Academia de Música Antigua de Medellín is one of a few schools in Latin America that teaches historical performance. In a brilliant partnership, the inaugural Latin American Congress on Baroque Luthiery will help supply the Academia with a range of stringed instruments. #earlymusic #baroquemusic

Ruckus describes itself as a 'continuo band,' and for its latest album the adventurous ensemble is backing fiddler Keir GoGwilt in a collection of wild, romping tunes by Niel Gow (1727-1807), a legend in the Scottish tradition. #earlymusic

Beethoven was commissioned to transcribe the solo part of his beloved Violin Concerto for keyboard, rarely heard today. Canadian fortepianist Anders Muskens and a top period-instrument band give it a rousing go—brisk and flexible, imaginative and insightful.

Yesterday's release of firmware update 7E93 for AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods 4 included an unexpected feature. Using AI-enhanced technology and Apple's proprietary noise-cancelling software, AirPod owners can now select the specific temperament in which they would like to experience the world.

In this beautifully paced recital, Baroque oboist Debra Nagy and harpsichordist Mark Edwards create an equal partnership and explore familiar music by J.S. Bach and François Couperin, often in delightful arrangements.

In appointing Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière to lead its prestigious dance activities, Boston Early Music Festival has picked a multidisciplinary choreographer, dancer, actor, and musician. She has been 'an invaluable collaborator for many years and is at the top of her field.'

EMA offers any student a one-time free membership at any time during their course of study. From access to our magazine EMAg, scholarship opportunities, the Naxos Music Library, and more, membership includes many benefits for students in the field of early music. Join today! buff.ly/BIjHiUd

EMA invites nominations for the 2025 Annual Awards for outstanding achievement and leadership in early music and historical performance practice. Recipients will be honored at the 2025 EMA Summit in Montréal in October. Learn more about the awards and submit nominations by May 12 buff.ly/krWQH8t

Creative artists in #earlymusic are hoping to attract new fans by breaking from the status quo, with soap-bubble sets for Vivaldi and Bach in spoken English. Historically informed? 'It’s historically inspired, which is maybe more important.'

You might have come across the composer, singer, and harpsichordist, Elisabetta de Gambarini (1731-1765) from music history books, but until now there's not been significant recordings of her work. Pianist Margherita Toretta has brought together all Gambarini's known keyboard pieces on one disc.

Dedicated to research toward performances of French Baroque repertoire, Le Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles encourages American musicians and scholars to travel to Paris for research or to hone their skills. Its resources are likely unmatched in the early-music world. #earlymusic

The deadline for EMA's 2025 Workshop Scholarships is next Friday, March 14! These scholarships provide up to $1,500 in support for attendance at early-music and historical performance workshops throughout North America. #earlymusic #earlymusicmonth

In early 18th-c. Britain, a competition to help promote opera in English led to a surprise winner. John Weldon's 'The Judgment of Paris,' recorded for the first time by the Academy of Ancient Music, boasts colorful orchestration, clever choral writing, and rapturous music.

Ensembles are connecting w/ audiences not just as passive-listening concert-goers but as participants in making music. Give a performance of Renaissance polyphony, but also teach local amateurs how to sing it themselves. 'They will hear it as never before - from within the ensemble.'

Proposals for presentations at the 2025 EMA Summit in Montréal (Oct. 16-18) are being accepting through March 28. Presentations should highlight topics of interest for the North and South American early-music and historical performance communities. #earlymusic #2025EMASummit #earlymusicmonth

The Barabara Thornton Memorial Scholarship provides $4,000 for advanced study or auditions in Europe for an outstanding, highly motivated, and possibly unconventional young performer of medieval music. #earlymusic #scholarships #medievalmusic

The Margriet Tindemans Early Strings Scholarship provides up to $25,000 in support of specialized, advanced study outside North America that focuses on some aspect of Medieval, Renaissance, or Baroque bowed stringed instruments. Application deadline this Friday, March 7! #earlymusic #scholarship

Where's the boundary between 'folk' and 'art' when it comes to early music? Does it matter? Joyously muddled, The Curious Bards' latest recording, ‘Sublimation,’ is a 'trad' album with early-music nuance, an early-music album with folk energy. Read the review and listen to the recording. 👇

#Earlymusic brings us together, since exploring long forgotten or ignored repertoire requires communities of knowledge and of specialized practice. The late soprano Deborah Roberts took this ideal to the highest level, connecting amateurs and professionals on both sides of the Atlantic.

The #earlymusic movement is at an artistic crossroads and the field seems to be pushed and pulled in many directions. In 'Music in the 21st Century,' an array of authors dissect the recent past and consider the future for historical performance.

Current #earlymusic opportunities: Université Laval: Tenure-Track Position, Music Performance, Early Music Les Délices: Artist Educator AND Box Office & Community Engagement Coordinator Emmanuel Music: Executive Director Florida State University: Postdoctoral Scholar in Musicology/Early Music

Soprano Michele Kennedy writes about two profoundly moving experiences in her musical life. 'For aspiring young musicians, seeing their own image reflected back from the stage can be life-altering.' And, as an artist, so can 'being that example for others to see...'

