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February 8, 2026 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm – Ronn McFarlane on lute and Carolyn Surrick on viola da gamba. Both of these distinguished artists have been champions of their respective instruments for decades, immersing themselves in music from the Renaissance and Baroque, music from Ireland and Scotland, and also composing new works. Individually, they have been awarded, acclaimed, celebrated, and now finally, they […]

February 11, 2026 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Capital CounterpointBack by popular demand, the Suspicious Cheese Lords again share the concert stage with their UK friends, Siglo de Oro, for an unmatched evening of delightful choral works. Celebrating their 30th anniversary year, the DC-based Cheese Lords present select favorites from their various recordings and performances over the years, including composers such as Mouton, […]

February 12, 2026 @ 1:15 pm – 2:00 pm – Dancing the Lyra Way!   Niccolo Seligmann & Lisa Terry ~ lyra viols Yumiko Niimi & Erin Hunter Jennings ~ dancers Carlos Fittante ~ Director Lyra Way performs repertoire for two bass viols played “lyra way” by 17th-century English composers Tobias Hume, Thomas Ford, and Alfonso Ferrabosco II. Each player provides chordal accompaniment or melody […]

February 12, 2026 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Valentine’s Day: Love Songs from 17th-Century Italy and England Experience the sound of courtship in 17th-century Italy and England. Voices of Music celebrates Valentine’s Day weekend with a program devoted to love songs and instrumental music that capture desire, devotion, wit, and longing as they were expressed in the Baroque era. Performances take place February […]

February 13, 2026 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Early Music Missouri brings its Women’s History Month concert to East Central College a few weeks early with a program of music by four women musicians active through the 17th and into the 18th centuries. Francesca Caccini was a renowned singer whose songs follow the model of her father, Giulio Caccini. Barbara Strozzi, a singer […]