Submissions

Oxford University Press will release The Pianist’s Guide to Historic Improvisation on April 1. Keyboard artists in the time of J.S. Bach were simultaneously performers, composers, and improvisers. By the twentieth century, however, the art of improvisation was all but lost. Today, vanishingly few classically-trained musicians can improvise with fluent, stylistic integrity. Many now question the […]

Contact Information: Billy Traylor 512.912.6827 info@austinbaroqueorchestra.org http://austinbaroqueorchestra.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (January 9, 2020) “Early music ensemble to perform only surviving music from colonial Louisiana” AUSTIN – The Austin Baroque Orchestra Chamber Soloists will present “Masterless Mistresses,” a concert of music from 18th-century Louisiana, at the Cathedral of St. Mary (203 E. 10th St., Austin, TX,

THE NEWBERRY CONSORT JOINS FORCES WITH PHILADELPHIA-BASED PIFFARO FOR THE MARCHESA: ISABELLA D’ESTE January 2, 2020—The Newberry Consort joins acclaimed Renaissance wind band Piffaro February 7, 8, and 9, 2020 for The Marchesa, a program of music from the court of Isabella d’Este, the powerful woman politician, philosopher, and patron of the arts who ruled the

Bach|Brewer All the Harpsichord You Can Stand! An extravaganza featuring four harpsichords revealing Bach’s genius for dramatic painting in sound. Arthur Haas, Dongsok Shin, Avi Stein, and Gwendolyn Toth, harpsichords Poignant examples of Bach’s dedication to his faith and his work through arias for soprano, oboe d’amore & continuo. Diana Brewer, soprano; Virginia Brewer; oboe d’amore; Avi

LES DÉLICES EARLY MUSIC ENSEMBLE HIRES ITS FIRST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 6, 2020 – Cleveland-based early music ensemble Les Délices is pleased to announce the hiring of Laura Wiegand as the organization’s first executive director. Now in their eleventh season under artistic director and founder Debra Nagy, Les Délices has grown to