The Yudah School of Music, just a year old, offers free tuition for all its students, mostly Black and Latino elementary- and middle-schoolers. Late last year, Yudah founder Rasháwn King brought together students and professionals for a ‘Messiah’ with a historically informed approach. Along the way, he’s challenging ‘what it’s supposed to be, who’s supposed to play it.’
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With more shows on its calendar and looking for new (and possibly younger) dancers, the New York Baroque Dance Co. put out an audition call. Experience in Baroque style was a plus, but not a requirement. At the same time, the 50-year-old company started weekly technique classes to keep their dancers in peak form. These two components are coming together as Baroque dance continues to expand.
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The North American Virtual Recorder Society (NAVRS) presents a brand-new season of the Medieval Mondays series. Presented by NAVRS’ Music Director Annette Bauer, Medieval Mondays explores composers, themes, and musical sources of the medieval time period from ca. 1100-1500. The Spring 2026 roster includes: Chansonnier Cordiforme – 15th Century Songs of Love (February 9); O
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In 1759, five viols were stashed in a secret vault in Québec City. The viols’ journey tells us about Canada’s musical past, about how ‘ancient’ instruments are woven into the cultural fabric, and about narratives of early-music revivals.
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The all-female Ospedali musicians have been hidden twice: once when performing in their own time and once behind Vivaldi in our time. Philadelphia’s Tempesta di Mare uncovers music by some of these long-neglected women musicians.
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FEATURING WORKS BY BOCCHERINI, HAYDN AND MOZART AT ALICE TULLY HALL ON JANUARY 15, 2026 Guest Soloist is Rising Soprano Song Hee Lee Founder and Artistic Director Thomas Crawford leads the American Classical Orchestra (ACO), New York City’s foremost period instrument orchestra, in a performance titled Morning Stars at Alice Tully Hall on Thursday, January
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Music Worcester celebrates the 341st anniversary of the Baroque composer’s birth with the second annual Bach’s Birthday Bash Weekend, Friday, March 20 through Sunday, March 22, at historic Mechanics Hall in Worcester, MA. The four concerts presented are all part of THE COMPLETE BACH, Music Worcester’s 11-year project to present live performances of all known works
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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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