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Bach Week Festival
Founded in 1974 by Karel Paukert and directed by Richard R. Webster every May since, the Bach Week Festival in Evanston, Illinois combines the Bach Week Festival Chorus with professional instrumentalists from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Lyric Opera Orchestra, and Northwestern University. The music of Bach predominates, but works by other Baroque composers have been added selectively, particularly works by worthy but lesser-known composers not widely performed elsewhere. One critic called the Bach Week Festival "the most comprehensive celebration of J. S.'s music west of Leipzig."
The 2008 Bach Week Festival will take place at the Music Institute of Chicago, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.
2008 Bach Week Festival events will take place on:
5/2/2008,
5/4/2008,
5/9/2008,
5/9/2008.
Photos of the Bach Week Festival here.
Location: Music Institute of Chicago, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info: write Bach Week Festival, P.O. Box 1832, Evanston, IL 60204-1832; e-mail info@bachweek.org; for tickets call 800-595-4849; or visit www.bachweek.org/bwf/tickets.php or bachweek.tix.com.
Bristol Renaissance Faire
Saturdays and Sundays, from early July through early September, including Labor Day Monday), 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM.
Spend a day filled with revelry and merriment, the arts, enlightenment, and delightful family fun. Discover the entertainment on 16 open air stages; discover the feasting by sampling delectable treats from 50 food booths; discover the marketplace--over 180 high quality arts and crafts shops.
Location: Bristol, Wisconsin (near the Illinois/Wisconsin border).
For more info: call 847-395-7773; visit www.renfair.com/bristol.
Evelyn Dunbar Memorial Early Music Festival
The Evelyn Dunbar Memorial Early Music Festival is celebrated (typically every spring) at the Northwestern University School of Music.
Location: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info: e-mail j-schwartz@nwu.edu or swa440@northwestern.edu.
Handel Week Festival
The Handel Week Festival is an annual week-long festival to celebrate the music of George Frideric Handel. The Festival is typically held in February of each year at Grace Episcopal Church, in Oak Park, Illinois. Founded in 2000 by Dr. Dennis E. Northway and Charles Chauncey Wells, Handel Week is patterned after the highly sucessful Bach Week Festival.
Handel Week 2008 events on:
2/16/2008,
2/19/2008,
2/24/2008.
Photos of Handel Week 2003 here.
Location: Grace Episcopal Church, 924 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois.
For more info: Call 708-383-2261; e-mail info@handelweek.com; or visit www.handelweek.com.
Indianapolis Early Music Festival
A production of the Festival Music Society of Indiana, The Indianapolis Early Music Festival, under the direction of Mark Cudek, was founded in 1966 as the U.S.' second early music organization and has the distinction of being the nation's oldest early music presenter in continuous operation. All Festival concerts take place every June and July at the Indiana History Center, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Indianapolis Early Music Festival 2008 events on:
6/27/2008,
6/29/2008,
7/11/2008,
7/13/2008,
7/26/2008,
7/27/2008.
Location: Frank and Katrina Basile Theater, Indiana History Center, 450 West Ohio Street, Indianapolis, Indiana.
For more info: call 317-577-9731; e-mail fms@iquest.net; or visit www.emindy.org.
Madison Early Music Festival
Saturday thru Saturday, July 12-19, 2008.
The Madison Early Music Festival brings world-renowned ensembles and artist/teachers together for eight days of workshop classes and a seven-concert series.
MEMF 2008 will focus on the music of George Frideric Handel and the influences he received on his travels in Germany, Italy, and England.
Madison Early Music Festival 2008 concerts will be performed on
7/12/2008,
7/13/2008,
7/15/2008,
7/17/2008,
7/18/2008,
7/19/2008.
Location: University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.
For more info: write Chelcy Bowles, Program Director, Madison Early Music Festival, 720 Lowell Center, 610 Langdon Street, Madison, WI 53703; call 608-265-5629; e-mail cbowles@dcs.wisc.edu; or visit www.memf.dcs.wisc.edu.
