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Thursday, June 1, 2006, 5:30 PM.
The Peoria Bach Festival presents a Chamber Concert, featuring music for voice performed by Heidi Richter, soprano, and instrumental music performed by Marcia Henry Liebenow, violin, and Carol Wessler, gamba, with Jonathan Wessler accompanying.
Cost:  Free admission.
Location:  Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 135 NE Randolph Avenue, Peoria, Illinois.
For more info:  call 309-676-4609; e-mail peoriabachfestival@trinitypeoria.com.

Friday, June 2, 2006, 12:05 PM.
The Peoria Bach Festival presents a second "Bach at Noon" recital, with Moises Molina, cello, and Emma-Lee Holmes Hicks, violin, performing unaccompanied suites by Bach.
Cost:  Free admission.
Location:  Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 135 NE Randolph Avenue, Peoria, Illinois.
For more info:  call 309-676-4609; or e-mail peoriabachfestival@trinitypeoria.com.

Friday, June 2, 2006, 7:30 PM.
The Peoria Bach Festival presents its "Coffee with Bach" concert, featuring Bach's Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 2 & 4 and the Coffee Cantata, with soloists Bruce Briney, trumpet, Patrick O'Malley, recorder, Marcia Henry Liebenow, violin, and S. Blake Duncan, oboe and recorder.  Coffee and German treats served pre-concert beginning at 6:00 PM.
Cost:  $10 adults, $8 students and seniors.
Location:  Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 135 NE Randolph Avenue, Peoria, Illinois.
For more info:  call 309-676-4609; or e-mail peoriabachfestival@trinitypeoria.com.

Saturday, June 3, 2006, 7:30 PM.
The Peoria Bach Festival presents the Peoria Bach Festival Orchestra and Choir performing a concert of Bach's festive music for the season of Easter and Pentecost.  Featured soloists include Kerry Walters, soprano, Debra Austin, mezzo-soprano, James Doing, tenor, and Gerard Sundberg, baritone.
Cost:  $10 adults, $8 students and seniors.
Location:  Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 135 NE Randolph Avenue, Peoria, Illinois.
For more info:  call 309-676-4609; or e-mail peoriabachfestival@trinitypeoria.com.

Sunday, June 4, 2006, 3:00 PM.
Daniel Barenboim, piano, will perform Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I.
Cost:  Ticket prices vary; series subscriptions available.
Location:  Orchestra Hall, Symphony Center, 220 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  call 312-294-3000 or 800-223-7114; or visit www.cso.org.

Friday, June 9, 2006, 7:30 PM.
The Saint Cecilia Consort will perform a concert of early music for recorders and voices.
Location:  Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 1218 West Addison Street (at Magnolia), Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  call 312-853-2397; or e-mail afredel@yahoo.com.

Saturday, June 10, 2006, 7:30 PM.
The Chicago Brass Ensemble, Daniel V. Robinson, conductor, with the Saint Cecilia Choir and Sine Nomine Ensemble, will perform a concert of Baroque music by Gabrieli and others.
Location:  St. John Cantius Church, 825 N. Carpenter, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  call 312-243-7373; or visit www.cantius.org.

Sunday, June 11, 2006, 3:00 PM.
Daniel Barenboim, piano, will perform Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II.
Cost:  Ticket prices vary; series subscriptions available.
Location:  Orchestra Hall, Symphony Center, 220 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  call 312-294-3000 or 800-223-7114; or visit www.cso.org.

Friday, June 23, 2006, 7:30 PM.
The Indianapolis Early Music Festival presents Baroque Northwest performing "Revolutionary Baroque", Music from Thomas Jefferson's Library, including works by Corelli, Tessarini, CPE Bach, and others, also a selection of Virginia hill tunes.
Cost:  $20; season tickets and partial subscriptions also available.
Location:  Frank and Katrina Basile Theater, Indiana History Center, 450 West Ohio Street, Indianapolis, Indiana.
For more info:  call 317-251-5190; e-mail merfms@indy.rr.com; or visit www.emindy.org.

