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News, events and fun facts from around the early music world!

Interview with Matthias Maute of Ensemble Caprice on “Vivaldi on Fire”

Here's an interview with Bill Jamieson, Executive and Artistic Director of EMSI and Matthias Maute, Musical Director of Ensemble Caprice. Learn about out upcoming concert "Vivaldi on Fire" on March 14, 2026. INFORMATION AND TICKETS
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The Life, Correspondence and Music of Ignatius Sancho

Ignatius Sancho, by Thomas Gainsborough By Bill Jamieson, Executive and Artistic Director of EMSI Appropriately for Black History Month, our upcoming concert features the music of Ignatius Sancho, a Black English composer who was a contemporary…
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Interview with Brandon Chui of Tafelmusik (concert Nov 14, 2025)

Here is an interview by EMSI Associate Artistic Director, Farrah O'Shea, with Tafelmusik Artistic Co-Director, Brandon Chui Don't miss the concert. More information . . .
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Treasure Trove – Cantigas de Santa Maria

by Bill Jamieson, Executive and Artistic Director, EMSI and member of Bourdons medieval ensemble The Cantigas de Santa Maria, featured in our upcoming concert on October 25 are truly a treasure trove of medieval music: over 400 songs with…
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Amanda Forsythe – a mix of old and new

By Farrah O'Shea, Ph.D., M.M  (Director, EMSI) We at EMSI are busy preparing for our season opening concert, “Amanda Forsythe Sings Handel,” a celebration of Handel’s tuneful arias and music both old and new. In this concert, Forsythe,…
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Interview with Trevor Eliot Bowes

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An interview with Trevor Eliot Bowes, who will be singing the role of Polifemo in the upcoming dinner and opera presentation of Aci, Galatea e Polifemo as part of the Early Music Society's 40th Anniversary Season.   Buy tickets to 40th…
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Interview with Matthias Maute, Ensemble Caprice

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Three years ago, EMSI and Ensemble Caprice agreed to a series of three concerts. The first was to feature the music of Bach, the second of Vivaldi and the third of Handel. We have been treated to two extraordinary and exciting concerts and…
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Corno da tirarsi

Portrait, oil on canvas of Gottfried Reiche (1667–1734) by Elias Gottlob Haussmann (1695–1774), 1727 Bach specified an instrument he called the "tromba o corno da tirarsi" for the elaborate brass line in three of his cantatas: the only…
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Nathan Nun artwork

Cats & Lutes

Shoutout to artist Nathan Nun, for his beautiful cats & lutes artwork! Read an interview here.
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