Peoria Bach Festival
The Peoria Bach Festival is organized and offered as gift to the city of Peoria and Central Illinois during the first weekend of June every year by Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Peoria. Since its founding in 2003 by Trinity's Cantor Martin Dicke and Dr. John Jost, Director of Choral activities at Bradley University, the Peoria Bach Festival has quickly grown from a local arts event into a significant regional festival. It seeks to not only showcase Peoria's own musicians, but also to attract national and international talent.
The 2007 Peoria Bach Festival will be held June 4-10, 2007.
Location: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 135 NE Randolph Avenue, Peoria, Illinois.
For more info: write Peoria Bach Festival, c/o Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 135 NE Randolph Avenue, Peoria, IL 61606-1920; call 309-676-4609; e-mail peoriabachfestival@trinitypeoria.com; or visit www.peoriabachfestival.org/.
Friday May 16 thru Monday May 26, 2008.
Bloomington Early Music Festival.
Location: Bloomington, Indiana.
For more info: write Bloomington Early Music Festival, PO Box 734, Bloomington, IN 47402 USA; call 812-331-1263; e-mail office@blemf.org; or visit www.blemf.org.
Monday June 2 thru Sunday June 8, 2008.
Berkeley Festival & Exhibition.
Location: Berkeley, California.
For more info: call 510-642-9988; e-mail tickets@calperfs.berkeley.edu; or visit bfx.berkeley.edu.
Friday June 13 thru Sunday June 29, 2008.
Connecticut Early Music Festival.
Location: New London, Connecticut.
For more info: write Connecticut Early Music Society, PO Box 329, New London, CT 06320; call 860-444-2419; visit www.ctearlymusic.org.
Saturday June 14 thru Saturday June 28, 2008.
Washington Early Music Festival.
Location: Washington, DC.
For more info: write Constance Whiteside, Washington Early Music Festival; 106 Jim Lane Road, Scottsville, VA 24590; call 434-286-9004; e-mail info@earlymusicdc.org; visit www.earlymusicdc.org.
Tuesday June 17 thru Sunday June 22, 2008.
Magnolia Baroque Festival.
Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
For more info: visit www.magnoliabaroque.com.
Friday June 20 thru Monday June 23, 2008.
Montreal Baroque Festival.
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
For more info: write Susie Napper, Montreal Baroque Festival, 615 Boulevard René-Lévesque 700, Montreal, QC H3B 2L2, Canada; call 514-845-7171; e-mail info@montrealbaroque.com; visit www.montrealbaroque.com.
Friday June 27 thru Saturday August 2, 2008.
Aston Magna Festival.
Location: Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.
For more info: write Laureen Bubniak, Assistant Director/Communications DirectorAston Magna Foundation, PO Box 28, Great Barrington, MA 01230 USA; call 413-528-3595 or 800-875-7156; e-mail astonmagna@optonline.net; visit www.astonmagna.org.
Friday July 11 thru Sunday July 20, 2008.
American Bach Soloists SummerFest 2008.
Location: Belvedere, San Francisco, and Davis, California.
For more info: call Andrew Morgan, American Bach Soloists, 44 Page Street #504, San Francisco, CA 94102-5973; call 415-621-7900; e-mail amorgan@americanbach.org; or visit www.americanbach.org.
Saturday July 19 thru Saturday August 9, 2008.
Carmel Bach Festival.
Location: Carmel, California.
For more info: write Carmel Bach Festival, PO Box 575, Carmel-by-the-Sea, Carmel, CA 93921; call 831-624-2046; e-mail info@bachfestival.org; or visit www.bachfestival.org.
Sunday July 27 thru Saturday August 16, 2008.
Vancouver Early Music Programme & Festival.
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
For more info: write José Verstappen, Vancouver Early Music Programme & Festival, 1254 W. 7th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6H 1B6, Canada; call 604-732-1610; e-mail workshops@earlymusic.bc.ca; visit www.earlymusic.bc.ca.
Thursday September 11 thru Sunday September 14, 2008.
Montreal Recorder Festival.
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
For more info: write Ensemble Caprice, 4841 rue Garnier, Montreal, QC H2J 3S8 Canada; call 514-523-3611; e-mail info@ensemblecaprice.com; or visit www.ensemblecaprice.com.