In this imaginative and deeply satisfying new recording, the French period-instrument quartet named Nevermind finds the chamber music in Bach's Goldberg Variations. Surprisingly, harpsichordist Jean Rondeau and his three colleagues find truths in the music that are beyond the reach of the original.

If you know anything about Southern Oregon, it might be Crater Lake or the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. But the Jefferson Baroque Orchestra has been going steadily for three decades. Under new leadership, the ensemble is aiming to become one of the leading period instrument groups on the West Coast.

Find the festival, workshop, or competition that's right for you! #earlymusic #workshops #festivals #competitions

March is also #earlymusicmonth!

The original voice of Johann Friedrich Fasch is finally reaching today's listeners, thanks to Tempesta di Mare. The ensemble's latest recording offers modern-day premieres of Fasch's playful, bouncy, and dramatic music. Our reviewer writes: 'I find it impossible to tire of this joyous journey.'

He was born into slavery, described as a fiddler when he tried to escape, and was emancipated in his mid-20s. Sawney Freeman's Musician's Pocket Companion may be the earliest published music by a Black composer in the United States. #earlymusic #blackhistorymonth

Applications are now being accepted for '25-'26 Engagement Awards. These awards support projects which promote awareness and appreciation of early music and historical performance with the goal of drawing new audiences and participants in North, Central, and South America. Deadline 3/28 #earlymusic

Four exceptional singers, backed by the ensemble Les Paladins and keyboardist Jérôme Correas, offer four celebrated cantatas on the harrowing tale of Lucretia, covering her emotional states, from rage to sorrow to silence. #earlymusic #cdreview #baroquemusic

New Orleans' OperaCreole and D.C.'s Opera Lafayette collaborate on a world premiere, 138 years after the music was written. Edmond Dédé fled antebellum New Orleans for France, where he was a successful conductor and composer. But his grand, four-act opera "Morgiane" was never performed, till now.

2025 Young Performers Festival application closes this Monday, February 3. YPF will take place Oct 16-18 at during the EMA Summit. Accepted collegiate and pre-college #earlymusic ensembles receive free Summit registration, and ensembles outside of Montréal area receive $2,000 travel assistance.

Welcome to Bluesky, ARS! #earlymusic

Looking for more accounts to add to our Early Music in the Americas starter pack! #earlymusic

At an early EMA board meeting, Thomas Forrest Kelly recalls 'serious discussion of whether we wanted to be the lobbying for the professional field or focused on amateurs. After 40 years, EMA has still perhaps not quite figured that out, and creative discussions continue.'

EMA seeks presentation proposals for the 2025 EMA Summit at McGill University in Montréal, Oct 16-18. Presentations should highlight topics of interest for the North and South American #earlymusic & historical performance communities. Presenters receive an honorarium & free Summit registration.

It's easy to speculate that Bach was tired of the daily grind as Thomasschule Cantor and found Zimmermann's Coffeehouse a space to refresh his creative drive. Apollo's Fire scored a 2024 hit as they celebrated the fun and flair of music by Bach, Telemann, Vivaldi fit for café life. #earlymusic

Applications for collegiate and pre-college #earlymusic ensembles to take part at the 2025 EMA Summit this October 16-18 in Montréal close in two weeks (Feb 3). This year’s 15th annual Young Performers Festival will be an event not to miss.

Restoration means bringing an instrument back to a playable condition. Conservation is about preserving an instrument in its current state and ensuring its survival. Is "restorative conservation" the solution, or just the latest trend? #earlymusic #musicalinstruments

The moniker "troubadour" stirs the modern imagination like no other Medieval vocation. A smart new book offers concise studies of some of the most famous troubadours, offering thoughtful observations on poetic style alongside vivid descriptions of the historical context that shaped the tradition.

EMA stands in solidarity with the many musicians who have lost their homes, instruments and scores, and ability to make music while trying to rebuild their lives in the L.A. wildfires and other disasters. If you've been harmed, or can offer assistance to someone who has, let us know. #earlymusic

Violinist Rachel Barton Pine can trace her pedagogical lineage back to Corelli. But for historical performance style, she studied w/ gamba player John Mark Rozendaal and harpsichordist David Schrader. Joined by lutenist Brandon Acker, they offer imaginative & rewarding readings of Corelli’s Op. 5

Two musicians with Deep South connections recently launched a Facebook group, hoping to encourage the small and far-flung scene. Over the holidays, they came together for the first time in an afternoon jam. Baroque violinist Lindsey Tootle, an Alabama native, sends a session report. #earlymusic

And the #1 most-read article of 2024. "'We're all keenly aware of the stigma in classical music about people with hearing loss,' writes tenor Thomas Cooley. 'The doctor asked why I was crying. I responded: I just don't know other singers who use hearing aids" #earlymusic

#2 most read of 2024 and the article with the greatest and most varied reaction from our readers. #earlymusic

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#5 most read of 2024 brings back an article by Loren Ludwig from 2022. #earlymusic

#6 most read of 2024 comes from professor of historical flutes and recorder at Oberlin Conservatory, Michael Lynn. #earlymusic

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