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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Soprano Michele Kennedy writes about two profoundly moving experiences in her musical life. ‘For aspiring young musicians, seeing their own image reflected back from the stage can be life-altering.’ And, as an artist, ‘being that example for others to see…’
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The ‘early music’ movement is at an artistic crossroads and the field seems to be pushed and pulled in many directions. In ‘Music in the 21st Century,’ an array of authors dissect the recent past and consider the future for historical performance. It’s a stimulating collection of essays on topics familiar and unexpected.
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Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival returns for their 37th festival with a celebration of the Georgian heritage of this historic English town. Friday 23– Sunday 25 May 2025 The major strand of this year’s programme looks at Beverley through the eyes of 18th century diarist and gentlemen John Courtney, reflecting on the music
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BEMF returns in 2025 with keyboard virtuoso Francesco Corti and the BEMF Chamber Ensemble on February 8 and AGAVE with countertenor Reginald Mobley on February 14 ARTISTS: Francesco Corti, harpsichord & organBoston Early Music Festival Chamber EnsembleRobert Mealy, Director Robert Mealy, concertmaster; Sarah Darling, violin; Laura Jeppesen, viola; Phoebe Carrai, violoncello; Heather Miller Lardin, double bass; Debra Nagy & Kathryn Montoya, oboe;
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The moniker “troubadour” stirs the modern imagination like no other Medieval vocation. A smart new book offers concise studies of some of the most famous troubadours, offering thoughtful observations on poetic style alongside vivid descriptions of the historical context that shaped the tradition.
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Two musicians with Deep South connections recently launched a Facebook group, hoping to encourage the small and far-flung scene. Over the holidays, they came together for the first time in an afternoon jam. Baroque violinist Lindsey Tootle, an Alabama native, sends a session report.
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If you’re in Europe, hoping to hear a deluxe celebration of Palestrina’s 500th birthday, go to the Duomo in Milan. In North America, the biggest Palestrina 2025 party will be in Grand Rapids, Mich., where an ambitious Catholic church will host a dozen ensembles, from the Tallis Scholars and Gesualdo Six to their own parish choirs — and all of it sung at regular Mass services.
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