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!
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:
- The Stevenson High School Baroque Ensemble, Enrique Vilaseco, Director, will perform a concert of works by Vivaldi, Handel, Telemann, and Bach. more...
- Ensemble Voltaire will perform the fourth annual "Baroque Bash". more...
- The Chicago Chapter of the American Recorder Society will present its annual Spring Concert. more...
- The Grace Lutheran Church Bach Cantata Vespers presents Bach's Cantata #128, Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein (On Christ's ascension into heaven alone). more...
- The North Shore Chamber Arts Ensemble will perform a concert, "The Bach Boys", with music by CPE Bach, JC Bach, and WF Bach. more...
- The Music of the Baroque Orchestra, Jane Glover, conductor, will perform a concert, "Friends--Mozart, Haydn, Dittersdorf, Vanhal". more...
- Galway Early Music Festival. more...
- East Bay Recorder Society Workshop. more...
- San Diego Early Music Society Workshop. more...
- Cambridge Early Music Festival of the Voice. more...
- Denver ARS Chapter Mile High Recorder Workshop more...
Look to the EMC
Forum
for the latest news, announcements, press releases, and more.
Shop for early instruments; sheet music; CDs, DVDs and MP3s; and other items at the Businesses, Sheet Music, and Recordings, pages.
