Amadeus ConsortThe Amadeus Consort, also known as the Chicago String Consort, performs concerts of Baroque music at Institute of Christ The King and other venues. 
For more info: call 847-328-7831; e-mail John@AmadeusConsort.com; or visit www.amadeusconsort.com.
2009-2010 season Amadeus Consort early music performance(s) on:
9/27/2009,
10/25/2009,
11/8/2009.
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Ars Antigua
Ars Antigua, directed by Jerry Fuller, presents concerts of chamber music performed on period instruments. Performances by Ars Antigua are known for technical excellence, emotional impact and historical scholarship. In addition, Ars Antigua tours, and also collaborates with Midwest Young Artists in educational and outreach programs, raising the visibility and knowledge of early music and period performance practice among talented high school students throughout the midwest.
For more info: call 312-415-2391.
2009-2010 season Ars Antigua early music performance(s) on:
11/13/2009,
11/14/2009,
11/15/2009,
11/22/2009,
2/26/2010,
4/10/2010.
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Recordings of Ars Antigua here.
Sample audio clips of Ars Antigua here.
Listen to monthly podcasts of Ars Antigua available at ArsAntiguaPresents.com.
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Bach Week Festival Orchestra
The orchestra of the Bach Week Festival in Evanston, Richard Webster, Director. Google Blogs: Bach Week Festival
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Baroque Band
The Baroque Band specialize in performing music from the 17th and 18th centuries on instruments appropriate to the period. As both a chamber ensemble and a larger baroque orchestra, they offer great versatility and variety. Under the artistic direction of British baroque violinist Garry Clarke, the Baroque Band brings together some of the finest period instrument specialists in the US presenting exciting and top quality programs of the highest standard. Baroque Band is resident ensemble of WFMT Radio.
2009-2010 season Baroque Band early music performance(s) on:
10/8/2009...,
11/8/2009,
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1/31/2010,
2/7/2010,
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4/10/2010,
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2009-2010 season Baroque Band early music broadcast(s) on:
3/1/2010.
Photos of the Baroque Band
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Concerts Royaux
Concerts Royaux includes Anita Rieder, Baroque flute; Craig Trompeter, viola da gamba; and Peter Swenson, theorbo and lute.
For more info: e-mail cptrompet@yahoo.com
Photos of Concerts Royaux
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Concitato
Concitato is Chicago's newest Baroque chamber ensemble, and a Finalist in the 2009 York Early Music Festival International Young Artists Competition, where they will perform in July 2009. Taking their name from the Italian "concitare," meaning "to incite or provoke," Concitato electrifies listeners with insightful interpretations of rarely performed repertoire. At the same time, they redefine the way audiences hear the more well-known works of the Baroque canon by tastefully combining the latest discoveries in musicological research with cutting edge training from some of the most respected Early Musicians in the world. This group of dynamic young period instrumentalists transcends all borders, with Spanish violinist Joan Plana (Barcelona), Canadian cellist Anna Sampson (Montreal), and American harpsichordist Jason Moy (Chicago) as its members.
For more info: e-mail harpsichord@jjmoy.com.
2008-2009 season Concitato early music performance(s) on:
11/10/2008....
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DePaul University Baroque EnsembleThe Ensemble is a student performing group of the Depaul University School of Music.
2008-2009 season DePaul University Baroque Ensemble early music performance(s) on:
3/7/2009,
6/6/2009.
Duneland Early Music Consort
For more info: call Kristin Sturgeon, 219-762-5567 (Indiana).
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Duo Marini
Duo Marini was formed in 1997 by Baroque violinist Patricia Ahern and harpsichordist Yonit Kosovske. Duo Marini is a period-instrument group that uses historically informed performance practice and authentic instruments to recreate Baroque music in the way it was probably heard in the 17th and 18th centuries. Their first CD, "La Desperata", was released in 2001 and has subsequently been featured on NPR's Harmonia.
For more info: write Patricia Ahern, 639D Bayberry Pointe Drive, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49544; call 616-791-4985; or e-mail patriciaahern@alumni.indiana.edu.
L'Ensemble Portique 
Founder and Artistic Director Lisette Kielson leads L'Ensemble Portique in performances of early and contemporary chamber music, including rarely heard compositions, and commissioned pieces written specifically for L'Ensemble Portique. The programming, use of period instruments from the Baroque era, and lively anecdotes during the performance highlighting the instrumentation and historical perspectives set this ensemble apart from other musical groups.
For more info: write L'Ensemble Portique, 22 N. Franklin Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53703; call 608-287-1006; or e-mail lkielson@lensembleportique.com.
2008-2009 season L'Ensemble Portique early music performance(s) on:
4/15/2009,
5/9/2009.
Recordings of L'Ensemble Portique here.
Sample audio clips of L'Ensemble Portique here.
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Ensemble Voltaire
Ensemble Voltaire presents engaging concerts of Baroque chamber music. At ease with today's audiences, Ensemble Voltaire brings the Baroque period to life with story and even humor, subtly surrounding the listener with the cultural context from which the music emerges. Ensemble Voltaire, which began performing as Ensemble Ouabache in 1988, is ensemble-in-residence at Trinity Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, where it presents three annual concerts on the "Music at Trinity" series.
For more info: e-mail info@ensemblevoltaire.com; or visit ensemblevoltaire.com/schedule.htm.
