EMA FEATURES & PRESS RELEASES
Getting Kids HookedÂ
Seattle’s SHAK, Chicago’s Stevenson High School, and a new start-up, Lute4Kids in upstate New York, are among the few U.S. early-music programs devoted to hands-on, pre-collegiate education. It’s a pipeline the field must nurture if it’s to thrive.
Celebrating the ‘Founding Parent’ of Folk Studies in America
Pioneering American folklorist Francis James Child, born 200 years ago, will be celebrated this week for his lasting cultural influence, especially for his collection known as the Child Ballads. Today, folk revivals 'find an essence of identity against the commodification of culture,' protesting how 'everything can be sold.'
Baroque Dance and Beyond with Julia Bengtsson
Julia Bengtsson has found her footing as an acclaimed dancer, choreographer, and unstoppable entrepreneur. At the 2025 EMA Virtual Summit, Oct. 18, Bengtsson will co-present 'Anatomy of a Dance,' demonstrating connections between music and dance, followed by a brief performance.
Early Music Needs Its Specialists
From the Publications Director: 'There’s an old joke about the social sciences where the exam questions are the same year after year but it’s the correct answers that change. The early-music field isn’t so different, where there’s a fundamental ambition — how did it sound when it was new? — but the ways in which that’s presented, and how it comes across for the listener, seem to change with each generation.'
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EMA RECORDING & BOOK REVIEWS
Life Lessons and Catholic Oratorio
Robert L. Kendrick's ambitious new monograph, a detailed look at the oratorio in Catholic Italy and Hapsburg Vienna, covers more than a century of repertoire, connecting Biblical stories — fratricide, child sacrifice, forbidden love, death — with political events and considers the social and moral impact on the listeners.
Solitude: Reginald Mobley Unplugged
American countertenor Reginald Mobley's much-anticipated second solo album, 'Solitude,' is a collection of mostly English songs, with familiar tunes and a few surprising additions. Backed by lutenist Brandon Acker and bassist Doug Balliett, it's music of substance and haunting beauty.
Burly, Bawdy, Full of Good Cheer: Haydn’s The Seasons
Haydn's oratorio 'The Seasons,' in a stunning new recording from Jordi Savall and his period-instrument Les Concert de Nations, is full of pastoral joy and almost-operatic drama, 'burly, occasionally bawdy, and chock-full of good cheer.'
The Searing Intensity of Gluck’s ‘Orphée et Eurydice’
Gluck's 'Orphée et Eurydice,' in its Paris version, caused a sensation 250 years ago and a new recording from Les Arts Florissants captures that vitality. The strength of this recording serves as 'a corrective to the dominance of the Italian version in modern performance.'
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COMMUNITY NEWS & PRESS RELEASES
Tuesday, November 4th 2025 | 7:30 PM Tafelmusik with Rachel Podger The legendary Canadian baroque orchestra Tafelmusik is no stranger to San Diego audiences. But when it joins forces with Rachel ...
Registration Now Open! For the seventh consecutive year, the Potsdam Sanssouci Music Festival and its circle of friends are opening up applications to the Early Music Competition for young ensembles ...
This year’s Silbiger Grant recipients Loren Ludwig and colleagues will present music for voices and viols from c.1800 from the Northampton area, performed on New England viols built in the ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ensemble Benedictus Releases Album "Music for the Canterbury Tales" A 23-track programmatic journey through the Tales via medieval music. Dateline: HOUSTON, Texas, September 26, 2025 – The ...
Applications are open through December 15th for Folger Institute Long-Term Fellowships! Each year the Folger Institute awards research fellowships to create a high-powered, multidisciplinary community of inquiry. This community of ...
