EMA FEATURES & PRESS RELEASES
Putting Down Roots in the Oklahoma Soil
The Oklahoma Baroque Orchestra, founded in 2022, has rapidly blossomed under artistic director Dylan Madoux. His goal is to create a self-sustaining early-music community for Oklahoma City and the region. People around the country are starting to take notice.
MUSINGS: On Scholars Who Write for the Public
How do we keep up with what’s going on? In our field, it's the kind of writing that is variously called music journalism, criticism, public musicology, or haute vulgarisation. These terms all have in common that they're written by experts to be read by non-experts.
Karin Cuéllar Rendón: A Wish for the Future
'This past summer I was honored to be elected board president of EMA. My wish for EMA is one of continuous expansion: our awareness of each other within the field, our scholarships and support for young talent to increase in numbers, our reach and service to include Latin America, and the definition and the scope of our art to include historical traditions and practices from around the world.'
Boston Early Music Festival Names New Dance Director
In appointing Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière to lead its prestigious dance activities, BEMF 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.'
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EMA RECORDING & BOOK REVIEWS
The Expressive Charms of Charles Avison
Charles Avison is best known as a theorist and for his 1752 'Essay on Musical Expression.' But he was also a composer whose attitudes — learn the rules of harmony; break them to be expressive — reached far beyond Georgian England.
The ‘Edinburgh Rollick’ with Ruckus
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. The band plays Gow's music with all the virtuosity and flair they'd bring to Purcell and Handel.
A Fortepianist Takes Up Beethoven’s Violin Concerto
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. Much of the playing is a delight.
Marvelous Bach & Couperin from Les Délices
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.
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COMMUNITY NEWS & PRESS RELEASES
RenChorNY presents Monteverdi ORFEO (1607) in Relief of Los Angeles (2025) For a Gonzaga 1607 celebration, Striggio adopted the ancient (from Plato) Orpheus and Euridice story, 'humanizing' the tragic ending ...
Applications are now being accepted for the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado’s Apprentice Program for the 2025-2026 season. The Apprentice Program provides the opportunity for a recent college graduate, current ...
Piffaro, the Renaissance Band will wrap up its home season with an all-instrumental program, “Now is the Month of Maying.” Concerts take place May 9-11 at three historic churches: Philadelphia ...
ARCADIA PLAYERS ANNOUNCES SPECIAL EASTER WEEK WEBCAST OF JOHANN THEILE'S ST. MATTHEW PASSION Arcadia Players Ensemble and ...
PR FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 2, 2025 Boulder, Colorado Early Music Specialist Suzanne Fatta is appointed to Board of Directors of multiple EMA-winning grant group Seicento Baroque Ensemble Early Musician, ...