2008-2009 season Ensemble Voltaire early music performance(s) on:
9/19/2008,
1/30/2009,
3/20/2009.
Photos of Ensemble Voltaire
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Recordings of Ensemble Voltaire here.
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Galena Recorder Consort
For more info: call Glenn S. Harman, 815-777-1536 (Illinois).
Home Street Recorder Ensemble
Since 1990, the Home Street Recorder Ensemble has been delighting Chicago area listeners with their performances of recorder ensemble music, both old and new. Known for their fine musicianship, broad versatility and impressive collection of seven sizes of recorders and other historical instruments, the Home Street Recorder Ensemble draw from a large repertoire of instrumental music from the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque and Modern periods.
For more info: call 708-383-1497; or e-mail homestreetrecorder@comcast.net.
Photos of the Home Street Recorder Ensemble
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Indianapolis Baroque OrchestraThe Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra is an ensemble of professional musicians which performs music of the Baroque and early Classical eras on period, or reproduction instruments. With a membership which already represents a broad sampling of the rich musical life of Indianapolis, the orchestra seeks to enrich, educate, and ultimately to "delight the senses" of the entire central Indiana community by specifically promoting the use of period instruments.
For more info: write Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, P.O. Box 30493, Indianapolis, Indiana 46230-0493; call Dr. Lisa Brooks, Managing Director, 317-872-1077; or e-mail lbrooks@butler.edu.
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Ensemble Musical OfferingMilwaukee Baroque
Milwaukee Baroque is a project of Musical Offering, Ltd. (formerly known as Ensemble Musical Offering). Under the guidance of Artistic Director Joan Parsley, for over 19 years Musical Offering/Milwaukee Baroque has been a leading producer of early music in the Midwest. The group has received critical acclaim and become the recipient of national education awards. 
View the 2008-2009 Musical Offering season press release and brochure.
For more info: e-mail parsleypr@yahoo.com.
2008-2009 season Ensemble Musical Offering early music performance(s) on:
11/22/2008...,
12/20/2008...,
5/16/2009....
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Musica MarisMusica Maris includes Nell Flanders, violin; Craig Trompeter, cello/viola da gamba; and Michael Bahmann on harpsichord/fortepiano.
For more info: e-mail cptrompet@yahoo.com
MYA Early Music Ensemble
The MYA Early Music Ensemble, Jerry Fuller, Director, is a young persons' period instrument orchestra sponsored by Midwest Young Artists and Ars Antigua.
2009-2010 season MYA Early Music Ensemble early music performance(s) on:
11/15/2009,
2/21/2010.
Photos of the MYA Early Music Ensemble
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Oak Park Recorder Society
The OPRS plays a varied recorder repertoire (with occasional crumhorn, viol, percussion, and vocal accompaniment) at church services and other events throughout the Chicago area. Despite the group's name, it attracts players from the city of Chicago and surrounding suburbs.
For more info: call Nancy Chabala at 708-442-6053.
Photos of the Oak Park Recorder Society
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Quincy Early Music Consort
For more info: write Quincy Early Music Consort, c/o Gerry Wagner, 4111 S. 46th Street, Quincy, Illinois 62301; or call 217-224-8657.
2008-2009 season Quincy Early Music Consort early music workshop(s)
on: 4/24/2009....
Ridgeway Consort
Photos of The Ridgeway Consort
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Saint Cecilia Consort
The Saint Cecilia Consort, named after the patron saint of music, is recorder ensemble-in-residence at Saint Peter's in the Loop. The Consort provides prelude, in-service, and postlude music, usually at weekend services, and on occasion performs at other churches and with other arts organizations.
For more info: call Andrew Fredel in the St. Peter's Music Ministry Office at 312-853-2397.
2008-2009 season Saint Cecilia Consort early music performance(s) on:
3/29/2009,
5/17/2009,
6/7/2009.
Photos of the Saint Cecilia Consort
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Spirit of Gambo
(photo by Jonnie Maunder)
The Spirit of Gambo viol consort consists of Phillip W. Serna, Ken Perlow, Russell Wagner, and other members as the repertoire requires.
For more info: call 847-722-2093; or e-mail info@spiritofgambo.org.
2008-2009 season Spirit of Gambo early music performance(s) on:
3/29/2008.
Photos of the Spirit of Gambo
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Sample audio clips of the Spirit of Gambo here.
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Sweet Fretting
Sweet Fretting includes Lisette Kielson and Patrick O'Malley, recorders; Joel Spears, theorbo (lute); and Jerry Fuller, violone (bass viol). According to Joel Spears: "The name Sweet Fretting refers to the instruments used: Sweet is short for sweet-flute, or flauto dolce, in other words the recorder; and Fretting refers to the frets of the violone and theorbo."
For more info: e-mail jtspears@comcast.net.
Trio Settecento
Presenting music primarily of the Seventeenth Century in historically informed performances, Trio Settecento features David Schrader, harpsichord, Rachel Barton Pine, violin, and John Mark Rozendaal, cello.
Photos of Trio Settecento
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Recordings of Trio Settecento here.
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Wisconsin Baroque EnsembleThe Wisconsin Baroque Ensemble is dedicated to bringing the spirit of 17th and 18th century chamber music to today's audiences through the performance of such works in a historically informed manner on period instruments.
For more info: e-mail blipshutz@yahoo.com.
2008-2009 season Wisconsin Baroque Ensemble early music performance(s) on:
4/25/2009....
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