene Viol Consort
Saint James Episcopal Church (Lancaster) 103 North Duke Street, Lancaster- No events scheduled for March 20, 2023.
- No events scheduled for March 22, 2023.
Living Dangerously! Strings on Fire in 17th Century Italy
Church of St. Luke in the Fields 487 Hudson Street, New YorkAustrian Music from Court & Countryside
Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral 23 South 28th Street, PhiladelphiaCloser to Home: European Music in 18th-century America
Lindsay Chapel First Church in Cambridge Congregational 11 Garden St. (entrance on Mason St.), CambridgeOperatic Feminisms Symposium
Barnard College 3009 Broadway New York, NY 10027 3009 Broadway, New YorkOperatic Feminisms Symposium presents Femmes in Early Musical Drama: Hildegard Von Bingen’s Ordo Virtutum & Barbara Strozzi’s Lagrime Mie
St Paul's Chapel 1160 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 1160 Amsterdam Avenue, New YorkPhiladelphia: Austrian Music from Court & Countryside
Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill 8855 Germantown Avenue, PhiladelphiaChiaroscuro Quartet | Shades of Minor: Beethoven, Schubert, and Mendelssohn
Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory 30 Gainsborough St., BostonWeek of Events
Washington Bach Consort | Messiah
Washington Bach Consort | Messiah
Although today Handel’s Messiah brings to mind the Christmas season, audiences at the first London performances heard it during Lent, which is when the Washington Bach Consort will perform this most popular of oratorios. Messiah has never lost its charm, and the Consort breathes life into this work in a way that proves its enduring …
Nota Bene Viol Consort
Nota Bene Viol Consort
In the 16th century, as trade routes opened across the European continent and pushed over mountains and across oceans into Asia and the Americas, the printing press helped to accelerate the dissemination of music. Singers and players traveled with their patrons, taking their native music to distant lands. Nota Bene explores these journeys with a range …
Dark Sky and the Arts
Dark Sky and the Arts
Celebrate Early Music Month under the stars! In this presentation, historical flutist Teddie Hwang will share how she uses concepts of the night sky experience in her interdisciplinary work in music and photography, with artistic, pedagogical, spiritual, and environmental aims. She will talk about her multimedia projects and how she uses the wondrous dark sky …
Living Dangerously! Strings on Fire in 17th Century Italy
Living Dangerously! Strings on Fire in 17th Century Italy
Whether on the run from the law or a jealous husband, revolutionizing musical style or instrumental technique, composers in 17th century Italy lived on the edge and composed with heart on sleeve. The musicians of Abendmusik go out on a limb and relish the highs and lows of Rosenmüller, Uccellini, Castello, Bertali, Strozzi, Stradella, and …
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Austrian Music from Court & Countryside
Austrian Music from Court & Countryside
Austrian hills – and homes, courts, and cathedrals – were alive with music in the 16th century! Philadelphia’s period instrument ensemble, Piffaro the Renaissance Band, presents Music from Austrian Court & Countryside with guest organist, Matthew Glandorf. This program, arranged for Piffaro’s recorders, shawms, dulcians, sackbuts, and other Renaissance wind instruments, captures the range of …
An Evening at Cafe Zimmermann
An Evening at Cafe Zimmermann
One of J.S. Bach’s greatest joys was directing and writing chamber music for his Collegium Musicum, a group of professional and amateur musicians, students, and visiting virtuosi that met weekly to play music at Gottfried Zimmermann's coffeehouse in Leipzig. Join us for a celebration of "Early Music Month" and Bach's 338th Birthday with an evening …
Closer to Home: European Music in 18th-century America
Closer to Home: European Music in 18th-century America
Music for Viols and Friends continues its season with a concert of music that might have been heard in the colonies and the early United States, performed by Duo Maresienne (Carol Lewis, pardessus and bass viola da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, Baroque and English guitars). The program will include music by Simpson, Ford, J.C. Bach, …
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Operatic Feminisms Symposium
Operatic Feminisms Symposium
The graduate students of the Department of Music at Columbia University cordially invite you to our day-long symposium, Operatic Feminisms: Women and Femmes on and off the Opera Stage, to be held in person on Saturday, March 25th, 2023. The symposium will feature discussions by Anne Midgette (opera critic, formerly Washington Post and New York Times), Dr. Candace Magner (Creator and Editor: Cor …
Operatic Feminisms Symposium presents Femmes in Early Musical Drama: Hildegard Von Bingen’s Ordo Virtutum & Barbara Strozzi’s Lagrime Mie
Operatic Feminisms Symposium presents Femmes in Early Musical Drama: Hildegard Von Bingen’s Ordo Virtutum & Barbara Strozzi’s Lagrime Mie
As part of the Operatic Feminisms Symposium, Columbia University in tandem with Barnard College and St. Paul’s Chapel are providing a free performance of an abbreviated version of Hildegard Von Bingen’s Ordo Virtutum alongside Barbara Strozzi’s Lagrime Mie, presented by Columbia’s Collegium Musicum choral ensemble, accompanied by harpist Mia Theodoratus and featuring soprano soloist Liz …
Philadelphia: Austrian Music from Court & Countryside
Philadelphia: Austrian Music from Court & Countryside
Austrian hills – and homes, courts, and cathedrals – were alive with music in the 16th century! Philadelphia’s period instrument ensemble, Piffaro the Renaissance Band, presents Music from Austrian Court & Countryside with guest organist, Matthew Glandorf. This program, arranged for Piffaro’s recorders, shawms, dulcians, sackbuts, and other Renaissance wind instruments, captures the range of this rich musical …
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Chiaroscuro Quartet | Shades of Minor: Beethoven, Schubert, and Mendelssohn
Chiaroscuro Quartet | Shades of Minor: Beethoven, Schubert, and Mendelssohn
Chiaroscuro Quartet Saturday, March 25, 2023 8pm | New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, Boston VIRTUAL PREMIERE: Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 8pm (ET) Available to watch until April 23, 2023 at 11:59pm (ET) Shades of Minor: Beethoven, Schubert, and Mendelssohn Featuring virtuoso instrumentalists from across Europe, Chiaroscuro Quartet has captivated fans and critics around the world …
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