The 2025 Virtual EMA Summit included a hybrid day of activities (livestreamed around the world) from McGill University’s Schulich School of Music in Montréal on Friday, October 17, followed by two days of virtual presentations on Saturday and Sunday, October 18 and 19. Those in Montréal were be able to gather at McGill for Summit watch parties […]
Celebrating 35 years, Ensemble Galilei has seen, and perhaps anticipated, the coming together of the traditional music scene with early music. Their latest album mixes the great Irish composer Turlough O’Carolan with John Dowland and music from Elizabethan England with cracking Irish tunes, plus a few newly composed works.
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For many of us, Christmas is past, as is New Year’s. But celebrations ought to continue with the Feast of the Epiphany, Jan. 6, which commemorates the arrival of the Magi to the manger, giving a few extra days of revelry. Another major feast is Feb. 2: Candlemas. Preparing for a concert, New York’s A Golden Wire looks at the richness of music for the full holiday season.
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CALL FOR PROPOSALS — FELLOWSHIP APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR The Sociable Fortepiano: A New Space for Redefining Fortepiano Musicking and Practice March 5–9, 2026 – New York City Open to scholars, keyboard technicians, and performers, including singers and instrumentalists (strings and winds) collaborating with early keyboardists. Organized and curated by: Yi-heng Yang, Faculty, The Juilliard School — pianist,
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As a teacher, administrator, director, and advocate, Jody Miller makes everything in a class or workshop run smoothly. For early music, he says, ‘we expect concertizing is the way we’re going to reach everybody. I want us to think of solutions that work for the type of music we’re dealing with.’
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Trésors Oubliés, the debut album from New York’s period-instrument Quodlibet Winds, is devoted to music from early 19th-century Paris. The ensemble makes a stellar case for this repertoire. While strict in form, ‘there’s a sense of freedom and spontaneity that invites listeners inside the music.’
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Bach Collegium San Diego, led by Ruben Valenzuela, finds acclaim for their ‘El Mesías’ project, a translation of ‘Messiah’ into Spanish. And why not? Handel himself altered his music to adapt to new contexts and audiences.
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For Immediate ReleaseNovember 14, 2025 PRESS CONTACTJoanna Boyle, General ManagerMusicians of the Old Post Road781.466.6694musicians@oldpostroad.org PHOTOShttps://oldpostroad.org/press-room MUSICIANS OF THE OLD POST ROAD Presents Christmas in the Bach Workshop Saturday, December 13, 2025, 4:00 pmFirst Unitarian Church, Worcester, MA and live-streamed at www.oldpostroad.org Sunday, December 14, 2025, 4:00 pmOld South Church, Boston, MA In-person Audience
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Percussionist Rex Benincasa writes about adding sounds and spices to music where there’s little or no historical guidance, from the European high Baroque to Mediterranean North Africa and the court of the Tang Dynasty. Much of what he plays was never written down.
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The Sociable Fortepiano (March 5–9, 2026, New York City) is a new artist residency, workshop, and mini-festival reimagining fortepiano musicking as a space of connection and experimentation. Funded by the Westfield Center for Historical Keyboard Studies and curated by Yi-heng Yang (Juilliard) and Patricia García Gil (Cornell CCHK), the initiative invites performers, scholars, and technicians—including
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