Renaissance Trumpeter

What is Early Music?  Early Music is music from the mid 18th century and before, music from the Baroque, Renaissance, and Middle Ages.  It is the most beautiful, enriching, exciting -- and ironically the freshest -- music you will ever hear performed by some of the best musicians anywhere.  Experience the enchantment!
Welcome to Early MusiChicago -- your source for news and information about Early Music in the Chicago area and elsewhere.

Learn about Early Music at the Composers, Instruments, Genres, Organizations, Resources, and Publications pages. 

Get to know area performers at the Musicians, Ensembles, People, PhotoAlbum, and Recordings pages. 

For a complete listing of Early Music concerts, festivals, workshops, and other events, visit the Calendar and Events pages.  Coming Soon:
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The Baroque Band, Garry Clarke, Artistic Director, will perform a concert, "The Temple of Apollo", with music by Greene, Bononcini, Festing, Erskine, and Jones.  more...
Early Music Now presents Trio Medieval performing a concert, "Folk Songs".   more...
Musical Offering presents a concert, "Baroque Beauty, Classical Gas!", Works for Guitar and Fortepiano, with music by Bach, Scarlatti, Carulli, and Coste.  more...
Bach and Beyond will perform a concert, "Magnificent Magnificat", with by Bach.  more...
The Oak Park Concert Chorale, Paul Lindblad Director, will perform a concert of Vivaldi's Magnificat, also works by Sweelinck and various modern composers.  more...
The DuPage Symphony Orchestra will present a chamber music concert of music by Handel, Bach, and others.   more...
The Grace Lutheran Church Bach Cantata Vespers presents Bach's Cantata #51, Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen!.  more...
Ars Antigua presents flautist Mathieu Dufour and the MYA Early Music Ensemble in a concert, "Shooting Stars: Part 1", performing works by Vivaldi.  more...

The Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana (BACH) will present a "Messiah Sing-along".  more...
Look to the EMC Forum for the latest news and info, announcements, conversation and debate, and more. 
Visit the Early MusiChicago Broadcasts and Calendar pages for listings of upcoming early music broadcasts on radio and TV. 

Shop for early instruments, sheet music, CDs and DVDs, and other items at the Businesses, Sheet Music, and Recordings, pages.