Andrews University Early Music EnsembleThe Andrews University (Berrien Springs, Michigan) Early Music Ensemble performs in concerts, school assemblies, lecture-recitals, benefits, weddings, and other events around the Michiana area. The members, all professionally trained musicians, are active or retired teachers or librarians. Ars Musica Chicago![]() Ars Musica Chicago is dedicated to presenting innovative programming with historically informed performances of music works primarily from the 9th through 18th centuries. One of the group's primary missions is to highlight forgotten treasures of music, making them meaningful and exciting for modern audiences. Ars Musica Chicago is also committed to educational outreach with audiences of all ages and backgrounds. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bach and BeyondBach and Beyond, Music for the Community, is a local concert series founded in 2001 for the Lincoln Square neighborhood and surrounding communities. This unique series brings together professionally trained musicians and amateur contributors from local parishes, community music organizations, and even people who have never previously sung for performance of a diverse collection of music dating back to the 17th century. ![]() ![]() ![]() Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana![]() Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana, Illinois ("BACH"), was founded in 1996 for the purpose of teaching, learning, and performing music of the Baroque era. Chester L. Alwes, professor of choral music at the University of Illinois and director of music at Grace Lutheran Church, Champaign, is its musical director. BACH specializes in vibrant, historically-informed performances of music from the 17th and 18th centuries. It is the only professional ensemble in Illinois outside Chicago solely dedicated to live performances of works by Bach and other Baroque composers. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Callipygian Players![]() (photo by duronstudio.com) The Callipygian Players are an ensemble of Chicago's finest period instrument musicians and singers under the leadership of Director and Baroque violinist Martin Davids. The group presents concerts of music from the Baroque era (approximately 1600-1750) featuring familiar works as well as giving exposure to previously unknown treasures. The Callipygian Players hope to enrich Chicago's cultural life through exciting, original, and historically informed live performances, recordings, and educational programs that will inspire a new appreciation of this great music. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Chicago Baroque EnsembleThe Chicago Baroque Ensemble is no longer performing and has essentially disbanded. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Chicago Early Music Consort![]() The Chicago Early Music Consort recreates the rich and diverse sounds of the late Renaissance and early Baroque chamber repertoire in a historically informed manner. Founded by Gary Berkenstock, recorders, the core ensemble is a "broken" consort with voice (Stephanie Sheffield), lute/theorbo (Joel Spears), and viola da gamba (Phillip Serna), but the Consort is supplemented as needed by the dictates of the music. Programs are built around historical themes in order to provide modern audiences with a meaningful social context that will enrich their musical experience. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Chicago Syntagma Musicum![]() Chicago Syntagma Musicum (latin for "musical discourse"), Andrew Schultze, Music Director, bass-baritone; and assorted guest artists. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Comic Intermezzo![]() The Comic Intermezzo exists for two reasons: (1) to introduce audiences to the once extraordinarily popular art form of early 18th-century chamber operas known as intermezzi, presented in an authentic reproduction of the time with period instruments and recreations of period dance and costumes; and (2) to bring opera to new audiences by presenting it in a fun and interesting way. The intermezzi are performed in English; a comic introduction to the art form and to early opera is an integral part of each performance. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Consorte of SomeSorte![]() The Consorte of SomeSorte is an Early Music group based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin specializing in Medieval and Renaissance Dance Music. The Consorte plays at the Bristol Renaissance Faire and elsewhere. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Forces of VirtueThe Forces of Virtue is not currently active. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Heroic BardThe Heroic Bard presents the epic stories of heroes through live performances. These performances bring the past into the present by combining the elements of History, Heroism, Poetry and Music. ![]() Madison Bach Musicians![]() The Madison Bach Musicians ensemble, Trevor Stephenson, Artistic Director, is dedicated to presenting the music of Johann Sebastian Bach--as well as works by other great composers of the Baroque, Renaissance, and Classical periods--through performances, lectures, and workshops. In pursuit of the greatest clarity, the group performs primarily on period instruments, with ensemble sizes typical of those used by Bach himself. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() McKenna Ensemble![]() ![]() ![]() |
Music of the Baroque![]() Music of the Baroque is the Midwest's largest professional chorus and orchestra specializing in 16th, 17th and 18th century music. Music of the Baroque performances are held in the intimate settings of churches chosen for their superb acoustics and architectural beauty. The chorus and orchestra of Music of the Baroque are comprised of approximately 60 professional musicians. Chorus members have active operatic careers and many perform regularly with leading American orchestras. Several members of the Music of the Baroque Orchestra are also members of America's foremost musical ensembles, including the Chicago Symphony and the Lyric Opera Orchestra. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Musicke's Merrie Companions![]() Performs any time of the year at birthday parties, bar mitzvahs, weddings, banquets, etc. ![]() ![]() Newberry Consort![]() The Newberry Consort, David Douglass, Director, is an early-music, original-instrument chamber ensemble-in-residence at the Newberry Library, the Northwestern University School of Music, and the University of Chicago. Blending scholarship with entertainment, the Consort brings early music, theater, and dance to the general public through performances, recordings, and related educational activities. The Consort draws on the Newberry Library's holdings in the music of the thirteenth through seventeenth centuries, using original sources and scholarly editions as the bases for its performances. The Consort provides both an important means of public outreach and a window on the Newberry Library's rich music collections. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Northwestern Baroque Ensemble![]() Formerly known as the Northwestern University Early Music Ensemble, the renamed Northwestern Baroque Ensemble is led by Stephen Alltop, Ellen Hargis, and David Douglass. Open to enrolled students at Northwestern University, the group currently meets Wednesdays and Fridays. ![]() ![]() ![]() Saint Luke Chamber Orchestra and Bach ChoirProfessional soloists and instrumentalists join the Saint Luke Senior Choir under the direction of Dr. Mark Bangert for presentations of selected Bach cantatas in the context of sung Vespers. ![]() ![]() University of Chicago Early Music EnsembleThe Early Music Ensemble is a historically-oriented performance and study group directed by the Director of the Newberry Consort David Douglass and member/acclaimed soprano Ellen Hargis. Participation in the group in some form is open to anyone in the University community with any level of experience. Western Michigan University Collegium MusicumComprised of voices and instruments, the ensemble performs music from the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque eras on period instruments. ![]() |
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