Early Music America (EMA) proudly presented pre-college and collegiate early-music ensembles throughout North America since 2011.
The Young Performers Festival has beeh presented at early-music festivals in Berkeley, CA, Bloomington, IN, and Boston, MA, and virtually through EMA’s digital platforms. As of 2023, YPF is a central element of the annual EMA Summit.
Congratulations to the collegiate ensembles selected to participate in the 14th annual Young Performers Festival!
- *Case Western Reserve University Historical Performance Ensembles, Cleveland, OH
- Indiana University Baroque Orchestra, Bloomington, IN
- Longy Baroque Flute Ensemble, Boston, MA
- McGill University Baroque Orchestra, Montreal, QC
- Oberlin Conservatory Historical Performance Ensembles, Oberlin, OH
- UCLA Early Music Ensemble, Los Angeles, CA
*host ensemble
YPF2024: Cleveland
The 2024 Young Performers Festival will be presented during the 2024 EMA Summit in Cleveland, OH. The concerts will take place daily, October 20-22, 2024.
Selected YPF ensembles will be paired with a second YPF ensemble, each performing a 30-minute program as half of a shared concert during the Summit.
All ensemble members and directors of the selected YPF ensembles will receive free registration for the 2024 EMA Summit and will have access to the presentations, panels, workshops, exhibition, performances, and other networking opportunities as EMA gathers the early-music community together.
Selected ensembles will also be issued a grant up to $2,000 to assist with travel expenses to Cleveland. Ensembles located in the host city area are not eligible for travel grants.
The application will be available December 2023 through January 2024.
Videos of previous Young Performers Festival performances can be viewed in EMA’s Video Resources.
Guidelines for Application
Previous YPF Ensembles
2023: EMA Summit Boston
Case Western Reserve University Historical Performance Ensembles
Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra
McGill Baroque Ensemble
Old Dominion University Madrigal Singers
Special Music School Baroque Ensemble
University of Connecticut Collegium Musicum
2022: Berkeley Festival & Exhibition
Members of Juilliard415
San Francisco Conservatory of Music Baroque Ensemble
UCLA Early Music Ensemble
USC Early Music Ensemble
2021: Virtual
Collaborative virtual performances
view the program
2020: Virtual
Davis Senior High School Baroque Ensemble
Early Music Youth Academy
Juilliard415
McGill Baroque Ensemble
Tonos del Sur (Indiana University)
USC Thornton Early Music
2019: Bloomington Early Music Festival
The Brandenburg Project (Community Music School of Ann Arbor)
McGill Baroque Ensemble
Oberlin Baroque
Peabody Renaissance Ensemble
USC Thornton Collegium Workshop
2018: Bloomington Early Music Festival
B’more Bach Ensemble (Peabody Conservatory)
Case Western Reserve University Baroque Ensemble
Oberlin Baroque
Tarara (Indiana University)
USC Thornton Collegium Musicum
2017: Boston Early Music Festival
McGill Baroque Ensemble
Oberlin Baroque
USC Thornton Collegium Workshop
Westminster Kantorei
2016: Berkeley Festival & Exhibition
USC Thornton Sinfonia
Opera Nova (Indiana University)
Bowling Green State University Early Music Ensemble
Case Western Reserve University Collegium Musicum Medieval Ensemble
University Baroque Ensemble at Brigham Young University of Idaho
2015: Boston Early Music Festival
Case Western Reserve University Baroque Chamber Music and Dance Ensemble
The University of North Texas
The Peabody Conservatory
Oberlin University Baroque Ensemble
Indiana University
McGill Baroque Ensemble
Seattle Historical Arts for Kids
2014: Berkeley Festival & Exhibition
Arethusa Musica
McGill School’s The Victoria IV Madrigal Ensemble
Case Western Reserve University Baroque Chamber Music and Dance Ensemble
Liaison Baroque Ensemble
USC Thornton Baroque Sinfonia
Musa Baroque Ensemble
2013: Boston Early Music Festival
Tufts Early Music Ensemble
Longy School of Music Bard College; Longy Dufay Ensemble; Longy Lassus Consort and Longy Bach Cantata Project
Juilliard 415
The Peabody Consort
University of North Texas Baroque Orchestra and Collegium Singers
Florida State Early Music Ensemble
USC Thornton Baroque Sinfonia
Case Western Reserve University, Collegium Musicum
Oberlin Baroque Ensemble
McGill University Baroque Orchestra
the Sebastians
2012: Berkeley Festival & Exhibition
San Francisco Conservatory of Music Baroque Ensemble
University of California at Berkeley Baroque Chamber Ensemble
University of North Texas Collegium Singers
Stanford University Baroque Ensemble
Case Western Reserve University Baroque Ensemble and Collegium Musicum
USC Thornton Baroque Sinfonia
2011: Boston Early Music Festival
Stony Brook Baroque Players
Harvard University Early Music Society
Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Institute of Music Baroque Orchestra
McGill University Baroque Orchestra
University of North Texas Baroque Orchestra and Collegium Singers
Brandeis Early Music Ensemble
Longy School of Music Collegium Musicum
Peabody Conservatory ensembles
Case Western Reserve University Violin Band and Collegium Musicum
Boston University Chamber Ensemble
Oberlin Baroque Ensemble
¡Sacabuche! from Indiana University
University of Southern California Collegium Musicum and Thornton Baroque Sinfonia
EMA Festival Ensemble