EMA FEATURES & PRESS RELEASES
Yiddishkeit and Early Music
Keyboardist Byron Schenkman reflects on growing up Jewish and finding connections in early music. 'I sometimes wonder how different my experiences might have been if I'd had Jewish mentors in my early years.'
Marks on the Soul: Listening to Mariachi, Singing Lieder
Meet Andréa Walker, a silvery voiced soprano with a burgeoning career. Still a doctoral student, she balances research into gallant art songs with an ever-busier performance schedule. Her ensemble, Duo CPE, was part of EMA's Emerging Arts Showcase. Next week, June 11, they will join recent Showcase laureates for a concert at the Boston Early Music Festival.
CANTO: Low-Voiced Angels of Loveliness
A true contralto voice is rare and thus is often misunderstood or mistreated. In her Canto essay, a notable contralto makes the case for carefully nurturing what's as compelling a voice type as has ever existed on stage.
Showcasing ‘The Women of Magdala’
The eclectic ensemble Magdalena, its members trained in historical performance, explored their broad interests at last year's EMA Emerging Artists' Showcase concert. From Irish sean-nós folk singing to a Renaissance dance suite, their program explored music associated with historical women named Magdalena.
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EMA RECORDING & BOOK REVIEWS
The Imagined Life Journey of a Monk, in Music
The Brabant Ensemble, known for exploring lesser known choral works from the 16th century, has released another strong album with some familiar names and several that come as a revelation, with Sebastian Ertel’s stunning 'Aeterno laudanda choro' among them.
Teaching Through Delight: the Villancicos of Bogotá
In colonial New Spain, villancios were a poetic and musical tool for religious instruction and conversion. Across the centuries, the form was shaped to appeal to a broad audience, as fun music for Christmas. Colombian ensemble Música Ficta's latest release is a musical and scholarly delight.
Love and Jealousy from the Spanish Baroque
The world premiere recording of 'Venus y Adonis' by José de Nebra, shows the composer as one of the great masters of the Spanish Baroque. He blends the Italianate opera styles prevalent in his day with the seguidilla, the fandango, and, at his best, a rare melodic gift.
Music and Healing at a Rome Ospedale
The Ospedale di Santo Spirito, a hospital, orphanage, and charitable institution in Rome (founded in 1198), entwined worlds of religion, music, and therapeutic care. Although regulated by the Catholic Church, the hospital was also responsive to cultural and scientific changes.
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COMMUNITY NEWS & PRESS RELEASES
Popular hits of 17th-century Italy • Orlando Gibbons at 400 • Sir Nicholas Kenyon’s ‘HIPP revolution’ Saturday, 12 July 2025 Continuo Foundation’s first Early Music Day takes place on 12 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
