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EMSI 2025/26 Concert Season
From Scandinavia to Persia, and Galicia to Bohemia,
travel through the Medieval and Baroque eras with EMSI!

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Join us for our next concert "Strawberry Fields" with Ruckus
A brilliant and lively concert featuring 18th century dance music by G. F. Handel and Ignatius Sancho.

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Celebrating Victoria’s own talented artists!
An initiative from EMSI to support our local amateur and professional musicians.

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Read about our audience’s experience in their own words:
“Great to witness the pure joy and artistry of the performers.”
– Geoffrey Espin

Upcoming Concerts

Mar 14 | Ensemble Caprice (CANADA)
Apr 17 | ARTEK Early Music
Apr 18 | ARTEK Early Music

Welcome

to The Early Music Society of the Islands!

Founded in 1985 and based in Victoria BC, the Early Music Society is a non-profit, charitable society dedicated to offering accomplished performances of music composed prior to 1800.

EMSI embraces the idea that early music deserves to be heard with close to its original intent. To that end, our concerts feature period instruments, accurate scores, and historical performance practices.

Renowned artists, both international and homegrown, have graced our stage.

We acknowledge and respect the Lǝḱ^wǝŋǝn peoples on whose traditional unceded territory EMSI presents concerts, and the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ peoples whose deep relationships with the land continue to this day.