New and Different: the rise of amateur Baroque community orchestras with no direct links to academia or instrumental societies. These musicians play with period instruments and are just as committed to historical performance as their professional counterparts. Yet ‘we do not reject anybody because they are either too good or too bad.’
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Chatham Baroque announces the Chatham Baroque + Renaissance & Baroque 2024/2025 Concert Series, a bold and ambitious lineup of Baroque period and early music performances spanning ensemble configurations, eras, and the globe. The season makes the music of the past present by including a tantalizing mix of performances by Chatham Baroque with critically-acclaimed guest artists,
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An Ockeghem marathon, coming next week to the Met Cloisters in New York, is the latest event celebrating the composer’s 600th. New recordings and new approaches to ‘the hardest composer’ of the 15th century is helping lift his reputation from mystical and complex to something more universal: ‘it’s just fabulous music.’
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Constantinople, a multi-cultural ensemble from Montreal, is expert in spanning musical cultures. Their latest album, inspired by Leonardo’s plan to bridge the Bosporus, is at turns exhilarating, intoxicating, and oversaturated — a ‘fantastical swirl of repertoire.’
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Detailed daily schedule with times and locations. Check back throughout the summer as we add more presentations, workshops, and events.
2024 EMA Summit Presentations Read More »
‘I was offended that EMA would give publicity to the climate-change activism of John Mark Rozendaal…he bragged about interrupting a performance at the Met Opera for some 22 minutes. EMA gave voice to disturbing protest methods and, I believe, condoned this behavior…’
Letter to the Editor: Climate Crisis Showmanship Read More »
Celebrate the coming of summer with Relic in a performance that will enliven the imagination and excite the senses! Relic, a touring early-music ensemble known for its spirited performances and innovative programs, will be performing its season finale at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (3 West 65th St, New York, NY) at 6:30pm on Friday, June
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Meet the Continuo Foundation. Founded in 2020 by a former Wall Street financier, the non-profit supports Britain’s early-music scene with grants for resident U.K. ensembles. To date, the foundation has awarded £750,000 for projects across the U.K. Its Continuo Connect is becoming Britain’s go-to events calendar.
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We’re starting to see music history texts that discuss the music and careers of women and composers of color. With Paula Maust’s new anthology, we can now include music theory examples that will help dispel the notion that there were no important composers from these underrepresented groups.
Music Theory Decolonized, with Examples Read More »
