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What is Early Music?  Early Music is music from the mid 18th century and before, music from the Baroque, Renaissance, and Middle Ages.  It is the most beautiful, enriching, exciting -- and ironically the freshest -- music you will ever hear performed by some of the best musicians anywhere.  Early Music is enchantment!
Welcome to Early MusiChicago -- your source for news and information about Early Music in the Chicago area and elsewhere.

Learn about Early Music at the Composers, Instruments, Genres, Organizations, Resources, and Publications pages. 

Get to know area Early Music performers at the Musicians, Ensembles, People, PhotoAlbum, and Recordings pages. 

For a complete listing of Early Music concerts, festivals, workshops, and other events, visit the Calendar and Events pages.  Coming Soon:
Whitewater EMF 2006 - Chamber Concertos ClassWhitewater EMF 2006 - Chamber Concertos Class
Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute.  more...
Aston Magna Festival.  more...
Western Wind Smith College Workshop.  more...
Mountain Collegium Early Music Workshop.  more...
San Francisco Early Music Society Medieval & Renaissance Workshop.  more...
Great Lakes Suzuki Flute & Recorder Institute.  more...
Canto Antiguo Early Music and Recorder Workshop.  more...
CAMMAC Early Music.  more...

Oak Park Recorder Society (recorder players)Oak Park Recorder Society
The Indianapolis Early Music Festival presents David Greenberg, violin; Chris Norman, flute; with Ronn McFarlane and Festival Artistic Director, Mark Cudek, strings; performing a concert, "Baroque Virtuosity & Celtic Thunder".  more...
The Madison Early Music Festival presents Piffaro, The Renaissance Band, performing a concert, "Harmony of the Spheres: A Celebration of Celestial Inspiration".  more...
Bristol Renaissance Faire.  more...
The Midwest Young Artists Early Music Workshop directed by Ars Antigua.  more...
McGill Summer Organ Academy.  more...
Chorworks Annual Summer Workshop.  more...
Mini Boxwood Workshop.  more...
York Early Music Festival.  more...
2009 Sanford-Springvale Classical Music Festival.  more...
Madison Early Music Festival.  more...
Port Townsend Early Music Workshop.  more...
Amherst Early Music Festival.  more...
Look to the EMC Forum for the latest news and info, announcements, conversation and debate, and more. 
Visit the Early MusiChicago Broadcasts and Calendar pages for listings of upcoming early music broadcasts on radio and TV. 

Shop for early instruments, sheet music, CDs and DVDs, and other items at the Businesses, Sheet Music, and Recordings, pages.