Amherst Early Music News

Summer Festival Preview: Instruments and Voices in 16th-Century Spain with Douglas Kirk

Submitted by Cathy on Mon, 11/01/2010 - 5:39pm

Scholars have debated for years about the role instrumentalists had vis-à-vis choirs and the liturgy in the the 16th and early 17th centuries. We know in Spain, for instance, that groups of instrumentalists began being brought into the churches as formally constituted ensembles in cathedrals - but what did they do? 

Scholars have debated for years about the role instrumentalists had vis-à-vis choirs and the liturgy in the the 16th and early 17th centuries. We know in Spain, for instance, that groups of instrumentalists began being brought into the churches as formally constituted ensembles in cathedrals - but what did they do? 

Fall Weekend Workshop 2010 Review

Submitted by Alastair on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 5:56pm

Over the weekend of October 8-11, 42 students and 16 faculty coaches gathered on Wellesley College’s gorgeous campus to celebrate early music with a wide variety of classes and a stellar concert. There were four periods of classes per day, two before lunch and two after.

Welcome to Amherst Early Music's new blog!

Submitted by Cathy on Tue, 09/14/2010 - 6:03pm
As we inch our way forward, bringing the music of the past to the people of the present, we thought we might as well start a blog. We'll be using this format to post tidbits of news as they're ready, rather than waiting for a whole brochure's worth of information to distribute all at once. We may also post other articles of interest to early musicians. You can even subscribe to our blog using your feed reader of choice or email address. Here we go!
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