Sunday, June 25, 2006, 7:30 PM.
The Indianapolis Early Music Festival presents Baroque Northwest performing "Culture Clash", Music from France and Italy, including works by Corbetta, DeMachy, Fontanna, Hotteterre, Selma y Salaverde, and Tartini.
Cost:  $20; season tickets and partial subscriptions also available.
Location:  Frank and Katrina Basile Theater, Indiana History Center, 450 West Ohio Street, Indianapolis, Indiana.
For more info:  call 317-251-5190; e-mail merfms@indy.rr.com; or visit www.emindy.org.

Friday June 2 thru Sunday June 25, 2006.
Washington Early Music Festival.
Location:  Washington, DC.
For more info:  write Constance Whiteside, Director, Washington Early Music Festival; e-mail info@earlymusicdc.org; visit www.earlymusicdc.org.

Sunday June 4 thru Sunday June 11, 2006.
Berkeley Festival & Exhibition.
Location:  Berkeley, California.
For more info:  write Laura Abrams, Program Manager, Cal Performances, UC Berkeley, 101 Zellerbach Hall #4800, Berkeley, CA 94720-4800; call 510-642-0212; e-mail lsabrams@calperfs.berkeley.edu; or visit www.calperfs.berkeley.edu.

Friday June 9 thru Sunday June 25, 2006.
Connecticut Early Music Festival.
Location:  New London, Connecticut.
For more info:  write John Metz, Artistic Director, Connecticut Early Music Society, PO Box 329, New London, CT 06320; call 860-437-7170; e/usr/bin/mail; visit ctearlymusic.org.

Tuesday June 20 thru Sunday June 25, 2006.
Magnolia Baroque Festival.
Location:  Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
For more info:  email info@magnoliabaroque.com; visit www.magnoliabaroque.com.

Thursday June 22 thru Sunday June 25, 2006.
Festival Baroque de Montreal.
Location:  Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
For more info:  write Simon Blanchet, Directeur adminstratif, Festival de Musique Montréal Baroque, 3589, rue Sainte-Familie, Montreal, PQ H2C 2L2 Canada; call 514-845-7171; e-mail info@montrealbaroque.com; visit www.montrealbaroque.com.

Sunday May 28 thru Saturday June 3, 2006.
Texas Toot, Summer 2006.
Location:  Austin, Texas.
For more info:  write Daniel Johnson, Workshop Director, Texas Toot, Inc., PO Box 4328, Austin, TX 78765; call 512-371-0099; e-mail info@toot.org; visit www.toot.org.

Wednesday June 7 thru Tuesday June 20, 2006.
Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute.
Location:  Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
For more info:  write Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir, 427 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON M5S 3X7, Canada; call 416-964-9652; e-mail tbsi@tafelmusik.org; visit www.tafelmusik.org.

Friday June 2 thru Sunday June 4, 2006.
Whitewater Early Music Festival.
Location:  Whitewater, Wisconsin.
For more info:  e-mail cvstanger@aol.com.  For registration and accommodation information:  e-mail nchabala@mymailstation.com.  For scholarship information:  e-mail thewieses@sbcglobal.net.

Saturday June 10 thru Saturday June 17, 2006.
Medieval Institute at Longy.
Location:  Cambridge, Massachusetts.
For more info:  write Margaret Denton, Coordinator of Summer Programs, Longy School of Music, One Follen Street, Cambridge, MA 02446; call 617-876-0956 x611; e-mail mdenton@longy.edu; visit www.longy.edu.

Monday June 12 thru Sunday June 18, 2006.
Cascade Early Music Festival.
Location:  Leavenworth, Washington.
For more info:  write Jeffrey Cohan, Cascade Early Music Festival, 11655 Riverbend Drive, Leavenworth, WA 98826; call 800-281-8026; e-mail cascadefestival@aol.com; or visit www.cemf.org.

Saturday June 17 thru Thursday June 22, 2006.
Interlochen Early Music Institute.
Location:  Interlochen, Michigan.
For more info:  write Peter Colson, Director, Interlochen Center for the Arts, PO Box 199, Interlochen, MI 49643; call 231-276-7387; e-mail colsonpj@interlochen.org; or visit www.interlochen.org.

