Suor Isabella Leonarda (6 September, 1620 – 25 February, 1704) was the most prolific of all women composers in the 17th century. She published no fewer than 20 collections of motets and other sacred music, nearly 200 compositions spanning virtually every genre of sacred music of her time, as well as the only complete collection […]
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Musicians have been hit especially hard financially by the coronavirus outbreak because many are freelancers who earn money concert by concert and cannot count on full-time salaries or benefits such as health insurance.
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Amid the coronavirus pandemic, notions about restarting any public performances vary wildly. Geography matters. Organizational size. Repertoire has something to do with it — early music may have some advantage. Nobody suggests there is one answer.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Times London picks Apollo’s Fire as #1 for Bach St. John Passion Recordings & Music for the Soul Video Series reaches audiences far and wide Jeannette Sorrell, Conductor & Artistic Director “Perhaps most remarkable of all is the “chamber” version by the US group Apollo’s Fire, directed by Jeannette Sorrell as
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Nicholas McGegan looks back on his 34 years as music director of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, a tenure that ended suddenly amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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The April 2, 2020 performance of Elizabeth Jacquet de la Guerre’s cantata “Judith” and Dubuisson’s Suite III in A for solo bass viol at the Musical Club of Hartford in West Hartford, CT has been postponed indefinitely due to the situation regarding the novel corona virus. Connecticut’s governor has declared a state of emergency and
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March 10, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Zen Edwards, Interim Executive Director/Marketing Consultant · cell (310) 227‐0539 · press@bmf-cdm.org Baroque Music Festival Celebrates its 40th Year – June 21-28, 2020 In commemoration of its 40th year, the Baroque Music Festival will present a special artistic journey—a “Grand Tour of Europe and Beyond”—celebrating music of the 17th and 18th centuries. Specialist professional musicians will embark on a global itinerary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 21, 2020 Rutgers University and The Raritan Players explore the eighteenth-century salon and its music Marianna Martines, an eighteenth-century composer, singer, keyboardist, and salon hostess, is the focus of a concert with commentary New Brunswick, NJ – An interdisciplinary conference with an innovative musical program is set to take place
Early Music America is establishing the biennial Thomas Zajac Memorial Scholarship for performers and scholars who embody the multi-instrumentalist and educator’s adventurous spirit.
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