A new period-instrument ensemble, Chicago’s Bach in the City, opens its inaugural season next week. Artistic leaders Richard Webster and Jason Moy, veterans of the Chicago classical scene, have secured dedicated funding to give the group staying power. ‘Suddenly, now, we have a critical mass of period-instrument players attracted to Chicago, and that was not true a decade ago.’
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Soprano Penelope Appleyard and pianist Jonathan Delbridge will release ‘Ode to Pity’, a newly commissioned musical setting of Jane Austen’s early poem, on Friday 19 September 2025 with VOCES8 Records. This single is part of a trio of Austen- related recordings celebrating her love of music and folk-inspired song, with Their Groves of Sweet Myrtle
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The Pandora Consort is set to premiere an original folk opera about women’s liberation in the United States through centuries of music and stories. The folk opera, The Fire Within Her: An American Folktale About Women’s Liberation weaves together the voices of trailblazing women across centuries in early North America. From Anne Hutchinson’s defiance in
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The Cambridge Society for Early Music presents Relaunch Celebration event CSEM will host a fundraiser concert to celebrate our return and kick off CSEM’s first full concert season since 2020. This is the organization’s first season under the new leadership of Artistic Director Annette Klein and General Manager Sarah Vandewalle. Since its founding in 1952,
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Four Japanese boys, students at a Jesuit missionary school in the 1580s, were sent on an eight-year tour of Europe. Tracing this fascinating but fraught history for a concert program meant accepting a host of practical, historical, and ethical challenges.
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Jouyssance Early Music Ensemble will perform Renaissance music extolling the virtues, glories and agonies of love and marriage – from the sacred to very secular – in its upcoming Fall concerts in West Los Angeles (Westchester) and in the San Gabriel Valley. The concerts will take place October 11, 2025, at 8 p.m. at Holy
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The York International Young Artists Competition is delighted to announce that applications are invited for next year’s competition. This prestigious longstanding competition which has launched the careers of many young early music ensembles will take place between 8 – 11 July at the National Centre for Early Music in York, UK as part of York
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Gathering for an English country dance is like taking a walk through the history of social dance and music, much of it based on Playford’s ‘The English Dancing Master.’ Always a popular and fun night out, the art form today attracts a broad range of participants and is sometimes backed by an early-music band.
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Salon Concert: Rococo RepastTuesday, September 16, 2025Reception at 6 PMConcert at 7 PMMetropolitan Club, 1 E. 60th StreetAmerican Classical Orchestra MembersThomas Crawford, Founder and Artistic DirectorEmi Ferguson, flauto traversoDavid Dickey, oboeAisslinn Nosky, violinMyron Lutzke, celloMichael Haydn: String Quintet in C Major, MH 187Johann Christian Bach: Quintet in D Major, Op. 22Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Quartet
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