(Vancouver, B.C.) – We all know that the ‘real’ New Year starts September 1. It’s when the school year starts, people head back to work from summer vacation and the season begins to change to fall. September is also the beginning of Early Music Vancouver’s (EMV) new concert season, just weeks after its exciting summer […]
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The music of Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla, perhaps the most prolific and important composer in Spanish Colonial America, has been remarkably well preserved. He’s our best source on the role of the vernacular ‘villancicos’ in New Spain’s Christmas celebrations.
Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla, Master of Music in New Spain Read More »
One of the nation’s leading organizations for the advancement of early music, the San Francisco Early Music Society (SFEMS), has announced its 2022–23 season featuring some of the most exciting early music practitioners from here and abroad in six wide-ranging programs. The season runs from September 30 through April 23, with concerts presented in Palo
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The EMA Summit brings the early-music community of North and South America together for three days of thought-provoking presentations, performances, workshops, and networking, including featured performances by outstanding local partners. The 2026 EMA Summit will be held on the University of Washington campus in Seattle, October 22-24. We’ll have a fantastic line up of specially-curated
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Performer-scholar Charles Metz’s 2021 valuable recording includes English virginal music by William Tisdale, plus 16 works by other late 16th-century English composers. The lovely instrument, mostly preserved, dates to c. 1590.
CD Review: Rewarding Music for Virginal on a c. 1590 Instrument Read More »
Early Music Seattle is thrilled to present a performance like never before! For All Our Sisters seamlessly melds poetry, music, and dance to showcase the viewpoints of women in scenarios where men have historically had the predominant narrative power.
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North America’s First Permanent Baroque Orchestra Hits a Half-Century Milestone. Anniversary Season features a roster of all-star soloists, including Susanna Phillips, Tamara Mumford, Wendy Bryn Harmer, Amanda Forsythe, William Burden, Nicholas Phan, Sidney Outlaw, and more BOSTON, MA—Boston Baroque is delighted to celebrate its 50th Anniversary Season with both concerts and events at NEC’s Jordan
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Study with Phoebe Carrai on this summer in Harvard Yard. The 2022 Hybrid Summer Baroque Cello Bootcamp is changing with the times.
(Vancouver, B.C.) – Early Music Vancouver (EMV) is pleased to present the 2022 Vancouver Bach Festival – Scottish Baroque and Other Traditions from Tuesday, July 26 to Saturday, August 6 at various venues including The Chan Centre, Christ Church Cathedral, Pyatt Hall, VanDusen Botanical Garden, The Wolf & Hound, and UBC’s Sage Bistro. Early Bird
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This week, Seattle-based Pacific MusicWorks, for their upcoming season finale (May 20 and 21), will give the world premiere of a new musical completion of the finale scene that appeared at the end of the originally published libretto for Claudio Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo. Combining sung and danced performance, this alternate ending is the work of Stephen Stubbs, the lutenist, conductor, and the founder and artistic director of Pacific MusicWorks, with choreography by Baroque dance specialist Anna Mansbridge.
Madness, Revenge, and New Music: Looking for the Lost Finale of ‘L’Orfeo’ Read More »
