September 2020
Vol. 26 No. 3; September 2020
Alkemie & Friends present “Blood, Booze & Betrayal: Music for An Extremely Broken Consort”
“Blood, Booze & Betrayal” presents some of the more lurid stories of the English-speaking Atlantic from medieval times to the present, featuring murder ballads, medieval and folk tunes, and newly-composed songs by Paul Holmes Morton and Fiona Gillespie, all played and sung on early and folk instruments. This concert will be livestreamed on August 29
Plague, Revolt, Opera: Lessons From A Bankrupt Opera House In 17th-Century France
The trials that the Lyon Académie experienced are strikingly resonant with the onslaught of crises we face in 2020 as musicians, musical organizations, and the world at large navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, social and political upheaval, and economic recession.
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Blue Hill Bach Virtual Festival
Blue Hill, Maine – Blue Hill Bach will go online for its annual summer festival of Baroque music to reach music-lovers who are barred from attending live events, yet craving the stimulation, sense of connection, and comfort that music provides. “The Blue Hill Bach board of directors has been watching closely how other organizations are
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CD Review: Double Dose Of Bachs By Daring Harpsichordist
Charlotte Mattax Moersch, harpsichord professor at the Urbana-Champaign campus of the University of Illinois, impressively made two recordings of music by members of the Bach family on adjacent days in June 2018.
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Two Early Music Programs Embrace Change And Inclusion
“As long as I can remember, inclusion has been an important focus, but it’s come much more to the fore recently,” says cellist Kenneth Slowik, director of both the Smithsonian Haydn Academy and the Oberlin Conservatory’s Baroque Performance Institute.
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Resources for Diversity in Early Music Repertoire
Compiled for the early music community by members and friends of EMA and the EMA Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access Taskforce. Repertoire Resources Submit a resource for inclusion To submit a resources for consideration, please email specialprojects@earlymusicamerica.org
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Statement of Solidarity
Our world has been rocked by unrest and violence even as it is still profoundly disrupted by the global health crisis. And many of those hit the hardest by COVID-19 are people of color, particularly African Americans – the very same people in communities already burdened by a history of prejudice, poverty, and especially racism. We hear the call.
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EMA’s Statement of Solidarity
Issued by the EMA Board of Directors, June 2, 2020 “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter.” Though delivered in a Selma pulpit some 55 years ago this past March, this oft-quoted call to action from Martin Luther King’s sermon on courage has never been more urgent
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The Jefferson Project: Monticello LIVE with Early Music Access Project
Livestream Begins at 1pm on Wednesday, May 27 Live from the Entrance Hall at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, David McCormick (baroque violin) and Loren Ludwig (viola da gamba) from Early Music Access Project present a free virtual concert examining various aspects of music-making in Jefferson’s Virginia. This concert is part of their multi-year series of musical
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