‘The basic idea is to take classical music from the concert halls and bring it into the communities, but on the community’s own terms: music in their language, music they identify with, music that includes them in the artistic process by enabling them to tell their own stories.’
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A Q&A with Music Before 1800’s new artistic director Bill Barclay: ‘If people are going to take a risk of coming to a concert for the first time, they need something to hold on to’… it’s ‘sadly a bit of an exclusionary pleasure — you have to know a little bit to get a lot out of it, unless there’s something that resonates and makes people understand that early musicians are arbiters of ancient insights into human performance.’
Music Before 1800’s Bill Barclay and Historically Informed ‘Experience’ Read More »
Flutist-composer-singer Emi Ferguson is a renaissance woman at the highest level—a teacher, an activist, and, above all, a thinker.
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Rare opportunity for violinists/violists* ages 18+! Apply for our new, season-long, apprenticeship at LA’s only community (hybrid) baroque orchestra directed by violinist Lindsey Strand-Polyak. +++Apply by Friday September 15+++ at https://www.losangelesbaroque.org/members/violin-apprenticeship (*Viola players who also play violin and have a strong interest in developing their baroque violin skills are encouraged to apply; baroque violin and bow
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(Boston) Jonathan Cohen will take the helm of one of America’s finest performing arts organizations when he leads the Handel and Haydn Society in Handel’s epic tale of triumph over adversity, Israel in Egypt, October 6 + 8, 2023 at Symphony Hall in Boston. These concerts will mark a new era for H+H, opening its
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In the 1570s, Venice was devastated by the plague, losing a third of its population. The latest compelling album from the celebrated Concerto Palatino and cornettist Bruce Dickey explores a spiritual sound world from this time of grief and penitence.
Somber Music from the Plague in Venice Read More »
Making the Music of the Past Present by Exploring Music of Scotland, Spain, France, Italy, England, the Americas and More PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (August 15, 2023) – Chatham Baroque announces the Chatham Baroque + Renaissance & Baroque 2023-24 Concert Series, a bold and ambitious lineup of Baroque period and early music performances spanning eras, ensemble configurations, and the globe. The
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The French-American lutenist is on an unstoppable rise to the top of the international early-music scene.
The Unmistakable Sound of Thomas Dunford Read More »
(Boston) The Handel and Haydn Society has named violinists Carmen Lavada Johnson-Pájaro and Amelia Sie the first ever Stone Fellows. A first of its kind among period-instrument orchestras, the Fellowship, in partnership with the New England Conservatory, will foster the development of early-career musicians whose socio-cultural identities have been historically underrepresented in the field. Johnson-Pájaro
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