Artists’ Vocal Ensemble (AVE), under the direction of Jonathan Dimmock, is excited to present a Sound Bath event at Grace Cathedral, engaging its 10 member professional singers with three instrumentalists performing on world instruments, plus organ improvisations by Jonathan Dimmock. Sound Bath events have been occurring with some regularity in the Bay Area for the […]
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ATTN: PRESS RELEASE Contact: Daniel Cullen Email: communications@sfems.org Phone: (510) 560-6921 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 25, 2025 PRESS RELEASE—A PASTICHE OF MUSIC, DANCE, PANTOMIME AND PUPPETRY RECREATE THE VIBRANT MUSICAL THEATER WORLD OF 1700S LONDON IN “EMPEROR OF THE MOON” SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Continuing a series of successful collaborations in historical music and dance, Nash Baroque
Also for 2025, the Traverso Practice Net has published a comprehensive list of early music summer courses and masterclasses worldwide, with a special focus on the traverso and historical flutes. This resource helps students, amateurs, and professionals to find the right course to refine their skills, connect with experts, and immerse themselves in historical performance
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Vivaldi’s Four Seasons at 300North American tourMARCH 14 – APRIL 11, 2025 Les Arts Florissant, the celebrated baroque music ensemble founded by American-born conductor William Christie, returns to North America for an unprecedented concert tour. This spring, the ensemble is led for the first time by young violin virtuoso Théotime Langlois de Swarte, a loyal
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We are pleased to announce the Call for Proposals for the 2025 Organ Conference: Ludus Chronalis: Time, Cadence, and Temporality in Keyboard Music and Sacred Spaces The Department of Organ at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance will host its annual Organ Conference on Sunday, October 5 – Tuesday, October 7,
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Clément Janequin occupies a unique spot in early music, where several of his kaleidoscopic chansons — including ‘Le Chant des oyseaux, and ‘La Chasse’ — are a hit among vocal ensembles. An agile, often humorous new book covers the range of Janequin’s work and his times, aimed at reaching the performer as much as the scholar.
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Dedicated to research toward performances of French Baroque repertoire, Le Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles encourages American musicians and scholars to travel to Paris for research or to hone their skills. Its resources are likely unmatched in the early-music world.
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Across North America, ensembles are connecting with audiences not just as passive-listening concert-goers but as participants in making music. Give a performance of Renaissance polyphony, but also teach local amateurs how to sing it themselves. ‘They will hear it as never before — from within the ensemble.’
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Recorder Fest!Saturday, Mar 15, 2025Settlement Music School, 416 Queen St., Philadelphia, PASchedule and registration forms at piffaro.org/recorder-fest Philadelphia – Piffaro’s free community celebration of the recorder returns on March 15th with a full day of events, including a masterclass for young musicians, a community play-in for enthusiasts of all abilities, and performances by student, adult
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Alkemie returns to the Jalopy stage in Brooklyn to perform music from their album A FINE COMPANION with opening sets by friends Sibyl and Smoke Ring— two groups who also embrace experimentation alongside historic music traditions. ALKEMIE and its sister ensemble FREELANCE NUN collaborated to create A FINE COMPANION, a program of newly-composed settings of
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