Saturday June 17 thru Friday June 23, 2006.
Stephen Preston Baroque Flute Master Class.
Location:  Little Switzerland, North Carolina.
For more info:  write Anna Thibeault, Course Director, Wildacres Flute Retreat, PO Box 1522, Swainsboro, GA 30401; call 478-237-4464; e-mail wildacresanna@aol.com; or visit www.barefootboy.org/wildacres.html.

Sunday June 18 thru Saturday June 24, 2006.
San Francisco Early Music Society Baroque Music & Dance Workshop.
Location:  Dominican University, San Rafael, California.
For more info:  write Phebe Craig, SFEMS, PO Box 10151, Berkeley, CA 94709 USA; call 510-684-5177; e-mail phebec@aol.com; visit www.sfems.org.

Sunday June 18 thru Sunday July 2, 2006.
Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute.
Location:  Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio.
For more info:  write Anna Hoffmann, Admissions Director, Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, 77 W. College Street, Oberlin, OH 44074-1588; call 440-775-8044; e-mail anna.hoffmann@oberlin.edu; visit www.oberlin.edu/con/summer/bpi/.

Monday June 19 thru Friday June 23, 2006.
University of Michigan Harpsichord Workshop.
Location:  Ann Arbor, Michigan.
For more info:  write Edward Parmentier, Professor of Harpsichord, University of Michigan, School of Music, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2085; call 734-665-2217; e-mail eparment@umich.edu; or visit www.music.umich.edu/.

Sunday June 25 thru Friday June 30, 2006.
Lute Society of America.
Location:  Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
For more info:  write Dick Hoban, Festival Director, Lute Society of America, 255 W. 98th Street #5C, New York, NY 10025-5545; call 925-686-5800; e-mail d.hoban@tcu.edu; or visit LuteSocietyofAmerica.org.

Sunday June 25 thru Saturday July 1, 2006.
San Francisco Early Music Society Medieval & Renaissance Workshop.
Location:  Dominican University, San Rafael, California.
For more info:  write Hanneke van Proosdij, SFEMS, PO Box 10151, Berkeley, CA 94709 USA; call 510-236-9808; e-mail medren2005@sbcglobal.net; visit www.sfems.org.

Monday June 26 thru Friday June 30, 2006.
University of Michigan Harpsichord Workshops.
Location:  Ann Arbor, Michigan.
For more info:  write Edward Parmentier, Professor of Harpsichord, University of Michigan, School of Music, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2085; call 734-665-2217; e-mail eparment@umich.edu; or visit www.music.umich.edu/.

Sunday, June 4, 2006, 8:00 & 10:45 AM.
The Peoria Bach Festival presents Festival Services celebrating Pentecost Sunday, with a cantata written especially for that day, Cantata 34 O ewiges Feuer, as well as other Bach hymns.
Cost:  Free admission.
Location:  Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 135 NE Randolph Avenue, Peoria, Illinois.
For more info:  call 309-676-4609; or e-mail peoriabachfestival@trinitypeoria.com.

Sunday, June 11, 2006, 11:00 AM.
The Church of the Ascension Choir will perform music of Viadana, Palestrina, Titcomb, and D. Scarlatti in a religious service.
Cost: 
Location:  Church of the Ascension, 1133 N. LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  call 312-664-1271; or visit www.ascensionchicago.org.

