Early Music Studio
Coordinating Director
Auditions
Audition required.
Rehearsals
Mondays & Wednesdays
3:30 - 5:30pm
Complete Rehearsal Information
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The Early Music Studio (EMS) generally explores music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. We strive to recreate music of this period by discovering the performance style in use at the time of its composition. Because the ensemble includes performance on copies of period instruments, it operates at a lower pitch: usually, A=415, sometimes, A=430. Directors often perform with students on our four yearly programmes.
Instruments, Repertoire and Approach
EMS instrumentalists perform on copies of Baroque and Classical string, wind and keyboard instruments supplied by the Faculty; they will explore a variety of mostly baroque repertoire.
Keyboardists will work continually to improve their figure-reading skills, with a goal of being mostly fluent by the end of the second term.
Courses Offered
The EMS is available either as a large ensemble credit (except for orchestral string players) or as a course credit (2971a/2972b, 3971a/3972b, 4971a/4972b, 9568a/9569b).
2025-26 Performances
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Sunday, Dec. 7 | 3pm | approx. 1 hour
von Kuster Hall
Members of Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra lead the Early Music Studio
Join us for an amazing opportunity to hear members of the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra—Johanna Novom, violin and Charlotte Nediger, harpsichord—as they perform with Early Music Studio members and Western Music faculty. The concert is part of the Tafelmusik/Western guest artist residency.
Saturday, Jan. 31 | 8pm | approx. 2 hours
von Kuster Hall
Opera at Western accompanied by the Early Music Studio
Join us as Western voice students perform with the Early Music studio. Visit the Opera at Western webpage to learn more about Opera at Western.
Monday, March 30 | 7:30pm | approx. 1.5 hours
von Kuster Hall
Spring Concert
Join us for the final Early Music Studio performance of the academic year!
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