Thursday, June 1, 2006, 12:00 noon CDT.
Gluck's Che farò senza Euridice from Orfeo ed Euridice.  Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, June 1, 2006, 3:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Flute Concerto in e (after Cantata #35).  Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, June 1, 2006, 6:00 PM CDT.
English Lute Music: Cutting's Packington's Pound & Greensleeves; Dowland's A Fancy.  Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Sunday, June 4, 2006, 11:00 PM CDT.
Vivaldi's Zeffiretti che sussurrate.  Broadcast during the 11:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Monday, June 5, 2006, 10:00 AM CDT.
Handel's Concerto grosso in a, Op. 6/4.  Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, June 7, 2006, 3:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Keyboard Concerto #1 in d.  Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, June 8, 2006, 12:00 noon CDT.
Bach's Orchestra Suite #1 in C; Purcell's Dido's Lament (When I am laid in earth) & Final Chorus (With drooping wings ye Cupids come), from Dido and Aeneas.  Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, June 8, 2006, 6:00 PM CDT.
Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in E, Spring, from The Four Seasons.  Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Friday, June 9, 2006, 10:00 AM CDT.
Bach's Partita #2 in C, BWV 826; Boyce's Symphony #1 in Bb.  Broadcast during the 10:00-12:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.

Saturday, June 10, 2006, 10:00 AM CDT.
Handel's Suite #1 in A and Concerto grosso in a, Op. 6/4.  Broadcast during the 10:00-12:30 time period on WFMT Radio.

Saturday, June 10, 2006, 4:30 PM CDT.
Bach-Segovia's Sarabande from Lute Partita, BWV 997.  Broadcast during the 4:30-5:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Monday, June 12, 2006, 9:00 AM CDT.
Bach's Violin Concerto #2 in E; D. Scarlatti's Sonata in f Kk. 481.  Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Monday, June 12, 2006, 12:00 noon CDT.
Bach's Pastoral Sinfonia from Christmas Oratorio.  Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Monday, June 12, 2006, 6:00 PM CDT.
Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in g, Summer, from The Four Seasons.  Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Sunday, June 18, 2006, 12:00 noon CDT.
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #6.  Broadcast during the 12:00-1:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, June 22, 2006, 10:00 AM CDT.
Bach's (Viola da Gamba) Sonata #1 in G.  Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, June 22, 2006, 3:00 PM CDT.
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #1.  Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.

Monday, June 26, 2006, 9:00 AM CDT.
Handel's The Water Music Suite #2 in D.  Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Monday, June 26, 2006, 12:00 noon CDT.
Bach's Harpsichord Concerto #2 in E.  Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Tuesday, June 27, 2006, 3:00 PM CDT.
Purcell's Sound the Trumpet from Come Ye Sons of Art.  Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, June 28, 2006, 10:00 AM CDT.
Josquin Des Prez's O Virgo Virginum.  Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, June 28, 2006, 6:00 PM CDT.
Couperin's Le Rossignol en Amour.  Broadcast during the 6:00-7:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Wednesday, June 28, 2006, 10:00 PM CDT.
Medieval Hungarian: Primo Tempore Alleviata.  Broadcast during the 10:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, June 29, 2006, 9:00 AM CDT.
D. Scarlatti's Sonatas in f & A.  Broadcast during the 9:00-10:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, June 29, 2006, 10:00 AM CDT.
Bach's Little Preludes, BWV 933/38; Buxtehude's Prelude and Fugue in D.  Broadcast during the 10:00-3:00 "Midday with Don Tait" program on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, June 29, 2006, 12:00 noon CDT.
Bach-Busoni's (Organ) Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C; Bach's Orchestra Suite #3.  Broadcast during the 12:00-3:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, June 29, 2006, 3:00 PM CDT.
Biber's Sonata 1 a 8 in C.  Broadcast during the 3:00-7:00 "Afternoons with Kerry Frumkin" program on WFMT Radio.

Thursday, June 29, 2006, 10:00 PM CDT.
Bach's French Suite #2.  Broadcast during the 10:00-12:00 time period on WFMT Radio.

Sunday, June 25, 2006, 3:00 PM.
The Indianapolis Early Music Festival presents Frank Cooper, the IEMF Artistic Director, giving a slide lecture, "Baroque Forces in Italy & France -- Wars of Will & Taste", a warm-up to the evening concert, "Culture Clash", Music from France and Italy.
Cost:  $20 (for all three lectures in the series).
Location:  Frank and Katrina Basile Theater, Indiana History Center, 450 West Ohio Street, Indianapolis, Indiana.
For more info:  call 317-251-5190; e-mail merfms@indy.rr.com; or visit www.emindy.org.


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